OLYMPIC WRESTLING

NOTE: Top weight category is listed as the highest one (Super-Heavyweight)

MEN'S FREESTYLE & GRECO-ROMAN

1904 Weight categories were 47,6, 52.1, 56.7, 61.2, 65.2, 71.6, 71.6+ (Freestyle only)
1908 Weight categories were 54, 60.3, 66.6, 73, 73+ (FS) // 66.6, 73, 93, 93+ (GR)
1912 Weight categories were 60, 67.5, 75, 82.5, 82.5+ (Greco-Roman only)
1920 Weight categories were 60, 67.5, 75, 82.5, 82.5+ (FS/GR)
1924-1928 Weight categories were 56, 61, 66, 72, 79, 87, 87+ (FS) // 58, 62, 67.5, 75, 82.5, 82.5+ (GR)
1932-1936 Weight categories were 56, 61, 66, 72, 79, 87, 87+ (FS/GR)
1948-1960 Weight categories were 52, 57, 62, 67, 73, 79, 87, 87+ (FS/GR)
1964-1968 Weight categories were 52, 57, 63, 70, 78, 87, 97, 97+ (FS/GR)
1972-1984 Weight categories were 48, 52, 57, 62, 68, 74, 82, 90, 100, 100+ (no limit) (FS/GR)
1988-1996 Weight categories were 48, 52, 57, 62, 68, 74, 82, 90, 100, 130 (limtied) (FS/GR)
2000 Weight categories as listed - 54, 58, 63, 69, 76, 85, 97, 130 (limited) (FS/GR)
2004 Weight categories as listed - 55, 60, 66, 74, 84, 96, 120 (limited) (FS/GR)

YR	47.6/48kg discontinued	54kg / 55kg	58kg / 60kg	63kg / 66kg
1904	Robert Curry, USA	George Mehnert, USA	Isidor Niflot, USA	Benjamin Bradshaw, US
1908		George Mehnert, USA		George Dole, USA
1912
1920				Charles Ackerly, USA
1924			Kustaa Pihlajamaki, FIN	Robin Reed, USA
1928			Kaarlo Makinen, FIN	Allie Morrison, USA
1932			Robert Pearce, USA	Hermanni Pihlajamaki, FIN
1936			Odon Zombori, HUN	Kustaa Pihlajamaki, FIN
1948		Lennart Viitala, FIN	Nasuh Akarm, TUR	Gazafner Bilge, TUR
1952		Hasan Gemici, TUR	Shohachi Ishii, JPN	Bayram Sit, TUR
1956		Miran Tsalkalamanidze, URS	Mustafa Dagistanli, TUR	Shozo Sasahara, JPN
1960		Ahmet Bilek, TUR	Terrence McCann, USA	Mustafa Dagistanli, TUR
1964		Yoshikatsu Yoshida, JPN	Yojiro Uetake, JPN	Osamu Watanabe, JPN
1968		Shigeo Nakata, JPN	Yojiro Uetake, JPN	Masaaki Kaneko, JPN
1972	Roman Dmitriev, URS	Kiyomi Kato, JPN	Hideyaki Yanagida, JPN	Zagalav Abdulbekov, URS
1976	Hasan Isaev, BUL	Yuji Takada, JPN	Vladimir Umin, URS	Yang Jung-mo, KOR
1980	Claudio Pollio, ITA	Anatoly Beloglazov, URS	Sergei Beloglazov, URS	Magomedgasan Abushev, URS
1984	Robert Weaver, USA	Saban Trstena, YUG	Hideyaki Tomiyama. JPN	Randy Lewis, USA
1988	Takashi Kobayashi, JPN	Mitsuru Sato, JPN	Sergei Beloglazov, URS	John Smith, USA
1992	Kim Il, PRK	Li Hak-Son, PRK	Alejandro Puerto Diaz, CUB	John Smith, USA
1996	Kim Il, PRK	Valentin Jordanov, BUL	Kendall Cross, USA	Tom Brands, USA
2000		Namig Abdullayev, AZE	Alireza Dabir, IRI	Mourad Oumakhanov, RUS
2004		Mavlet Batirov, RUS	Yandro Miguel Quintana, CUB	Elbrus Tedeyev, UKR
2008

YR	69kg discontinued	76kg / 74kg	85kg / 84kg	97kg / 96kg
1904	Otto Roehm, USA	Charles Erickson, USA
1908	George de Relwyskow, GBR	Stanley Bacon, GBR
1912
1920	Kaarlo Antilla, FIN	Eino Leino, FIN	Anders Larsson, SWE
1924	Russell Vis, USA	Hermann Gehri, SUI	Fritz Hagmann, SUI	John Spellman, USA
1928	Osvald Kapp, EST	Arvo Haavisto, FIN	Ernst Kyburz, SUI	Thure Sjostedt, SWE
1932	Charles Pacome, FRA	Jack Van Bebber, USA	Ivar Johansson, SWE	Peter Mehringer, USA
1936	Karoly Karpati, HUN	Frank Lewis, USA	Emile Polive, FRA	Knut Fridell, SWE
1948	Celal Atik, TUR	Yasar Dogu, TUR	Glen Brand, USA	Henry Wittenberg, USA
1952	Olie Anderberg, SWE	William Smith, USA	David Tsimakuridze, URS	Wiking Palm, SWE
1956	Emamali Habibi, IRI	Mitsuo Ikeda, JPN	Nikola Stanchev, BUL	Gholam Reza Takhti, IRI
1960	Shelby Wilson, USA	Douglas Blubaugh. USA	Hasan Gungor, TUR	Ismet Atli, TUR
1964	Enyu Vulchev, BUL	Ismail Ogan, TUR	Prodan Gardzhev, BUL	Aleksandr Medved, URS
1968	Abdollah Movahhed, IRI	Mahmut Atalay, TUR	Boris Gurevich, URS	Ahmet Ayik, TUR
1972	Dan Gable, USA	Wayne Wells, USA	Levan Tediashvili, URS	Benjamin Peterson, USA
1976	Pavel Pinigin, URS	Jiichiro Date, JPN	John Peterson, USA	Levan Tediashvili, URS
1980	Saipulla Absaidov, URS	Valentin Angelov, BUL	Ismail Abilov, BUL	Sanasar Oganesyan, URS
1984	You In-tak, KOR	David Schultz, USA	Mark Schultz, USA	Ed Banach, USA
1988	Arsen Fadsayev, URS	Kenneth Monday, USA	Han Myung-woo, KOR	Macharbek Chadarzew, EUN
1992	Arsen Fadsayev, EUN	Park Jang-Soon, KOR	Kevin Jackson, USA	Macharbek Chadarzew, EUN
1996	Vadim Bogiev, RUS	Bouvaisa Satiev, Russia	Khadzhimurad Mgomedov, RUS	Rasul Khadem, IRI
2000	Daniel Igali, CAN	Alexander Leipold, GER	Adam Saitiev, RUS	Saghid Mourtasaliyev, RUS
2004		Buvaysa Saytiev, RUS	Cael Sanderson, USA	Khadjimourat Gatsalov, RUS
2008

YR	100kg discontinued	130kg < / 120kg <	48kg discontinued	54kg / 55kg
1904		Bernhuff Hansen, USA
1908		George Con O'Kelly, GBR
1912
1920		Robert Roth, SUI
1924		Harry Steel, USA
1928		Johan Richtoff, SWE
1932		Johan Richtoff, SWE
1936		Kristjan Palusalu, EST
1948		Gyula Bobis, HUN		Pietro Lombardi, ITA
1952		Arsen Mekokishvili, URS		Boris Gurevitch, URS
1956		Hamit Kaplan, TUR		Nikolai Solovyov, URS
1960		Wilfried Dietrich, FRG		Dumitru Pirvulescu, ROM
1964		Aleksandr Ivanitsky, URS		Tsutomu Hanahara, JPN
1968		Aleksandr Medved, URS		Peter Kirov, BUL
1972	Ivan Yarygin, URS	Aleksandr Medved, URS	Gheorghe Berceanu, ROM	Peter Kirov, BUL
1976	Ivan Yarygin, URS	Soslan Andiev, URS	Alexei Shumakov, URS	Vitaly Konstantinov, URS
1980	Ilya Mate, URS	Soslan Andiev, URS	Zaksylik Ushkempirov, URS	Vakhtang Blagidze, URS
1984	Lou Banach, USA	Bruce Baumgartner, USA	Vincenzo Maenza, ITA	Atsuji Miyahara, JPN
1988	Vasile Puscasu, ROM	David Gobezhishvili, URS	Vincenzo Maenza, ITA	Jon Ronningen, NOR
1992	Leri Chabelov, EUN	Bruce Baumgartner, USA	Oleg Koutcherenko, EUN	Jon Ronningen, NOR
1996	Kurt Angle, USA	Mahmut Demir, TUR	Sim Kwon-Ho, KOR	Armen Nazaryan, ARM
2000		David Moussoulbes, RUS		Sim Kwon-Ho, KOR
2004		Artur Taymazov, UZB		Istvan Majoros, HUN
2008

YR	58kg / 60kg	63kg / 66kg	69kg discontinued	76kg / 74kg
1908			Enrico Porro, ITA
1912		Kaarlo Koskelo, FIN	Eemil Ware, FIN
1920		Oskar Friman, FIN	Eemil Ware, FIN
1924	Eduard Putsep, EST	Kaarlo Antilla, FIN	Oskar Friman, FIN
1928	Kurt Leucht, GER	Voldemar Vali, EST	Lajos Keresztes, HUN
1932	Jakob Brendel, GER	Giovanni Gozzi, ITA	Erik Malmberg, SWE	Ivar Johansson, SWE
1936	Marton Lorincz, HUN	Yasar Erkan, TUR	Lauri Koskela, FIN	Rudolf Svedberg, SWE
1948	Kurt Pettersen, SWE	Mehmet Oktav, TUR	Gustav Freij, SWE	Gosta Andersson, SWE
1952	Imre Hodos, HUN	Yakov Punkin, URS	Schazam Safin, URS	Miklos Szilvasi, HUN
1956	Konstantin Vyrupayev, URS	Rauno Makinen, FIN	Kyosti Lehtonen, FIN	Mithat Bayrak, TUR
1960	Oleg Karavayev, URS	Muzahir Sille, TUR	Avtandil Koridze, URS	Mithat Bayrak, TUR
1964	Masamitsu Ichiguchi, JPN	Imre Polyak, HUN	Kazim Ayvaz, TUR	Anatoly Kolesov, URS
1968	Janos Varga, HUN	Roman Rurua, URS	Munji Mumemura, JPN	Rudolf Vesper, GDR
1972	Rustem Kazakov, URS	Georgi Markov, BUL	Shamil Khisamutdinov, URS	Vitezslav Macha, TCH
1976	Pertti Ukkola, FIN	Kazimierz Lipien, POL	Suran Nalbandyan, URS	Anatoly Bykov, URS
1980	Shamil Serikov, URS	Stylianos Mygiakis, GRE	Stefan Rusu, ROM	Ferenc Kocsis, HUN
1984	Pasquale Passarelli, FRG	Kim Weon-kee, KOR	Vlado Lisjak, YUG	Jouko Salomaki, FIN
1988	Andras Sike, HUN	Kamandar Madzhidov, URS	Levon Dzhulfalakyan, URS	Kim Young-nam, KOR
1992	An Han-Bomg, KOR	Akim Pirim, TUR	Attila Repka, HUN	Mnatsakan Iskandarian, EUN
1996	Yuri Melnichenko, KAZ	Wlodzimierz Zawadzki, POL	Ryszard Wolny, POL	Feliberto Ascuy, CUB
2000	Kim In-Sub, KOR	Varteres Samourgachev, RUS	Filiberto Azcuy, CUB	Mourat Kardanov, RUS
2004	Jung Ji Hyun, KOR	Farid Mansurov, AZE		Alexandr Dokturishvili, UZB
2008

YR	85kg / 84kg	97kg / 96kg	100kg discontinued	130kg < / 120kg <
1896				Karl Schumann, GER
1900
1904
1908	Frithiof Martensson, SWE	Verner Weckman, FIN		Richard Weisz, HUN
1912	Claes Joahnson, SWE			Yrjo Saarela, FIN
1920	Carl Westergren, SWE	Claes Johanson, SWE		Adolf Lindfors, FIN
1924	Edvard Westerlund, FIN	Carl Westergren, SWE		Henri Deglane, FRA
1928	Vaino Kokkinen, FIN	Ibrahim Moustafa, EGY		Rudolf Svensson, SWE
1932	Vaino Kokkinen, FIN	Rudolf Svensson, SWE		Carl Westergren, SWE
1936	Ivar Johansson, SWE	Axel Cardier, SWE		Kristjan Palusalu, EST
1948	Axel Gronberg, SWE	Karl-Erik Nilsson, SWE		Ahmet Kirecci, TUR
1952	Axel Gronberg, SWE	Kaelpo Grondahl, FIN		Johannes Kotkas, URS
1956	Givy Kartoziya, URS	Valentin Nikolayev, URS		Anatoly Parfenov, URS
1960	Dimiter Dobrev, BUL	Tevfik Kis, TUR		Ivan Bogdan, URS
1964	Branislav Simic, YUG	Boyan Radev, BUL		Istvan Kozma, HUN
1968	Lothar Metz, GDR	Boyan Radev, BUL		Istvan Kozma, HUN
1972	Csaba Hegedus, HUN	Valery Rezantsev, URS	Nicolae Martinescu, ROM	Anatoly Roshin, URS
1976	Momir Petkovic, YUG	Valery Rezantsev, URS	Nikolai Balboshin, URS	Aleksandr Kolchinsky, URS
1980	Gennady Korban, URS	Norbert Novenyi, HUN	Georgi Raikov, BUL	Aleksandr Kolchinsky, URS
1984	Ion Draica, HUN	Steven Fraser, USA	Vasile Andrei, ROM	Jeffrey Blatnick, USA
1988	Mikhail Mamiashvili, URS	Atanas Komchev, BUL	Andrzej Wronksi, POL	Aleksandr Karelin, URS
1992	Peter Farkas, HUN	Maik Bullmann, GER	Hector Millian, CUB	Aleksandr Karelin, EUN
1996	Hamza Yerlikaya, TUR	Vyacheslav Oleynyk, UKR	Andrzej Wronksi, POL	Aleksandr Karelin, RUS
2000	Hamza Yerlikaya, TUR	Mikael Ljungberg, SWE		Rulon Gardner, USA
2004	Alexei Michine, RUS	Karam Ibrahim, EGY		Khasan Baroev, RUS
2008

WOMEN'S FREESTYLE

YR	48kg	55kg	63kg	72kg
2004	Irini Merleni, UKR	Saori Yoshida, JPN	Kaori Icho, JPN	Wang Xu, CHN
2008
2012