Wrestling — Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men

Times held 25
Total participants 376
Total countries 76

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1920 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤82½ kg), Men Olympic 13 8
1924 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤87 kg), Men Olympic 15 10
1928 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤87 kg), Men Olympic 7 7
1932 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤87 kg), Men Olympic 4 4
1936 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤87 kg), Men Olympic 12 12
1948 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤87 kg), Men Olympic 15 15
1952 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤87 kg), Men Olympic 13 13
1956 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤87 kg), Men Olympic 12 12
1960 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤87 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
1964 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤97 kg), Men Olympic 16 16
1968 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤97 kg), Men Olympic 16 16
1972 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 23 23
1976 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 21 21
1980 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 15 15
1984 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 16 16
1988 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 28 28
1992 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 17 17
1996 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 21 21
2000 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤85 kg), Men Olympic 20 20
2004 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤84 kg), Men Olympic 22 22
2008 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤84 kg), Men Olympic 20 20
2012 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤84 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
2016 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤86 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
2020 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤86 kg), Men Olympic 16 16
2024 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤86 kg), Men Olympic 16 16

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1920 Anders LarssonSWE Charles CourantSUI Walter MaurerUSA
1924 John SpellmanUSA Rudolf SvenssonSWE Charles CourantSUI
1928 Thure SjöstedtSWE Arnold BögliSUI Henri LefèbvreFRA
1932 Peter MehringerUSA Thure SjöstedtSWE Eddie ScarfAUS
1936 Knut FridellSWE August NeoEST Erich SiebertGER
1948 Henry WittenbergUSA Fritz StöckliSUI Bengt FahlkvistSWE
1952 Viking PalmSWE Henry WittenbergUSA Adil AtanTUR
1956 Gholam Reza TakhtiIRI Boris KulayevURS Pete BlairUSA
1960 İsmet AtlıTUR Gholam Reza TakhtiIRI Anatoly AlbulURS
1964 Aliaksandr MiadvedURS Ahmet AyıkTUR Said MustafovBUL
1968 Ahmet AyıkTUR Shota LomidzeURS József CsatáriHUN
1972 Ben PetersonUSA Gennady StrakhovURS Károly BajkóHUN
1976 Levan TediashviliURS Ben PetersonUSA Stelica MorcovROU
1980 Sanasar OganisyanURS Uwe NeupertGDR Aleksander CichońPOL
1984 Ed BanachUSA Akira OtaJPN Noel LobanGBR
1988 Makharbek KhadartsevURS Akira OtaJPN Kim Tae-UKOR
1992 Makharbek KhadartsevEUN Kenan ŞimşekTUR Chris CampbellUSA
1996 Rasoul Khadem AzgadhiIRI Makharbek KhadartsevRUS Eldar KurtanidzeGEO
2000 Adam SaytiyevRUS Yoel RomeroCUB Mogamed IbragimovMKD
2004 Cael SandersonUSA Mun Ui-JeKOR Sazhid SazhidovRUS
2008 Revaz MindorashviliGEO Yusup AbdusalomovTJK Georgy Ketoyev
Taras Danko
RUS
UKR
2012 Şərif ŞərifovAZE Jaime EspinalPUR Dato Marsagishvili
Ehsan Lashgari
GEO
IRI
2016 Abdulrashid SadulayevRUS Selim YaşarTUR Şərif Şərifov
J'den Cox
AZE
USA
2020 David TaylorUSA Hassan YazdaniIRI Artur Nayfonov
Myles Amine
ROC
SMR
2024 Magomed RamazanovBUL Hassan YazdaniIRI Dauren Kurugliyev
Aaron Brooks
GRE
USA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 7 2 5 14
Soviet Union URS 4 3 1 8
Sweden SWE 4 2 1 7
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2 3 1 6
Türkiye TUR 2 3 1 6
Russian Federation RUS 2 1 2 5
Georgia GEO 1 0 2 3
Azerbaijan AZE 1 0 1 2
Bulgaria BUL 1 0 1 2
Unified Team EUN 1 0 0 1
Switzerland SUI 0 3 1 4
Japan JPN 0 2 0 2
Republic of Korea KOR 0 1 1 2
Cuba CUB 0 1 0 1
East Germany GDR 0 1 0 1
Estonia EST 0 1 0 1
Puerto Rico PUR 0 1 0 1
Tajikistan TJK 0 1 0 1
Hungary HUN 0 0 2 2
Australia AUS 0 0 1 1
France FRA 0 0 1 1
Germany GER 0 0 1 1
Great Britain GBR 0 0 1 1
Greece GRE 0 0 1 1
North Macedonia MKD 0 0 1 1
Poland POL 0 0 1 1
ROC ROC 0 0 1 1
Romania ROU 0 0 1 1
San Marino SMR 0 0 1 1
Ukraine UKR 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Makharbek Khadartsev RUS
URS
EUN
UZB
2 1 0 3
Gholam Reza Takhti IRI 1 1 0 2
Thure Sjöstedt SWE 1 1 0 2
Ahmet Ayık TUR 1 1 0 2
Ben Peterson USA 1 1 0 2
Henry Wittenberg USA 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Afghanistan AFG 1960 Summer Olympics Ghulam Mohiddin Gunga 18 See all
Algeria ALG 2020 Summer Olympics Fateh Benferdjallah 11 See all
American Samoa ASA 1996 Summer Olympics Louis Purcell =20 See all
Argentina ARG 1968 Summer Olympics Daniel Verník AC See all
Armenia ARM 2008 Summer Olympics Harutyun Yenokyan 8 See all
Australia AUS 1932 Summer Olympics Eddie Scarf 3 Bronze See all
Austria AUT 1984 Summer Olympics Edwin Lins AC See all
1988 Summer Olympics Edwin Lins AC
Azerbaijan AZE 2012 Summer Olympics Şərif Şərifov 1 Gold See all
Belarus BLR 2012 Summer Olympics Saslan Hattsiyeu =5 See all
Belgium BEL 1924 Summer Olympics Jean Hutmacher =4 See all
Brazil BRA 1988 Summer Olympics Roberto Leitão AC See all
Bulgaria BUL 2024 Summer Olympics Magomed Ramazanov 1 Gold See all
Cameroon CMR 1980 Summer Olympics Jean-Claude Biloa AC See all
1988 Summer Olympics Jean-Baptiste Youmbi AC
Canada CAN 1932 Summer Olympics Harry Madison 4 See all
1948 Summer Olympics Fernand Payette =4
1984 Summer Olympics Clark Davis 4
Colombia COL 2020 Summer Olympics Carlos Izquierdo 12 See all
Cuba CUB 2000 Summer Olympics Yoel Romero 2 Silver See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1936 Summer Olympics Hubert Prokop AC See all
1992 Summer Olympics Jozef Palatinus AC
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 2000 Summer Olympics Vincent Aka-Akesse 20 See all
Denmark DEN 1924 Summer Olympics Poul Hansen =9 See all
East Germany GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Uwe Neupert 2 Silver See all
Egypt EGY 2016 Summer Olympics Mohamed Zaghloul 17 See all
Estonia EST 1936 Summer Olympics August Neo 2 Silver See all
Finland FIN 1924 Summer Olympics Iisakki Mylläri =4 See all
France FRA 1928 Summer Olympics Henri Lefèbvre 3 Bronze See all
Georgia GEO 2008 Summer Olympics Revaz Mindorashvili 1 Gold See all
Germany GER 1936 Summer Olympics Erich Siebert 3 Bronze See all
Great Britain GBR 1984 Summer Olympics Noel Loban 3 Bronze See all
Greece GRE 2024 Summer Olympics Dauren Kurugliyev =3 Bronze See all
Guam GUM 2004 Summer Olympics Jeffrey Cobb 21 See all
Hungary HUN 1968 Summer Olympics József Csatári 3 Bronze See all
1972 Summer Olympics Károly Bajkó 3 Bronze
India IND 2020 Summer Olympics Deepak Punia =5 See all
Iraq IRQ 1980 Summer Olympics Safaa Ali Nema AC See all
1984 Summer Olympics Abdul Rahman Bressam Mohammed AC
Ireland IRL 1956 Summer Olympics Gerry Martina 4 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1956 Summer Olympics Gholam Reza Takhti 1 Gold See all
1996 Summer Olympics Rasoul Khadem Azgadhi 1 Gold
Italy ITA 1984 Summer Olympics Michele Azzola 8 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Renato Lombardo 8
Japan JPN 1984 Summer Olympics Akira Ota 2 Silver See all
1988 Summer Olympics Akira Ota 2 Silver
Kazakhstan KAZ 2000 Summer Olympics Magomed Kurugliyev 10 See all
Latvia LAT 2012 Summer Olympics Armands Zvirbulis 10 See all
Lebanon LBN 1948 Summer Olympics Ibrahim Mahgoub DNS See all
Lithuania LTU 1996 Summer Olympics Ričardas Pauliukonis 9 See all
Mauritania MTN 1984 Summer Olympics Mamadou Diallo AC See all
1988 Summer Olympics Samba Adama AC
Mexico MEX 1972 Summer Olympics Raúl García AC See all
Mongolia MGL 1992 Summer Olympics Puntsagiin Sükhbat 4 See all
New Zealand NZL 1992 Summer Olympics Grant Parker AC See all
Nigeria NGR 1984 Summer Olympics Macauley Appah 5 See all
North Macedonia MKD 2000 Summer Olympics Mogamed Ibragimov 3 Bronze See all
Pakistan PAK 1984 Summer Olympics Abdul Majeed 7 See all
Panama PAN 1964 Summer Olympics Sión Cóhen AC See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2020 Summer Olympics Lin Zushen 7 See all
Peru PER 2020 Summer Olympics Pool Ambrocio 15 See all
Poland POL 1980 Summer Olympics Aleksander Cichoń 3 Bronze See all
Puerto Rico PUR 2012 Summer Olympics Jaime Espinal 2 Silver See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Artur Nayfonov =3 Bronze See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2004 Summer Olympics Mun Ui-Je 2 Silver See all
Romania ROU 1976 Summer Olympics Stelica Morcov 3 Bronze See all
Russian Federation RUS 2000 Summer Olympics Adam Saytiyev 1 Gold See all
2016 Summer Olympics Abdulrashid Sadulayev 1 Gold
San Marino SMR 2020 Summer Olympics Myles Amine =3 Bronze See all
Senegal SEN 2000 Summer Olympics Alioune Diouf 15 See all
Slovakia SVK 1996 Summer Olympics Jozef Lohyňa 4 See all
South Africa RSA 1948 Summer Olympics Pat Morton 6 See all
1952 Summer Olympics Jan Theron 6
1960 Summer Olympics Manie van Zyl 6
Soviet Union URS 1964 Summer Olympics Aliaksandr Miadved 1 Gold See all
1976 Summer Olympics Levan Tediashvili 1 Gold
1980 Summer Olympics Sanasar Oganisyan 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Makharbek Khadartsev 1 Gold
Sweden SWE 1920 Summer Olympics Anders Larsson 1 Gold See all
1928 Summer Olympics Thure Sjöstedt 1 Gold
1936 Summer Olympics Knut Fridell 1 Gold
1952 Summer Olympics Viking Palm 1 Gold
Switzerland SUI 1920 Summer Olympics Charles Courant 2 Silver See all
1928 Summer Olympics Arnold Bögli 2 Silver
1948 Summer Olympics Fritz Stöckli 2 Silver
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1988 Summer Olympics Ahmad Al-Shamy AC See all
Tajikistan TJK 2008 Summer Olympics Yusup Abdusalomov 2 Silver See all
The Bahamas BAH 1968 Summer Olympics Alexis Nihon AC See all
The Gambia GAM 1988 Summer Olympics Bakary Sanneh AC See all
Tunisia TUN 2008 Summer Olympics Adnan Rhimi 18 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Mohamed Saadaoui 18
Türkiye TUR 1960 Summer Olympics İsmet Atlı 1 Gold See all
1968 Summer Olympics Ahmet Ayık 1 Gold
Ukraine UKR 2008 Summer Olympics Taras Danko =3 Bronze See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Makharbek Khadartsev 1 Gold See all
United States USA 1924 Summer Olympics John Spellman 1 Gold See all
1932 Summer Olympics Peter Mehringer 1 Gold
1948 Summer Olympics Henry Wittenberg 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Ben Peterson 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Ed Banach 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Cael Sanderson 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics David Taylor 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1976 Summer Olympics Wayne Thomas AC See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2020 Summer Olympics Zhavrail Shapiev =5 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Zhavrail Shapiev =5
Venezuela VEN 2016 Summer Olympics Pedro Ceballos =5 See all
West Germany FRG 1968 Summer Olympics Heinz Kiehl AC See all
1972 Summer Olympics Ernst Knoll AC
1976 Summer Olympics Peter Neumair AC
1984 Summer Olympics Bodo Lukowski AC
1988 Summer Olympics Bodo Lukowski AC