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Facts

Disciplines	Wrestling
Participants	5324
NOCs	135
Competitions held	446
Distinct events	42
IF	United World Wrestling, Amateur-Athleten-Weltunion, Internationaler Kraftsportverband

Description

All-time medal table

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Soviet Union	URS	62	31	23	116
United States	USA	59	47	43	149
Japan	JPN	45	23	19	87
Russian Federation	RUS	31	14	14	59
Türkiye	TUR	29	18	21	68
Sweden	SWE	28	27	31	86
Finland	FIN	26	28	29	83
Hungary	HUN	20	17	19	56
Bulgaria	BUL	18	32	23	73
Islamic Republic of Iran	IRI	13	19	23	55
Cuba	CUB	12	7	13	32
Republic of Korea	KOR	11	11	14	36
Romania	ROU	7	8	19	34
Italy	ITA	7	4	11	22
Germany	GER	6	17	14	37
Unified Team	EUN	6	5	5	16
Poland	POL	5	9	13	27
Estonia	EST	5	2	4	11
Azerbaijan	AZE	4	8	16	28
Ukraine	UKR	4	8	9	21
Georgia	GEO	4	7	10	21
Yugoslavia	YUG	4	6	6	16
France	FRA	4	4	10	18
Switzerland	SUI	4	4	6	14
ROC	ROC	4	0	4	8
Canada	CAN	3	7	7	17
Great Britain	GBR	3	4	10	17
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	PRK	3	2	7	12
Uzbekistan	UZB	3	2	5	10
People's Republic of China	CHN	2	6	12	20
Armenia	ARM	2	5	4	11
East Germany	GDR	2	3	2	7
Egypt	EGY	2	2	3	7
Norway	NOR	2	2	3	7
Czechoslovakia	TCH	1	7	7	15
Kazakhstan	KAZ	1	6	11	18
West Germany	FRG	1	4	4	9
Greece	GRE	1	3	8	12
Serbia	SRB	1	0	1	2
Bahrain	BRN	1	0	0	1
Belarus	BLR	0	7	7	14
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	0	4	7	11
Mongolia	MGL	0	4	6	10
Denmark	DEN	0	3	7	10
Belgium	BEL	0	3	0	3
India	IND	0	2	6	8
Australia	AUS	0	1	2	3
Lebanon	LBN	0	1	2	3
Lithuania	LTU	0	1	1	2
Puerto Rico	PUR	0	1	1	2
Republic of Moldova	MDA	0	1	1	2
Chile	CHI	0	1	0	1
Ecuador	ECU	0	1	0	1
Latvia	LAT	0	1	0	1
Mexico	MEX	0	1	0	1
Nigeria	NGR	0	1	0	1
Slovakia	SVK	0	1	0	1
Syrian Arab Republic	SYR	0	1	0	1
Tajikistan	TJK	0	1	0	1
United Arab Republic	UAR	0	1	0	1
Colombia	COL	0	0	3	3
Albania	ALB	0	0	2	2
Austria	AUT	0	0	2	2
Czechia	CZE	0	0	1	1
North Macedonia	MKD	0	0	1	1
Pakistan	PAK	0	0	1	1
San Marino	SMR	0	0	1	1
Spain	ESP	0	0	1	1
Tunisia	TUN	0	0	1	1

Most successful competitors

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Mijaín López	CUB	5	0	0	5
Kaori Icho	JPN	4	0	0	4
Aleksandr Karelin	RUS URS EUN	3	1	0	4
Saori Yoshida	JPN	3	1	0	4
Buvaysar Saytiyev	RUS	3	0	0	3
Ivar Johansson	SWE	3	0	0	3
Carl Westergren	SWE	3	0	0	3
Aliaksandr Miadved	BLR URS	3	0	0	3
Rudolf Svensson	SWE	2	2	0	4
Bruce Baumgartner	USA	2	1	1	4

Event types

Discipline	Name	Gender	Still contested?	Times held?
Wrestling	Featherweight, Greco-Roman	Men		26
Wrestling	Welterweight, Greco-Roman	Men		22
Wrestling	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman	Men		28
Wrestling	Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman	Men		14
Wrestling	Featherweight, Freestyle	Men		27
Wrestling	Welterweight, Freestyle	Men		25
Wrestling	Middleweight, Freestyle	Men		26
Wrestling	Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle	Men		25
Wrestling	Heavyweight, Freestyle	Men		27
Wrestling	Super-Heavyweight, Freestyle	Men		14
Wrestling	Flyweight, Freestyle	Women		6
Wrestling	Featherweight, Freestyle	Women		3
Wrestling	Lightweight, Freestyle	Women		6
Wrestling	Middleweight, Freestyle	Women		6
Wrestling	Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle	Women		3
Wrestling	Heavyweight, Freestyle	Women		6
Wrestling	Lightweight, Greco-Roman	Boys		3
Wrestling	Middleweight, Greco-Roman	Boys		3
Wrestling	Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman	Boys		3
Wrestling	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman	Boys		3
Wrestling	Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman	Boys		3
Wrestling	Lightweight, Freestyle	Boys		3
Wrestling	Middleweight, Freestyle	Boys		3
Wrestling	Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle	Boys		3
Wrestling	Heavyweight, Freestyle	Boys		2
Wrestling	Super-Heavyweight, Freestyle	Boys		4
Wrestling	Lightweight, Freestyle	Girls		3
Wrestling	Middleweight, Freestyle	Girls		3
Wrestling	Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle	Girls		3
Wrestling	Heavyweight, Freestyle	Girls		4
Wrestling	Light-Flyweight, Greco-Roman	Men		7
Wrestling	Flyweight, Greco-Roman	Men		13
Wrestling	Bantamweight, Greco-Roman	Men		18
Wrestling	Lightweight, Greco-Roman	Men		25
Wrestling	Middleweight A, Greco-Roman	Men		28
Wrestling	Middleweight B, Greco-Roman	Men		27
Wrestling	All-Around, Greco-Roman	Men		2
Wrestling	Wrestling and Somersault	Men		1
Wrestling	Light-Flyweight, Freestyle	Men		8
Wrestling	Flyweight, Freestyle	Men		14
Wrestling	Bantamweight, Freestyle	Men		20
Wrestling	Lightweight, Freestyle	Men		24