Wrestling at the Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the Summer Olympics
Wrestling at the Summer Olympics
IOC Code	WRE
Governing body	UWW
Events	18 (men: 12; women: 6)
Summer Olympics
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024; 2028;
	Medalists freestyle; Greco-Roman; ;

Wrestling at the Olympic Games first appeared 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 1948 Olympics) 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.

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. Following these and revisions to the program for 2016 (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.

Games	Year	Events	Best Nation
1	1896	1	Germany (1)
2
3	1904	7	United States (1)
4	1908	9	Great Britain (1)
5	1912	5	Finland (1)
6
7	1920	10	Finland (2)
8	1924	13	Finland (3)
9	1928	13	Finland (4)
10	1932	14	Sweden (1)
11	1936	14	Sweden (2)
12
13
14	1948	16	Turkey (1)
15	1952	16	Soviet Union (1)
16	1956	16	Soviet Union (2)
17	1960	16	Turkey (2)

Games	Year	Events	Best Nation
18	1964	16	Japan (1)
19	1968	16	Japan (2)
20	1972	20	Soviet Union (3)
21	1976	20	Soviet Union (4)
22	1980	20	Soviet Union (5)
23	1984	20	United States (2)
24	1988	20	Soviet Union (6)
25	1992	20	Unified Team (1)
26	1996	20	Russia (1)
27	2000	16	Russia (2)
28	2004	18	Russia (3)
29	2008	18	Russia (4)
30	2012	18	Russia (5)
31	2016	18	Russia (6)
32	2020	18	Japan (3)
33	2024	18	Japan (4)

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).^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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.^[5] FILA president Raphaël Martinetti resigned after a vote of non-confidence by the organization's staff.^[6]

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.^[2] On 8 September 2013, at the 125th IOC Session, the IOC selected wrestling to be reinstated in the Olympic program for 2020 and 2024.^[7]^[8] 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."^[9]^[10]

Events

Men

Event	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24	Years
Greco-Roman light flyweight																	X	X	X	X	X	X	X								7
Greco-Roman flyweight											X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X							14
Greco-Roman bantamweight							X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	24
Greco-Roman featherweight					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X				23
Greco-Roman lightweight				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	27
Greco-Roman welterweight									X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	22
Greco-Roman middleweight				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	27
Greco-Roman light heavyweight				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X								20
Greco-Roman heavyweight					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	25
Greco-Roman super heavyweight				X													X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
Greco-Roman open	X																														1
Freestyle light flyweight			X														X	X	X	X	X	X	X								8
Freestyle flyweight			X								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X							15
Freestyle bantamweight			X	X			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	26
Freestyle featherweight			X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X				24
Freestyle lightweight			X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	26
Freestyle welterweight			X				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	25
Freestyle middleweight				X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	25
Freestyle light heavyweight						X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X								18
Freestyle heavyweight			X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	26
Freestyle super heavyweight																	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14

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

Women

Event	04	08	12	16	20	24	Years
Freestyle flyweight	X	X	X	X	X	X	6
Freestyle bantamweight	X	X	X	X	X	X	6
Freestyle welterweight				X	X	X	3
Freestyle middleweight	X	X	X	X	X	X	6
Freestyle light heavyweight				X	X	X	3
Freestyle heavyweight	X	X	X	X	X	X	6

Total	4	4	4	6	6	6

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).

Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24	Years
Afghanistan (AFG)														7	8	5	8		8		5				1						7
Albania (ALB)																							1		1	2					3
Algeria (ALG)																			3			2	2	2	1	3	3	3	8		9
American Samoa (ASA)																					1		1				1				3
Argentina (ARG)								5			8	5	2	3	4	3	3	3		3	2	1	1				1	1	1		16
Armenia (ARM)																							8	8	7	9	7	8	6		7
Australia (AUS)							1	3	1	3	4	4	15	9	8	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	9	11	1	4	1	3			22
Austria (AUT)							8	2	1	7	5	3	4	7	4	1	4	2	5	7	5	2			3		1	1			19
Azerbaijan (AZE)																							8	9	7	16	13	14	7		7
Bahamas (BAH)																2															1
Bahrain (BRN)																												1			1
Belarus (BLR)																							16	14	10	9	11	8	8		7
Belgium (BEL)				4	1	12	17	13	11		9	8	3	5	3	2	2	2	3		1	1	1								18
Bohemia (BOH)				4	4																										2
Bolivia (BOL)																				1											1
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)																							1								1
Brazil (BRA)																					2	1			1	1	1	5	3		7
Bulgaria (BUL)													8	16	16	16	20	20	20		20	20	11	8	13	12	9	11	7		16
Cambodia (CAM)																							1					1			2
Cameroon (CMR)																			6	5	4		1			1	1	3	1		8
Canada (CAN)				1		1	5	5	6	5	9	4	2		4	7	9	15		13	11	13	14	4	7	10	9	8	4		23
Central African Republic (CAF)																											1				1
Chile (CHI)																											1		1		2
China (CHN)																				7	11	8	5	5	9	16	8	13	11		10
Chinese Taipei (TPE)																				1	4							1			3
Colombia (COL)																				1	4	1	3	1	1	3	3	5	3		10
Croatia (CRO)																						1	1				2	1	2		5
Cuba (CUB)											3					3	7	9	10			15	15	13	12	12	12	10	12		13
Cyprus (CYP)																						1	1								2
Czech Republic (CZE)																							3	3	2	1	1	1	1		7
Czechoslovakia (TCH)						10	9	6	2	13	3	3		5	4	6	10	5	8		9	7									15
Denmark (DEN)				11	9	10	11	7	3	5	5	5		4	3	3	3		2						1	2	2	1	1		19
Dominican Republic (DOM)																2				1		1			1						4
East Germany (GDR)																10	17	12	9		8										5
Ecuador (ECU)																2		1		1							2	2	2		6
Egypt (EGY)						1	2	4	3		13	12		4	4	4	4			10	5	3	1	2	3	7	13	10	8		20
El Salvador (ESA)																				1	1					1					3
Estonia (EST)						4	8	6	1	8												4	4	3	1		2	3	2		12
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)																											1				1
Finland (FIN)				4	37	18	24	13	10	13	15	16	10	14	10	9	10	7	8	11	12	7	5	4	2	1	2	3	2		26
France (FRA)					6	17	23	13	5	10	11	10	2	9	3	4	5	5	2	8	9	9	2	3	6	9	6	2	2		25
The Gambia (GAM)																					3										1
Georgia (GEO)																							8	13	12	10	13	11	7		7
Germany (GER)	1			1	14			6	5	14		8										17	11	10	9	7	4	7	7		15
Great Britain (GBR)	1			53	12	10	14	6	2	6	16	6	4	6	6	4	6	7	6	7	7	1	1		1		1				23
Greece (GRE)	2				1	5	2	3	2	4	5	3	2	3	5	8	9	4	5	10	5	11	10	7	18	3	2	1	2		26
Guam (GUM)																					1	1	1		1	1	1		1		7
Guatemala (GUA)												3				5	4				1	1	1								6
Guinea (GUI)																					2								1		2
Guinea-Bissau (GBS)																							1	1	1	1	2	2	2		7
Haiti (HAI)																												1			1
Honduras (HON)																											1				1
Hungary (HUN)	1			7	10		12	6	5	12	12	12	8	10	10	13	18	18	19		18	17	11	8	9	9	7	8	6		25
Iceland (ISL)					1																										1
Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)																						9							1		2
India (IND)						2				3	6	4	7	5	8	4	8		6	8	7	6	1	1	7	3	5	8	7		20
Indonesia (INA)																					2										1
Iran (IRI)												8	8		12	9	14	17			15	16	10	11	13	12	13	12	11		15
Iraq (IRQ)														1		1			9	3	5						1				6
Ireland (IRL)												1	1	4	2						1										5
Israel (ISR)																	2	1			2	4	1	3	3			1			8
Italy (ITA)				1	6	8	17	5	6	10	11	14	5	16	5	5	7	8	6	7	4	5	4	2	6	2	1	2	2		26
Ivory Coast (CIV)																											1				1
Japan (JPN)							1	1	7	5		5	8	16	16	15	20	20		20	20	16	12	8	13	10	13	10	12		21
Jordan (JOR)																					2										1
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																							11	11	12	16	15	12	11		7
Kenya (KEN)																					4										1
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)																							4	6	8	5	4	7	9		7
Kosovo (KOS)																													1		1
Latvia (LAT)							6	2		3												1	1	1	1		2	1	1		10
Lebanon (LBN)											5	4		6		2	2	1	1	1	1										9
Lithuania (LTU)																						1	3	2	3	4	2	1	1		8
Luxembourg (LUX)						2	2	3		1	2	3		4	1																8
North Macedonia (MKD)																							3	2	2	1			1		5
Madagascar (MAD)																											1				1
Malta (MLT)																				2	2										2
Mauritania (MTN)																				2	4										2
Mauritius (MRI)																					1										1
Mexico (MEX)									2		4	5	1	4	4	12	9	2	2	5	4	2	7			1	2	1	1		18
Moldova (MDA)																							6	4	2	2	2	3	2		7
Mongolia (MGL)															8	8	13	13	13		9	7	4	4	6	6	8	10	9		14
Morocco (MAR)														5		4	3	4		5	5	4	5				2	3	1		11
Namibia (NAM)																									1		1				2
Netherlands (NED)				9	3	9	8	6			4			3			1							1				1			10
New Zealand (NZL)													1	1	2		1	2		3	2	2		3				1			10
Nicaragua (NCA)																						1									1
Nigeria (NGR)																			1	3	6	5	4	2	1	2	4	7	5		11
North Korea (PRK)																	2	3	3			4	3	4	1	3	5	4			10
Norway (NOR)				1	9	7	7	7	1	3	6	7	1	4	1	3	5	2		5	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	2			24
Pakistan (PAK)													6	7	6	2	2	2		2	3	1	1								10
Palau (PLW)																									1	2		1			3
Panama (PAN)														1	3	2	2	1		1	2	2	1								9
Peru (PER)																	4		2	2	1		5		1	1		1	1		9
Philippines (PHI)										1	1	1	3		4	4	3				2										8
Poland (POL)							2	4		3		5		12	5	12	18	14	20		18	13	11	9	9	9	4	8	6		19
Portugal (POR)					2			1						3		4	3	3			1	1	1		1						10
Puerto Rico (PUR)																		5		3	2	4	5		1		3	2	1		9
Republic of China (ROC)																	1														1
Romania (ROU)										5		7	4	7	10	12	20	19	20	10	4	11	10	5	5	8	2	5	5		19
Russia (RUS)				4	11																		20	16	18	18	16	17	17		9
Samoa (SAM)																					2			1							2
San Marino (SMR)																													1		1
Senegal (SEN)																	4	5	3	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	1		13
Serbia (SRB)																										2	1	3	4		4
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)																									1						1
Slovakia (SVK)																							4	4	3	2			1		5
South Africa (RSA)						1		1		2	3	5	4									3	1	1	1	1					11
South Korea (KOR)											4	1	3	4	13	8	4	11		14	19	16	15	10	9	11	9	5	2		18
Soviet Union (URS)												16	16	16	16	16	20	20	20		20										9
Spain (ESP)							4							4	1				2	3	9	10			2	3	1	1			11
Sweden (SWE)				9	34	13	13	9	13	14	16	1	10	12	9	7	7	8	8	11	10	8	7	5	7	5	6	7	3		26
Switzerland (SUI)						4	12	11		13	12	5		12	3	3	9		1	2	4	4	2	4	2	1	1		1		20
Syria (SYR)																2	2		17	3	8	3	2								7
Tajikistan (TJK)																							1		4	2	4				4
Tunisia (TUN)																	2				3	3	3	4	1	3	8	4	10		10
Turkey (TUR)							5	6		11	16	15	13	16	15	16	16	11		16	13	15	13	12	12	13	13	14	9		21
Turkmenistan (TKM)																							1	1							2
Ukraine (UKR)																							17	16	16	16	13	11	10		7
Unified Team (EUN)																						20									1
United States (USA)			42	6	2	18	14	7	7	7	8	8	15	16	16	16	19	20		19	20	20	20	16	17	17	17	14	15		25
United Team of Germany (EUA)													5	15	14																3
Uzbekistan (UZB)																							10	11	7	8	8	8	8		7
Venezuela (VEN)												3		2								1	6	2	2	3	7	9			9
Vietnam (VIE)																			5		1						1	2			4
Virgin Islands (ISV)																		4													1
West Germany (FRG)																11	17	15		14	17										5
Yemen (YEM)																					3		1								2
Yugoslavia (YUG)							2	5		5		3	2	5	4	8	10	6	10	9			2								13

Nations	4		1	14	18	19	26	29	18	29	28	36	30	44	39	45	49	41	35	44	69	59	75	55	66	59	71	67	61
Competitors	5		42	115	170	152	229	166	79	200	207	215	167	338	270	296	388	331	266	267	429	370	401	314	342	344	344	344	288
Year	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24

All-time medal tables – 1896–2024

All-time medal table combined – Greco-Roman, Freestyle men's and women's – 1896–2024

Sources:^[11]^[12]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	62	31	23	116
2	United States (USA)	57	46	42	145
3	Japan (JPN)	45	23	19	87
4	Russia (RUS)	31	11	14	56
5	Turkey (TUR)	29	18	21	68
6	Sweden (SWE)	28	27	31	86
7	Finland (FIN)	26	28	29	83
8	Hungary (HUN)	20	17	19	56
9	Bulgaria (BUL)	18	32	23	73
10	Iran (IRI)	13	19	23	55
11	Cuba (CUB)	12	7	13	32
12	South Korea (KOR)	11	11	14	36
13	Romania (ROU)	7	8	19	34
14	Italy (ITA)	7	4	11	22
15	Unified Team (EUN)	6	5	5	16
16	Germany (GER)	5	13	11	29
17	Poland (POL)	5	9	13	27
18	Estonia (EST)	5	2	4	11
19	Azerbaijan (AZE)	4	8	16	28
20	Ukraine (UKR)	4	8	9	21
21	Georgia (GEO)	4	7	10	21
22	Yugoslavia (YUG)	4	6	6	16
23	France (FRA)	4	4	10	18
24	Switzerland (SUI)	4	4	7	15
25	Norway (NOR)	4	2	3	9
26	ROC (ROC)	4	0	4	8
27	Canada (CAN)	3	7	7	17
28	Great Britain (GBR)	3	4	10	17
29	North Korea (PRK)	3	2	7	12
30	Uzbekistan (UZB)	3	2	5	10
31	China (CHN)	2	6	12	20
32	Armenia (ARM)	2	5	4	11
33	Egypt (EGY)	2	3	3	8
34	East Germany (GDR)	2	3	2	7
35	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	7	7	15
36	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	6	11	18
37	United Team of Germany (EUA)	1	5	3	9
38	West Germany (FRG)	1	4	4	9
39	Greece (GRE)	1	3	8	12
40	Serbia (SRB)	1	0	1	2
41	Bahrain (BRN)	1	0	0	1
42	Belarus (BLR)	0	7	7	14
43	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	4	7	11
44	Mongolia (MGL)	0	4	6	10
45	Denmark (DEN)	0	3	7	10
46	Belgium (BEL)	0	3	0	3
46	Russian Empire (RU1)	0	3	0	3
48	India (IND)	0	2	6	8
49	Australia (AUS)	0	1	2	3
49	Lebanon (LIB)	0	1	2	3
51	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	1	2
	Moldova (MDA)	0	1	1	2
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	1	1	2
54	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
	Syria (SYR)	0	1	0	1
	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	1	0	1
62	Colombia (COL)	0	0	3	3
63	Albania (ALB)	0	0	2	2
63	Austria (AUT)	0	0	2	2
65	Czech Republic (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
Totals (70 entries)		446	446	536	1,428

All-time medal table – Greco-Roman – 1896–2024

Sources:^[11]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	34	16	10	60
2	Sweden (SWE)	20	17	21	58
3	Finland (FIN)	18	21	19	58
4	Hungary (HUN)	17	13	11	41
5	Russia (RUS)	12	3	7	22
6	Turkey (TUR)	11	6	8	25
7	Bulgaria (BUL)	10	14	9	33
8	Cuba (CUB)	10	5	4	19
9	South Korea (KOR)	7	2	7	16
10	Romania (ROU)	6	8	13	27
11	Japan (JPN)	6	7	4	17
12	Italy (ITA)	6	4	9	19
13	Iran (IRI)	6	2	5	13
14	Poland (POL)	5	8	8	21
15	Germany (GER)	4	10	8	22
16	United States (USA)	3	6	6	15
17	Yugoslavia (YUG)	3	5	4	12
18	Unified Team (EUN)	3	3	3	9
19	Estonia (EST)	3	1	4	8
20	Armenia (ARM)	2	4	4	10
20	Ukraine (UKR)	2	4	4	10
22	Egypt (EGY)	2	3	3	8
23	France (FRA)	2	2	5	9
24	Norway (NOR)	2	1	2	5
25	East Germany (GDR)	2	1	1	4
26	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	6	4	11
27	Greece (GRE)	1	3	5	9
28	Georgia (GEO)	1	3	4	8
29	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	3	2	6
30	West Germany (FRG)	1	3	1	5
31	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	2	5	8
32	ROC (ROC)	1	0	2	3
33	Serbia (SRB)	1	0	1	2
33	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	0	1	2
35	United Team of Germany (EUA)	0	4	3	7
36	Denmark (DEN)	0	3	7	10
37	Russian Empire (RU1)	0	3	0	3
38	China (CHN)	0	2	6	8
39	Belarus (BLR)	0	2	5	7
40	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	2	4	6
41	Lebanon (LIB)	0	1	2	3
42	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	1	2
43	Chile (CHI)	0	1	0	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
46	North Korea (PRK)	0	0	2	2
47	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	1	1
	Moldova (MDA)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (50 entries)		205	207	238	650

All-time medal table – Freestyle men's and women's – 1904–2024

Sources:^[12]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	54	40	36	130
2	Japan (JPN)	39	16	15	70
3	Soviet Union (URS)	28	15	13	56
4	Russia (RUS)	19	8	7	34
5	Turkey (TUR)	18	12	13	43
6	Bulgaria (BUL)	8	18	14	40
7	Sweden (SWE)	8	10	10	28
8	Finland (FIN)	8	7	10	25
9	Iran (IRI)	7	17	18	42
10	South Korea (KOR)	4	9	7	20
11	Switzerland (SUI)	4	4	6	14
12	Canada (CAN)	3	7	7	17
13	Azerbaijan (AZE)	3	6	11	20
14	Great Britain (GBR)	3	4	10	17
15	Hungary (HUN)	3	4	8	15
16	Georgia (GEO)	3	4	6	13
17	North Korea (PRK)	3	2	5	10
18	Unified Team (EUN)	3	2	2	7
19	ROC (ROC)	3	0	2	5
20	China (CHN)	2	4	6	12
20	Ukraine (UKR)	2	4	6	12
22	Cuba (CUB)	2	2	9	13
23	France (FRA)	2	2	5	9
24	Uzbekistan (UZB)	2	2	4	8
25	Norway (NOR)	2	1	1	4
26	Estonia (EST)	2	1	0	3
27	Germany (GER)	1	3	3	7
28	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	1	2	4
29	United Team of Germany (EUA)	1	1	0	2
30	Romania (ROU)	1	0	6	7
31	Italy (ITA)	1	0	2	3
32	Bahrain (BHR)	1	0	0	1
33	Belarus (BLR)	0	5	2	7
34	Mongolia (MGL)	0	4	6	10
35	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	3	9	12
36	Belgium (BEL)	0	3	0	3
37	India (IND)	0	2	6	8
38	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	2	3	5
39	East Germany (GDR)	0	2	1	3
40	Poland (POL)	0	1	5	6
41	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	3	4
41	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	3	4
43	Australia (AUS)	0	1	2	3
44	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	1	1	2
45	Armenia (ARM)	0	1	0	1
	Ecuador (ECU)	0	1	0	1
	Moldova (MDA)	0	1	0	1
	Nigeria (NGR)	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	0	1
	Syria (SYR)	0	1	0	1
	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	1	0	1
52	Colombia (COL)	0	0	3	3
52	Greece (GRE)	0	0	3	3
54	Albania (ALB)	0	0	2	2
55	Austria (AUT)	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
Totals (60 entries)		241	239	299	779

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[1] "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

[wp-dropped-2] Hamilton, Tracee (2013-09-08). "Wrestling, IOC make right moves in getting sport back on 2020 Olympics program". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-03-16.

[3] Longman, Jeré (2013-02-12). "Olympics Moves to Drop Wrestling in 2020". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-03-16.

[bbc-nowrestling-4] "Wrestling to be dropped from 2020 Olympic Games". BBC Sport. 12 February 2013.

[5] "Bulgaria wrestling coach Armen Nazaryan on hunger strike". BBC Sport. 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2018-05-26.

[6] "International Wresting President forced to quit after Olympic shock". Inside the Games. Retrieved 2018-03-16.

[7] "Wrestling, baseball/softball and squash shortlisted by IOC for 2020 as five fail to make cut". 29 May 2013.

[8] "Wrestling added to Olympic programme for 2020 and 2024 Games". IOC. 8 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.

[GAM-9] KAROLOS GROHMANN (8 September 2013). "Wrestling wins vote and will be part of 2020 Tokyo Olympics". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 8 September 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-08.

[10] "Wrestling gets reinstated for 2020 Olympics". 8 September 2013. Retrieved 2016-08-15.

[GR-11] "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

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