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Wrestling

Games: 26 games in 19 countries
Events: 28

Sports:

Participants: 4,531 (4,430 men and 101 women) from 124 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 (120 medals)

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Country Medal Leaders

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 48 42 30 120
2 Soviet Union 62 31 23 116
3 Finland 27 29 29 85
4 Sweden 28 27 26 81
5 Bulgaria 16 31 20 67
6 Turkey 28 16 13 57
7 Japan 24 17 15 56
8 Hungary 19 15 18 52
9 Russia 21 11 8 40
10 South Korea 10 11 13 34
11 Germany 5 18 11 34
12 Romania 7 8 17 32
13 Iran 5 12 15 32
14 Poland 5 9 10 24
15 Italy 7 4 9 20
16 Cuba 6 5 6 17
17 Great Britain 3 4 10 17
18 Unified Team 6 5 5 16
19 Yugoslavia 4 6 6 16
20 France 4 4 8 16
21 Switzerland 4 4 7 15
22 Czechoslovakia 1 7 7 15
23 Canada 2 6 6 14
24 Ukraine 3 4 6 13
25 Denmark 2 3 7 12
26 Kazakhstan 1 4 6 11
27 Greece 1 3 7 11
28 Estonia 5 1 4 10
29 North Korea 3 2 4 9
30 Georgia 2 1 6 9
31 West Germany 1 4 4 9
32 Mongolia 0 4 4 8
33 Belarus 0 3 5 8
34 Norway 4 2 1 7
35 East Germany 2 3 2 7
36 Azerbaijan 2 3 2 7
37 China 2 2 3 7
38 Uzbekistan 3 3 0 6
39 Austria 1 2 3 6
40 Egypt 2 1 2 5
41 Armenia 1 1 2 4
42 Belgium 0 3 1 4
43 Lebanon 0 1 2 3
44 Australia 0 1 2 3
45 Kyrgyzstan 0 1 1 2
46 India 0 0 2 2
47 Mexico 0 1 0 1
48 Tajikistan 0 1 0 1
49 Latvia 0 1 0 1
50 United Arab Republic 0 1 0 1
51 Syria 0 1 0 1
52 Macedonia 0 0 1 1
53 Moldova 0 0 1 1
54 Pakistan 0 0 1 1
55 Lithuania 0 0 1 1
56 Colombia 0 0 1 1
57 Slovakia 0 0 1 1

Athlete Medal Leaders

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Athlete Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Wilfried Dietrich (FRG, GER) 1 2 2 5
2 Aleksandr Karelin (URS, EUN, RUS) 3 1 0 4
3 Rudolf Svensson (SWE) 2 2 0 4
4 Bruce Baumgartner (USA) 2 1 1 4
5 Søren Jensen (DEN) 2 0 2 4
6 Imre Polyák (HUN) 1 3 0 4
7 Eino Leino (FIN) 1 1 2 4
8 Carl Westergren (SWE) 3 0 0 3
9 Buvaisa Saytiyev (RUS) 3 0 0 3
10 Aleksandr Medved (URS) 3 0 0 3
11 Ivar Johansson (SWE) 3 0 0 3
12 Verner Weckman (FIN) 2 1 0 3
13 Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN) 2 1 0 3
14 Artur Taymazov (UZB) 2 1 0 3
15 Vincenzo Maenza (ITA) 2 1 0 3
16 Makharbek Khadartsev (URS, EUN, RUS) 2 1 0 3
17 Armen Nazaryan (BUL, ARM) 2 0 1 3
18 Park Jang-Sun (KOR) 1 2 0 3
19 Anatoly Roshchin (URS) 1 2 0 3
20 Gholam Reza Takhti (IRI) 1 2 0 3
21 Erik Malmberg (SWE) 1 1 1 3
22 Lothar Metz (GER, GDR) 1 1 1 3
23 Enyu Valchev (BUL) 1 1 1 3
24 Gustav Freij (SWE) 1 1 1 3
25 Hamit Kaplan (TUR) 1 1 1 3
26 Ştefan Rusu (ROU) 1 1 1 3
27 Karl-Erik Nilsson (SWE) 1 0 2 3
28 Aleksandar Tomov (BUL) 0 3 0 3
29 Juan Luis Marén (CUB) 0 2 1 3
30 Józef Tracz (POL) 0 1 2 3
31 Onni Pellinen (FIN) 0 1 2 3
32 Sheng Zetian (CHN) 0 0 3 3

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