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Men’s Freestyle · Light Heavyweight
Held at 8 Games, 1920–1964. Most golds: Sweden (4). Most medals: Gholamreza Takhti (2). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.
Open the latest podium in the atlas →Games81920–1964
Medals24
Delegations10on the podium
Games by Games gold, silver, bronze
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 Tokyo | Aleksandr Medved Soviet Union | Ahmet Ayık Turkey | Said Mustafov Bulgaria |
| 1960 Rome | Ismet Atli Turkey | Gholamreza Takhti Iran | Anatoli Albul Soviet Union |
| 1956 Melbourne & Stockholm | Gholamreza Takhti Iran | Boris Kulayev Soviet Union | Peter Blair United States |
| 1952 Helsinki | Viking Palm Sweden | Henry Wittenberg United States | Adil Atan Turkey |
| 1936 Berlin | Knut Fridell Sweden | August Neo Estonia | Erich Siebert Germany |
| 1928 Amsterdam | Thure Sjöstedt Sweden | Arnold Bögli Switzerland | Henri Lefèbre France |
| 1924 Paris | John Spellman United States | Rudolf Svensson Sweden | Charles Courant Switzerland |
| 1920 Antwerp | Anders Larsson Sweden | Charles Courant Switzerland | Walter Maurer United States |
Most golds
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | United States | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Turkey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Iran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Estonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Most medals
| Athlete | Gold | Medals |
|---|---|---|
| Gholamreza Takhti | 1 | 2 |
| Anders Larsson | 1 | 1 |
| John Spellman | 1 | 1 |
| Thure Sjöstedt | 1 | 1 |
| Knut Fridell | 1 | 1 |
| Viking Palm | 1 | 1 |
| Ismet Atli | 1 | 1 |
| Aleksandr Medved | 1 | 1 |
| Charles Courant | 0 | 2 |
| Walter Maurer | 0 | 1 |
| Rudolf Svensson | 0 | 1 |
| Arnold Bögli | 0 | 1 |