Wrestling — Lightweight, Freestyle, Men (discontinued)

Times held 24
Total participants 409
Total countries 81

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1904 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤145 lbs [66 kg]), Men Olympic 10 1
1908 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤147 lbs [67 kg]), Men Olympic 11 2
1920 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 9 6
1924 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤66 kg), Men Olympic 16 10
1928 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤66 kg), Men Olympic 11 11
1932 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤66 kg), Men Olympic 8 8
1936 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤66 kg), Men Olympic 17 17
1948 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤67 kg), Men Olympic 18 18
1952 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤67 kg), Men Olympic 23 23
1956 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤67 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
1960 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤67 kg), Men Olympic 24 24
1964 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤70 kg), Men Olympic 22 22
1968 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤70 kg), Men Olympic 26 26
1972 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤68 kg), Men Olympic 25 25
1976 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤68 kg), Men Olympic 24 24
1980 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤68 kg), Men Olympic 18 18
1984 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤68 kg), Men Olympic 22 22
1988 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤68 kg), Men Olympic 30 30
1992 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤68 kg), Men Olympic 21 21
1996 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤68 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
2000 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤63 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
2004 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤60 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
2008 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤60 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
2012 Lightweight, Freestyle (≤60 kg), Men Olympic 19 19

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1904 Otto RoehmUSA Rudolph TesinyUSA Al ZirkelUSA
1908 George de RelwyskowGBR Billy WoodGBR Arthur GingellGBR
1920 Kalle AnttilaFIN Gottfrid SvenssonSWE Herbert WrightGBR
1924 Russ VisUSA Volmar WikströmFIN Arvo HaavistoFIN
1928 Osvald KäppEST Charles PacômeFRA Eino LeinoFIN
1932 Charles PacômeFRA Károly KárpátiHUN Gustaf KlarénSWE
1936 Károly KárpátiHUN Wolfgang EhrlGER Hermanni PihlajamäkiFIN
1948 Celal AtikTUR Gösta FrändforsSWE Hermann BaumannSUI
1952 Olle AnderbergSWE Tommy EvansUSA Tofigh JahanbakhtIRI
1956 Emam Ali HabibiIRI Shigeru KasaharaJPN Alimbeg BestayevURS
1960 Shelby WilsonUSA Vladimir SinyavskyURS Enyu ValchevBUL
1964 Enyu ValchevBUL Klaus RostGER Iwao HoriuchiJPN
1968 Abdullah MovahedIRI Enyu ValchevBUL Danzandarjaagiin SereeterMGL
1972 Dan GableUSA Kikuo WadaJPN Ruslan AshuraliyevURS
1976 Pavel PiniginURS Butch KeaserUSA Yasaburo SugawaraJPN
1980 Saypulla AbsaidovURS Ivan YankovBUL Šaban SejdiYUG
1984 Yu In-TakKOR Andrew ReinUSA Jukka RauhalaFIN
1988 Arsen FadzayevURS Park Jang-SunKOR Nate CarrUSA
1992 Arsen FadzayevEUN Valentin GetsovBUL Kosei AkaishiJPN
1996 Vadim BogiyevRUS Townsend SaundersUSA Zaza ZazirovUKR
2000 Murad UmakhanovRUS Serafim BarzakovBUL Jang Jae-SeongKOR
2004 Yandro QuintanaCUB Masoud Mostafa JokarIRI Kenji InoueJPN
2008 Mavlet BatyrovRUS Kenichi YumotoJPN Morad Mohammadi
Bazar Bazarguruyev
IRI
KGZ
2012 Toğrul ƏsgərovAZE Besik KudukhovRUS Yogeshwar Dutt
Coleman Scott
IND
USA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 4 5 3 12
Soviet Union URS 3 1 2 6
Russian Federation RUS 3 1 0 4
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2 1 2 5
Bulgaria BUL 1 4 1 6
Sweden SWE 1 2 1 4
Finland FIN 1 1 4 6
Great Britain GBR 1 1 2 4
Republic of Korea KOR 1 1 1 3
France FRA 1 1 0 2
Hungary HUN 1 1 0 2
Azerbaijan AZE 1 0 0 1
Cuba CUB 1 0 0 1
Estonia EST 1 0 0 1
Türkiye TUR 1 0 0 1
Unified Team EUN 1 0 0 1
Japan JPN 0 3 4 7
Germany GER 0 2 0 2
India IND 0 0 1 1
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 0 0 1 1
Mongolia MGL 0 0 1 1
Switzerland SUI 0 0 1 1
Ukraine UKR 0 0 1 1
Yugoslavia YUG 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Arsen Fadzayev RUS
URS
EUN
UZB
2 0 0 2
Enyu Valchev BUL 1 1 1 3
Charles Pacôme FRA 1 1 0 2
Károly Kárpáti HUN 1 1 0 2
Osvald Käpp EST 1 0 0 1
Kalle Anttila FIN 1 0 0 1
George de Relwyskow GBR 1 0 0 1
Emam Ali Habibi IRI 1 0 0 1
Abdullah Movahed IRI 1 0 0 1
Yu In-Tak KOR 1 0 0 1
Vadim Bogiyev RUS 1 0 0 1
Olle Anderberg SWE 1 0 0 1
Celal Atik TUR 1 0 0 1
Saypulla Absaidov RUS
URS
1 0 0 1
Pavel Pinigin KGZ
RUS
URS
1 0 0 1
Dan Gable USA 1 0 0 1
Otto Roehm USA 1 0 0 1
Russ Vis USA 1 0 0 1
Shelby Wilson USA 1 0 0 1
Murad Umakhanov RUS 1 0 0 1
Yandro Quintana CUB 1 0 0 1
Mavlet Batyrov RUS 1 0 0 1
Toğrul Əsgərov AZE 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Afghanistan AFG 1960 Summer Olympics Amir Jan Khalunder 24 See all
Albania ALB 2008 Summer Olympics Sahit Prizreni 15 See all
Algeria ALG 1980 Summer Olympics Saïd Admane AC See all
Argentina ARG 1996 Summer Olympics Paulo Ibire =18 See all
Armenia ARM 1996 Summer Olympics Arayik Gevorgyan 5 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Arshak Hayrapetyan 5
Australia AUS 1984 Summer Olympics Zsigmond Kelevitz 5 See all
Austria AUT 2004 Summer Olympics Lubos Cikel 8 See all
Azerbaijan AZE 2012 Summer Olympics Toğrul Əsgərov 1 Gold See all
Belarus BLR 1996 Summer Olympics Aleh Hohal 9 See all
Belgium BEL 1920 Summer Olympics August Thys 4 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1964 Summer Olympics Enyu Valchev 1 Gold See all
Cameroon CMR 1980 Summer Olympics Victor Koualaigue AC See all
1984 Summer Olympics Victor Kede Manga AC
Canada CAN 1988 Summer Olympics David McKay 5 See all
Cuba CUB 2004 Summer Olympics Yandro Quintana 1 Gold See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1936 Summer Olympics Václav Brdek AC See all
1972 Summer Olympics Josef Engel AC
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 2012 Summer Olympics Ri Jong-Myong =5 See all
Denmark DEN 1928 Summer Olympics Carlo Tesdorf Jørgensen 5 See all
East Germany GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Eberhard Probst 5 See all
Egypt EGY 2012 Summer Olympics Hassan Madani 8 See all
El Salvador ESA 1984 Summer Olympics Gustavo Manzur AC See all
1988 Summer Olympics Gustavo Manzur AC
Estonia EST 1928 Summer Olympics Osvald Käpp 1 Gold See all
Finland FIN 1920 Summer Olympics Kalle Anttila 1 Gold See all
France FRA 1932 Summer Olympics Charles Pacôme 1 Gold See all
Georgia GEO 2004 Summer Olympics Davit Pogosian 5 See all
Germany GER 1936 Summer Olympics Wolfgang Ehrl 2 Silver See all
1964 Summer Olympics Klaus Rost 2 Silver
Great Britain GBR 1908 Summer Olympics George de Relwyskow 1 Gold See all
Greece GRE 2004 Summer Olympics Bezik Aslanasvili 11 See all
Guatemala GUA 1952 Summer Olympics Aristides Pérez AC See all
1968 Summer Olympics Ángel Aldana AC
Hungary HUN 1936 Summer Olympics Károly Kárpáti 1 Gold See all
India IND 2012 Summer Olympics Yogeshwar Dutt =3 Bronze See all
Iraq IRQ 1980 Summer Olympics Ali Hussain Faris 7 See all
Ireland IRL 1952 Summer Olympics Jack Vard AC See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1956 Summer Olympics Emam Ali Habibi 1 Gold See all
1968 Summer Olympics Abdullah Movahed 1 Gold
Israel ISR 1976 Summer Olympics Rami Miron 7 See all
Italy ITA 1948 Summer Olympics Garibaldo Nizzola 4 See all
Japan JPN 1956 Summer Olympics Shigeru Kasahara 2 Silver See all
1972 Summer Olympics Kikuo Wada 2 Silver
2008 Summer Olympics Kenichi Yumoto 2 Silver
Jordan JOR 1988 Summer Olympics Muneir Al-Masri AC See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2008 Summer Olympics Bauyrzhan Orazgaliyev 11 See all
Kenya KEN 1988 Summer Olympics Kiptoo Salbei AC See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2008 Summer Olympics Bazar Bazarguruyev =3 Bronze See all
Lebanon LBN 1960 Summer Olympics Nazem Amine 16 See all
Malaysia MAS 1964 Summer Olympics Tham Kook Chin AC See all
Malta MLT 1984 Summer Olympics Alexander Zammit AC See all
Mexico MEX 1960 Summer Olympics Mario Tovar =12 See all
Mongolia MGL 1968 Summer Olympics Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter 3 Bronze See all
Morocco MAR 1984 Summer Olympics Saïd Souaken DNS See all
1984 Summer Olympics Mohamed Ben Slimane DNS
Netherlands NED 1960 Summer Olympics Leo Piek DNS See all
New Zealand NZL 1964 Summer Olympics Tony Greig AC See all
Nigeria NGR 1996 Summer Olympics Ibo Oziti =18 See all
North Macedonia MKD 2008 Summer Olympics Murad Ramazanov 6 See all
Norway NOR 1928 Summer Olympics Birger Nilsen 4 See all
Pakistan PAK 1960 Summer Olympics Mohammad Din =12 See all
Panama PAN 1968 Summer Olympics Severino Aguilar AC See all
1972 Summer Olympics Segundo Olmedo AC
1976 Summer Olympics Segundo Olmedo AC
1988 Summer Olympics Herminio Hidalgo AC
People's Republic of China CHN 2008 Summer Olympics Tan He 12 See all
Peru PER 1984 Summer Olympics Iván Valladares AC See all
1988 Summer Olympics Edmundo Ichillumpa AC
Philippines PHI 1956 Summer Olympics Mateo Tanaquin AC See all
1968 Summer Olympics Eliseo Salugta AC
1988 Summer Olympics Dean-Carlos Manibog AC
Poland POL 1972 Summer Olympics Włodzimierz Cieślak 7 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 2012 Summer Olympics Franklin Gómez 15 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1984 Summer Olympics Yu In-Tak 1 Gold See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2000 Summer Olympics Ruslan Bodișteanu 10 See all
Romania ROU 1980 Summer Olympics Octavian Dușa 6 See all
Russian Federation RUS 1996 Summer Olympics Vadim Bogiyev 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Murad Umakhanov 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Mavlet Batyrov 1 Gold
Senegal SEN 1996 Summer Olympics Félix Diédhiou 17 See all
Slovakia SVK 2000 Summer Olympics Štefan Fernyák 8 See all
South Africa RSA 1960 Summer Olympics Tony Ries, Jr. 11 See all
Soviet Union URS 1976 Summer Olympics Pavel Pinigin 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Saypulla Absaidov 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Arsen Fadzayev 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1984 Summer Olympics Francisco Iglesias AC See all
1988 Summer Olympics Juan Caride AC
1992 Summer Olympics Francisco Barcia AC
Sweden SWE 1952 Summer Olympics Olle Anderberg 1 Gold See all
Switzerland SUI 1948 Summer Olympics Hermann Baumann 3 Bronze See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1996 Summer Olympics Ahmad Al-Aosta 8 See all
Tajikistan TJK 2008 Summer Olympics Vitaliy Koryakin 14 See all
Türkiye TUR 1948 Summer Olympics Celal Atik 1 Gold See all
Ukraine UKR 1996 Summer Olympics Zaza Zazirov 3 Bronze See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Arsen Fadzayev 1 Gold See all
United States USA 1904 Summer Olympics Otto Roehm 1 Gold See all
1924 Summer Olympics Russ Vis 1 Gold
1960 Summer Olympics Shelby Wilson 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Dan Gable 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1976 Summer Olympics Ronald Joseph AC See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2004 Summer Olympics Damir Zakhartdinov 9 See all
Venezuela VEN 1960 Summer Olympics Rafael Durán =20 See all
Vietnam VIE 1980 Summer Olympics Nguyễn Ðình Chi AC See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Erwin Knosp 7 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Alexander Leipold 7
Yugoslavia YUG 1980 Summer Olympics Šaban Sejdi 3 Bronze See all