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Wrestling — Featherweight, Freestyle, Men

Times held 27
Total participants 441
Total countries 87

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1904 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤135 lbs [61 kg]), Men Olympic 9 1
1908 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤133 lbs [60 kg]), Men Olympic 12 2
1920 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤60 kg), Men Olympic 10 7
1924 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤61 kg), Men Olympic 17 12
1928 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤61 kg), Men Olympic 9 9
1932 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤61 kg), Men Olympic 10 10
1936 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤61 kg), Men Olympic 15 15
1948 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤62 kg), Men Olympic 17 17
1952 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤62 kg), Men Olympic 21 21
1956 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤62 kg), Men Olympic 13 13
1960 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤62 kg), Men Olympic 25 25
1964 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤63 kg), Men Olympic 21 21
1968 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤63 kg), Men Olympic 23 23
1972 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤62 kg), Men Olympic 26 26
1976 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤62 kg), Men Olympic 17 17
1980 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤62 kg), Men Olympic 13 13
1984 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤62 kg), Men Olympic 16 16
1988 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤62 kg), Men Olympic 28 28
1992 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤62 kg), Men Olympic 21 21
1996 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤62 kg), Men Olympic 21 21
2000 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤58 kg), Men Olympic 20 20
2004 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤55 kg), Men Olympic 22 22
2008 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤55 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
2012 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤55 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
2016 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 20 20
2020 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 16 16
2024 Featherweight, Freestyle (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 15 15

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1904 Ben BradshawUSA Ted McLearUSA Charles ClapperUSA
1908 George DoleUSA Percy SlimGBR William McKieGBR
1920 Charley AckerlyUSA Sam GersonUSA Bernard BernardGBR
1924 Robin ReedUSA Chet NewtonUSA Katsutoshi NaitoJPN
1928 Allie MorrisonUSA Kustaa PihlajamäkiFIN Hans MinderSUI
1932 Hermanni PihlajamäkiFIN Ed NemirUSA Einar KarlssonSWE
1936 Kustaa PihlajamäkiFIN Frank MillardUSA Gösta JönssonSWE
1948 Gazanfer BilgeTUR Ivar SjölinSWE Adolf MüllerSUI
1952 Bayram ŞitTUR Nasser GivehchiIRI Joe HensonUSA
1956 Shozo SasaharaJPN Jef MewisBEL Erkki PenttiläFIN
1960 Mustafa DağıstanlıTUR Stancho IvanovBUL Vladimer RubashviliURS
1964 Osamu WatanabeJPN Stancho IvanovBUL Nodar KhokhashviliURS
1968 Masaaki KanekoJPN Enyu TodorovBUL Shamseddin Seyyed AbbasiIRI
1972 Zagalav AbdulbekovURS Vehbi AkdağTUR Ivan KrastevBUL
1976 Yang Jeong-MoKOR Zevegiin OidovMGL Gene DavisUSA
1980 Magomedgasan AbushevURS Miho DukovBUL Georgios ChatziioannidisGRE
1984 Randy LewisUSA Kosei AkaishiJPN Lee Jeong-GeunKOR
1988 John SmithUSA Stepan SargsyanURS Simeon ShterevBUL
1992 John SmithUSA Asgari MohammadianIRI Lázaro ReinosoCUB
1996 Tom BrandsUSA Jang Jae-SeongKOR Elbrus TedieievUKR
2000 Ali Reza DabirIRI Yevhen BuslovychUKR Terry BrandsUSA
2004 Mavlet BatyrovRUS Stephen AbasUSA Chikara TanabeJPN
2008 Henry CejudoUSA Tomohiro MatsunagaJPN Radoslav Velikov
Besik Kudukhov		BUL
RUS
2012 Dzhamal OtarsultanovRUS Vladimer KhinchegashviliGEO Shinichi Yumoto
Yang Kyong-Il		JPN
PRK
2016 Vladimer KhinchegashviliGEO Rei HiguchiJPN Hacı Əliyev
Hassan Rahimi		AZE
IRI
2020 Zaur UguyevROC Ravi KumarIND Nurislam Sanayev
Thomas Gilman		KAZ
USA
2024 Rei HiguchiJPN Spencer LeeUSA Aman Sehrawat
Gulomjon Abdullaev		IND
UZB

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 10 7 5 22
Japan JPN 4 3 3 10
Türkiye TUR 3 1 0 4
Soviet Union URS 2 1 2 5
Finland FIN 2 1 1 4
Russian Federation RUS 2 0 1 3
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1 2 2 5
Republic of Korea KOR 1 1 1 3
Georgia GEO 1 1 0 2
ROC ROC 1 0 0 1
Bulgaria BUL 0 4 3 7
Great Britain GBR 0 1 2 3
Sweden SWE 0 1 2 3
India IND 0 1 1 2
Ukraine UKR 0 1 1 2
Belgium BEL 0 1 0 1
Mongolia MGL 0 1 0 1
Switzerland SUI 0 0 2 2
Azerbaijan AZE 0 0 1 1
Cuba CUB 0 0 1 1
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 0 0 1 1
Greece GRE 0 0 1 1
Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 1 1
Uzbekistan UZB 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
John Smith USA 2 0 0 2
Kustaa Pihlajamäki FIN 1 1 0 2
Vladimer Khinchegashvili GEO 1 1 0 2
Rei Higuchi JPN 1 1 0 2
Hermanni Pihlajamäki FIN 1 0 0 1
Masaaki Kaneko JPN 1 0 0 1
Shozo Sasahara JPN 1 0 0 1
Osamu Watanabe JPN 1 0 0 1
Yang Jeong-Mo KOR 1 0 0 1
Gazanfer Bilge TUR 1 0 0 1
Mustafa Dağıstanlı TUR 1 0 0 1
Bayram Şit TUR 1 0 0 1
Zagalav Abdulbekov RUS
URS		 1 0 0 1
Magomedgasan Abushev RUS
URS		 1 0 0 1
Charley Ackerly USA 1 0 0 1
Ben Bradshaw USA 1 0 0 1
Tom Brands USA 1 0 0 1
George Dole USA 1 0 0 1
Randy Lewis USA 1 0 0 1
Allie Morrison USA 1 0 0 1
Robin Reed USA 1 0 0 1
Ali Reza Dabir IRI 1 0 0 1
Mavlet Batyrov RUS 1 0 0 1
Henry Cejudo USA 1 0 0 1
Dzhamal Otarsultanov RUS 1 0 0 1
Zaur Uguyev ROC 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Afghanistan AFG 1964 Summer Olympics Mohammad Ebrahimi 5 See all
Albania ALB 2024 Summer Olympics Zelimkhan Abakarov 8 See all
Algeria ALG 2020 Summer Olympics Abdelhak Kherbache 16 See all
Argentina ARG 1952 Summer Olympics Próspero Mammana =11 See all
Armenia ARM 2000 Summer Olympics Martin Berberyan 6 See all
Australia AUS 1984 Summer Olympics Cris Brown 4 See all
Austria AUT 1960 Summer Olympics Hans Marte =16 See all
Azerbaijan AZE 2016 Summer Olympics Hacı Əliyev =3 Bronze See all
Belarus BLR 2008 Summer Olympics Rizvan Hadzhieu 7 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Asadula Lachinau 7
Belgium BEL 1956 Summer Olympics Jef Mewis 2 Silver See all
Bolivia BOL 1984 Summer Olympics Leonardo Camacho =13 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1960 Summer Olympics Stancho Ivanov 2 Silver See all
1964 Summer Olympics Stancho Ivanov 2 Silver
1968 Summer Olympics Enyu Todorov 2 Silver
1980 Summer Olympics Miho Dukov 2 Silver
Cambodia CAM 1996 Summer Olympics Vath Chamroeun =20 See all
Cameroon CMR 1980 Summer Olympics Victor Kede Manga =11 See all
Canada CAN 1924 Summer Olympics Cliff Chilcott =4 See all
1936 Summer Olympics Vern Pettigrew 4
Chinese Taipei TPE 1988 Summer Olympics Huang Chien-Lung 27 See all
Colombia COL 2020 Summer Olympics Óscar Tigreros 10 See all
Cuba CUB 1992 Summer Olympics Lázaro Reinoso 3 Bronze See all
Cyprus CYP 1996 Summer Olympics Arout Parsekian 10 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1936 Summer Olympics Karel Kvaček =11 See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 2012 Summer Olympics Yang Kyong-Il =3 Bronze See all
Denmark DEN 1924 Summer Olympics Aage Torgensen =6 See all
Dominican Republic DOM 1968 Summer Olympics Onesimo Rufino =17 See all
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Helmut Strumpf 8 See all
Ecuador ECU 1976 Summer Olympics Marcos Terán =15 See all
Egypt EGY 1952 Summer Olympics Gamil Essawi 7 See all
El Salvador ESA 1984 Summer Olympics Gustavo Manzur DNS See all
Estonia EST 1924 Summer Olympics Anton Koolmann =9 See all
1928 Summer Olympics Eduard Pütsep 9
Finland FIN 1932 Summer Olympics Hermanni Pihlajamäki 1 Gold See all
1936 Summer Olympics Kustaa Pihlajamäki 1 Gold
France FRA 1928 Summer Olympics René Rottenfluc 4 See all
Georgia GEO 2016 Summer Olympics Vladimer Khinchegashvili 1 Gold See all
Germany GER 1964 Summer Olympics Reiner Schilling 7 See all
Great Britain GBR 1908 Summer Olympics Percy Slim 2 Silver See all
Greece GRE 1980 Summer Olympics Georgios Chatziioannidis 3 Bronze See all
Guatemala GUA 1972 Summer Olympics Joseph Burge 7 See all
Guinea Bissau GBS 2024 Summer Olympics Diamantino Fafé 9 See all
Honduras HON 2012 Summer Olympics Brandon Escobar 12 See all
Hungary HUN 1948 Summer Olympics Ferenc Tóth =4 See all
India IND 2020 Summer Olympics Ravi Kumar 2 Silver See all
Iraq IRQ 1968 Summer Olympics Ismail Al-Karaghouli =7 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2000 Summer Olympics Ali Reza Dabir 1 Gold See all
Italy ITA 1984 Summer Olympics Antonio La Bruna 6 See all
1996 Summer Olympics Giovanni Schillaci 6
Japan JPN 1956 Summer Olympics Shozo Sasahara 1 Gold See all
1964 Summer Olympics Osamu Watanabe 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Masaaki Kaneko 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Rei Higuchi 1 Gold
Kazakhstan KAZ 2020 Summer Olympics Nurislam Sanayev =3 Bronze See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2024 Summer Olympics Bekzat Almaz =5 See all
Latvia LAT 1992 Summer Olympics Eduards Žukovs =11 See all
Lithuania LTU 1924 Summer Olympics P. Pozela DNS See all
Malta MLT 1988 Summer Olympics Paul Farrugia =19 See all
Mexico MEX 1932 Summer Olympics Fidel Arellano =7 See all
Mongolia MGL 1976 Summer Olympics Zevegiin Oidov 2 Silver See all
Morocco MAR 2016 Summer Olympics Chakir Ansari 13 See all
Namibia NAM 2012 Summer Olympics Naatele Shilimela 15 See all
New Zealand NZL 1988 Summer Olympics Steve Reinsfield =19 See all
Nigeria NGR 1980 Summer Olympics Augustine Atasie =11 See all
North Macedonia MKD 2024 Summer Olympics Vladimir Egorov 15 See all
Norway NOR 1928 Summer Olympics Arthur Nord =7 See all
Pakistan PAK 1960 Summer Olympics Muhammad Akhtar 6 See all
Panama PAN 1988 Summer Olympics Arturo Oporta 26 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2004 Summer Olympics Li Zhengyu 5 See all
Peru PER 1984 Summer Olympics José Inagaki =13 See all
Philippines PHI 1952 Summer Olympics Gonzalo Manibog =16 See all
Poland POL 1980 Summer Olympics Jan Szymański =9 See all
Portugal POR 1972 Summer Olympics Orlando Gonçalves =23 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 2024 Summer Olympics Darian Toi Cruz =5 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Zaur Uguyev 1 Gold See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1976 Summer Olympics Yang Jeong-Mo 1 Gold See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2000 Summer Olympics Octavian Cuciuc 12 See all
Romania ROU 1968 Summer Olympics Petre Coman 5 See all
1980 Summer Olympics Aurel Șuteu 5
Russian Federation RUS 2004 Summer Olympics Mavlet Batyrov 1 Gold See all
2012 Summer Olympics Dzhamal Otarsultanov 1 Gold
Senegal SEN 2016 Summer Olympics Adama Diatta 10 See all
Serbia SRB 2020 Summer Olympics Stevan Mićić 14 See all
Slovakia SVK 2000 Summer Olympics Andrej Fašánek 16 See all
South Africa RSA 1960 Summer Olympics Abe Geldenhuys 7 See all
Soviet Union URS 1972 Summer Olympics Zagalav Abdulbekov 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Magomedgasan Abushev 1 Gold
Spain ESP 2008 Summer Olympics Francisco Sánchez 13 See all
Sweden SWE 1948 Summer Olympics Ivar Sjölin 2 Silver See all
Switzerland SUI 1928 Summer Olympics Hans Minder 3 Bronze See all
1948 Summer Olympics Adolf Müller 3 Bronze
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1980 Summer Olympics Adnan Kudmani =11 See all
Tajikistan TJK 2012 Summer Olympics Nikolay Noev 18 See all
Türkiye TUR 1948 Summer Olympics Gazanfer Bilge 1 Gold See all
1952 Summer Olympics Bayram Şit 1 Gold
1960 Summer Olympics Mustafa Dağıstanlı 1 Gold
Ukraine UKR 2000 Summer Olympics Yevhen Buslovych 2 Silver See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Magomed Azizov 5 See all
United States USA 1904 Summer Olympics Ben Bradshaw 1 Gold See all
1908 Summer Olympics George Dole 1 Gold
1920 Summer Olympics Charley Ackerly 1 Gold
1924 Summer Olympics Robin Reed 1 Gold
1928 Summer Olympics Allie Morrison 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Randy Lewis 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics John Smith 1 Gold
1992 Summer Olympics John Smith 1 Gold
1996 Summer Olympics Tom Brands 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Henry Cejudo 1 Gold
Uzbekistan UZB 2024 Summer Olympics Gulomjon Abdullaev =3 Bronze See all
Venezuela VEN 1952 Summer Olympics Ignacio Lugo =16 See all
Vietnam VIE 1980 Summer Olympics Phí Hữu Tình =9 See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Martin Herbster 5 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Jörg Helmdach 5
Yugoslavia YUG 1972 Summer Olympics Bojan Rangelov DNS See all
Zambia ZAM 1964 Summer Olympics John Smith =19 See all