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Wrestling — Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men

Wrestling — Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men

Times held	28
Total participants	327
Total countries	73

Participants

Year	Event	Status	Participants	NOCs
1906	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (>85 kg), Men	Intercalated	10	6
1908	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (>93 kg), Men	Olympic	7	4
1912	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (>82½ kg), Men	Olympic	17	9
1920	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (>82½ kg), Men	Olympic	19	12
1924	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (>82½ kg), Men	Olympic	17	10
1928	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (>82½ kg), Men	Olympic	15	15
1932	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (>87 kg), Men	Olympic	5	5
1936	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (>87 kg), Men	Olympic	12	12
1948	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (>87 kg), Men	Olympic	9	9
1952	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (>87 kg), Men	Olympic	10	10
1956	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (>87 kg), Men	Olympic	10	10
1960	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (>87 kg), Men	Olympic	12	12
1964	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (>97 kg), Men	Olympic	11	11
1968	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (>97 kg), Men	Olympic	15	15
1972	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤100 kg), Men	Olympic	14	14
1976	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤100 kg), Men	Olympic	13	13
1980	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤100 kg), Men	Olympic	9	9
1984	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤100 kg), Men	Olympic	8	8
1988	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤100 kg), Men	Olympic	18	18
1992	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤100 kg), Men	Olympic	16	16
1996	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤100 kg), Men	Olympic	20	20
2000	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤97 kg), Men	Olympic	20	20
2004	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤96 kg), Men	Olympic	22	22
2008	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤96 kg), Men	Olympic	20	20
2012	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤96 kg), Men	Olympic	19	19
2016	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤98 kg), Men	Olympic	19	19
2020	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤97 kg), Men	Olympic	16	16
2024	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤97 kg), Men	Olympic	16	16

Medal winners

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1906	S. M. Jensen	👁 Image DEN	Henri Baur	👁 Image AUT	Marcel Dubois	👁 Image BEL
1908	Richárd Weisz	👁 Image HUN	Aleksandr Petrov	👁 Image RUS	S. M. Jensen	👁 Image DEN
1912	Yrjö Saarela	👁 Image FIN	Johan Olin	👁 Image FIN	S. M. Jensen	👁 Image DEN
1920	Adolf Lindfors	👁 Image FIN	Poul Hansen	👁 Image DEN	Martti Nieminen	👁 Image FIN
1924	Henri Deglane	👁 Image FRA	Edil Rosenqvist	👁 Image FIN	Rajmund Badó	👁 Image HUN
1928	Rudolf Svensson	👁 Image SWE	Hjalmar Nyström	👁 Image FIN	Georg Gehring	👁 Image GER
1932	Carl Westergren	👁 Image SWE	Josef Urban	👁 Image TCH	Nikolaus Hirschl	👁 Image AUT
1936	Kristjan Palusalu	👁 Image EST	John Nyman	👁 Image SWE	Kurt Hornfischer	👁 Image GER
1948	Ahmet Kireççi	👁 Image TUR	Tor Nilsson	👁 Image SWE	Guido Fantoni	👁 Image ITA
1952	Johannes Kotkas	👁 Image URS	Josef Růžička	👁 Image TCH	Tauno Kovanen	👁 Image FIN
1956	Anatoly Parfyonov	👁 Image URS	Wilfried Dietrich	👁 Image GER	Adelmo Bulgarelli	👁 Image ITA
1960	Ivan Bogdan	👁 Image URS	Wilfried Dietrich	👁 Image GER	Bohumil Kubát	👁 Image TCH
1964	István Kozma	👁 Image HUN	Anatoly Roshchin	👁 Image URS	Wilfried Dietrich	👁 Image GER
1968	István Kozma	👁 Image HUN	Anatoly Roshchin	👁 Image URS	Petr Kment	👁 Image TCH
1972	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	Ferenc Kiss	👁 Image HUN
1976	Nikolay Balboshin	👁 Image URS	Kamen Goranov	👁 Image BUL	Andrzej Skrzydlewski	👁 Image POL
1980	Georgi Raykov	👁 Image BUL	Roman Bierła	👁 Image POL	Vasile Andrei	👁 Image ROU
1984	Vasile Andrei	👁 Image ROU	Greg Gibson	👁 Image USA	Jožef Tertei	👁 Image YUG
1988	Andrzej Wroński	👁 Image POL	Gerhard Himmel	👁 Image FRG	Dennis Koslowski	👁 Image USA
1992	Héctor Milián	👁 Image CUB	Dennis Koslowski	👁 Image USA	Sergey Demyashkevich	👁 Image EUN
1996	Andrzej Wroński	👁 Image POL	Siarhei Lishtvan	👁 Image BLR	Mikael Ljungberg	👁 Image SWE
2000	Mikael Ljungberg	👁 Image SWE	Davyd Soldadze	👁 Image UKR	Garrett Lowney	👁 Image USA
2004	Karam Gaber	👁 Image EGY	Ramaz Nozadze	👁 Image GEO	Mehmet Özal	👁 Image TUR
2008	Aslanbek Khushtov	👁 Image RUS	Mirko Englich	👁 Image GER	Marek Švec Adam Wheeler	👁 Image CZE 👁 Image USA
2012	Ghasem Rezaei	👁 Image IRI	Rustam Totrov	👁 Image RUS	Artur Aleksanyan Jimmy Lidberg	👁 Image ARM 👁 Image SWE
2016	Artur Aleksanyan	👁 Image ARM	Yasmany Lugo	👁 Image CUB	Ghasem Rezaei Cenk İldem	👁 Image IRI 👁 Image TUR
2020	Musa Yevloyev	👁 Image ROC	Artur Aleksanyan	👁 Image ARM	Mohammadhadi Saravi Tadeusz Michalik	👁 Image IRI 👁 Image POL
2024	Mohammadhadi Saravi	👁 Image IRI	Artur Aleksanyan	👁 Image ARM	Gabriel Rosillo Uzur Dzhuzupbekov	👁 Image CUB 👁 Image KGZ

Medals by country

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	4	3	0	7
Sweden	👁 Image SWE	3	2	2	7
Hungary	👁 Image HUN	3	0	2	5
Finland	👁 Image FIN	2	3	2	7
Poland	👁 Image POL	2	1	2	5
Islamic Republic of Iran	👁 Image IRI	2	0	2	4
Romania	👁 Image ROU	2	0	1	3
Armenia	👁 Image ARM	1	2	1	4
Russian Federation	👁 Image RUS	1	2	0	3
Denmark	👁 Image DEN	1	1	2	4
Cuba	👁 Image CUB	1	1	1	3
Bulgaria	👁 Image BUL	1	1	0	2
Türkiye	👁 Image TUR	1	0	2	3
Egypt	👁 Image EGY	1	0	0	1
Estonia	👁 Image EST	1	0	0	1
France	👁 Image FRA	1	0	0	1
ROC	👁 Image ROC	1	0	0	1
Germany	👁 Image GER	0	3	3	6
United States	👁 Image USA	0	2	3	5
Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH	0	2	2	4
Austria	👁 Image AUT	0	1	1	2
Belarus	👁 Image BLR	0	1	0	1
Georgia	👁 Image GEO	0	1	0	1
Ukraine	👁 Image UKR	0	1	0	1
West Germany	👁 Image FRG	0	1	0	1
Italy	👁 Image ITA	0	0	2	2
Belgium	👁 Image BEL	0	0	1	1
Czechia	👁 Image CZE	0	0	1	1
Kyrgyzstan	👁 Image KGZ	0	0	1	1
Unified Team	👁 Image EUN	0	0	1	1
Yugoslavia	👁 Image YUG	0	0	1	1

Top medallists

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
István Kozma	👁 Image HUN	2	0	0	2
Andrzej Wroński	👁 Image POL	2	0	0	2
Artur Aleksanyan	👁 Image ARM	1	2	1	4
S. M. Jensen	👁 Image DEN	1	0	2	3
Vasile Andrei	👁 Image ROU	1	0	1	2
Mikael Ljungberg	👁 Image SWE	1	0	1	2
Ghasem Rezaei	👁 Image IRI	1	0	1	2
Mohammadhadi Saravi	👁 Image IRI	1	0	1	2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.

Country		Games	Athlete/Team	Placement
Albania	👁 Image ALB	2008 Summer Olympics	Elis Guri	7	See all
Algeria	👁 Image ALG	2020 Summer Olympics	Adem Boudjemline	15	See all
Argentina	👁 Image ARG	1928 Summer Olympics	Jorge Briola	=11	See all
Armenia	👁 Image ARM	2016 Summer Olympics	Artur Aleksanyan	1	Gold	See all
Australia	👁 Image AUS	2000 Summer Olympics	Ben Vincent	20	See all
Austria	👁 Image AUT	1906 Intercalated Games	Henri Baur	2	Silver	See all
Azerbaijan	👁 Image AZE	2012 Summer Olympics	Şalva Qadabadze	10	See all
Belarus	👁 Image BLR	1996 Summer Olympics	Siarhei Lishtvan	2	Silver	See all
Belgium	👁 Image BEL	1906 Intercalated Games	Marcel Dubois	3	Bronze	See all
Bohemia	👁 Image BOH	1908 Summer Olympics	Miroslav Šustera	DNS	See all
1912 Summer Olympics	Josef Bechyně	DNS
Brazil	👁 Image BRA	1988 Summer Olympics	Floriano Spiess	AC	See all
Bulgaria	👁 Image BUL	1980 Summer Olympics	Georgi Raykov	1	Gold	See all
Canada	👁 Image CAN	1996 Summer Olympics	Colbie Bell	=17	See all
Colombia	👁 Image COL	1996 Summer Olympics	Juan Diego Giraldo	=17	See all
Croatia	👁 Image CRO	1996 Summer Olympics	Stipe Damjanović	10	See all
Cuba	👁 Image CUB	1992 Summer Olympics	Héctor Milián	1	Gold	See all
Czechia	👁 Image CZE	2008 Summer Olympics	Marek Švec	=3	Bronze	See all
Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH	1932 Summer Olympics	Josef Urban	2	Silver	See all
1952 Summer Olympics	Josef Růžička	2	Silver
Denmark	👁 Image DEN	1906 Intercalated Games	S. M. Jensen	1	Gold	See all
East Germany	👁 Image GDR	1972 Summer Olympics	Fredi Albrecht	5	See all
Egypt	👁 Image EGY	2004 Summer Olympics	Karam Gaber	1	Gold	See all
Estonia	👁 Image EST	1936 Summer Olympics	Kristjan Palusalu	1	Gold	See all
Finland	👁 Image FIN	1912 Summer Olympics	Yrjö Saarela	1	Gold	See all
1920 Summer Olympics	Adolf Lindfors	1	Gold
France	👁 Image FRA	1924 Summer Olympics	Henri Deglane	1	Gold	See all
Georgia	👁 Image GEO	2004 Summer Olympics	Ramaz Nozadze	2	Silver	See all
Germany	👁 Image GER	1956 Summer Olympics	Wilfried Dietrich	2	Silver	See all
1960 Summer Olympics	Wilfried Dietrich	2	Silver
2008 Summer Olympics	Mirko Englich	2	Silver
Great Britain	👁 Image GBR	1908 Summer Olympics	Frederick Humphreys	=5	See all
1908 Summer Olympics	Edmond Barrett	=5
1912 Summer Olympics	Edmond Barrett	AC r3/7
Greece	👁 Image GRE	1906 Intercalated Games	Dimitrios Psaltopoulos	=4	See all
1906 Intercalated Games	Stefanos Christopoulos	=4
1984 Summer Olympics	Georgios Poikilidis	4
2000 Summer Olympics	Kostas Thanos	4
Honduras	👁 Image HON	2024 Summer Olympics	Kevin Mejía	11	See all
Hungary	👁 Image HUN	1908 Summer Olympics	Richárd Weisz	1	Gold	See all
1964 Summer Olympics	István Kozma	1	Gold
1968 Summer Olympics	István Kozma	1	Gold
Independent Olympic Athletes	👁 Image IOA	1992 Summer Olympics	Miloš Govedarica	9	See all
India	👁 Image IND	2016 Summer Olympics	Hardeep Singh	13	See all
Individual Neutral Athletes	👁 Image AIN	2024 Summer Olympics	Abubakar Khaslakhanau	7	See all
Islamic Republic of Iran	👁 Image IRI	2012 Summer Olympics	Ghasem Rezaei	1	Gold	See all
2024 Summer Olympics	Mohammadhadi Saravi	1	Gold
Italy	👁 Image ITA	1948 Summer Olympics	Guido Fantoni	3	Bronze	See all
1956 Summer Olympics	Adelmo Bulgarelli	3	Bronze
Japan	👁 Image JPN	1984 Summer Olympics	Yoshihiro Fujita	=7	See all
Kazakhstan	👁 Image KAZ	2000 Summer Olympics	Sergey Matviyenko	6	See all
Kenya	👁 Image KEN	1988 Summer Olympics	Maisiba Obwoge	AC	See all
Kyrgyzstan	👁 Image KGZ	2024 Summer Olympics	Uzur Dzhuzupbekov	=3	Bronze	See all
Latvia	👁 Image LAT	1924 Summer Olympics	Jānis Polis	=5	See all
Lebanon	👁 Image LBN	1968 Summer Olympics	Hassan Bechara	AC	See all
1972 Summer Olympics	Hassan Bechara	AC
Lithuania	👁 Image LTU	2008 Summer Olympics	Mindaugas Ežerskis	6	See all
Mauritania	👁 Image MTN	1988 Summer Olympics	Oumar Samba Sy	AC	See all
Mongolia	👁 Image MGL	1968 Summer Olympics	Doljingiin Adyaatömör	DNS	See all
1972 Summer Olympics	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh	DNS
Morocco	👁 Image MAR	2012 Summer Olympics	Choucri Atafi	15	See all
Netherlands	👁 Image NED	1920 Summer Olympics	Jaap Sjouwerman	AC r4/5	See all
Norway	👁 Image NOR	1920 Summer Olympics	Harald Vasbotten	AC r3/5	See all
Pakistan	👁 Image PAK	1984 Summer Olympics	Abdul Majeed	DNS	See all
Palau	👁 Image PLW	2004 Summer Olympics	John Tarkong, Jr.	20	See all
Panama	👁 Image PAN	1992 Summer Olympics	Luis Sandoval	AC	See all
People's Republic of China	👁 Image CHN	2008 Summer Olympics	Jiang Huachen	8	See all
Poland	👁 Image POL	1988 Summer Olympics	Andrzej Wroński	1	Gold	See all
1996 Summer Olympics	Andrzej Wroński	1	Gold
ROC	👁 Image ROC	2020 Summer Olympics	Musa Yevloyev	1	Gold	See all
Republic of Korea	👁 Image KOR	2008 Summer Olympics	Han Tae-Yeong	5	See all
Republic of Moldova	👁 Image MDA	1996 Summer Olympics	Igor Grabovetchi	6	See all
Romania	👁 Image ROU	1972 Summer Olympics	Nicolae Martinescu	1	Gold	See all
1984 Summer Olympics	Vasile Andrei	1	Gold
Russian Federation	👁 Image RUS	2008 Summer Olympics	Aslanbek Khushtov	1	Gold	See all
Senegal	👁 Image SEN	1976 Summer Olympics	Mohamed N'Diaye	AC	See all
1988 Summer Olympics	Ambroise Sarr	AC
1992 Summer Olympics	Alioune Diouf	AC
Serbia	👁 Image SRB	2020 Summer Olympics	Mihail Kadžaja	14	See all
2024 Summer Olympics	Mihail Kadžaja	14
Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	1952 Summer Olympics	Johannes Kotkas	1	Gold	See all
1956 Summer Olympics	Anatoly Parfyonov	1	Gold
1960 Summer Olympics	Ivan Bogdan	1	Gold
1976 Summer Olympics	Nikolay Balboshin	1	Gold
Spain	👁 Image ESP	1960 Summer Olympics	José Panizo	DNS	See all
Sweden	👁 Image SWE	1928 Summer Olympics	Rudolf Svensson	1	Gold	See all
1932 Summer Olympics	Carl Westergren	1	Gold
2000 Summer Olympics	Mikael Ljungberg	1	Gold
Switzerland	👁 Image SUI	1948 Summer Olympics	Moritz Inderbitzin	6	See all
Syrian Arab Republic	👁 Image SYR	1980 Summer Olympics	Jawdat Jabra	DNS	See all
Tunisia	👁 Image TUN	2012 Summer Olympics	Hassine Ayari	9	See all
Türkiye	👁 Image TUR	1948 Summer Olympics	Ahmet Kireççi	1	Gold	See all
Ukraine	👁 Image UKR	2000 Summer Olympics	Davyd Soldadze	2	Silver	See all
Unified Team	👁 Image EUN	1992 Summer Olympics	Sergey Demyashkevich	3	Bronze	See all
United States	👁 Image USA	1984 Summer Olympics	Greg Gibson	2	Silver	See all
1992 Summer Olympics	Dennis Koslowski	2	Silver
Uzbekistan	👁 Image UZB	2024 Summer Olympics	Rustam Assakalov	=5	See all
Venezuela	👁 Image VEN	1996 Summer Olympics	Emilio Suárez	15	See all
West Germany	👁 Image FRG	1988 Summer Olympics	Gerhard Himmel	2	Silver	See all
Yugoslavia	👁 Image YUG	1984 Summer Olympics	Jožef Tertei	3	Bronze	See all

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