List of Olympic champions in wrestling / medalists freestyle

Olympic champion wrestling

Overview Medalist freestyle Medalist Greco Medalists freestyle The most successful participants Nations ratings

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

Current weight classes

Flyweight

• up to 48 kg (since 2004)

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
2004	Iryna Merleni	Chiharu Icho	Patricia Miranda
2008	Carol Huynh	Chiharu Icho	Iryna Merleni Mariya Stadnik
2012	Hitomi Obara	Mariya Stadnik	Clarissa Chun Carol Huynh
2016	Eri Tōsaka	Mariya Stadnik	Sun Yanan Eliza Jankowa

Bantamweight

• up to 53 kg (since 2016)

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
2016	Helen Maroulis	Saori Yoshida	Nataliya Sinisin Sofia Mattsson

Welterweight

• up to 58 kg (since 2016)

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
2016	Kaori Icho	Valery Sholobova	Marwa Amri Sakshi Malik

medium weight

• up to 63 kg (since 2004)

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
2004	Kaori Icho	Sara McMann	Lise Legrand
2008	Kaori Icho	Aljona Vladimirovna Kartashova	Randi Miller Jelena Schalygina
2012	Kaori Icho	Jing Ruixue	Sorondsonboldyn Battsetseg Lyubov Volosova
2016	Risako Kawai	Maryja Mamaschuk	Monika Ewa Michalik Jekaterina Larionowa

Light heavyweight

• up to 69 kg (since 2016)

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
2016	Sara Doshō	Natalia Vorobyova	Elmira Sysdykowa Jenny Fransson

Heavyweight

• up to 72 kg (2004–2012)
• up to 75 kg (since 2016)

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
2004	Wang Xu	Güsel Manjurowa	Kyōko Hamaguchi
2008	Wang Jiao	Stanka Slatewa	Kyōko Hamaguchi Agnieszka Wieszczek
2012	Natalia Vorobyova	Stanka Slatewa	Maider Unda Güsel Manjurowa
2016	Erica Wiebe	Güsel Manjurowa	Zhang Fengliu Jekaterina Bukina

Previous weight classes

lightweight

• up to 55 kg (2004–2012)

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
2004	Saori Yoshida	Tonya Verbeek	Anna Gomis
2008	Saori Yoshida	Xu Li	Tonya Verbeek Jackeline Rentería
2012	Saori Yoshida	Tonya Verbeek	Julija Ratkewitsch Jackeline Rentería