Wrestling — Bantamweight, Freestyle, Men (discontinued)

Times held 20
Total participants 305
Total countries 73

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1904 Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤125 lbs [57 kg]), Men Olympic 7 1
1908 Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤119 lbs [54 kg]), Men Olympic 13 3
1924 Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 12 8
1928 Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 8 8
1932 Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 8 8
1936 Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 14 14
1948 Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 15 15
1952 Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 20 20
1956 Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 14 14
1960 Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
1964 Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 20 20
1968 Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 21 21
1972 Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 28 28
1976 Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 21 21
1980 Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 16 16
1984 Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 16 16
1988 Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 25 25
1992 Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 18 18
1996 Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 21 21
2000 Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤54 kg), Men Olympic 19 19

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1904 Jack NiflotUSA Gus WesterUSA Louis StreblerUSA
1908 George MehnertUSA William PressGBR Aubert CôtéCAN
1924 Kustaa PihlajamäkiFIN Kaarlo MäkinenFIN Bryan HinesUSA
1928 Kaarlo MäkinenFIN Clement SpapenBEL Jim TrifunovCAN
1932 Bob PearceUSA Ödön ZomboriHUN Aatos JaskariFIN
1936 Ödön ZomboriHUN Ross FloodUSA Johannes HerbertGER
1948 Nasuh AkarTUR Gerry LeemanUSA Charles KouyosFRA
1952 Shohachi IshiiJPN Rəşid MəmmədbəyovURS Khashaba JadhavIND
1956 Mustafa DağıstanlıTUR Mohamed Mehdi YaghoubiIRI Mikhail ShakhovURS
1960 Terry McCannUSA Nezhdet ZalevBUL Tadeusz TrojanowskiPOL
1964 Yojiro UetakeJPN Hüseyin AkbaşTUR Aydın İbrahimovURS
1968 Yojiro UetakeJPN Don BehmUSA Abutaleb TalebiIRI
1972 Hideaki YanagidaJPN Rich SandersUSA László KlingaHUN
1976 Vladimir YuminURS Hans-Dieter BrüchertGDR Masao AraiJPN
1980 Sergey BeloglazovURS Li Ho-PyongPRK Dugarsürengiin OyuunboldMGL
1984 Hideaki TomiyamaJPN Barry DavisUSA Kim Ui-GonKOR
1988 Sergey BeloglazovURS Asgari MohammadianIRI No Gyeong-SeonKOR
1992 Alejandro PuertoCUB Siarhei SmalEUN Kim Yong-SikPRK
1996 Kendall CrossUSA Gia SissaouriCAN Ri Yong-SamPRK
2000 Namiq AbdullayevAZE Sammie HensonUSA Amiran KardanovGRE

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 5 7 2 14
Japan JPN 5 0 1 6
Soviet Union URS 3 1 2 6
Finland FIN 2 1 1 4
Türkiye TUR 2 1 0 3
Hungary HUN 1 1 1 3
Azerbaijan AZE 1 0 0 1
Cuba CUB 1 0 0 1
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 0 2 1 3
Canada CAN 0 1 2 3
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 0 1 2 3
Belgium BEL 0 1 0 1
Bulgaria BUL 0 1 0 1
East Germany GDR 0 1 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 1 0 1
Unified Team EUN 0 1 0 1
Republic of Korea KOR 0 0 2 2
France FRA 0 0 1 1
Germany GER 0 0 1 1
Greece GRE 0 0 1 1
India IND 0 0 1 1
Mongolia MGL 0 0 1 1
Poland POL 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Yojiro Uetake JPN 2 0 0 2
Sergey Beloglazov RUS
URS
2 0 0 2
Kaarlo Mäkinen FIN 1 1 0 2
Ödön Zombori HUN 1 1 0 2
Namiq Abdullayev AZE 1 0 0 1
Alejandro Puerto CUB 1 0 0 1
Kustaa Pihlajamäki FIN 1 0 0 1
Shohachi Ishii JPN 1 0 0 1
Hideaki Tomiyama JPN 1 0 0 1
Hideaki Yanagida JPN 1 0 0 1
Nasuh Akar TUR 1 0 0 1
Mustafa Dağıstanlı TUR 1 0 0 1
Vladimir Yumin RUS
URS
1 0 0 1
Kendall Cross USA 1 0 0 1
Terry McCann USA 1 0 0 1
George Mehnert USA 1 0 0 1
Jack Niflot USA 1 0 0 1
Bob Pearce USA 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Afghanistan AFG 1964 Summer Olympics Mohammad Daoud Anwary AC See all
1968 Summer Olympics Ahmad Djan AC
1972 Summer Olympics Ghulam Sideer AC
1980 Summer Olympics Mohammad Halilula AC
Argentina ARG 1952 Summer Olympics Omar Blebel AC See all
1956 Summer Olympics Adolfo Díaz AC
1964 Summer Olympics Rubén Leibovich AC
1972 Summer Olympics Eduardo Maggiolo AC
Australia AUS 1928 Summer Olympics Arthur Ford =7 See all
Austria AUT 1972 Summer Olympics Ernst Hack AC See all
1988 Summer Olympics Josef-Georg Auer AC
Azerbaijan AZE 2000 Summer Olympics Namiq Abdullayev 1 Gold See all
Belarus BLR 2000 Summer Olympics Hierman Kantoyeu 4 See all
Belgium BEL 1928 Summer Olympics Clement Spapen 2 Silver See all
Bulgaria BUL 1960 Summer Olympics Nezhdet Zalev 2 Silver See all
Cameroon CMR 1984 Summer Olympics Simon N'Kondag AC See all
Canada CAN 1996 Summer Olympics Gia Sissaouri 2 Silver See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1972 Summer Olympics Hsu Chin-Hsiung AC See all
Colombia COL 1948 Summer Olympics Ricardo Caballero DNS See all
Cuba CUB 1992 Summer Olympics Alejandro Puerto 1 Gold See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1936 Summer Olympics Antonín Nič AC See all
1988 Summer Olympics Jozef Schwendtner AC
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1980 Summer Olympics Li Ho-Pyong 2 Silver See all
Denmark DEN 1952 Summer Olympics Eigil Johansen AC See all
Dominican Republic DOM 1984 Summer Olympics Servio Severino AC See all
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Hans-Dieter Brüchert 2 Silver See all
Ecuador ECU 1968 Summer Olympics Marcos Terán AC See all
Egypt EGY 1948 Summer Olympics Saad Hafez =5 See all
Finland FIN 1924 Summer Olympics Kustaa Pihlajamäki 1 Gold See all
1928 Summer Olympics Kaarlo Mäkinen 1 Gold
France FRA 1948 Summer Olympics Charles Kouyos 3 Bronze See all
Germany GER 1936 Summer Olympics Johannes Herbert 3 Bronze See all
Great Britain GBR 1908 Summer Olympics William Press 2 Silver See all
Greece GRE 2000 Summer Olympics Amiran Kardanov 3 Bronze See all
Guatemala GUA 1952 Summer Olympics Oswaldo Johnston AC See all
1968 Summer Olympics Javier Raxón AC
1972 Summer Olympics Luis Fuentes AC
Guinea Bissau GBS 1996 Summer Olympics Talata Embalo 21 See all
Hungary HUN 1936 Summer Olympics Ödön Zombori 1 Gold See all
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1992 Summer Olympics Zoran Šorov AC See all
India IND 1952 Summer Olympics Khashaba Jadhav 3 Bronze See all
Iraq IRQ 1980 Summer Olympics Karim Salman Muhsin 7 See all
Ireland IRL 1960 Summer Olympics Dermot Dunne 13 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1956 Summer Olympics Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi 2 Silver See all
1988 Summer Olympics Asgari Mohammadian 2 Silver
Italy ITA 1960 Summer Olympics Luigi Chinazzo 8 See all
Japan JPN 1952 Summer Olympics Shohachi Ishii 1 Gold See all
1964 Summer Olympics Yojiro Uetake 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Yojiro Uetake 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Hideaki Yanagida 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Hideaki Tomiyama 1 Gold
Kazakhstan KAZ 2000 Summer Olympics Maulen Mamyrov 6 See all
Kenya KEN 1988 Summer Olympics Waruingi Kimani AC See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2000 Summer Olympics Nurdin Donbayev 11 See all
Malta MLT 1988 Summer Olympics Jesmond Giordimaina AC See all
Mexico MEX 1952 Summer Olympics Leonardo Basurto AC See all
1964 Summer Olympics Moisés López AC
1968 Summer Olympics Moisés López AC
1972 Summer Olympics Moisés López AC
1976 Summer Olympics Moisés López AC
1988 Summer Olympics Jorge Olvera AC
Mongolia MGL 1980 Summer Olympics Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold 3 Bronze See all
Morocco MAR 1984 Summer Olympics Ali Lachkar DNS See all
Netherlands NED 1960 Summer Olympics Loek Alflen DNS See all
New Zealand NZL 2000 Summer Olympics Martin Liddle 18 See all
Nigeria NGR 1992 Summer Olympics Tebe Dorgu AC See all
North Macedonia MKD 1996 Summer Olympics Šaban Trstena 5 See all
Norway NOR 1924 Summer Olympics Sven Martinsen DNS See all
1924 Summer Olympics Ragnvald Olsen DNS
1928 Summer Olympics Sven Martinsen DNS
Pakistan PAK 1960 Summer Olympics Muhammad Siraj-ud-din =10 See all
Panama PAN 1960 Summer Olympics Eduardo Campbell =10 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1984 Summer Olympics Guanbunima 7 See all
Peru PER 1972 Summer Olympics Juan Velarde AC See all
1980 Summer Olympics Carlos Hurtado AC
Philippines PHI 1936 Summer Olympics Henry Jurado AC See all
1948 Summer Olympics Francisco Vicera AC
1956 Summer Olympics Ernesto Ramel AC
1964 Summer Olympics Tortillano Tumasis AC
1968 Summer Olympics Rogelio Famatid AC
1972 Summer Olympics Arturo Tanaquin AC
Poland POL 1960 Summer Olympics Tadeusz Trojanowski 3 Bronze See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1984 Summer Olympics Orlando Cáceres 4 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1984 Summer Olympics Kim Ui-Gon 3 Bronze See all
1988 Summer Olympics No Gyeong-Seon 3 Bronze
Republic of Moldova MDA 2000 Summer Olympics Vitalie Railean 7 See all
Romania ROU 1980 Summer Olympics Aurel Neagu 5 See all
Russian Federation RUS 1996 Summer Olympics Bagautdin Umakhanov 11 See all
San Marino SMR 1960 Summer Olympics Vittorio Mancini =16 See all
Senegal SEN 1976 Summer Olympics Arona Mané DNS See all
Soviet Union URS 1976 Summer Olympics Vladimir Yumin 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Sergey Beloglazov 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Sergey Beloglazov 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1984 Summer Olympics Miguel Ángel García AC See all
1992 Summer Olympics Andrés Iniesta AC
Sri Lanka SRI 1964 Summer Olympics Joseph Fernando DNS See all
Sweden SWE 1924 Summer Olympics Ragnar Larsson 4 See all
1936 Summer Olympics Herman Tuvesson 4
1952 Summer Olympics Edvin Vesterby 4
Switzerland SUI 1928 Summer Olympics Charles Amédée Piguet 6 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1980 Summer Olympics Mahmoud El-Messouti AC See all
Tunisia TUN 1988 Summer Olympics Mourad Zelfani AC See all
Türkiye TUR 1948 Summer Olympics Nasuh Akar 1 Gold See all
1956 Summer Olympics Mustafa Dağıstanlı 1 Gold
Ukraine UKR 2000 Summer Olympics Oleksandr Zakharuk 5 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Siarhei Smal 2 Silver See all
United States USA 1904 Summer Olympics Jack Niflot 1 Gold See all
1908 Summer Olympics George Mehnert 1 Gold
1932 Summer Olympics Bob Pearce 1 Gold
1960 Summer Olympics Terry McCann 1 Gold
1996 Summer Olympics Kendall Cross 1 Gold
Uzbekistan UZB 1996 Summer Olympics Damir Zakhartdinov 8 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Adkhamdzhon Akhilov 8
Vietnam VIE 1980 Summer Olympics Phạm Văn Tý AC See all
West Germany FRG 1988 Summer Olympics Jürgen Scheibe AC See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1984 Summer Olympics Zoran Šorov 6 See all