List of Olympic medalists in freestyle wrestling

This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in freestyle wrestling.

Current Program

Men

Bantamweight

• -56.70 kg (1904)
• -54 kg (1908)
• -56 kg (1924–1936)
• -57 kg (1948–1996)
• -58 kg (2000)
• -55 kg (2004–2012)
• -57 kg (2016–Present)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1904 St. Louis	Isidor Niflot  United States	August Wester  United States	Louis Strebler  United States
1908 London	George Mehnert  United States	William J. Press  Great Britain	Aubert Cote  Canada
1912-1920	not included in the Olympic program
1924 Paris	Kustaa Pihlajamäki  Finland	Kaarlo Mäkinen  Finland	Bryan Hines  United States
1928 Amsterdam	Kaarlo Mäkinen  Finland	Edmond Spapen  Belgium	James Trifunov  Canada
1932 Los Angeles	Robert Pearce  United States	Ödön Zombori  Hungary	Aatos Jaskari  Finland
1936 Berlin	Ödön Zombori  Hungary	Ross Flood  United States	Johannes Herbert  Germany
1948 London	Nasuh Akar  Turkey	Gerald Leeman  United States	Charles Kouyos  France
1952 Helsinki	Shohachi Ishii  Japan	Rashid Mamedbekov  Soviet Union	Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav  India
1956 Melbourne	Mustafa Dağıstanlı  Turkey	Mehdi Yaghoubi  Iran	Mikhail Shakhov  Soviet Union
1960 Rome	Terrence McCann  United States	Nezhdet Zalev  Bulgaria	Tadeusz Trojanowski  Poland
1964 Tokyo	Yojiro Uetake  Japan	Hüseyin Akbaş  Turkey	Aydin Ibragimov  Soviet Union
1968 Mexico City	Yojiro Uetake  Japan	Donald Behm  United States	Aboutaleb Talebi  Iran
1972 Munich	Hideaki Yanagida  Japan	Richard Sanders  United States	László Klinga  Hungary
1976 Montreal	Vladimir Yumin  Soviet Union	Hans-Dieter Brüchert  East Germany	Masao Arai  Japan
1980 Moscow	Sergei Beloglazov  Soviet Union	Li Ho-Pyong  North Korea	Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold  Mongolia
1984 Los Angeles	Hideaki Tomiyama  Japan	Barry Davis  United States	Kim Eui-Kon  South Korea
1988 Seoul	Sergei Beloglazov  Soviet Union	Askari Mohammadian  Iran	Noh Kyung-Sun  South Korea
1992 Barcelona	Alejandro Puerto  Cuba	Sergei Smal  Unified Team	Kim Yong-Sik  North Korea
1996 Atlanta	Kendall Cross  United States	Guivi Sissaouri  Canada	Ri Yong-Sam  North Korea
2000 Sydney	Alireza Dabir  Iran	Yevgen Buslovych  Ukraine	Terry Brands  United States
2004 Athens	Mavlet Batirov  Russia	Stephen Abas  United States	Chikara Tanabe  Japan
2008 Beijing	Henry Cejudo  United States	Tomohiro Matsunaga  Japan	Besik Kudukhov  Russia Radoslav Velikov  Bulgaria
2012 London	Djamal Otarsultanov  Russia	Vladimer Khinchegashvili  Georgia	Yang Kyong-Il  North Korea Shinichi Yumoto  Japan
2016 Rio de Janeiro

Lightweight

• -65.77 kg (1904)
• -66.6 kg (1908)
• -67.5 kg (1920–1936)
• -67 kg (1948–1960)
• -70 kg (1964–1968)
• -68 kg (1972–1996)
• -69 kg (2000)
• -66 kg (2004–2012)
• -65 kg (2016–Present)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1904 St. Louis	Otto Roehm  United States	Rudolph Tesing  United States	Albert Zirkel  United States
1908 London	George de Relwyskow  Great Britain	William Wood  Great Britain	Albert Gingell  Great Britain
1912 Stockholm	not included in the Olympic program
1920 Antwerp	Kalle Anttila  Finland	Gottfrid Svensson  Sweden	Peter Wright  Great Britain
1924 Paris	Russell Vis  United States	Volmar Wikström  Finland	Arvo Haavisto  Finland
1928 Amsterdam	Osvald Käpp  Estonia	Charles Pacôme  France	Eino Augusti Leino  Finland
1932 Los Angeles	Charles Pacôme  France	Károly Kárpáti  Hungary	Gustaf Klarén  Sweden
1936 Berlin	Károly Kárpáti  Hungary	Wolfgang Ehrl  Germany	Hermanni Pihlajamäki  Finland
1948 London	Celal Atik  Turkey	Gösta Frändfors  Sweden	Hermann Baumann  Switzerland
1952 Helsinki	Olle Anderberg  Sweden	Jay Thomas Evans  United States	Jahanbakht Towfigh  Iran
1956 Melbourne	Imam-Ali Habibi  Iran	Shigeru Kasahara  Japan	Alimbeg Bestayev  Soviet Union
1960 Rome	Shelby Wilson  United States	Vladimir Synyavsky  Soviet Union	Enyu Valchev  Bulgaria
1964 Tokyo	Enyu Valchev  Bulgaria	Klaus Rost  Germany	Iwao Horiuchi  Japan
1968 Mexico City	Abdollah Movahed  Iran	Enyu Valchev  Bulgaria	Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter  Mongolia
1972 Munich	Dan Gable  United States	Kikuo Wada  Japan	Ruslan Ashuraliyev  Soviet Union
1976 Montreal	Pavel Pinigin  Soviet Union	Lloyd Keaser  United States	Yasaburo Sugawara  Japan
1980 Moscow	Saypulla Absaidov  Soviet Union	Ivan Yankov  Bulgaria	Šaban Sejdi  Yugoslavia
1984 Los Angeles	You In-Tak  South Korea	Andrew Rein  United States	Jukka Rauhala  Finland
1988 Seoul	Arsen Fadzayev  Soviet Union	Park Jang-Soon  South Korea	Nate Carr  United States
1992 Barcelona	Arsen Fadzayev  Unified Team	Valentin Getsov  Bulgaria	Kosei Akaishi  Japan
1996 Atlanta	Vadim Bogiyev  Russia	Townsend Saunders  United States	Zaza Zazirov  Ukraine
2000 Sydney	Daniel Igali  Canada	Arsen Gitinov  Russia	Lincoln McIlravy  United States
2004 Athens	Elbrus Tedeyev  Ukraine	Jamill Kelly  United States	Makhach Murtazaliev  Russia
2008 Beijing	Ramazan Şahin  Turkey	Andriy Stadnik  Ukraine	Sushil Kumar  India Otar Tushishvili  Georgia
2012 London	Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu  Japan	Sushil Kumar  India	Akzhurek Tanatarov  Kazakhstan Liván López  Cuba
2016 Rio de Janeiro

Welterweight

• -71.67 kg (1904)
• -72 kg (1924–1936)
• -73 kg (1948–1960)
• -78 kg (1964–1996)
• -76 kg (2000)
• -74 kg (2004–Present)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1904 St. Louis	Charles Ericksen  United States	William Beckmann  United States	Jerry Winholtz  United States
1908-1920	not included in the Olympic program
1924 Paris	Hermann Gehri  Switzerland	Eino Leino  Finland	Otto Müller  Switzerland
1928 Amsterdam	Arvo Haavisto  Finland	Lloyd Appleton  United States	Maurice Letchford  Canada
1932 Los Angeles	Jack van Bebber  United States	Daniel MacDonald  Canada	Eino Leino  Finland
1936 Berlin	Frank Lewis  United States	Thure Andersson  Sweden	Joseph Schleimer  Canada
1948 London	Yaşar Doğu  Turkey	Richard Garrard  Australia	Leland Merrill  United States
1952 Helsinki	William Smith  United States	Per Berlin  Sweden	Abdollah Mojtabavi  Iran
1956 Melbourne	Mitsuo Ikeda  Japan	İbrahim Zengin  Turkey	Vakhtang Balavadze  Soviet Union
1960 Rome	Douglas Blubaugh  United States	İsmail Ogan  Turkey	Muhammed Bashir  Pakistan
1964 Tokyo	İsmail Ogan  Turkey	Guliko Sagaradze  Soviet Union	Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran  Iran
1968 Mexico City	Mahmut Atalay  Turkey	Daniel Robin  France	Tömöriin Artag  Mongolia
1972 Munich	Wayne Wells  United States	Jan Karlsson  Sweden	Adolf Seger  West Germany
1976 Montreal	Jiichiro Date  Japan	Mansour Barzegar  Iran	Stanley Dziedzic  United States
1980 Moscow	Valentin Raychev  Bulgaria	Jamtsyn Davaajav  Mongolia	Dan Karabin  Czechoslovakia
1984 Los Angeles	David Schultz  United States	Martin Knosp  West Germany	Šaban Sejdi  Yugoslavia
1988 Seoul	Kenny Monday  United States	Adlan Varayev  Soviet Union	Rahmat Sukra  Bulgaria
1992 Barcelona	Park Jang-Soon  South Korea	Kenny Monday  United States	Amir Reza Khadem  Iran
1996 Atlanta	Buvaisar Saitiev  Russia	Park Jang-Soon  South Korea	Takuya Ota  Japan
2000 Sydney	Brandon Slay  United States	Moon Eui-Jae  South Korea	Adem Bereket  Turkey
2004 Athens	Buvaisar Saitiev  Russia	Gennadiy Laliyev  Kazakhstan	Iván Fundora  Cuba
2008 Beijing	Buvaisar Saitiev  Russia	Soslan Tigiev  Uzbekistan	Murad Gaidarov  Belarus Kiril Terziev  Bulgaria
2012 London	Jordan Burroughs  United States	Sadegh Goudarzi  Iran	Gábor Hatos  Hungary Denis Tsargush  Russia
2016 Rio de Janeiro

Middleweight

• -73 kg (1908)
• -75 kg (1920)
• -79 kg (1924–1960)
• -87 kg (1964–1968)
• -82 kg (1972–1996)
• -85 kg (2000)
• -84 kg (2004–2012)
• -86 kg (2016–Present)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1908 London	Stanley Bacon  Great Britain	George de Relwyskow  Great Britain	Frederick Beck  Great Britain
1912 Stockholm	not included in the Olympic program
1920 Antwerp	Eino Leino  Finland	Väinö Penttala  Finland	Charles Johnson  United States
1924 Paris	Fritz Hagmann  Switzerland	Pierre Ollivier  Belgium	Vilho Pekkala  Finland
1928 Amsterdam	Ernst Kyburz  Switzerland	Donald Stockton  Canada	Samuel Rabin  Great Britain
1932 Los Angeles	Ivar Johansson  Sweden	Kyösti Luukko  Finland	József Tunyogi  Hungary
1936 Berlin	Emile Poilvé  France	Richard Voliva  United States	Ahmet Kireççi  Turkey
1948 London	Glen Brand  United States	Adil Candemir  Turkey	Erik Lindén  Sweden
1952 Helsinki	David Tsimakuridze  Soviet Union	Gholamreza Takhti  Iran	György Gurics  Hungary
1956 Melbourne	Nikola Stanchev  Bulgaria	Daniel Hodge  United States	Georgi Skhirtladze  Soviet Union
1960 Rome	Hasan Güngör  Turkey	Georgy Skhirtladze  Soviet Union	Hans Antonsson  Sweden
1964 Tokyo	Prodan Gardzhev  Bulgaria	Hasan Güngör  Turkey	Daniel Brand  United States
1968 Mexico City	Boris Gurevich  Soviet Union	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat  Mongolia	Prodan Gardzhev  Bulgaria
1972 Munich	Levan Tediashvili  Soviet Union	John Peterson  United States	Vasile Iorga  Romania
1976 Montreal	John Peterson  United States	Viktor Novozhilov  Soviet Union	Adolf Seger  West Germany
1980 Moscow	Ismail Abilov  Bulgaria	Magomedkhan Aratsilov  Soviet Union	István Kovács  Hungary
1984 Los Angeles	Mark Schultz  United States	Hideyuki Nagashima  Japan	Christopher Rinke  Canada
1988 Seoul	Han Myung-Woo  South Korea	Necmi Gençalp  Turkey	Jozef Lohyňa  Czechoslovakia
1992 Barcelona	Kevin Jackson  United States	Elmadi Jabrailov  Unified Team	Rasoul Khadem  Iran
1996 Atlanta	Khadzhimurad Magomedov  Russia	Yang Hyun-Mo  South Korea	Amir Reza Khadem  Iran
2000 Sydney	Adam Saitiev  Russia	Yoel Romero  Cuba	Magomed Ibragimov  Macedonia
2004 Athens	Cael Sanderson  United States	Moon Eui-Jae  South Korea	Sazhid Sazhidov  Russia
2008 Beijing	Revaz Mindorashvili  Georgia	Yusup Abdusalomov  Tajikistan	Taras Danko  Ukraine Georgy Ketoyev  Russia
2012 London	Sharif Sharifov  Azerbaijan	Jaime Espinal  Puerto Rico	Dato Marsagishvili  Georgia Ehsan Lashgari  Iran
2016 Rio de Janeiro

Heavyweight

• +71.67 kg (1904)
• +73 kg (1908)
• +82.5 kg (1920)
• +87 kg (1924–1960)
• +97 kg (1964–1968)
• -100 kg (1972–1996)
• -97 kg (2000)
• -96 kg (2004–2012)
• -97 kg (2016–Present)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1904 St. Louis	Bernhoff Hansen  United States	Frank Kugler  United States	Fred Warmbold  United States
1908 London	Con O'Kelly  Great Britain	Jacob Gundersen  Norway	Edward Barrett  Great Britain
1912 Stockholm	not included in the Olympic program
1920 Antwerp	Robert Roth  Switzerland	Nat Pendleton  United States	Fred Meyer  United States Ernst Nilsson  Sweden
1924 Paris	Harry Steel  United States	Henri Wernli  Switzerland	Andrew McDonald  Great Britain
1928 Amsterdam	Johan Richthoff  Sweden	Aukusti Sihvola  Finland	Edmond Dame  France
1932 Los Angeles	Johan Richthoff  Sweden	John Riley  United States	Nickolaus Hirschl  Austria
1936 Berlin	Kristjan Palusalu  Estonia	Josef Klapuch  Czechoslovakia	Hjalmar Nyström  Finland
1948 London	Gyula Bóbis  Hungary	Bertil Antonsson  Sweden	Jim Armstrong  Australia
1952 Helsinki	Arsen Mekokishvili  Soviet Union	Bertil Antonsson  Sweden	Kenneth Richmond  Great Britain
1956 Melbourne	Hamit Kaplan  Turkey	Hussein Mehmedov  Bulgaria	Taisto Kangasniemi  Finland
1960 Rome	Wilfried Dietrich  Germany	Hamit Kaplan  Turkey	Savkuds Dzarasov  Soviet Union
1964 Tokyo	Aleksandr Ivanitsky  Soviet Union	Lyutvi Ahmedov  Bulgaria	Hamit Kaplan  Turkey
1968 Mexico City	Aleksandr Medved  Soviet Union	Osman Duraliev  Bulgaria	Wilfried Dietrich  West Germany
1972 Munich	Ivan Yarygin  Soviet Union	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh  Mongolia	József Csatári  Hungary
1976 Montreal	Ivan Yarygin  Soviet Union	Russell Hellickson  United States	Dimo Kostov  Bulgaria
1980 Moscow	Illya Mate  Soviet Union	Slavcho Chervenkov  Bulgaria	Július Strnisko  Czechoslovakia
1984 Los Angeles	Lou Banach  United States	Joseph Atiyeh  Syria	Vasile Puşcaşu  Romania
1988 Seoul	Vasile Puşcaşu  Romania	Leri Khabelov  Soviet Union	William Scherr  United States
1992 Barcelona	Leri Khabelov  Unified Team	Heiko Balz  Germany	Ali Kayalı  Turkey
1996 Atlanta	Kurt Angle  United States	Abbas Jadidi  Iran	Arawat Sabejew  Germany
2000 Sydney	Sagid Murtazaliev  Russia	Islam Bairamukov  Kazakhstan	Eldar Kurtanidze  Georgia
2004 Athens	Khadjimourat Gatsalov  Russia	Magomed Ibragimov  Uzbekistan	Alireza Heidari  Iran
2008 Beijing	Shirvani Muradov  Russia	Taimuraz Tigiyev  Kazakhstan	Giorgi Gogshelidze  Georgia Khetag Gazyumov  Azerbaijan
2012 London	Jake Varner  United States	Valerii Andriitsev  Ukraine	Giorgi Gogshelidze  Georgia Khetag Gazyumov  Azerbaijan
2016 Rio de Janeiro

Super heavyweight

• +100 kg (1972–1984)
• -130 kg (1988–2000)
• -120 kg (2004–2012)
• -125 kg (2016–Present)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1972 Munich	Aleksandr Medved  Soviet Union	Osman Duraliev  Bulgaria	Chris Taylor  United States
1976 Montreal	Soslan Andiyev  Soviet Union	József Balla  Hungary	Ladislau Şimon  Romania
1980 Moscow	Soslan Andiyev  Soviet Union	József Balla  Hungary	Adam Sandurski  Poland
1984 Los Angeles	Bruce Baumgartner  United States	Robert Molle  Canada	Ayhan Taşkın  Turkey
1988 Seoul	David Gobejishvili  Soviet Union	Bruce Baumgartner  United States	Andreas Schröder  East Germany
1992 Barcelona	Bruce Baumgartner  United States	Jeffrey Thue  Canada	David Gobejishvili  Unified Team
1996 Atlanta	Mahmut Demir  Turkey	Aleksey Medvedev  Belarus	Bruce Baumgartner  United States
2000 Sydney	David Musuľbes  Russia	Artur Taymazov  Uzbekistan	Alexis Rodríguez  Cuba
2004 Athens	Artur Taymazov  Uzbekistan	Alireza Rezaei  Iran	Aydın Polatçı  Turkey
2008 Beijing	Artur Taymazov  Uzbekistan	Bakhtiyar Akhmedov  Russia	David Musuľbes  Slovakia Marid Mutalimov  Kazakhstan
2012 London	Artur Taymazov  Uzbekistan	Davit Modzmanashvili  Georgia	Komeil Ghasemi  Iran Bilyal Makhov  Russia
2016 Rio de Janeiro

Women's

Flyweight

• -48 kg (2004–Present)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2004 Athens	Irina Merleni  Ukraine	Chiharu Icho  Japan	Patricia Miranda  United States
2008 Beijing	Carol Huynh  Canada	Chiharu Icho  Japan	Mariya Stadnik  Azerbaijan Irina Merleni  Ukraine
2012 London	Hitomi Obara  Japan	Mariya Stadnik  Azerbaijan	Clarissa Chun  United States Carol Huynh  Canada
2016 Rio de Janeiro

Bantamweight

• -53 kg (2016–Present)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2016 Rio de Janeiro

Welterweight

• -58 kg (2016–Present)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2016 Rio de Janeiro

Middleweight

• -63 kg (2004–Present)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2004 Athens	Kaori Icho  Japan	Sara McMann  United States	Lise Legrand  France
2008 Beijing	Kaori Icho  Japan	Alena Kartashova  Russia	Randi Miller  United States Yelena Shalygina  Kazakhstan
2012 London	Kaori Icho  Japan	Jing Ruixue  China	Lubov Volosova  Russia Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg  Mongolia
2016 Rio de Janeiro

Light Heavyweight

• -69 kg (2016–Present)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2016 Rio de Janeiro

Heavyweight

• -72 kg (2004–2012)
• -75 kg (2016–Present)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2004 Athens	Wang Xu  China	Guzel Manyurova  Russia	Kyoko Hamaguchi  Japan
2008 Beijing	Wang Jiao  China	Stanka Zlateva  Bulgaria	Kyoko Hamaguchi  Japan Agnieszka Wieszczek  Poland
2012 London	Natalia Vorobieva  Russia	Stanka Zlateva  Bulgaria	Guzel Manyurova  Kazakhstan Maider Unda  Spain
2016 Rio de Janeiro

Discontinued Events

Men

Light flyweight

• -47.6 kg (1904)
• -48 kg (1972–1996)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1904 St. Louis	Robert Curry  United States	John Hein  United States	Gustav Thiefenthaler  United States
1908-1968	not included in the Olympic program
1972 Munich	Roman Dmitriyev  Soviet Union	Ognyan Nikolov  Bulgaria	Ebrahim Javadi  Iran
1976 Montreal	Hasan Isaev  Bulgaria	Roman Dmitriyev  Soviet Union	Akira Kudo  Japan
1980 Moscow	Claudio Pollio  Italy	Jang Se-Hong  North Korea	Sergei Kornilayev  Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles	Bobby Weaver  United States	Takashi Irie  Japan	Son Gab-Do  South Korea
1988 Seoul	Takashi Kobayashi  Japan	Ivan Tzonov  Bulgaria	Sergei Karamchakov  Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona	Kim Il  North Korea	Kim Jong-Shin  South Korea	Vougar Oroudjov  Unified Team
1996 Atlanta	Kim Il  North Korea	Armen Mkrtchyan  Armenia	Alexis Vila  Cuba

Flyweight

• -52.16 kg (1904)
• -52 kg (1948–1996)
• -54 kg (2000)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1904 St. Louis	George Mehnert  United States	Gustave Bauer  United States	William Nelson  United States
1908-1936	not included in the Olympic program
1948 London	Lennart Viitala  Finland	Halit Balamir  Turkey	Thure Johansson  Sweden
1952 Helsinki	Hasan Gemici  Turkey	Yushu Kitano  Japan	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi  Iran
1956 Melbourne	Mirian Tsalkalamanidze  Soviet Union	Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour  Iran	Hüseyin Akbaş  Turkey
1960 Rome	Ahmet Bilek  Turkey	Masayuki Matsubara  Japan	Ebrahim Seifpour  Iran
1964 Tokyo	Yoshikatsu Yoshida  Japan	Chang Chang-Sun  South Korea	Ali Akbar Heidari  Iran
1968 Mexico City	Shigeo Nakata  Japan	Richard Sanders  United States	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav  Mongolia
1972 Munich	Kiyomi Kato  Japan	Arsen Alakhverdiyev  Soviet Union	Kim Gwong-Hyong  North Korea
1976 Montreal	Yuji Takada  Japan	Alexander Ivanov  Soviet Union	Jeon Hae-Sup  South Korea
1980 Moscow	Anatoli Beloglazov  Soviet Union	Władysław Stecyk  Poland	Nermedin Selimov  Bulgaria
1984 Los Angeles	Shaban Trstena  Yugoslavia	Kim Jong-kyu  South Korea	Yuji Takada  Japan
1988 Seoul	Mitsuru Sato  Japan	Shaban Trstena  Yugoslavia	Vladimir Toguzov  Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona	Li Hak-Son  North Korea	Zeke Jones  United States	Valentin Yordanov  Bulgaria
1996 Atlanta	Valentin Yordanov  Bulgaria	Namig Abdullayev  Azerbaijan	Maulen Mamyrov  Kazakhstan
2000 Sydney	Namig Abdullayev  Azerbaijan	Sammie Henson  United States	Amiran Kardanov  Greece

Featherweight

• -61.33 kg (1904)
• -60.30 kg (1908)
• -61 kg (1920–1936)
• -62 kg (1972–1996)
• -63 kg (1948–1968, 2000)
• -60 kg (2004–2012)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1904 St. Louis	Benjamin Bradshaw  United States	Theodore McLear  United States	Charles Clapper  United States
1908 London	George Dole  United States	James Slim  Great Britain	William McKie  Great Britain
1912 Stockholm	not included in the Olympic program
1920 Antwerp	Charles Ackerly  United States	Samuel Gerson  United States	Philip Bernard  Great Britain
1924 Paris	Robin Reed  United States	Chester Newton  United States	Katsutoshi Naito  Japan
1928 Amsterdam	Allie Morrison  United States	Kustaa Pihlajamäki  Finland	Hans Minder  Switzerland
1932 Los Angeles	Hermanni Pihlajamäki  Finland	Edgar Nemir  United States	Einar Karlsson  Sweden
1936 Berlin	Kustaa Pihlajamäki  Finland	Francis Millard  United States	Gösta Frändfors  Sweden
1948 London	Gazanfer Bilge  Turkey	Ivar Sjölin  Sweden	Adolf Müller  Switzerland
1952 Helsinki	Bayram Şit  Turkey	Nasser Givehchi  Iran	Josiah Henson  United States
1956 Melbourne	Shozo Sasahara  Japan	Joseph Mewis  Belgium	Erkki Penttilä  Finland
1960 Rome	Mustafa Dağıstanlı  Turkey	Stancho Kolev  Bulgaria	Vladimir Rubashvili  Soviet Union
1964 Tokyo	Osamu Watanabe  Japan	Stancho Kolev  Bulgaria	Nodar Khokhashvili  Soviet Union
1968 Mexico City	Masaaki Kaneko  Japan	Enyu Todorov  Bulgaria	Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi  Iran
1972 Munich	Zagalav Abdulbekov  Soviet Union	Vehbi Akdağ  Turkey	Ivan Krastev  Bulgaria
1976 Montreal	Yang Jung-Mo  South Korea	Zevegiin Oidov  Mongolia	Gene Davis  United States
1980 Moscow	Magomedgasan Abushev  Soviet Union	Miho Dukov  Bulgaria	Georgios Hatziioannidis  Greece
1984 Los Angeles	Randall Lewis  United States	Kosei Akaishi  Japan	Lee Jung-Keun  South Korea
1988 Seoul	John Smith  United States	Stepan Sarkisyan  Soviet Union	Simeon Shterev  Bulgaria
1992 Barcelona	John Smith  United States	Askari Mohammadian  Iran	Lázaro Reinoso  Cuba
1996 Atlanta	Tom Brands  United States	Jang Jae-Sung  South Korea	Elbrus Tedeyev  Ukraine
2000 Sydney	Murad Umakhanov  Russia	Serafim Barzakov  Bulgaria	Jang Jae-Sung  South Korea
2004 Athens	Yandro Quintana  Cuba	Masoud Mostafa-Jokar  Iran	Kenji Inoue  Japan
2008 Beijing	Mavlet Batirov  Russia	Vasyl Fedoryshyn  Ukraine	Morad Mohammadi  Iran Kenichi Yumoto  Japan
2012 London	Toghrul Asgarov  Azerbaijan	Besik Kudukhov  Russia	Coleman Scott  United States Yogeshwar Dutt  India

Light heavyweight

• -80 kg (1920)
• -87 kg (1924–1960)
• -97 kg (1964–1968)
• -90 kg (1972–1996)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1920 Antwerp	Anders Larsson  Sweden	Charles Courant  Switzerland	Walter Maurer  United States
1924 Paris	John Spellman  United States	Rudolf Svensson  Sweden	Charles Courant  Switzerland
1928 Amsterdam	Thure Sjöstedt  Sweden	Arnold Bögli  Switzerland	Henri Lefèbre  France
1932 Los Angeles	Peter Mehringer  United States	Thure Sjöstedt  Sweden	Eddie Scarf  Australia
1936 Berlin	Knut Fridell  Sweden	August Neo  Estonia	Erich Siebert  Germany
1948 London	Henry Wittenberg  United States	Fritz Stöckli  Switzerland	Bengt Fahlqvist  Sweden
1952 Helsinki	Viking Palm  Sweden	Henry Wittenberg  United States	Adil Atan  Turkey
1956 Melbourne	Gholamreza Takhti  Iran	Boris Kulayev  Soviet Union	Peter Blair  United States
1960 Rome	İsmet Atlı  Turkey	Gholamreza Takhti  Iran	Anatoly Albul  Soviet Union
1964 Tokyo	Aleksandr Medved  Soviet Union	Ahmet Ayık  Turkey	Said Mustafov  Bulgaria
1968 Mexico City	Ahmet Ayık  Turkey	Shota Lomidze  Soviet Union	József Csatári  Hungary
1972 Munich	Ben Peterson  United States	Gennadi Strakhov  Soviet Union	Károly Bajkó  Hungary
1976 Montreal	Levan Tediashvili  Soviet Union	Ben Peterson  United States	Stelică Morcov  Romania
1980 Moscow	Sanasar Oganisyan  Soviet Union	Uwe Neupert  East Germany	Aleksander Cichoń  Poland
1984 Los Angeles	Ed Banach  United States	Akira Ota  Japan	Noel Loban  Great Britain
1988 Seoul	Makharbek Khadartsev  Soviet Union	Akira Ota  Japan	Kim Tae-woo  South Korea
1992 Barcelona	Makharbek Khadartsev  Unified Team	Kenan Şimşek  Turkey	Christopher Campbell  United States
1996 Atlanta	Rasoul Khadem  Iran	Makharbek Khadartsev  Russia	Eldar Kurtanidze  Georgia

Women

Lightweight

• -55 kg (2004–2012)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2004 Athens	Saori Yoshida  Japan	Tonya Verbeek  Canada	Anna Gomis  France
2008 Beijing	Saori Yoshida  Japan	Xu Li  China	Jackeline Rentería  Colombia Tonya Verbeek  Canada
2012 London	Saori Yoshida  Japan	Tonya Verbeek  Canada	Jackeline Rentería  Colombia Yuliya Ratkevich  Azerbaijan

See also

• List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling

References

• International Olympic Committee results database