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United States Wrestling

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Sports:

Games: 25 summer games in 18 countries
Events: 24

Participants: 302 (292 men and 10 women)
Youngest Participant: James Carr (17 years, 212 days), 1972 Summer Games
Oldest Participant: Hugo Toeppen (51 years, 6 days), 1904 Summer Games
Most Medals (Athlete): Bruce Baumgartner (4 medals)

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24 Events

Rk Event Participants Gold Silver Bronze Total Top Medalist(s)
1 Men's Light-Flyweight, Greco-Roman 4
2 Men's Flyweight, Greco-Roman 5 1 1 Brandon Paulson (1 medal)
3 Men's Bantamweight, Greco-Roman 9 1 1 Dennis Hall (1 medal)
4 Men's Featherweight, Greco-Roman 16
5 Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman 15 2 2 Jim Martinez and Rodney Smith (1 medal)
6 Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman 14
7 Men's Middleweight, Greco-Roman 13 1 1 Matt Lindland (1 medal)
8 Men's Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman 14 1 1 Steve Fraser (1 medal)
9 Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman 12 2 3 5 Dennis Koslowski (2 medals)
10 Men's Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman 7 2 1 1 4 Rulon Gardner (2 medals)
11 Men's Light-Flyweight, Freestyle 8 2 1 3 3 athletes with 1 medal
12 Men's Flyweight, Freestyle 14 1 3 1 5 5 athletes with 1 medal
13 Men's Bantamweight, Freestyle 23 5 7 2 14 14 athletes with 1 medal
14 Men's Featherweight, Freestyle 28 10 6 4 20 John Smith (2 medals)
15 Men's Lightweight, Freestyle 31 4 5 3 12 12 athletes with 1 medal
16 Men's Welterweight, Freestyle 28 7 4 4 15 Kenny Monday (2 medals)
17 Men's Middleweight, Freestyle 22 6 3 2 11 John Peterson (2 medals)
18 Men's Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle 21 6 2 3 11 Ben Peterson and Henry Wittenberg (2 medals)
19 Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle 23 4 3 2 9 9 athletes with 1 medal
20 Men's Super-Heavyweight, Freestyle 6 2 1 2 5 Bruce Baumgartner (4 medals)
21 Women's Flyweight, Freestyle 2 2 2 Patricia Miranda and Clarissa Chun (1 medal)
22 Women's Lightweight, Freestyle 3
23 Women's Middleweight, Freestyle 3 1 1 2 Sara McMann and Randi Miller (1 medal)
24 Women's Heavyweight, Freestyle 2