Wrestling at the Summer Olympics

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Wrestling at the Olympic Games was contested at the first modern Olympics, in the form of Greco-Roman wrestling, held in Athens in 1896. Wrestling would appear at every Summer Olympics held since then, with the exception of the 1900 Summer Olympics when wrestling did not appear on the program. Freestyle wrestling (or catch-as-catch-can wrestling as it was called prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics[1]) and weight classes both made their first appearance at the 1904 Summer Olympics. Women's freestyle wrestling competition was first held at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

IOC CodeWRE
Governing bodyUWW
Events18 (men: 12; women: 6)
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Wrestling at the Summer Olympics
IOC CodeWRE
Governing bodyUWW
Events18 (men: 12; women: 6)
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In 2013, the IOC voted to drop wrestling from the Summer Olympic program. The president of the sport's governing body, FILA (now United World Wrestling), resigned after a subsequent motion of no confidence, and several of the FILA leadership followed suit. After new leadership stepped in and revisions to the program for the 2016 Summer Olympics (including rule changes and additional women's competitions), wrestling successfully campaigned to be readmitted back onto the Summer Olympic program.

Summary

Summary of overall best wrestling nation at each Olympics, which includes combining all styles that were contested. Greco-Roman has been contested since the 1896 Summer Olympics, with men's freestyle being contested since 1904 and women's freestyle since 2004.

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Games Year Events Best Nation
1 18961 Germany (1)
2
3 19047 United States (1)
4 19089 Great Britain (1)
5 19125 Finland (1)
6
7 192010 Finland (2)
8 192413 Finland (3)
9 192813 Finland (4)
10 193214 Sweden (1)
11 193614 Sweden (2)
12
13
14 194816 Turkey (1)
15 195216 Soviet Union (1)
16 195616 Soviet Union (2)
17 196016 Turkey (2)
18 196416 Japan (1)
19 196816 Japan (2)
20 197220 Soviet Union (3)
21 197620 Soviet Union (4)
22 198020 Soviet Union (5)
23 198420 United States (2)
24 198820 Soviet Union (6)
25 199220 Unified Team (1)
26 199620 Russia (1)
27 200016 Russia (2)
28 200418 Russia (3)
29 200818 Russia (4)
30 201218 Russia (5)
31 201618 Russia (6)
32 202018 Japan (3)
33 202418 Japan (4)
34 202418
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Removal and reinstatement

In an effort to control the size and costs of the Summer Olympics, and make the Games "relevant to sports fans of all generations", the IOC evaluated the Olympic event programme in place for the 2016 Summer Olympics, and voted on 25 "core" sports that would comprise the programme of the 2020 Summer Olympics (which was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).[2] One vacancy was to be left open for a new sport. In February 2013, IOC members voted to remove wrestling from the Olympic programme; The New York Times cited several potential factors in the decision, including the lack of universally-known talent unlike other sports, and concern for the lack of women's competitions in wrestling (having only introduced women's freestyle competitions in 2004). FILA (now United World Wrestling), the governing body of Olympic wrestling, immediately criticized the decision. The organization cited wrestling's long-standing history as an Olympic event, which dates as far back as the ancient Olympic Games.[3][4][5]

The decision resulted in immediate backlash; Armen Nazaryan and Sagid Murtazaliev both returned gold medals to the IOC in protest, while Nazaryan also staged a hunger strike until the 2013 European Wrestling Championships.[6] FILA president Raphaël Martinetti resigned after a vote of non-confidence by the organization's staff.[7]

Martinetti was replaced as acting president by Nenad Lalović. Under his leadership, the organization began to make changes to its Olympic programme for 2016, including rule changes designed to make bouts faster and encourage more aggression, as well as additional women's weight classes. These changes were intended to help improve audience interest, and address the shortcomings that likely led to the removal of the sport; wrestling joined baseball/softball, as well as squash, on a final shortlist of three sports to be included in the core Olympic programme for 2020.[3] On 8 September 2013, at the 125th IOC Session, the IOC selected wrestling to be reinstated in the Olympic program for 2020 and 2024.[8][9] Lalović was largely credited for his role in the reinstatement; he remarked that "normally this is done in a few years, we did it in a few months. It was a question of our survival."[10][11]

Events

Men

More information 1900–1904, 1912–1920 ...
Men's weight classes, Greco-Roman
18961900–190419081912–1920192419281932–19361948–19601964–19681972–19841988–199620002004–201220162020–2028
Open
weight
N/a Heavyweight
+93 kg
Heavyweight
+82.5 kg
Heavyweight
+87 kg
Heavyweight
+97 kg
Super heavyweight
+100 kg
Super heavyweight
100–130 kg
Super heavyweight
97–130 kg
Super heavyweight
96–120 kg
Super heavyweight
98–130 kg
Super heavyweight
97–130 kg
Heavyweight
90–100 kg
Heavyweight
85–98
Light heavyweight
87–97 kg
Heavyweight
85–97 kg
Heavyweight
87–97 kg
Heavyweight
84–96 kg
Light heavyweight
73–93 kg
Light heavyweight
82–90 kg
Light heavyweight
79–87 kg
Middleweight
78–87 kg
Middleweight
77–87 kg
Middleweight
76–85 kg
Middleweight
75–85 kg
Middleweight
74–84 kg
Light heavyweight
75–82.5 kg
Middleweight
74–82 kg
Middleweight
72–79 kg
Middleweight
73–79 kg
Welterweight
70–78 kg
Welterweight
67–77 kg
Welterweight
69–76 kg
Middleweight
67.5–75 kg
Middleweight
67–75 kg
Middleweight
67.5–75 kg
Welterweight
66–75 kg
Welterweight
68–74 kg
Welterweight
66–74 kg
Middleweight
66.6–73 kg
Welterweight
67–73 kg
Welterweight
66–72 kg
Lightweight
63–70 kg
Lightweight
63–69 kg
Lightweight
62–68 kg
Lightweight
60–67.5 kg
Lightweight
62–67.5 kg
Lightweight
62–67 kg
Lightweight
62–67 kg
Lightweight
60–67 kg
Lightweight
66.6 kg
Lightweight
61–66 kg
Lightweight
60–66 kg
Lightweight
59–66 kg
Featherweight
57–63 kg
Featherweight
58–63 kg
Featherweight
58–62 kg
Featherweight
57–62 kg
Featherweight
57–62 kg
Featherweight
56–61 kg
Featherweight
60 kg
Featherweight
55–60 kg
Bantamweight
60 kg
Bantamweight
59 kg
Bantamweight
58 kg
Bantamweight
54–58 kg
Bantamweight
52–57 kg
Bantamweight
56 kg
Bantamweight
55 kg
Flyweight
54 kg
Flyweight
52 kg
Flyweight
48–52 kg
Light flyweight
48 kg
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More information 1932–1936, 1948–1960 ...
Men's weight classes, freestyle
1904190819121920192419281932–19361948–19601964–19681972–19841988–199620002004–20122016–2028
Heavyweight
+158 lb
(71.7 kg)
Heavyweight
+73 kg
N/a Heavyweight
+80 kg
Heavyweight
+87 kg
Heavyweight
+97 kg
Super heavyweight
+100 kg
Super heavyweight
100–130 kg
Super heavyweight
97–130 kg
Super heavyweight
96–120 kg
Super heavyweight
97–125 kg
Heavyweight
90–100 kg
Light heavyweight
87–97 kg
Heavyweight
85–97 kg
Heavyweight
86–97 kg
Heavyweight
84–96 kg
Light heavyweight
82–90 kg
Light heavyweight
79–87 kg
Middleweight
78–87 kg
Middleweight
74–86 kg
Middleweight
76–85 kg
Middleweight
74–84 kg
Middleweight
74–82 kg
Light
heavyweight
69–80 kg
Middleweight
72–79 kg
Middleweight
73–79 kg
Welterweight
70–78 kg
Welterweight
69–76 kg
Welterweight
68–74 kg
Welterweight
66–74 kg
Welterweight
65–74 kg
Middleweight
66.6–73 kg
Welterweight
67–73 kg
Welterweight
66–72 kg
Welterweight
65–72 kg
Welterweight
66–72 kg
Welterweight
145–158 lb
(65.8–71.7 kg)
Lightweight
63–70 kg
Middleweight
61–69 kg
Lightweight
63–69 kg
Lightweight
62–68 kg
Lightweight
62–67 kg
Lightweight
60.3–66.6 kg
Lightweight
61–66 kg
Lightweight
61–66 kg
Lightweight
60–66 kg
Lightweight
135–145 lb
(61.2–65.8 kg)
Lightweight
61–65 kg
Lightweight
57–65 kg
Featherweight
57–63 kg
Featherweight
58–63 kg
Featherweight
57–62 kg
Featherweight
57–62 kg
Featherweight
125–135 lb
(56.7–61.2 kg)
Lightweight
54–61 kg
Featherweight
56–61 kg
Featherweight
54–60.3 kg
Featherweight
55–60 kg
Bantamweight
54–58 kg
Bantamweight
52–57 kg
Bantamweight
57 kg
Bantamweight
115–125 lb
(52.2–56.7 kg)
Bantamweight
56 kg
Bantamweight
55 kg
Bantamweight
54 kg
Featherweight
54 kg
Featherweight
54 kg
Flyweight
105–115 lb
(47.6–52.2 kg)
Flyweight
52 kg
Flyweight
48–52 kg
Light flyweight
48 kg
Light flyweight
105 lb
(47.6 kg)
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More information Weight classes, Years ...
Men's events
Weight classes96000408122024283236485256606468727680848892960004081216202428Years
Greco-Roman light flyweight 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 7
Greco-Roman flyweight 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 54 14
Greco-Roman bantamweight 58 58 56 56 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 58 55 55 55 59 60 60 60 25
Greco-Roman featherweight 60 60 62 62 61 61 62 62 62 62 63 63 62 62 62 62 62 62 62 63 60 60 60 23
Greco-Roman lightweight 66.6 67.5 67.5 67 67.5 66 66 67 67 67 67 70 70 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 69 66 66 66 66 67 67 67 28
Greco-Roman welterweight 72 72 73 73 73 73 78 78 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 76 74 74 74 75 77 77 77 23
Greco-Roman middleweight 73 75 75 75 75 79 79 79 79 79 79 87 87 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 85 84 84 84 85 87 87 87 28
Greco-Roman light heavyweight 93 82.5 82.5 82.5 82.5 87 87 87 87 87 87 97 97 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 20
Greco-Roman heavyweight +82.5 +82.5 +82.5 +82.5 +87 +87 +87 +87 +87 +87 +97 +97 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 97 96 96 96 98 97 97 97 26
Greco-Roman super heavyweight +93 +100 +100 +100 +100 130 130 130 130 120 120 120 130 130 130 130 15
Greco-Roman open X 1
Freestyle light flyweight (47.6) 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 8
Freestyle flyweight (52.2) 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 54 15
Freestyle bantamweight (56.7) 54 56 56 56 56 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 58 55 55 55 57 57 57 57 27
Freestyle featherweight (61.2) 60.3 54 61 61 61 61 62 62 62 62 63 63 62 62 62 62 62 62 62 63 60 60 60 24
Freestyle lightweight (65.8) 66.6 61 66 65 66 66 67 67 67 67 70 70 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 69 66 66 66 65 65 65 65 27
Freestyle welterweight (71.7) 72 72 72 72 73 73 73 73 78 78 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 76 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 26
Freestyle middleweight 73 69 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 87 87 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 85 84 84 84 86 86 86 86 26
Freestyle light heavyweight 80 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 97 97 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 18
Freestyle heavyweight (+71.7) +73 +80 +87 +87 +87 +87 +87 +87 +87 +87 +97 +97 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 97 96 96 96 97 97 97 97 28
Freestyle super heavyweight +100 +100 +100 +100 130 130 130 130 120 120 120 125 125 125 125 15
Total 1 0 7 9 5 10 13 13 14 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 16 14 14 14 12 12 12 12
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Women

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Participating nations

The following nations have taken part in the wrestling competition. The numbers in the table indicate the number of competitors sent to that year's Olympics (X means qualified wrestlers for the next Olympics).

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Nation960004081220242832364852566064687276808488929600040812162024Years
 Afghanistan  78588517
 Albania  11234
 Algeria  322213338810
 American Samoa  1113
 Argentina  585234333321111116
 Armenia  887978658
 Australia  131344159833333329111413223
 Austria  821753474142575231119
 Azerbaijan  8971613147128
 Bahamas  22
 Bahrain  112
 Belarus  161410911887
 Belgium  411217131198353222311118
 Bohemia  442
 Bolivia  11
 Bosnia and Herzegovina  11
 Brazil  211115318
 Bulgaria  8161616202020202011813129117617
 Cambodia  112
 Cameroon  654111318
 Canada  11556594247915131113144710984624
 Central African Republic  11
 Chile  1123
 China  711855916813111311
 Chinese Taipei  1413
 Colombia  1413113353411
 Croatia  112125
 Cuba  33791015151312121210121014
 Cyprus  112
 Czech Republic  33211117
 Czechoslovakia  10962133354610589715
 Denmark  1191011735554333212211120
 Dominican Republic  211115
 East Germany  101712985
 Ecuador  21122247
 Egypt  12431312444410531237131081121
 El Salvador  1113
 Estonia  486184431232113
 Federated States of Micronesia  11
 Finland  4371824131013151610141091078111275421232327
 France  6172313510111029345528992369622326
 The Gambia  31
 Georgia  81312101311778
 Germany 1 1146514817111097477716
 Great Britain 1 53121014626166466467677111123
 Greece 2 15232453235894510511107183212227
 Guam  111111128
 Guatemala  3541116
 Guinea  212
 Guinea-Bissau  111122228
 Haiti  11
 Honduras  112
 Hungary 1 71012651212128101013181819181711899786526
 Iceland  11
 Independent Olympic Participants  912
 India  23647584868761173587621
 Indonesia  21
 Individual Neutral Athletes  21
 Iran  8812914171516101113121312111216
 Iraq  1193516
 Ireland  114215
 Israel  212413318
 Italy  1681756101114516557867454262122227
 Ivory Coast  11
 Japan  117558161615202020201612813101310121322
 Jordan  21
 Kazakhstan  1111121615121188
 Kenya  41
 Kyrgyzstan  4685479107
 Kosovo  11
 Latvia  623111121110
 Lebanon  5462211119
 Lithuania  1323421139
 Luxembourg  223123418
 North Macedonia  3221115
 Madagascar  11
 Malta  222
 Mauritania  242
 Mauritius  11
 Mexico  2451441292254271211219
 Moldova  642223288
 Mongolia  881313139744668109915
 Morocco  54345545231112
 Namibia  112
 Netherlands  939864311110
 New Zealand  1121232231111
 Nicaragua  11
 Nigeria  13654212475612
 North Korea  2334341354511
 Norway  197771367141352552111112125
 Pakistan  676222231110
 Palau  1213
 Panama  1322112219
 Peru  4221511119
 Philippines  111344328
 Poland  243512512181420181311999486519
 Portugal  213433111110
 Puerto Rico  532451321410
 Republic of China  11
 Refugee Olympic Team  22
 Romania  574710122019201041110558255519
 Russia  411201618181617179
 Samoa  2113
 San Marino  112
 Senegal  453443211122113
 Serbia  213455
 Serbia and Montenegro  11
 Slovakia  4432116
 South Africa  11235431111112
 South Korea  41341384111419161510911952219
 Soviet Union  1616161616202020209
 Spain  44123910231111
 Sweden  934131391314161101297788111087575673227
 Switzerland  412111312512339124424211120
 Syria  221738327
 Tajikistan  142414
 Tunisia  23334138410411
 Turkey  5611161513161516161116131513121213131491122
 Turkmenistan  112
 Ukraine  1716161613111098
 Unified Team  201
 United States  42621814777881516161619201920202016171717141511626
 United Team of Germany  515143
 Uzbekistan  10117888878
 Venezuela  321622379410
 Vietnam  51124
 Virgin Islands  41
 West Germany  11171514175
 Yemen  312
 Yugoslavia  25532548106109213
Nations 41141819262918292836304439454941354469597555665971676160
Competitors 54211517015222916679200207215167338270296388331266267429370401314342344344344288290
Year 960004081220242832364852566064687276808488929600040812162024
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All-time medal tables – 1896–2024

All-time medal table combined – Greco-Roman, Freestyle men's and women's – 1900–2024

Sources:[12][13]

More information Rank, Nation ...
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union623123116
2 United States574642145
3 Japan45231987
4 Russia31111456
5 Turkey29182168
6 Sweden28273186
7 Finland26282983
8 Hungary20171956
9 Bulgaria18322373
10 Iran13192355
11 Cuba1271332
12 South Korea11111436
13 Romania781934
14 Italy741122
15 Unified Team65516
16 Germany5131129
17 Poland591327
18 Estonia52411
19 Azerbaijan481628
20 Ukraine48921
21 Georgia471021
22 Yugoslavia46616
23 France441018
24 Switzerland44715
25 Norway4239
26 ROC (ROC)4048
27 Canada37717
28 Great Britain341017
29 North Korea32712
30 Uzbekistan32510
31 China261220
32 Armenia25411
33 Egypt2338
34 East Germany2327
35 Czechoslovakia17715
36 Kazakhstan161118
37 United Team of Germany1539
38 West Germany1449
39 Greece13812
40 Bahrain1001
 Serbia1001
42 Belarus07714
43 Kyrgyzstan04711
44 Mongolia04610
45 Denmark03710
46 Belgium0303
 Russian Empire0303
48 India0268
49 Australia0123
 Lebanon0123
51 Lithuania0112
 Moldova0112
 Puerto Rico0112
54 Chile0101
 Ecuador0101
 Latvia0101
 Mexico0101
 Nigeria0101
 Slovakia0101
 Syria0101
 Tajikistan0101
62 Colombia0033
63 Albania0022
 Austria0022
65 Croatia0011
 Czech Republic0011
 North Macedonia0011
 Pakistan0011
 San Marino0011
 Spain0011
 Tunisia0011
Totals (71 entries)4464465361,428
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All-time medal table – Greco-Roman – 1896–2024

Sources:[12]

More information Rank, Nation ...
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union34161060
2 Sweden20172158
3 Finland18211958
4 Hungary17131141
5 Russia123722
6 Turkey116825
7 Bulgaria1014933
8 Cuba105419
9 South Korea72716
10 Romania681327
11 Japan67417
12 Italy64919
13 Iran62513
14 Poland58821
15 Germany410822
16 United States36615
17 Yugoslavia35412
18 Unified Team3339
19 Estonia3148
20 Armenia24410
 Ukraine24410
22 Egypt2338
23 France2259
24 Norway2125
25 East Germany2114
26 Czechoslovakia16411
27 Greece1359
28 Georgia1348
29 Kazakhstan1326
30 West Germany1315
31 Azerbaijan1258
32 ROC (ROC)1023
33 Uzbekistan1012
34 Serbia1001
35 United Team of Germany0437
36 Denmark03710
37 Russian Empire0303
38 China0268
39 Belarus0257
40 Kyrgyzstan0246
41 Lebanon0123
42 Lithuania0112
43 Chile0101
 Latvia0101
 Mexico0101
46 North Korea0022
47 Austria0011
 Croatia0011
 Czech Republic0011
 Moldova0011
 Switzerland0011
Totals (51 entries)205207238650
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All-time medal table – Freestyle men's and women's – 1904–2024

Sources:[13]

More information Rank, Nation ...
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States544036130
2 Japan39161570
3 Soviet Union28151356
4 Russia198734
5 Turkey18121343
6 Bulgaria8181440
7 Sweden8101028
8 Finland871025
9 Iran7171842
10 South Korea49720
11 Switzerland44614
12 Canada37717
13 Azerbaijan361120
14 Great Britain341017
15 Hungary34815
16 Georgia34613
17 North Korea32510
18 Unified Team3227
19 ROC (ROC)3025
20 China24612
 Ukraine24612
22 Cuba22913
23 France2259
24 Uzbekistan2248
25 Norway2114
26 Estonia2103
27 Germany1337
28 Yugoslavia1124
29 United Team of Germany1102
30 Romania1067
31 Italy1023
32 Bahrain1001
33 Belarus0527
34 Mongolia04610
35 Kazakhstan03912
36 Belgium0303
37 India0268
38 Kyrgyzstan0235
39 East Germany0213
40 Poland0156
41 Czechoslovakia0134
 West Germany0134
43 Australia0123
44 Puerto Rico0112
45 Armenia0101
 Ecuador0101
 Moldova0101
 Nigeria0101
 Slovakia0101
 Syria0101
 Tajikistan0101
52 Colombia0033
 Greece0033
54 Albania0022
55 Austria0011
 North Macedonia0011
 Pakistan0011
 San Marino0011
 Spain0011
 Tunisia0011
Totals (60 entries)241239299779
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