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Wrestling

Games: 28 games in 20 countries
Events: 30

Sports:

Participants: 4,988 (4,766 men and 222 women) from 131 countries
Youngest Participant: IND Mahabir Singh (15 years, 330 days), 1980 Summer Games
Oldest Participant: USA Hugo Toeppen (51 years, 6 days), 1904 Summer Games
Top Athlete Medalist(s): GER FRG Wilfried Dietrich (5 medals)
Top Country Medalist(s): USA United States (128 medals)

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Country Medal Leaders

Rk Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 52 42 34 128
2 Soviet Union 62 31 23 116
3 Sweden 28 27 31 86
4 Finland 27 29 29 85
5 Japan 32 20 17 69
6 Bulgaria 16 32 21 69
7 Turkey 29 18 16 63
8 Russia 29 16 15 60
9 Hungary 19 16 20 55
10 Iran 9 14 20 43
11 South Korea 11 11 14 36
12 Germany 5 18 12 35
13 Romania 7 8 18 33
14 Poland 5 9 12 26
15 Azerbaijan 4 8 11 23
16 Cuba 9 6 7 22
17 Italy 7 4 10 21
18 Georgia 3 4 11 18
19 France 4 4 9 17
20 Canada 3 7 7 17
21 Great Britain 3 4 10 17
22 Kazakhstan 1 5 11 17
23 Unified Team 6 5 5 16
24 Yugoslavia 4 6 6 16
25 Switzerland 4 4 7 15
26 Ukraine 3 6 6 15
27 Czechoslovakia 1 7 7 15
28 Denmark 2 4 7 13
29 Estonia 5 2 4 11
30 Greece 1 3 7 11
31 Belarus 0 4 7 11
32 Uzbekistan 4 3 3 10
33 North Korea 3 2 5 10
34 China 2 3 5 10
35 West Germany 1 4 4 9
36 Mongolia 0 4 5 9
37 Norway 4 2 2 8
38 Armenia 2 3 3 8
39 East Germany 2 3 2 7
40 Egypt 2 2 2 6
41 Austria 1 2 3 6
42 India 0 1 4 5
43 Belgium 0 3 1 4
44 Australia 0 1 2 3
45 Lebanon 0 1 2 3
46 Kyrgyzstan 0 1 1 2
47 Lithuania 0 0 2 2
48 Colombia 0 0 2 2
49 Serbia 1 0 0 1
50 Puerto Rico 0 1 0 1
51 Tajikistan 0 1 0 1
52 Mexico 0 1 0 1
53 Syria 0 1 0 1
54 United Arab Republic 0 1 0 1
55 Latvia 0 1 0 1
56 Spain 0 0 1 1
57 Slovakia 0 0 1 1
58 Pakistan 0 0 1 1
59 Macedonia 0 0 1 1
60 Moldova 0 0 1 1
61 Tunisia 0 0 1 1

Athlete Medal Leaders

Rk Athlete Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Wilfried Dietrich (FRG, GER) 1 2 2 5
2 Kaori Icho (JPN) 4 0 0 4
3 Aleksandr Karelin (RUS, URS, EUN) 3 1 0 4
4 Artur Taymazov (UZB) 3 1 0 4
5 Saori Yoshida (JPN) 3 1 0 4
6 Rudolf Svensson (SWE) 2 2 0 4
7 Bruce Baumgartner (USA) 2 1 1 4
8 Søren Jensen (DEN) 2 0 2 4
9 Imre Polyák (HUN) 1 3 0 4
10 Eino Leino (FIN) 1 1 2 4
11 Buvaysar Saytiyev (RUS) 3 0 0 3
12 Ivar Johansson (SWE) 3 0 0 3
13 Carl Westergren (SWE) 3 0 0 3
14 Aleksandr Medved (URS) 3 0 0 3
15 Mijaín López (CUB) 3 0 0 3
16 Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN) 2 1 0 3
17 Verner Weckman (FIN) 2 1 0 3
18 Vincenzo Maenza (ITA) 2 1 0 3
19 Makharbek Khadartsev (RUS, URS, EUN) 2 1 0 3
20 Armen Nazaryan (ARM, BUL) 2 0 1 3
21 Gholam Reza Takhti (IRI) 1 2 0 3
22 Park Jang-Sun (KOR) 1 2 0 3
23 Anatoly Roshchin (URS) 1 2 0 3
24 Enyu Valchev (BUL) 1 1 1 3
25 Lothar Metz (GER, GDR) 1 1 1 3
26 Ștefan Rusu (ROU) 1 1 1 3
27 Gustav Freij (SWE) 1 1 1 3
28 Erik Malmberg (SWE) 1 1 1 3
29 Hamit Kaplan (TUR) 1 1 1 3
30 Karl-Erik Nilsson (SWE) 1 0 2 3
31 Aleksandar Tomov (BUL) 0 3 0 3
32 Juan Luis Marén (CUB) 0 2 1 3
33 Tonya Verbeek (CAN) 0 2 1 3
34 Gyuzel Manyurova (KAZ, RUS) 0 2 1 3
35 Mariya Stadnik (AZE) 0 2 1 3
36 Onni Pellinen (FIN) 0 1 2 3
37 Józef Tracz (POL) 0 1 2 3
38 Xetaq Qazyumov (AZE) 0 1 2 3
39 Sheng Zetian (CHN) 0 0 3 3

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