Wrestling at the Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the Summer Olympics
Wrestling at the Summer Olympics
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 had been contested at the Summer Olympic Games since the sport was introduced in the ancient Olympic Games in 708 BC.^[1] When the modern Olympic Games resumed in Athens in 1896, wrestling (in the form of Greco-Roman wrestling) became a focus of the Games, with the exception of the 1900 Summer Olympics when wrestling did not appear on the program. Freestyle wrestling and weight classes both made their first appearance in 1904. The women's competition was introduced in 2004.

In February 2013, the IOC voted to drop wrestling from the Summer Olympic programme, effective 2020; the president of the sport's governing body FILA (now United World Wrestling) resigned after a subsequent motion of no confidence. Following changes in leadership, and revisions to the programme for 2016 (including rule changes and additional women's competitions), wrestling successfully campaigned to be readmitted to the Summer Olympic programme.

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. 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 Lalovic. 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	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	23
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	26
Greco-Roman welterweight									X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	21
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	26
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	25
Greco-Roman super heavyweight				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	24
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	25
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	24
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	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	25
Freestyle super heavyweight																	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13

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

Women

Event	04	08	12	16	20	Years
Freestyle flyweight	X	X	X	X	X	5
Freestyle bantamweight	X	X	X	X	X	5
Freestyle welterweight				X	X	2
Freestyle middleweight	X	X	X	X	X	5
Freestyle light heavyweight				X	X	2
Freestyle heavyweight	X	X	X	X	X	5

Total	4	4	4	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
American Samoa (ASA)																					1		1				1				3
Argentina (ARG)								5			8	5	2	3	4	3	3	3		3	2	1	1				1	1			15
Armenia (ARM)																							8	8	7	9	7	8			6
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			6
Bahamas (BAH)																2															1
Bahrain (BRN)																												1			1
Belarus (BLR)																							16	14	10	9	11	7			6
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			6
Bulgaria (BUL)													8	16	16	16	20	20	20		20	20	11	8	13	12	9	11			15
Cambodia (CAM)																							1					1			2
Cameroon (CMR)																			6	5	4		1			1	1	3			7
Canada (CAN)				1		1	5	5	6	5	9	4	2		4	7	9	15		13	11	13	14	4	7	10	9	8			22
Central African Republic (CAF)																											1				1
Chile (CHI)																											1				1
China (CHN)																				7	11	8	5	5	9	16	8	13			9
Chinese Taipei (TPE)																				1	4							1			3
Colombia (COL)																				1	4	1	3	1	1	3	3	5			9
Croatia (CRO)																						1	1				2	1			4
Cuba (CUB)											3					3	7	9	10			15	15	13	12	12	12	10			12
Cyprus (CYP)																						1	1								2
Czech Republic (CZE)																							3	3	2	1	1	1			6
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			18
Dominican Republic (DOM)																2				1		1			1						4
East Germany (GDR)																10	17	12	9		8										5
Ecuador (ECU)																2		1		1							2	2			5
Egypt (EGY)						1	2	4	3		13	12		4	4	4	4			10	5	3	1	2	3	7	13	10			19
El Salvador (ESA)																				1	1					1					3
Estonia (EST)						4	8	6	1	8												4	4	3	1		2	3			11
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			25
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			24
The Gambia (GAM)																					3										1
Georgia (GEO)																							8	13	12	10	13	11			6
Germany (GER)	1			1	14			6	5	14		8										17	11	10	9	7	4	7			14
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			25
Guam (GUM)																					1	1	1		1	1	1				6
Guatemala (GUA)												3				5	4				1	1	1								6
Guinea (GUI)																					2										1
Guinea-Bissau (GBS)																							1	1	1	1	2	2			6
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			24
Iceland (ISL)					1																										1
Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)																						9									1
India (IND)						2				3	6	4	7	5	8	4	8		6	8	7	6	1	1	7	3	5	8			19
Indonesia (INA)																					2										1
Iran (IRI)												8	8		12	9	14	17			15	16	10	11	13	12	13	12			14
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			25
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			20
Jordan (JOR)																					2										1
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																							11	11	12	16	15	12			6
Kenya (KEN)																					4										1
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)																							4	6	8	5	4	7			6
Latvia (LAT)							6	2		3												1	1	1	1		2	1			9
Lebanon (LBN)											5	4		6		2	2	1	1	1	1										9
Lithuania (LTU)																						1	3	2	3	4	2	1			7
Luxembourg (LUX)						2	2	3		1	2	3		4	1																8
North Macedonia (MKD)																							3	2	2	1					4
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			17
Moldova (MDA)																							6	4	2	2	2	3			6
Mongolia (MGL)															8	8	13	13	13		9	7	4	4	6	6	8	10			13
Morocco (MAR)														5		4	3	4		5	5	4	5				2	3			10
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			10
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			8
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			18
Portugal (POR)					2			1						3		4	3	3			1	1	1		1						10
Puerto Rico (PUR)																		5		3	2	4	5		1		3	2			8
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			18
Russia (RUS)				4	11																		20	16	18	18	16	17			8
Samoa (SAM)																					2			1							2
Senegal (SEN)																	4	5	3	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	2			12
Serbia (SRB)																										2	1	3			3
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)																									1						1
Slovakia (SVK)																							4	4	3	2					4
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			17
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			25
Switzerland (SUI)						4	12	11		13	12	5		12	3	3	9		1	2	4	4	2	4	2	1	1				19
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			9
Turkey (TUR)							5	6		11	16	15	13	16	15	16	16	11		16	13	15	13	12	12	13	13	14			20
Turkmenistan (TKM)																							1	1							2
Ukraine (UKR)																							17	16	16	16	13	11			6
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			24
United Team of Germany (EUA)													5	15	14																3
Uzbekistan (UZB)																							10	11	7	8	8	8			6
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
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 table – 1896–2016


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	62	31	23	116
2	United States (USA)	54	43	35	132
3	Japan (JPN)	32	20	17	69
4	Russia (RUS)	30	11	15	56
5	Turkey (TUR)	29	18	16	63
6	Sweden (SWE)	28	27	31	86
7	Finland (FIN)	26	28	29	83
8	Hungary (HUN)	19	16	19	54
9	Bulgaria (BUL)	16	32	21	69
10	South Korea (KOR)	11	11	14	36
11	Iran (IRI)	9	14	20	43
12	Cuba (CUB)	9	6	7	22
13	Romania (ROU)	7	8	18	33
14	Italy (ITA)	7	4	10	21
15	Unified Team (EUN)	6	5	5	16
16	Poland (POL)	5	9	12	26
17	Estonia (EST)	5	2	4	11
18	Germany (GER)	4	12	9	25
19	Azerbaijan (AZE)	4	7	11	22
20	Yugoslavia (YUG)	4	6	6	16
21	France (FRA)	4	4	10	18
22	Switzerland (SUI)	4	4	6	14
23	Canada (CAN)	3	7	7	17
24	Ukraine (UKR)	3	5	6	14
25	Georgia (GEO)	3	4	11	18
26	Great Britain (GBR)	3	4	10	17
27	North Korea (PRK)	3	2	5	10
28	Uzbekistan (UZB)	3	2	3	8
29	China (CHN)	2	3	5	10
30	Armenia (ARM)	2	3	3	8
31	East Germany (GDR)	2	3	2	7
31	Egypt (EGY)	2	3	2	7
33	Norway (NOR)	2	2	2	6
34	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	7	7	15
35	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	5	9	15
36	United Team of Germany (EUA)	1	5	3	9
37	West Germany (FRG)	1	4	4	9
38	Greece (GRE)	1	3	7	11
39	Serbia (SRB)	1	0	0	1
40	Belarus (BLR)	0	4	7	11
41	Mongolia (MGL)	0	4	5	9
42	Denmark (DEN)	0	3	6	9
43	Belgium (BEL)	0	3	0	3
44	India (IND)	0	1	4	5
45	Australia (AUS)	0	1	2	3
45	Lebanon (LIB)	0	1	2	3
47	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	1	2
48	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
	Syria (SYR)	0	1	0	1
51	Austria (AUT)	0	0	2	2
51	Colombia (COL)	0	0	2	2
53	Moldova (MDA)	0	0	1	1
	North Macedonia (MKD)	0	0	1	1
	Pakistan (PAK)	0	0	1	1
	Tunisia (TUN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (56 entries)		409	401	459	1,269

All-time medal table – Greco-Roman – 1896–2012


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	34	16	10	60
2	Finland (FIN)	23	21	19	63
3	Sweden (SWE)	20	17	19	56
4	Hungary (HUN)	16	10	10	36
5	Turkey (TUR)	11	5	6	22
6	Russia (RUS)	10	2	6	18
7	Bulgaria (BUL)	9	14	8	31
8	South Korea (KOR)	7	2	6	15
9	Romania (ROU)	6	8	13	27
10	Poland (POL)	5	8	6	19
11	Italy (ITA)	5	4	9	18
12	Germany (GER)	4	9	5	18
13	Japan (JPN)	4	5	3	12
14	United States (USA)	3	6	6	15
15	Yugoslavia (YUG)	3	5	4	12
16	Cuba (CUB)	3	4	2	9
17	Unified Team (EUN)	3	3	3	9
18	Iran (IRI)	3	1	1	5
19	Estonia (EST)	3	0	4	7
20	Egypt (EGY)	2	2	2	6
21	East Germany (GDR)	2	1	1	4
21	Norway (NOR)	2	1	1	4
23	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	6	4	11
24	Greece (GRE)	1	3	5	9
25	West Germany (FRG)	1	3	1	5
26	France (FRA)	1	2	3	6
27	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	2	2	5
28	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	2	1	4
29	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	1	3
30	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	0	1	2
31	Armenia (ARM)	1	0	0	1
32	United Team of Germany (EUA)	0	4	3	7
33	Denmark (DEN)	0	2	6	8
34	Belarus (BLR)	0	2	3	5
35	China (CHN)	0	1	4	5
36	Georgia (GEO)	0	1	2	3
36	Lebanon (LIB)	0	1	2	3
38	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	1	2
39	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1
39	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
41	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Moldova (MDA)	0	0	1	1
	North Korea (PRK)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (44 entries)		187	177	187	551

All-time medal table – Freestyle – 1904–2012


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	49	37	28	114
2	Soviet Union (URS)	28	15	13	56
3	Japan (JPN)	24	12	14	50
4	Turkey (TUR)	17	11	8	36
5	Russia (RUS)	15	6	7	28
6	Sweden (SWE)	8	10	8	26
7	Finland (FIN)	8	7	10	25
8	Bulgaria (BUL)	7	17	11	35
9	Iran (IRI)	5	12	16	33
10	South Korea (KOR)	4	9	7	20
11	Switzerland (SUI)	4	4	5	13
12	Great Britain (GBR)	3	4	10	17
13	Hungary (HUN)	3	4	7	14
14	Azerbaijan (AZE)	3	2	4	9
15	North Korea (PRK)	3	2	3	8
16	Unified Team (EUN)	3	2	2	7
17	Canada (CAN)	2	6	6	14
18	Ukraine (UKR)	2	3	5	10
19	France (FRA)	2	2	5	9
20	Uzbekistan (UZB)	2	2	2	6
21	China (CHN)	2	2	0	4
22	Cuba (CUB)	2	1	4	7
23	Estonia (EST)	2	1	0	3
24	Germany (GER)	1	3	3	7
25	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	1	2	4
26	Georgia (GEO)	1	0	4	5
26	Romania (ROU)	1	0	4	5
28	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
29	Mongolia (MGL)	0	4	5	9
30	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	3	3	6
31	Belgium (BEL)	0	3	0	3
32	East Germany (GDR)	0	2	1	3
33	Poland (POL)	0	1	4	5
34	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	3	4
	India (IND)	0	1	3	4
	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	3	4
37	Australia (AUS)	0	1	2	3
38	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	1	2
39	Armenia (ARM)	0	1	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
	Syria (SYR)	0	1	0	1
	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	1	0	1
43	Greece (GRE)	0	0	2	2
44	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Colombia (COL)	0	0	1	1
	North Macedonia (MKD)	0	0	1	1
	Pakistan (PAK)	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	0	1	1
Totals (48 entries)		203	197	220	620

Source: Wrestling Freestyle Olympics Medal Table at olympicmedals.com

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[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.

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