Wrestling — Middleweight, Freestyle, Men

Times held 26
Total participants 403
Total countries 80

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1908 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤161 lbs [73 kg]), Men Olympic 12 3
1920 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤75 kg), Men Olympic 18 12
1924 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤79 kg), Men Olympic 14 9
1928 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤79 kg), Men Olympic 9 9
1932 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤79 kg), Men Olympic 7 7
1936 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤79 kg), Men Olympic 15 15
1948 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤79 kg), Men Olympic 16 16
1952 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤79 kg), Men Olympic 17 17
1956 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤79 kg), Men Olympic 15 15
1960 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤79 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
1964 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤87 kg), Men Olympic 16 16
1968 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤87 kg), Men Olympic 22 22
1972 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤82 kg), Men Olympic 24 24
1976 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤82 kg), Men Olympic 18 18
1980 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤82 kg), Men Olympic 14 14
1984 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤82 kg), Men Olympic 16 16
1988 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤82 kg), Men Olympic 29 29
1992 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤82 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
1996 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤82 kg), Men Olympic 21 21
2000 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤76 kg), Men Olympic 20 20
2004 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤74 kg), Men Olympic 21 21
2008 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤74 kg), Men Olympic 21 21
2012 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤74 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
2016 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤74 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
2020 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤74 kg), Men Olympic 16 16
2024 Middleweight, Freestyle (≤74 kg), Men Olympic 17 17

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1908 Stanley BaconGBR George de RelwyskowGBR Fred BeckGBR
1920 Eino LeinoFIN Väinö PenttalaFIN Charley JohnsonUSA
1924 Fritz HagmannSUI Pierre OllivierBEL Vilho PekkalaFIN
1928 Ernst KyburzSUI Donald StocktonCAN Sam RabinGBR
1932 Ivar JohanssonSWE Kyösti LuukkoFIN József TunyogiHUN
1936 Émile PoilvéFRA Dick VolivaUSA Ahmet KireççiTUR
1948 Glen BrandUSA Adil CandemirTUR Erik LindénSWE
1952 Davit Tsimak'uridzeURS Gholam Reza TakhtiIRI György GuricsHUN
1956 Nikola StanchevBUL Dan HodgeUSA Giorgi Skhirt'ladzeURS
1960 Hasan GüngörTUR Giorgi Skhirt'ladzeURS Hans AntonssonSWE
1964 Prodan GardzhevBUL Hasan GüngörTUR Dan BrandUSA
1968 Boris GurevichURS Jigjidiin MönkhbatMGL Prodan GardzhevBUL
1972 Levan TediashviliURS John PetersonUSA Vasile IorgaROU
1976 John PetersonUSA Viktor NovozhilovURS Adolf SegerFRG
1980 Ismail AbilovBUL Magomedkhan AratsilovURS István KovácsHUN
1984 Mark SchultzUSA Hideyuki NagashimaJPN Chris RinkeCAN
1988 Han Myeong-UKOR Necmi GençalpTUR Jozef LohyňaTCH
1992 Kevin JacksonUSA Elmadi ZhabrailovEUN Rasoul Khadem AzgadhiIRI
1996 Khadzhimurat MagomedovRUS Yang Hyeong-MoKOR Amir Reza Khadem AzgadhiIRI
2000 Brandon SlayUSA Mun Ui-JeKOR Adem BereketTUR
2004 Buvaysar SaytiyevRUS Gennady LaliyevKAZ Iván FundoraCUB
2008 Buvaysar SaytiyevRUS Murad HaydarauBLR Kiril Terziev
Gheorghiță Ștefan
BUL
ROU
2012 Jordan BurroughsUSA Sadegh GoudarziIRI Gábor Hatos
Denis Tsargush
HUN
RUS
2016 Hassan YazdaniIRI Aniuar GeduyevRUS Cəbrayıl Həsənov
Soner Demirtaş
AZE
TUR
2020 Zaurbek SidakovROC Mahamedkhabib KadzimahamedauBLR Kyle Dake
Bekzod Abdurakhmonov
USA
UZB
2024 Razambek ZhamalovUZB Daichi TakataniJPN Chermen Valiev
Kyle Dake
ALB
USA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 6 3 4 13
Soviet Union URS 3 3 1 7
Russian Federation RUS 3 1 1 5
Bulgaria BUL 3 0 2 5
Switzerland SUI 2 0 0 2
Türkiye TUR 1 3 3 7
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1 2 2 5
Finland FIN 1 2 1 4
Republic of Korea KOR 1 2 0 3
Great Britain GBR 1 1 2 4
Sweden SWE 1 0 2 3
Uzbekistan UZB 1 0 1 2
France FRA 1 0 0 1
ROC ROC 1 0 0 1
Belarus BLR 0 2 0 2
Japan JPN 0 2 0 2
Canada CAN 0 1 1 2
Belgium BEL 0 1 0 1
Kazakhstan KAZ 0 1 0 1
Mongolia MGL 0 1 0 1
Unified Team EUN 0 1 0 1
Hungary HUN 0 0 4 4
Romania ROU 0 0 2 2
Albania ALB 0 0 1 1
Azerbaijan AZE 0 0 1 1
Cuba CUB 0 0 1 1
Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 1 1
West Germany FRG 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Buvaysar Saytiyev RUS 2 0 0 2
Hasan Güngör TUR 1 1 0 2
John Peterson USA 1 1 0 2
Prodan Gardzhev BUL 1 0 1 2
Ismail Abilov BUL 1 0 0 1
Nikola Stanchev BUL 1 0 0 1
Eino Leino FIN 1 0 0 1
Émile Poilvé FRA 1 0 0 1
Stanley Bacon GBR 1 0 0 1
Han Myeong-U KOR 1 0 0 1
Khadzhimurat Magomedov RUS 1 0 0 1
Fritz Hagmann SUI 1 0 0 1
Ernst Kyburz SUI 1 0 0 1
Ivar Johansson SWE 1 0 0 1
Boris Gurevich URS
UKR
1 0 0 1
Levan Tediashvili GEO
URS
1 0 0 1
Davit Tsimak'uridze GEO
URS
1 0 0 1
Glen Brand USA 1 0 0 1
Kevin Jackson USA 1 0 0 1
Mark Schultz USA 1 0 0 1
Brandon Slay USA 1 0 0 1
Jordan Burroughs USA 1 0 0 1
Hassan Yazdani IRI 1 0 0 1
Zaurbek Sidakov ROC 1 0 0 1
Razambek Zhamalov UZB 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Afghanistan AFG 1960 Summer Olympics Mohammad Asif Khokan =12 See all
Albania ALB 2024 Summer Olympics Chermen Valiev =3 Bronze See all
Argentina ARG 1952 Summer Olympics León Genuth =6 See all
Armenia ARM 2004 Summer Olympics Arayik Gevorgyan 8 See all
Australia AUS 1928 Summer Olympics Tom Bolger 6 See all
Austria AUT 1980 Summer Olympics Günter Busarello 7 See all
Azerbaijan AZE 2016 Summer Olympics Cəbrayıl Həsənov =3 Bronze See all
Belarus BLR 2008 Summer Olympics Murad Haydarau 2 Silver See all
2020 Summer Olympics Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau 2 Silver
Belgium BEL 1924 Summer Olympics Pierre Ollivier 2 Silver See all
Brazil BRA 1992 Summer Olympics Roberto Leitão AC See all
Bulgaria BUL 1956 Summer Olympics Nikola Stanchev 1 Gold See all
1964 Summer Olympics Prodan Gardzhev 1 Gold
1980 Summer Olympics Ismail Abilov 1 Gold
Cameroon CMR 1980 Summer Olympics Zachée N'Dock AC See all
1984 Summer Olympics Barthelémy N'To AC
1988 Summer Olympics Barthelémy N'To AC
Canada CAN 1928 Summer Olympics Donald Stockton 2 Silver See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1988 Summer Olympics Chi Man-Hsien AC See all
Colombia COL 2016 Summer Olympics Carlos Izquierdo 18 See all
Cuba CUB 2004 Summer Olympics Iván Fundora 3 Bronze See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1988 Summer Olympics Jozef Lohyňa 3 Bronze See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1968 Summer Olympics Ri Chan-Woo DNS See all
Denmark DEN 1924 Summer Olympics Robert Christoffersen 8 See all
East Germany GDR 1972 Summer Olympics Horst Stottmeister 4 See all
Egypt EGY 2020 Summer Olympics Amr Hussen 7 See all
Estonia EST 1924 Summer Olympics Roman Steinberg DNS See all
Finland FIN 1920 Summer Olympics Eino Leino 1 Gold See all
France FRA 1936 Summer Olympics Émile Poilvé 1 Gold See all
Georgia GEO 2012 Summer Olympics Davit Khutsishvili 6 See all
Germany GER 1952 Summer Olympics Gustav Gocke 4 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Hans Gstöttner 4
Great Britain GBR 1908 Summer Olympics Stanley Bacon 1 Gold See all
Greece GRE 1984 Summer Olympics Iraklis Deskoulidis 7 See all
Guatemala GUA 1968 Summer Olympics José Manuel Hernández AC See all
Guinea Bissau GBS 2012 Summer Olympics Augusto Midana 7 See all
Haiti HAI 2016 Summer Olympics Asnage Castelly 19 See all
Hungary HUN 1932 Summer Olympics József Tunyogi 3 Bronze See all
1952 Summer Olympics György Gurics 3 Bronze
1980 Summer Olympics István Kovács 3 Bronze
2012 Summer Olympics Gábor Hatos =3 Bronze
India IND 1960 Summer Olympics Madho Singh =5 See all
Individual Neutral Athletes AIN 2024 Summer Olympics Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau 9 See all
Iraq IRQ 1980 Summer Olympics Abdul Rahman Bressam Mohammed AC See all
1988 Summer Olympics Mohammed Jabouri AC
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2016 Summer Olympics Hassan Yazdani 1 Gold See all
Italy ITA 1924 Summer Olympics Enrico Bonassin =5 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Frank Chamizo =5
Japan JPN 1984 Summer Olympics Hideyuki Nagashima 2 Silver See all
2024 Summer Olympics Daichi Takatani 2 Silver
Kazakhstan KAZ 2004 Summer Olympics Gennady Laliyev 2 Silver See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2008 Summer Olympics Arsen Gitinov 7 See all
Lebanon LBN 1976 Summer Olympics Imad Faddoul AC See all
Mauritania MTN 1984 Summer Olympics Mamoudou War DNS See all
Mexico MEX 1948 Summer Olympics Eduardo Assam AC See all
1952 Summer Olympics Eduardo Assam AC
1968 Summer Olympics Raúl García AC
Mongolia MGL 1968 Summer Olympics Jigjidiin Mönkhbat 2 Silver See all
New Zealand NZL 1984 Summer Olympics Ken Reinsfield 6 See all
Nigeria NGR 1984 Summer Olympics Kally Agogo AC See all
1988 Summer Olympics Victor Kodei AC
1992 Summer Olympics Enekpedekumoh Okporu AC
North Macedonia MKD 2000 Summer Olympics Nasir Gadžihanov 7 See all
Norway NOR 1920 Summer Olympics Gudmund Grimstad =5 See all
Pakistan PAK 1960 Summer Olympics Muhammad Faiz 11 See all
Panama PAN 1964 Summer Olympics Alfonso González AC See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2024 Summer Olympics Lu Feng 8 See all
Philippines PHI 1956 Summer Olympics Nicolas Arcales AC See all
1964 Summer Olympics Fernando García AC
Poland POL 1980 Summer Olympics Henryk Mazur 4 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Krystian Brzozowski 4
Puerto Rico PUR 2020 Summer Olympics Franklin Gómez 16 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Zaurbek Sidakov 1 Gold See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics Han Myeong-U 1 Gold See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 1996 Summer Olympics Gusman Jabrailov 9 See all
Romania ROU 1972 Summer Olympics Vasile Iorga 3 Bronze See all
2008 Summer Olympics Gheorghiță Ștefan =3 Bronze
Russian Federation RUS 1996 Summer Olympics Khadzhimurat Magomedov 1 Gold See all
2004 Summer Olympics Buvaysar Saytiyev 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Buvaysar Saytiyev 1 Gold
Senegal SEN 1996 Summer Olympics Alioune Diouf 21 See all
Serbia SRB 2024 Summer Olympics Hetik Cabolov =5 See all
Slovakia SVK 2024 Summer Olympics Tajmuraz Salkazanov 10 See all
South Africa RSA 1928 Summer Olympics Arthur Praeg =4 See all
1948 Summer Olympics Calie Reitz 4
Soviet Union URS 1952 Summer Olympics Davit Tsimak'uridze 1 Gold See all
1968 Summer Olympics Boris Gurevich 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Levan Tediashvili 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1992 Summer Olympics Francisco Iglesias 8 See all
Sweden SWE 1932 Summer Olympics Ivar Johansson 1 Gold See all
Switzerland SUI 1924 Summer Olympics Fritz Hagmann 1 Gold See all
1928 Summer Olympics Ernst Kyburz 1 Gold
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1980 Summer Olympics Mohamed El-Oulabi 8 See all
Tajikistan TJK 2024 Summer Olympics Viktor Rassadin =5 See all
The Bahamas BAH 1968 Summer Olympics Robert Nihon AC See all
The Gambia GAM 1988 Summer Olympics Matarr Jarju AC See all
Tunisia TUN 2012 Summer Olympics Bilel Ouechtati 10 See all
Türkiye TUR 1960 Summer Olympics Hasan Güngör 1 Gold See all
Ukraine UKR 2000 Summer Olympics Alik Muzaiev 6 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Elmadi Zhabrailov 2 Silver See all
United States USA 1948 Summer Olympics Glen Brand 1 Gold See all
1976 Summer Olympics John Peterson 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Mark Schultz 1 Gold
1992 Summer Olympics Kevin Jackson 1 Gold
2000 Summer Olympics Brandon Slay 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Jordan Burroughs 1 Gold
Uzbekistan UZB 2024 Summer Olympics Razambek Zhamalov 1 Gold See all
Venezuela VEN 2012 Summer Olympics Ricardo Roberty 11 See all
West Germany FRG 1976 Summer Olympics Adolf Seger 3 Bronze See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1980 Summer Olympics Abdulah Memedi 5 See all
Zambia ZAM 1964 Summer Olympics Theunis van Wyk AC See all
Équipe Olympique des Réfugies EOR 2024 Summer Olympics Iman Mahdavi 17 See all