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Freestyle wrestling was on the first modern Olympic program in 1896, with just two weight classes. It was dropped in 1900, but restored in 1904, and it's been on the program ever since.

From 1938 through 1980, medals were based on round robin competition. The wrestler with the fewest penalty points in the final round won the gold medal. If two or more wrestlers had the same number of penalty points in the in the final round, standings were based on the number of penalty points in previous rounds.

For those years, the number of penalty points is shown. For all other years, the score of the gold medal match is shown.

The following abbreviations are used: Dec = Decision, Ret = Opponent Retired, WO = Walkover.

Weight limits have changed a number of times through the years. The limits shown are those used at the 2004 Olympics for divisions in which competition was held in 2004. For other divisions, the weight limit is shown for the most recent Olympics at which the even took place.

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Year	Gold	Final/Pts	Silver	Pts	Bronze	Pts
1896	Robert Curry, USA	Fall	John Hein, USA		Gustav Thiefenthaler, USA
1900-68	Not held
1972	Roman Dmitriev, URS	4	Ognyan Nikolov, BUL	4	Ebrahim Javadi, IRN	4
1976	Hasan Isayev, BUL	3	Roman Dmitriev, URS	5	Akira Kudo, JPN	8
1980	Claudio Pollio, ITA	3	Jang Se-Hong, PRK	4	Sergey Kornilayev, URS	5
1984	Bobby Weaver, USA	Fall	Takashi Irie, JPN		Son Gab-Do, KOR
1988	Takashi Kobayashi, JPN	16-4	Ivan Tzonov, BUL		Sergey Karamchakov, URS
1992	Kim Il, PRK	4-1	Kim Jong-Shin, KOR		Vugar Orudzhev, EUN
1996	Kim Il, PRK	5-4	Armen Mkrchyan, ARM		Alexis Vila, CUB

Year	Gold	Final/Pts	Silver	Pts	Bronze	Pts
1904	George Mehnert, USA	Dec	Gustav Bauer, USA		William Nelson, USA
1908-36	Not held
1948	Lennart Viitala, FIN	2	Halit Balamir, TUR	2	Thure Johansson, SWE	6
1952	Hasan Gemici, TUR	3	Yushu Kitano, JPN	4	Mahmoud Molaghasemi, IRN	4
1956	Mirian Tsalkalamanidze, SOV	3	Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour, IRN	3	Hüseyin Akbas, TUR	4
1960	Ahmet Bilek, TUR	2	Masayuki Matsubara, JPN	4	Ebrahim Seifpour, IRN	6
1964	Yoshikatsu Yoshida, JPN	1	Chang Chang-Sun, KOR	3	Akbar Heidari, IRN	--
1968	Shigeo Nakata, JPN	1	Richard Sanders, USA	4	Surenjav Sukhbaatar, MGL	7
1972	Kiyomi Kato, JPN	2	Arsen Alakhverdiyev, URS	5	Kim Gwong-Hyong, PRK	5
1976	Yuji Takada, JPN	0.5	Aleksandr Ivanov, URS	3.5	Jeon Hae-Sup, KOR	8
1980	Anatoliy Beloglazov, URS	0	Wladyslaw Stecyk, POL	5	Nermedin Selimov, BUL	7
1984	Šaban Trstena, YUG(MKD)	WO	Kim Jong-Kyu, KOR		Yuji Takada, JPN
1988	Mitsuru Sato, JPN	13-2	Šaban Trstena, YUG		Vladimir Toguzov, URS
1992	Li Hak-Son, PRK	8-1	Larry “Zeke” Jones, USA		Valentin Yordanov, BUL
1996	Valentin Yordanov, BUL	4-3	Namik Abdullayev, AZE		Maulen Mamyrov, KAZ
2000	Namik Abdullayev, AZE	3-1	Sammie Henson, USA		Amiran Karntanov, GRE
2004	Mavlet Batirov, RUS	9-1	Stephen Abas, USA		Chikara Tanabe, JPN

Year	Gold	Final/Pts	Silver	Final/Pts	Bronze	Final/Pts
1904	Isidor Niflot, USA	Fall	August Wester, USA		Zenon Strebler, USA
1906	Not held
1908	George Mehnert, USA	2-0	William Press, GBR		Aubert Côté, CAN
1912-20	Not held
1924	Kustaa Pihlajamäki, FIN	---	Kaarlo Mäkinen, FIN	---	Bryant Hines, USA	---
1928	Kaarlo Mäkinen, FIN	---	Edmond Spapen, BEL	---	James Trifunov, CAN	---
1932	Robert Pearce, USA	---	Ödön Zombori, HUN	---	Aatos Jaskari, FIN	---
1936	Ödön Zombori, HUN	0	Ross Flood, USA	3	Johannes Herbert, GER	5
1948	Nasuh Akar, TUR	0	Gerald Leeman, USA	3	Charles Kouyos, FRA	---
1952	Shohachi Ishii, JPN	2	Rashid Mamedbekov, URS	4	Khashaba Jadav, IND	6
1956	Mustafa Dagistanli, TUR	1	Mehdi Yaqoubi, IRN	2	Mikhail Chakhov, URS	---
1960	Terry McCann, USA	2	Nezhdet Zalev, BUL	4	Tadeusz Trojanowski, POL	6
1964	Yojiro Uetake, JPN	2	Hüseyin Akbas, TUR	4	Aydyn Ibragimov, URS(AZE)	6
1968	Yojiro Uetake, JPN	5.5	Donald Behm, USA	6.5	Abutaleb Talebi, IRN	7.5
1972	Hideaki Yanagida, JPN	1	Richard Sanders, USA	3	László Klinga, HUN	---
1976	Vladimir Yumin, URS	2	Hans-Dieter Brüchert, GDR	4	Masao Arai, JPN	---
1980	Sergey Beloglazov, URS	0	Li Ho-Pyong, PRK	5	Dugarsuren Ouinbold, MGL	7
1984	Hideaki Tomiyama, JPN	8-3	Barry Davis, USA		Kim Eui-Kon, KOR
1988	Sergey Beloglazov, URS	5-1	Asgari Mohammadian, IRI		Noh Kyung-Sun, KOR
1992	Alejandro Puerto, CUB	5-0	Sergey Smal, EUN		Kim Yong-Sik, PRK
1996	Kendall Cross, USA	5-3	Giuvi Sissaouri, CAN		Yong Ri-Sam, PRK
2000	Alireza Dabir, IRI	3-0	Yevgeniy Buslovych, UKR		Terry Brands, USA
2004	Yandro Miguel Quintana, CUB	4-0	Masuod Jokar, IRI		Kenji Inoue, JPN

Year	Gold	Final/Pts	Silver	Final/Pts	Bronze	Final/Pts
1904	Benjamin Bradshaw, USA	Dec	Theodore McLear, USA		Charles Clapper, USA
1906	Not held
1908	George Dole, USA	2-0	James Slim, GBR		William McKie, GBR
1912	Not held
1920	Charles Ackerly, USA	Dec	Samuel Gerson, USA		Philip Bernard, GBR
1924	Robin Reed, USA	---	Chester Newton, USA		Katsutoshi Naito, JPN
1928	Allie Morrison, USA	Inj	Kustaa Pihlajamäki, FIN		Hans Minder, SUI
1932	Hermanni Pihlajamäki, FIN	---	Edgar Nemir, USA	---	Einar Karlsson, SWE	---
1936	Kustaa Pihlajamäki, FIN	1	Francis Millard, USA	5	Gösta Jönsson, SWE	5
1948	Gazanfer Bilge, TUR	1	Ivar Sjölin, SWE	3	Adolf Müller, SUI	---
1952	Bayram Sit, TUR	1	Naser Givehci, IRN	4	Josiah Henson, USA	6
1956	Shozo Sasahara, JPN	1	Joseph Mewis, BEL	4	Erkki Penttilä, FIN	6
1960	Mustafa Dagistanli, TUR	1	Stancho Kolev, BUL	3	Vladimir Rubashvili, URS	---
1964	Osamu Watanabe, JPN	2	Stancho Kolev, BUL	5	Nodar Khokhashvili, URS	5
1968	Masaaki Kaneko, JPN	3.5	Enyu Todorov, BUL	4.5	Shamsedin Seyedabbasi, IRN	5
1972	Zagalav Abdulbekov, URS	2	Vehbi Akdag, TUR	5	Ivan Krustev, BUL	5
1976	Yang Jung-Mo, KOR	3	Zevegin Oidov, MGL	4	Gene Davis, USA	5
1980	Magomedgasan Abushev, URS	1.5	Miho Dukov, BUL	3	Georgios Chatzioannidis, GRE	7.5
1984	Randy Lewis, USA	24-11	Kosei Akaishi, JPN		Lee Jung-Keun, KOR
1988	John Smith, USA	4-0	Stepan Sarkisyan, URS		Simeon Shterev, BUL
1992	John Smith, USA	6-0	Asgari Mohammadian, IRI		Lázaro Reinoso, CUB
1996	Tom Brands, USA	7-0	Jang Jae-Sung, KOR		Elbrus Tedeyev, UKR
2000	Daniel Igali, CAN	3-1	Arsen Gitinov, RUS		Lincoln McIlravy, USA

Year	Gold	Final/Pts	Silver	Final/Pts	Bronze	Final/Pts
1904	Otto Roehm, USA	Dec	Rudolph Tesing, USA		Albert Zirkel, USA
1906	Not Held
1908	George de Relwyskow, GBR	2-0	William Wood, GBR		Albert Gingell, USA
1912	Not held
1920	Kaarlo “Kalle” Anttila, FIN	Dec	Gottfrid Svensson, SWE		Peter Wright, GBR
1924	Russell Vis, USA	---	Volmari Vikström, FIN	---	Arvo Haavisto, FIN	---
1928	Osvald Käpp, EST	---	Charles Pacôme, FRA	---	Eino Leino, FIN	---
1932	Charles Pacôme, FRA	---	Károly Kárpáti, HUN	---	Gustaf Klarén, SWE	---
1936	Károly Kárpáti, HUN	1	Wolfgang Ehrl, GER	2	Hermanni Pihlajamäki, FIN	6
1948	Celal Atik, TUR	1	Gösta Frändfors, SWE	6	Hermann Baumann, SUI	8
1952	Olle Anderberg, SWE	2	Jay Thomas Evans, USA	4	Jahanbakhsh Tofiq, IRN	6
1956	Imam-Ali Habibi, IRN	4	Shigeru Kasahara, JPN	6	Alimberg Bestayev, URS	6
1960	Shelby Wilson, USA	1	Vladimir Sinyavsky, URS	3	Enyu Dimov, BUL	---
1964	Enyu Vulchev (Dimov), BUL	1	Klaus-Jürgen Rost, GER	3	Iwao Horiuchi, JPN	6
1968	Abdollah Movahed, IRN	1	Enyu Vulchev, BUL	3	Danzandarja Sereeter, MGL	---
1972	Dan Gable, USA	2	Kikuo Wada, JPN	3	Ruslan Ashuraliyev, URS	6
1976	Pavel Pinigin, URS	3.5	Lloyd “Butch” Keaser, USA	3.5	Yasaburo Sugawara, JPN	5
1980	Saipulla Absaidov, URS	1	Ivan Yankov, BUL	4	Šaban Sejdi, YUG	7
1984	You In-Tak, KOR	5-5	Andrew Rein, USA		Jukka Rauhala, FIN
1988	Arsen Fadzayev, URS	6-0	Park Jang-Soon, KOR		Nate Carr, USA
1992	Arsen Fadzayev, EUN	13-1	Valentin Getzov, BUL		Kosei Akaishi, JPN
1996	Vadim Bogiyev, RUS	1-1	Townsend Saunders, USA		Zaza Zazirov, UKR
2000	Mourad Oumakhnov, RUS	3-1	Serafin Barzakov, BUL		Jang Jae-Sung, KOR
2004	Elbrus Tedeyev, UKR	5-1	Jamill Kelly, USA		Makhach Murtazaliev, RUS

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Year	Gold	Final/Pts	Silver	Final/Pts	Bronze	Final/Pts
1904	Charles Erickson, USA	Dec	William Beckmann, USA		Jerry Winholtz, USA
1906-20	Not Held
1924	Hermann Gehri, SUI	---	Eino Leino, FIN	---	Otto Müller, SUI	---
1928	Arvo Haavisto, FIN	---	Lloyd Appelton, USA	---	Maurice Letchford, CAN	---
1932	Jack Van Bebber, USA	---	Daniel MacDonald, CAN	---	Eino Leino, FIN	---
1936	Frank Lewis, USA	3	Ture Andersson, SWE	3	Joseph Schleimer, CAN	6
1948	Yasar Dogu, TUR	1	Richard Garrard, AUS	5	Leland Merrill, USA	6
1952	Bill Smith, USA	4	Per Berlin, SWE	4	Abdollah Mojtabavi, IRN	4
1956	Mitsuo Ikeda, JPN	2	Ibrahim Zengin, TUR	3	Vakhtang Balavadze, URS	6
1960	Doug Blubaugh, USA	1	Ismail Ogan, TUR	4	Mohammed Bashir, PAK	7
1964	Ismail Ogan, TUR	4	Guliko Sagaradze, URS	4	Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran, IRN	4
1968	Mahmut Ataly, TUR	1	Daniel Robin, FRA	3	Dagvasuren Purev, MGL
1972	Wayne Wells, USA	2	Jan Karlsson, SWE	4	Adolf Seger, FRG	6
1976	Jiichiro Date, JPN	1	Mansour Barzegar, IRN	5	Stanley Dziedzic, USA	6
1980	Valentin Angelov, BUL	2	Jamtsyin Davajav, MGL	4	Dan Karabin, TCH	6
1984	Dave Schultz, USA	4-1	Martin Knosp, FRG		Šaban Sejdi, YUG
1988	Kenny Monday, USA	5-2	Adlan Varayev, URS		Rakhmad Sukra Sofilyadi, BUL
1992	Park Jang-Soon, KOR	1-0	Kenny Monday, USA		Amir-Reza Khadem, IRI
1996	Buvaysa Saytyev, RUS	5-0	Park Jang-Soon, KOR		Takuya Ota, JPN
2000	Brandon Slay, USA	4-0	Moon Eui-Jae, KOR		Adem Bereket, TUR
2004	Buvaysa Saytiev, RUS	7-0	Gennadiy Laliyev, KAZ		Ivan Fundora, CUB

Year	Gold	Final/Pts	Silver	Final/Pts	Bronze	Final/Pts
1908	Stanley Bacon, GBR	2-0	George de Relwyskow, GBR		Frederick Beck, GBR
1912	Not held
1920	Eino Leino, FIN	Dec	Väinö Penttala, FIN		Charles Johnson, USA
1924	Fritz Hagmann, SUI	---	Pierre Ollivier, BEL	---	Viho Pekkala, FIN	---
1928	Ernst Kyburz, SUI	---	Donald Stockton, CAN	---	Samuel Rabin, GBR	---
1932	Ivar Johansson, SWE	---	Kyösti Luukko, FIN	---	Jözsef Tunyogi, HUN	---
1936	Emile Poilvé, FRA	0	Richard Voliva, USA	3	Ahmet Kireççi, TUR	---
1948	Glen Brand, USA	0	Adil Candemir, TUR	3	Erik Lindén, SWE	---
1952	David Tsimakuridze, URS	2	Golam-Reza Takhti, IRN	2	György Gurics, HUN	6
1956	Nikola Stanchev, BUL	1	Daniel Hodge, USA	3	Georgiy Skhirtladze, URS	6
1960	Hasan Güngör, TUR	4	Georgiy Skhirtladze, URS	6	Hans Yngve Antonsson, SWE	6
1964	Prodan Gardzhev, BUL	2	Hasan Güngör, TUR	2	Daniel Brand, USA	---
1968	Boris Gurevich, URS	4.5	Jigjid Munkhbat, MGL	6.5	Prodan Gardzhev, BUL	7.5
1972	Levan Tediashvili, URS	4.5	John Peterson, USA	6	Vasile Iorga, ROM	7
1976	John Peterson, USA	0.5	Viktor Novozhilov, URS	5	Adolf Seger, FRG	6.5
1980	Ismail Abilov, BUL	1	Magomedhan Aratsilov, URS	3	István Kovács, HUN	8
1984	Mark Schultz, USA	13-0	Hideyuki Nagashima, JPN		Chris Rinke, CAN
1988	Han Myung-Woo, KOR	4-0	Necmi Gencalp, TUR		Josef Lohyna, TCH
1992	Kevin Jackson, USA	1-0	Elmadi Jabrailov, EUN		Rasoul Khadem, IRI
1996	Khadzhimurad Magomedov, RUS	2-1	Yang Hyun-Mo, KOR		Amir-Reza Khadem, IRI
2000	Adam Saitiev, RUS	Fall	Yoel Romero, CUB		Mogamed Ibragimov, MKD
2000	Cael Sanderson, USA	3-1	Moon Eui Jae, KOR	Sazhid Sazhidov, RUS

Year	Gold	Final/Pts	Silver	Final/Pts	Bronze	Final/Pts
1920	Anders Larsson, SWE	Forfeit	Charles Courant, SUI
1924	John Spellman, USA	---	Rudolf Svensson, SWE	---		---
1928	Thure Sjöstedt, SWE	---	Arnold Bögli, SUI	---		---
1932	Peter Mehringer, USA	---	Thure Sjöstedt, SWE	---		---
1936	Knut Fridell, SWE	1	August Neo, EST	4
1948	Henry Wittenberg, USA	2	Fritz Stöckli, SUI	3
1952	Wiking Palm, SWE	2	Henry Wittenberg, USA	3
1956	Golam-Reza Takhti, IRN	2	Boris Kulayev, URS	4
1960	Ismet Atli, TUR	1	Golam-Reza Takhti, IRN	3
1964	Aleksandr Medved, URS	2	Ahmet Ayik, TUR	4
1968	Ahmet Ayik, TUR	2	Shota Lomidze, URS	3
1972	Ben Peterson, USA	2	Gennadiy Strakhov, URS	2
1976	Levan Tediashvili, URS	2	Ben Peterson, USA	4
1980	Sanasar Oganisyan, URS	1.5	Uwe Neupert, GDR	4
1984	Ed Banach, USA	15-3	Akira Ota, JPN
1988	Makharbek Khadartsev, URS	16-0	Akira Ota, JPN
1992	Makharbek Khadartsev, EUN	1-0	Kennan Simsek, TUR
1996	Rasoul Khadem, IRI	3-0	Makharbek Khadartsev, RUS
2000	Saghid Mourtasaliyev, RUS	3-0	Islam Bairamukov, KAZ
2004	Khadjimourat Gatsalov, RUS	4-1	Magomed Ibragimov, UZB		Ali Reza Heidari, IRI

Year	Gold	Final/Pts	Silver	Final/Pts	Bronze	Final/Pts
1904	Bernhuff Hansen, USA	Fall	Frank Kungler, USA		Fred Warmboldt, USA
1906	Not held
1908	George “Con” O'Kelly, GBR	2-0	Jacob Gundersen, NOR		Edward Barrett, GBR(IRL)
1912	Not held
1920	Robert Roth, SUI	Dec	Nathan Pendleton, USA		Frederick Meyer, USA & Ernst Nilsson, SWE
1924	Harry Steel, USA	---	Henri Wernli, SUI	---	Andrew McDonald, GBR	---
1928	Johan Richthoff, SWE	---	Aukusti Sihvola, FIN	---	Edmond Dame, FRA	---
1932	Johan Richthoff, SWE	2	John Riley, USA	3	Nikolaus Hirschl, AUT	6
1936	Kristjan Palusalu, EST	2	Josef Klapuch, TCH	4	Hjalmar Nyström, FIN
1948	Gyula Bóbis, HUN	0	Bertil Antonsson, SWE	2	Joseph Armstrong, AUS	6
1952	Arsen Mekokishvili, URS	2	Bertil Antonsson, SWE	3	Kenneth Richmond, GBR	6
1956	Hamit Kaplan, TUR	2	Yusein Mehmedov, BUL	3	Taisto Kangasniemi, FIN	6
1960	Wilfried Dietrich, GER	2	Hamit Kaplan, TUR	4	Savkuds Dzarasov, URS	6
1964	Aleksandr Ivanitsky, URS	2	Lyutvi Ahmedov, BUL	2	Hamit Kaplan, TUR
1968	Aleksandr Medved, URS	1	Osman Duraliev, BUL	3	Wilfried Dietrich, FRG	8
1972	Ivan Yargin, URS	0	Khorloo Baianmunkh, MGL	5	József Csatári, HUN	7
1976	Ivan Yargin, URS	1.5	Russ Hellickson, USA	4	Dimo Kostov, BUL	6.5
1980	Ilya Mate, URS	1	Slavcho Chervenkov, BUL	3.5	Július Strnisko, TCH	7.5
1984	Lou Banach, USA	Fall	Joseph Atiyeh, SYR		Vasile Puscasu, ROM
1988	Vasile Puscasu, ROM	1-0	Leri Khabelov, URS		William Scherr, USA
1992	Leri Khabelov, EUN	2-1	Heiko Balz, GER		Au Kayali, TUR
1996	Kurt Angle, USA	1-1	Abbas Jadidi, IRI		Arawat Sabejew, GER

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