List of Olympic champions in wrestling / medalists freestyle

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Olympic champion wrestling
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This list is part of the list of Olympic champions in wrestling . It lists all medal winners in freestyle wrestling competitions at the Summer Olympics . It is divided into weight classes. The weight limits for the individual events are also given.

Current weight classes

Bantamweight

  • up to 56.70 kg (1904)
  • up to 54 kg (1908)
  • up to 56 kg (1924–1936)
  • up to 57 kg (1948–1996)
  • up to 58 kg (2000)
  • up to 55 kg (2004–2012)
  • up to 57 kg (since 2016)
Olympia gold silver bronze
1904 United States 45United States Isidore Niflot United States 45United States August Wester United States 45United States Louis Strebler
1908 United States 45United States George Mehnert United KingdomUnited Kingdom William Press Canada 1921Canada Aubert Côté
1924 FinlandFinland Kustaa Pihlajamäki FinlandFinland Kaarlo Mäkinen United States 48United States Bryan Hines
1928 FinlandFinland Kaarlo Mäkinen BelgiumBelgium Edmond Spapen Canada 1921Canada James Trifunov
1932 United States 48United States Robert E. Pearce Hungary 1918Hungary Ödön Zombori FinlandFinland Aatos Jaskari
1936 Hungary 1918Hungary Ödön Zombori United States 48United States Ross Flood German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Johannes Herbert
1948 TurkeyTurkey Nasuh Akar United States 48United States Gerald Leeman France 1944Provisional Government of the French Republic Charles Kouyos
1952 Japan 1870Japan Shohachi Ishii Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Rəşid Məmmədbəyov IndiaIndia Khashaba Jadhav
1956 TurkeyTurkey Mustafa Dağıstanlı Iran 1925Iran Mohammad Mehdi Yaghoubi Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Mikhail Shakhov
1960 United StatesUnited States Terrence McCann Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria Nejet Zalev Poland 1944Poland Tadeusz Trojanowski
1964 Japan 1870Japan Yōjirō Uetake TurkeyTurkey Hüseyin Akbaş Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Aydın İbrahimov
1968 Japan 1870Japan Yōjirō Uetake United StatesUnited States Donald Behm Iran 1964Iran Aboutaleb Talebi
1972 Japan 1870Japan Hideaki Yanagida United StatesUnited States Richard Sanders Hungary 1957Hungary László Klinga
1976 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vladimir Jumin Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Hans-Dieter Brüchert Japan 1870Japan Masao Arai
1980 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Sergei Beloglasov Korea NorthNorth Korea Li Ho-pyong Mongolia People's Republic 1949Mongolian People's Republic Dugarsürengiin Ojuunbold
1984 Japan 1870Japan Hideaki Tomiyama United StatesUnited States Barry Davis Korea Sud 1949South Korea Kim Eui-kon
1988 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Sergei Beloglasov IranIran Askari Mohammadian Korea Sud 1949South Korea Noh Kyung-sun
1992 CubaCuba Alejandro Puerto United teamUnited team Sjarhej Smal Korea NorthNorth Korea Kim Yong-Sik
1996 United StatesUnited States Kendall Cross CanadaCanada Guivi Sissaouri Korea NorthNorth Korea Ri Yong-sam
2000 IranIran Alireza Dabir UkraineUkraine Yevhen Buslowytsch United StatesUnited States Terry Brands
2004 RussiaRussia Mawlet Batirov United StatesUnited States Stephen Abas JapanJapan Chikara Tanabe
2008 United StatesUnited States Henry Cejudo JapanJapan Tomohiro Matsunaga BulgariaBulgaria Radoslaw Welikow Bessik Serodinowitsch Kuduchow
RussiaRussia 
2012 RussiaRussia Jamal Otarsultanov GeorgiaGeorgia Vladimer Khinchegashvili Korea NorthNorth Korea Yang Kyong-il Shin'ichi Yumoto
JapanJapan 
2016 GeorgiaGeorgia Vladimer Khinchegashvili JapanJapan Rei Higuchi AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Hacı Əliyev Hassan Rahimi
IranIran 

lightweight

  • up to 65.27 kg (1904)
  • up to 66.6 kg (1908)
  • up to 67.5 kg (1920–1936)
  • up to 67 kg (1948–1960)
  • up to 70 kg (1964–1968)
  • up to 68 kg (1972–1996)
  • up to 69 kg (2000)
  • up to 66 kg (2004–2012)
  • up to 65 kg (since 2016)
Olympia gold silver bronze
1904 United States 45United States Otto Roehm United States 45United States Rudolph Tesing United States 45United States Albert Circle
1908 United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George de Relwyskow United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Wood United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Albert Gingell
1920 FinlandFinland Kalle Anttila SwedenSweden Gottfrid Svensson United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Peter Wright
1924 United States 48United States Russell Vis FinlandFinland Volmar Wikström FinlandFinland Arvo Haavisto
1928 EstoniaEstonia Osvald Käpp Third French RepublicThird French Republic Charles Pacôme FinlandFinland Eino Aukusti Leino
1932 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Charles Pacôme Hungary 1918Hungary Károly Kárpáti SwedenSweden Gustaf Klarén
1936 Hungary 1918Hungary Károly Kárpáti German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Wolfgang Ehrl FinlandFinland Hermanni Pihlajamäki
1948 TurkeyTurkey Celal Atik SwedenSweden Gösta Frändfors SwitzerlandSwitzerland Hermann Baumann
1952 SwedenSweden Olle Anderberg United States 48United States Jay Thomas Evans Iran 1925Iran Jahanbakht Tofigh
1956 Iran 1925Iran Imam Ali Habibi Japan 1870Japan Shigeru Kasahara Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Alimbek Bestayev
1960 United StatesUnited States Shelby Wilson Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vladimir Sinyavsky Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria Enju Dimov
1964 Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria Enju Dimov Germany team all GermanAll-German team Klaus Rost Japan 1870Japan Iwao Horiuchi
1968 Iran 1964Iran Abdollah Movahed Bulgaria 1967Bulgaria Enju Dimov Mongolia People's Republic 1949Mongolian People's Republic Standard Shaagi Sereeter
1972 United StatesUnited States Dan Gable Japan 1870Japan Kikuo Wada Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Ruslan Ashuraliev
1976 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Pavel Pinigin United StatesUnited States Lloyd Keaser Japan 1870Japan Yasaburo Sugawara
1980 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Saipulla Absaidov Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Ivan Jankov YugoslaviaYugoslavia Saban Sejdi
1984 Korea Sud 1949South Korea You in-tak United StatesUnited States Andrew Rein FinlandFinland Jukka Rauhala
1988 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Arsen Fadzayev Korea Sud 1949South Korea Park Jang-soon United StatesUnited States Nate Carr
1992 United teamUnited team Arsen Fadzayev BulgariaBulgaria Valentin Gezow Japan 1870Japan Kōsei Akaishi
1996 RussiaRussia Vadim Bogiev United StatesUnited States Townsend Saunders UkraineUkraine Sasa Sazirov
2000 CanadaCanada Daniel Igali RussiaRussia Arsen Gitinov United StatesUnited States Lincoln McIlravy
2004 UkraineUkraine Elbrus Tedeev United StatesUnited States Jamill Kelly RussiaRussia Makhach Murtasaliev
2008 TurkeyTurkey Ramazan Şahin UkraineUkraine Andrij Stadnik GeorgiaGeorgia Otar Tushishvili Sushil Kumar
IndiaIndia 
2012 JapanJapan Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu IndiaIndia Sushil Kumar KazakhstanKazakhstan Aqschürek Tangatarow Liván López Azcuy
CubaCuba 
2016 RussiaRussia Soslan Ramonow AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Toğrul Əsgərov ItalyItaly Frank Chamizo Ixtiyor Navroʻzov
UzbekistanUzbekistan 

Welterweight

  • up to 71.67 kg (1904)
  • up to 72 kg (1920–1936)
  • up to 73 kg (1948–1960)
  • up to 78 kg (1964–1996)
  • up to 76 kg (2000)
  • up to 74 kg (since 2004)
Olympia gold silver bronze
1904 United States 45United States Charles Ericksen United States 45United States William Beckmann United States 45United States Jerry Winholtz
1924 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Hermann Gehri FinlandFinland Eino Aukusti Leino SwitzerlandSwitzerland Otto Mueller
1928 FinlandFinland Arvo Haavisto United States 48United States Lloyd Appleton Canada 1921Canada Maurice Letchford
1932 United States 48United States Jack van Bebber Canada 1921Canada Daniel MacDonald FinlandFinland Eino Aukusti Leino
1936 United States 48United States Frank Lewis SwedenSweden Thure Andersson Canada 1921Canada Joseph Schleimer
1948 TurkeyTurkey Yasar Dogu AustraliaAustralia Richard Garrard United States 48United States Leland Merrill
1952 United States 48United States William Smith SwedenSweden Per Berlin Iran 1925Iran Abdollah Mojtabavi
1956 Japan 1870Japan Mitsuo Ikeda TurkeyTurkey İbrahim Zengin Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vakhtang Balavadze
1960 United StatesUnited States Douglas Blubaugh TurkeyTurkey İsmail Ogan PakistanPakistan Muhammed Bashir
1964 TurkeyTurkey İsmail Ogan Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Guliko Sagaradze Iran 1964Iran Mohammad-Ali Sanatkaran
1968 TurkeyTurkey Mahmut Atalay FranceFrance Daniel Robin Mongolia People's Republic 1949Mongolian People's Republic Pürewiin Dagwasüren
1972 United StatesUnited States Wayne Wells SwedenSweden Jan Karlsson Germany BRBR Germany Adolf Seger
1976 Japan 1870Japan Jiichirō date Iran 1964Iran Mansour Barzegar United StatesUnited States Stanley Dziedzic
1980 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Valentin Rajchev Mongolia People's Republic 1949Mongolian People's Republic Jamtsyn Davajaw CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Dan Karabín
1984 United StatesUnited States David Schultz Germany BRBR Germany Martin Bud YugoslaviaYugoslavia Saban Sejdi
1988 United StatesUnited States Kenneth Monday Soviet UnionSoviet Union Adlan Varayev Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Rachmat Sukra
1992 Korea Sud 1949South Korea Park Jang-soon United StatesUnited States Kenneth Monday IranIran Amir Reza Khadem
1996 RussiaRussia Buwaissar Saitijew Korea Sud 1949South Korea Park Jang-soon Japan 1870Japan Takuya Ota
2000 United StatesUnited States Brandon Slay Korea SouthSouth Korea Moon Eui-jae TurkeyTurkey Adem Bereket
2004 RussiaRussia Buwaissar Saitijew KazakhstanKazakhstan Gennady Laliev CubaCuba Iván Fundora
2008 RussiaRussia Buwaissar Saitijew UzbekistanUzbekistan Soslan Tigiyev BelarusBelarus Murad Hajdarau Kiril Tersiev
BulgariaBulgaria 
2012 United StatesUnited States Jordan Burroughs IranIran Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi UzbekistanUzbekistan Soslan Tigiyev Denis Zargusch
RussiaRussia 
2016 IranIran Hassan Yazdani RussiaRussia Aniuar Geduev AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Cəbrayıl Həsənov Soner Demirtaş
TurkeyTurkey 

medium weight

  • up to 73 kg (1908)
  • up to 75 kg (1920)
  • up to 79 kg (1924–1960)
  • up to 87 kg (1964–1968)
  • up to 82 kg (1972–1996)
  • up to 85 kg (2000)
  • up to 84 kg (2004–2012)
  • up to 86 kg (since 2016)
Olympia gold silver bronze
1908 United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Stanley Bacon United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George de Relwyskow United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Frederick Beck
1920 FinlandFinland Eino Aukusti Leino FinlandFinland Väinö Penttala United States 48United States Charles Johnson
1924 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fritz Hagmann BelgiumBelgium Pierre Ollivier FinlandFinland Vilho Pekkala
1928 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Ernst Kyburz Canada 1921Canada Donald Stockton United KingdomUnited Kingdom Samuel Rabin
1932 SwedenSweden Ivar Johansson FinlandFinland Kyösti Luukko Hungary 1918Hungary József Tunyogi
1936 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Émile Poilvé United States 48United States Richard Voliva TurkeyTurkey Ahmet Kireççi
1948 United States 48United States Glen Brand TurkeyTurkey Adil Candemir SwedenSweden Erik Lindén
1952 Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Dawit Chimakuridze Iran 1925Iran Gholamreza Takhti Hungary 1949Hungary György Gurics
1956 Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria Nikola Stanchev United States 48United States Daniel Hodge Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Giorgi Schirtladse
1960 TurkeyTurkey Hasan Güngör Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Giorgi Schirtladse SwedenSweden Hans Antonsson
1964 Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria Prodan Gardschew TurkeyTurkey Hasan Güngör United StatesUnited States Daniel Brand
1968 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Boris Gurevich Mongolia People's Republic 1949Mongolian People's Republic Jigdzhidyn Monk Bath Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Prodan Gardschew
1972 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Levan Tediashvili United StatesUnited States John Peterson Romania 1965Romania Vasile Iorga
1976 United StatesUnited States John Peterson Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Viktor Novoshilov Germany BRBR Germany Adolf Seger
1980 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Ismail Abilov Soviet UnionSoviet Union Magomedkhan Arazilov Hungary 1957Hungary István Kovács
1984 United StatesUnited States Mark Schultz Japan 1870Japan Hideyuki Nagashima CanadaCanada Chris Rinke
1988 Korea Sud 1949South Korea Han Myung-woo TurkeyTurkey Necmi Gençalp CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jozef Lohyňa
1992 United StatesUnited States Kevin Jackson United teamUnited team Elmadi Schabrailow IranIran Rasoul Khadem
1996 RussiaRussia Khadzhimurad Magomedov Korea Sud 1949South Korea Yang Hyun-mo IranIran Amir Reza Khadem
2000 RussiaRussia Adam Saitijew CubaCuba Yoel Romero North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia Mogamed Ibragimov
2004 United StatesUnited States Cael Sanderson Korea SouthSouth Korea Moon Eui-jae RussiaRussia Saschid Saschidow
2008 GeorgiaGeorgia Revas Mindorashvili TajikistanTajikistan Yusup Abdussalomov UkraineUkraine Taras Danko Georgi Ketojew
RussiaRussia 
2012 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Şrif Şrifov Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Jaime Yusept Espinal GeorgiaGeorgia Dato Marsagishvili Ehsan Naser Lashgari
IranIran 
2016 RussiaRussia Abdulraschid Sadulayev TurkeyTurkey Selim Yasar United StatesUnited States J'den Cox Şərif Şərifov
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan 

Heavyweight

  • over 71.67 kg (1904)
  • over 73 kg (1908)
  • over 82.5 kg (1920)
  • over 87 kg (1924–1960)
  • over 97 kg (1964–1968)
  • up to 100 kg (1972–1996)
  • up to 97 kg (2000)
  • up to 96 kg (2004–2012)
  • up to 97 kg (since 2016)
Olympia gold silver bronze
1904 United States 45United States Bernhoff Hansen German EmpireThe German Imperium Frank Kugler United States 45United States Fred Warmbold
1908 United States 46United States George Con O'Kelly NorwayNorway Jacob Gundersen United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Edward Barrett
1920 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Robert Roth United States 48United States Nat Pendleton United States 48United States Fred Meyer Ernst Nilsson
SwedenSweden 
1924 United States 48United States Harry Steel SwitzerlandSwitzerland Henri Wernli United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Archie MacDonald
1928 SwedenSweden Johan Richthoff FinlandFinland Aukusti Sihvola Third French RepublicThird French Republic Edmond lady
1932 SwedenSweden Johan Richthoff United States 48United States John Riley AustriaAustria Nikolaus Hirschl
1936 EstoniaEstonia Kristjan Palusalu Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Josef Klapuch FinlandFinland Hjalmar Nyström
1948 Hungary 1946Hungary Gyula Bóbis SwedenSweden Bertil Antonsson AustraliaAustralia Jim Armstrong
1952 Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Arsen Mekokishvili SwedenSweden Bertil Antonsson United KingdomUnited Kingdom Kenneth Richmond
1956 TurkeyTurkey Hamit Kaplan Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria Yussein Mechmedow FinlandFinland Taisto Kangasniemi
1960 Germany team all GermanAll-German team Wilfried Dietrich TurkeyTurkey Hamit Kaplan Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Sawkuds Dzarasov
1964 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Alexander Ivanitsky Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria Lyutvi Djiber Akhmedov TurkeyTurkey Hamit Kaplan
1968 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Alexander Medved Bulgaria 1967Bulgaria Osman Duraliew Germany BRBR Germany Wilfried Dietrich
1972 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Ivan Jarygin Mongolia People's Republic 1949Mongolian People's Republic Chorloogiin bayan monk Hungary 1957Hungary József Csatári
1976 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Ivan Jarygin United StatesUnited States Russell Hellickson Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Dimo Kostow
1980 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Illja Mate Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Slavcho Chervenkov CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Július Strnisko
1984 United StatesUnited States Lou Banach SyriaSyria Joseph Atiyeh Romania 1965Romania Vasile Puşcaşu
1988 Romania 1965Romania Vasile Puşcaşu Soviet UnionSoviet Union Leri Chabelowi United StatesUnited States William Scherr
1992 United teamUnited team Leri Chabelowi GermanyGermany Heiko Balz TurkeyTurkey Ali Kayalı
1996 United StatesUnited States Kurt Angle IranIran Abbas Jadidi GermanyGermany Arawat Sabeyev
2000 RussiaRussia Sagid Murtasaliev KazakhstanKazakhstan Islam Bairamukov Georgia 1990Georgia Eldari Kurtanidze
2004 RussiaRussia Khadzhimurad Gazalov UzbekistanUzbekistan Magomed Ibragimov IranIran Alireza Heidari
2008 RussiaRussia Shirvani Muradov KazakhstanKazakhstan Taimuras Tigiev GeorgiaGeorgia Giorgi Gogschelidze Xetaq Qazyumov
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan 
2012 United StatesUnited States Jacob Varner UkraineUkraine Valery Andrijtsev GeorgiaGeorgia Giorgi Gogschelidze Xetaq Qazyumov
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan 
2016 United StatesUnited States Kyle Snyder AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Xetaq Qazyumov RomaniaRomania Albert Saritov Magomed Ibragimov
UzbekistanUzbekistan 

Super heavyweight

  • over 100 kg (1972–1984)
  • up to 130 kg (1988–2000)
  • up to 120 kg (2004–2012)
  • up to 125 kg (since 2016)
Olympia gold silver bronze
1972 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Alexander Medved Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Osman Duraliew United StatesUnited States Chris Taylor
1976 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soslan Andiev Hungary 1957Hungary József Balla Romania 1965Romania Ladislau Șimon
1980 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soslan Andiev Hungary 1957Hungary József Balla Poland 1980Poland Adam Sandurski
1984 United StatesUnited States Bruce Baumgartner CanadaCanada Robert Molle TurkeyTurkey Ayhan Taşkın
1988 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Dawit Gobedschishvili United StatesUnited States Bruce Baumgartner Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Andreas Schröder
1992 United StatesUnited States Bruce Baumgartner CanadaCanada Jeffrey Thue United teamUnited team Dawit Gobedschishvili
1996 TurkeyTurkey Mahmut Demir BelarusBelarus Alyaksey Myadswedseu United StatesUnited States Bruce Baumgartner
2000 RussiaRussia David Musuľbes UzbekistanUzbekistan Artur Taymazov CubaCuba Alexis Rodríguez Valera
2004 UzbekistanUzbekistan Artur Taymazov IranIran Alireza Rezaei TurkeyTurkey Aydın Polatçı
2008 RussiaRussia Bakhtiyar Akhmedov SlovakiaSlovakia David Musuľbes CubaCuba Disney Rodríguez Marid Mutalimow
KazakhstanKazakhstan 
2012 UzbekistanUzbekistan Artur Taymazov GeorgiaGeorgia Dawit Modsmanashvili IranIran Komeil Ghasemi Biljal Machow
RussiaRussia 
2016 TurkeyTurkey Taha Akgul IranIran Komeil Ghasemi GeorgiaGeorgia Geno Petriashvili Ibragim Saidov
BelarusBelarus 

Previous weight classes

Paper weight

  • up to 47.63 kg (1904)
  • up to 48 kg (1972–1996)
Olympia gold silver bronze
1904 United States 45United States Robert Curry United States 45United States John Hein United States 45United States Gustav Thiefenthaler
1972 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Roman Dmitriev Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Ognyan Nikolov Iran 1964Iran Ibrahim Javadi
1976 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Hassan Issaev Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Roman Dmitriev Japan 1870Japan Akira Kudo
1980 ItalyItaly Claudio Pollio Korea NorthNorth Korea Jang Se-hong Soviet UnionSoviet Union Sergei Kornilayev
1984 United StatesUnited States Robert Weaver Japan 1870Japan Takashi Irie Korea Sud 1949South Korea Son Gab-do
1988 Japan 1870Japan Takashi Kobayashi Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Ivan Zonov Soviet UnionSoviet Union Sergei Karamchakov
1992 Korea NorthNorth Korea Kim Il-ong Korea Sud 1949South Korea Kim Jong-shin United teamUnited team Wugar Orudschow
1996 Korea NorthNorth Korea Kim Il-ong ArmeniaArmenia Poor Mkrtchyan CubaCuba Alexis Vila

Flyweight

  • up to 52.16 kg (1904)
  • up to 52 kg (1948–1996)
  • up to 54 kg (2000)
Olympia gold silver bronze
1904 United States 45United States George Mehnert United States 45United States Gustave Bauer United States 45United States William Nelson
1948 FinlandFinland Lennart Viitala TurkeyTurkey Halit Balamir SwedenSweden Thure Johansson
1952 TurkeyTurkey Hasan Gemici Japan 1870Japan Yushu Kitano Iran 1925Iran Mahmoud Mollaghassemi
1956 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Mirian Zalkalamanidze Iran 1925Iran Mohammad Ali Khojastepour TurkeyTurkey Hüseyin Akbaş
1960 TurkeyTurkey Ahmet Bilek Japan 1870Japan Masayuki Matsubara Iran 1925Iran Mohammad Ebrahim Seifpour
1964 Japan 1870Japan Yoshikatsu Yoshida Korea Sud 1949South Korea Chang Chang-sun Iran 1964Iran Ali Akbar Heidari
1968 Japan 1870Japan Shigeo Nakata United StatesUnited States Richard Sanders Mongolia People's Republic 1949Mongolian People's Republic Süchbaataryn Sürendschaw
1972 Japan 1870Japan Kiyomi Kato Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Arsen Alachwerdiev Korea NorthNorth Korea Kim Gwong-hyong
1976 Japan 1870Japan Yūji Takada Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Alexander Ivanov Korea Sud 1949South Korea Jeon Hae-sup
1980 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Anatoly Beloglasov Poland 1980Poland Wladyslaw Stecyk Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Nermedin Selimov
1984 YugoslaviaYugoslavia Saban Trstena Korea Sud 1949South Korea Kim Jong-kyu Japan 1870Japan Yūji Takada
1988 Japan 1870Japan Mitsuru Satō YugoslaviaYugoslavia Saban Trstena Soviet UnionSoviet Union Volodymyr Tohusov
1992 Korea NorthNorth Korea Li Hak-son United StatesUnited States Zeke Jones BulgariaBulgaria Valentin Jordanow
1996 BulgariaBulgaria Valentin Jordanow AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Namiq Abdullayev KazakhstanKazakhstan Maw Mamyrow
2000 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Namiq Abdullayev United StatesUnited States Samuel Henson GreeceGreece Amiran Karndanof

Featherweight

  • up to 61.24 kg (1904)
  • up to 60.30 kg (1908)
  • up to 61 kg (1920–1936)
  • up to 62 kg (1972–1996)
  • up to 63 kg (1948–1968, 2000)
  • up to 60 kg (2004–2012)
Olympia gold silver bronze
1904 United States 45United States Benjamin Bradshaw United States 45United States Theodore McLear United States 45United States Charles Clapper
1908 United States 45United States George S. Dole United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John Slim United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William McKie
1920 United States 48United States Charles E. Ackerly United States 48United States Samuel Gerson United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Philip Bernard
1924 United States 48United States Robin Reed United States 48United States Chester Newton Japan 1870Japan Naitō Katsutoshi
1928 United States 48United States Allie Morrison FinlandFinland Kustaa Pihlajamäki SwitzerlandSwitzerland Hans Minder
1932 FinlandFinland Hermanni Pihlajamäki United States 48United States Edgar Nemir SwedenSweden Einar Karlsson
1936 FinlandFinland Kustaa Pihlajamäki United States 48United States Francis Millard SwedenSweden Gösta Frändfors
1948 TurkeyTurkey Gazanfer bilge SwedenSweden Ivar Sjölin SwitzerlandSwitzerland Adolf Muller
1952 TurkeyTurkey Bayram Şit Iran 1925Iran Wet Givehchi United States 48United States Josiah Henson
1956 Japan 1870Japan Shōzō Sasahara BelgiumBelgium Joseph Mewis FinlandFinland Erkki Penttila
1960 TurkeyTurkey Mustafa Dağıstanlı Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria Stancho Kolew Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vladimir Rubashvili
1964 Japan 1870Japan Osamu Watanabe Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria Stancho Kolew Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Nodar Khochashvili
1968 Japan 1870Japan Masaaki Kaneko Bulgaria 1967Bulgaria Enju Todorov Iran 1964Iran Shamseddin Seyed Abbasi
1972 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Sagalaw Abdulbekow TurkeyTurkey Vehbi Akdağ Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Ivan Krastew
1976 Korea Sud 1949South Korea Yang Jung-mo Mongolia People's Republic 1949Mongolian People's Republic Dzewegiin Oidow United StatesUnited States Gene Davis
1980 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Magomet-Gassan Abushev Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Micho Dukow GreeceGreece Georges Chatziloannidis
1984 United StatesUnited States Randy Lewis Japan 1870Japan Kōsei Akaishi Korea Sud 1949South Korea Lee Jung-keun
1988 United StatesUnited States John Smith Soviet UnionSoviet Union Stepan Sarkisjan Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Simeon Schterew
1992 United StatesUnited States John Smith IranIran Askari Mohammadian CubaCuba Lázaro Reinoso
1996 United StatesUnited States Thomas Brands Korea Sud 1949South Korea Jang Jae-sung UkraineUkraine Elbrus Tedeev
2000 RussiaRussia Murad Umakhanov BulgariaBulgaria Serafim Barsakov Korea SouthSouth Korea Jang Jae-sung
2004 CubaCuba Yandro Quintana IranIran Masoud Mostafa Jokar JapanJapan Kenji Inoue
2008 RussiaRussia Mawlet Batirov UkraineUkraine Wassyl Fedoryschyn IranIran Morad Mohammadi Ken'ichi Yumoto
JapanJapan 
2012 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Toğrul Əsgərov RussiaRussia Bessik Kuduchow IndiaIndia Yogeshwar Dutt Coleman Scott
United StatesUnited States 

Light heavyweight

  • up to 80 kg (1920)
  • up to 87 kg (1924–1960)
  • up to 97 kg (1964–1968)
  • up to 90 kg (1972–1996)
Olympia gold silver bronze
1920 SwedenSweden Not so Larsson SwitzerlandSwitzerland Charles Courant United States 48United States Walter Maurer
1924 United States 48United States John Spellman SwedenSweden Rudolf Svensson SwitzerlandSwitzerland Charles Courant
1928 SwedenSweden Thure Sjöstedt SwitzerlandSwitzerland Arnold Bögli Third French RepublicThird French Republic Henri Lefèbre
1932 United States 48United States Peter Mehringer SwedenSweden Thure Sjöstedt AustraliaAustralia Edward Scarf
1936 SwedenSweden Knut Fridell EstoniaEstonia August Neo German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Erich Siebert
1948 United States 48United States Henry Wittenberg SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fritz Stöckli SwedenSweden Bengt Fahlkvist
1952 SwedenSweden Viking palm United States 48United States Henry Wittenberg TurkeyTurkey Adil Atan
1956 Iran 1925Iran Gholamreza Takhti Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Boris Kulayev United States 48United States Peter Blair
1960 TurkeyTurkey İsmet Atlı Iran 1925Iran Gholamreza Takhti Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Anatoly Albul
1964 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Alexander Medved TurkeyTurkey Ahmet Ayık Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria Said Mustafow
1968 TurkeyTurkey Ahmet Ayık Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Shota Lomidze Hungary 1957Hungary József Csatári
1972 United StatesUnited States Benjamin Peterson Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Gennady Strachow Hungary 1957Hungary Károly Bajkó
1976 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Levan Tediashvili United StatesUnited States Benjamin Peterson Romania 1965Romania Stelica Morcov
1980 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Sanassar Howhannesjan Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Uwe Neupert Poland 1980Poland Aleksander Cichoń
1984 United StatesUnited States Ed Banach Japan 1870Japan Akira Ōta United KingdomUnited Kingdom Noel Loban
1988 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Macharbek Chadarzew Japan 1870Japan Akira Ōta Korea Sud 1949South Korea Kim Tae-woo
1992 United teamUnited team Macharbek Chadarzew TurkeyTurkey Kenan Simsek United StatesUnited States Christopher Campbell
1996 IranIran Rasoul Khadem RussiaRussia Macharbek Chadarzew Georgia 1990Georgia Eldari Kurtanidze