Countries in Wrestling
Who has a section here, and why. Every record is counted from the podiums and winners lists on our tournament pages.
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The strongest nations in wrestling
The nations that have done exceptionally well, counted by titles at the biggest tournaments first.
- Soviet UnionWrestling at the Olympic Games: 62 golds, 31 silvers, 23 bronzes (latest 1988); World Wrestling Championships: 253 golds, 93 silvers, 69 bronzes (latest 1991)
- JapanWrestling at the Olympic Games: 45 golds, 23 silvers, 19 bronzes (latest 2024); World Wrestling Championships: 146 golds, 78 silvers, 92 bronzes (latest 2025)
- United StatesWrestling at the Olympic Games: 59 golds, 47 silvers, 43 bronzes (latest 2024); World Wrestling Championships: 90 golds, 106 silvers, 117 bronzes (latest 2025)
- RussiaWrestling at the Olympic Games: 35 golds, 11 silvers, 18 bronzes (latest 2020); World Wrestling Championships: 119 golds, 77 silvers, 114 bronzes (latest 2025)
- IranWorld Wrestling Championships: 77 golds, 72 silvers, 84 bronzes (latest 2025); Wrestling at the Asian Games: 80 golds, 44 silvers, 38 bronzes (latest 2026)
The leading Olympic nations
The United States, China, Russia, Australia and Japan are covered in every sport, for their weight at the Olympics: here is the best each has done in wrestling.
- ChinaWorld Wrestling Championships: 29 golds, 23 silvers, 43 bronzes (latest 2025); Wrestling at the Asian Games: 11 golds, 27 silvers, 35 bronzes (latest 2026)
- AustraliaWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 silver, 2 bronzes (latest 1948); Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games: 13 golds, 22 silvers, 17 bronzes (latest 2022)
Every other country with a result
87 countries
- TurkeyWrestling at the Olympic Games: 29 golds, 18 silvers, 21 bronzes (latest 2024); World Wrestling Championships: 60 golds, 64 silvers, 86 bronzes (latest 2025)
- CanadaWorld Wrestling Championships: 14 golds, 18 silvers, 33 bronzes (latest 2025); Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games: 69 golds, 48 silvers, 30 bronzes (latest 2022)
- BulgariaWrestling at the Olympic Games: 18 golds, 32 silvers, 23 bronzes (latest 2024); World Wrestling Championships: 63 golds, 96 silvers, 103 bronzes (latest 2025)
- South KoreaWorld Wrestling Championships: 14 golds, 24 silvers, 25 bronzes (latest 2025); Wrestling at the Asian Games: 54 golds, 28 silvers, 61 bronzes (latest 2026)
- SwedenWrestling at the Olympic Games: 28 golds, 27 silvers, 31 bronzes (latest 2016); World Wrestling Championships: 29 golds, 36 silvers, 49 bronzes (latest 2022)
- HungaryWrestling at the Olympic Games: 20 golds, 17 silvers, 19 bronzes (latest 2020); World Wrestling Championships: 32 golds, 54 silvers, 52 bronzes (latest 2025)
- CubaWrestling at the Olympic Games: 12 golds, 7 silvers, 13 bronzes (latest 2024); World Wrestling Championships: 32 golds, 28 silvers, 50 bronzes (latest 2025)
- FinlandWrestling at the Olympic Games: 26 golds, 28 silvers, 29 bronzes (latest 2004); World Wrestling Championships: 17 golds, 23 silvers, 21 bronzes (latest 2025)
- FranceWrestling at the Olympic Games: 4 golds, 4 silvers, 10 bronzes (latest 2012); World Wrestling Championships: 27 golds, 24 silvers, 25 bronzes (latest 2025)
- AzerbaijanWrestling at the Olympic Games: 4 golds, 8 silvers, 16 bronzes (latest 2024); World Wrestling Championships: 23 golds, 37 silvers, 43 bronzes (latest 2025)
- PakistanWrestling at the Asian Games: 6 golds, 14 silvers, 14 bronzes (latest 1986); Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games: 21 golds, 14 silvers, 11 bronzes (latest 2022)
- UkraineWrestling at the Olympic Games: 4 golds, 8 silvers, 9 bronzes (latest 2024); World Wrestling Championships: 20 golds, 22 silvers, 61 bronzes (latest 2025)
- UzbekistanWorld Wrestling Championships: 7 golds, 12 silvers, 25 bronzes (latest 2025); Wrestling at the Asian Games: 14 golds, 17 silvers, 21 bronzes (latest 2026)
- North KoreaWorld Wrestling Championships: 13 golds, 7 silvers, 12 bronzes (latest 2025); Wrestling at the Asian Games: 8 golds, 18 silvers, 16 bronzes (latest 2026)
- RomaniaWrestling at the Olympic Games: 7 golds, 8 silvers, 19 bronzes (latest 2016); World Wrestling Championships: 15 golds, 33 silvers, 39 bronzes (latest 2025)
- GeorgiaWrestling at the Olympic Games: 4 golds, 7 silvers, 10 bronzes (latest 2024); World Wrestling Championships: 17 golds, 23 silvers, 44 bronzes (latest 2025)
- KazakhstanWorld Wrestling Championships: 8 golds, 21 silvers, 37 bronzes (latest 2025); Wrestling at the Asian Games: 11 golds, 22 silvers, 33 bronzes (latest 2026)
- PolandWrestling at the Olympic Games: 5 golds, 9 silvers, 13 bronzes (latest 2020); World Wrestling Championships: 15 golds, 38 silvers, 40 bronzes (latest 2025)
- MongoliaWorld Wrestling Championships: 7 golds, 29 silvers, 47 bronzes (latest 2025); Wrestling at the Asian Games: 12 golds, 19 silvers, 36 bronzes (latest 2026)
- GermanyWrestling at the Olympic Games: 5 golds, 12 silvers, 11 bronzes (latest 2020); World Wrestling Championships: 14 golds, 17 silvers, 35 bronzes (latest 2024)
- ArmeniaWrestling at the Olympic Games: 2 golds, 5 silvers, 4 bronzes (latest 2024); World Wrestling Championships: 15 golds, 10 silvers, 26 bronzes (latest 2025)
- KyrgyzstanWorld Wrestling Championships: 8 golds, 7 silvers, 16 bronzes (latest 2025); Wrestling at the Asian Games: 6 golds, 12 silvers, 28 bronzes (latest 2026)
- NorwayWrestling at the Olympic Games: 2 golds, 2 silvers, 3 bronzes (latest 2024); World Wrestling Championships: 12 golds, 17 silvers, 29 bronzes (latest 2023)
- South AfricaWrestling at the Commonwealth Games: 13 golds, 10 silvers, 11 bronzes (latest 2022)
- NigeriaWorld Wrestling Championships: 1 silver, 5 bronzes (latest 2023); Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games: 12 golds, 13 silvers, 24 bronzes (latest 2022)
- ItalyWrestling at the Olympic Games: 7 golds, 4 silvers, 11 bronzes (latest 2020); World Wrestling Championships: 3 golds, 8 silvers, 12 bronzes (latest 2019)
- East GermanyWrestling at the Olympic Games: 2 golds, 3 silvers, 2 bronzes (latest 1988); World Wrestling Championships: 7 golds, 23 silvers, 23 bronzes (latest 1989)
- YugoslaviaWrestling at the Olympic Games: 4 golds, 6 silvers, 6 bronzes (latest 1988); World Wrestling Championships: 5 golds, 19 silvers, 17 bronzes (latest 1991)
- West GermanyWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 gold, 4 silvers, 4 bronzes (latest 1988); World Wrestling Championships: 8 golds, 12 silvers, 19 bronzes (latest 1989)
- SerbiaWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 gold (latest 2016); World Wrestling Championships: 7 golds, 1 silver, 12 bronzes (latest 2025)
- BelarusWrestling at the Olympic Games: 7 silvers, 7 bronzes (latest 2020); World Wrestling Championships: 7 golds, 17 silvers, 30 bronzes (latest 2025)
- EstoniaWrestling at the Olympic Games: 5 golds, 2 silvers, 4 bronzes (latest 2012); World Wrestling Championships: 2 golds, 3 silvers, 5 bronzes (latest 2022)
- EnglandWrestling at the Commonwealth Games: 6 golds, 23 silvers, 41 bronzes (latest 2022)
- Unified TeamWrestling at the Olympic Games: 6 golds, 5 silvers, 5 bronzes (latest 1992)
- AustriaWrestling at the Olympic Games: 2 bronzes (latest 1932); World Wrestling Championships: 5 golds, 1 silver, 3 bronzes (latest 2018)
- CzechoslovakiaWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 gold, 7 silvers, 7 bronzes (latest 1988); World Wrestling Championships: 3 golds, 6 silvers, 11 bronzes (latest 1991)
- MoldovaWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 silver, 1 bronze (latest 2024); World Wrestling Championships: 4 golds, 8 silvers, 6 bronzes (latest 2025)
- EgyptWrestling at the Olympic Games: 2 golds, 3 silvers, 3 bronzes (latest 2020); World Wrestling Championships: 2 golds, 3 silvers, 5 bronzes (latest 2023)
- SwitzerlandWrestling at the Olympic Games: 4 golds, 4 silvers, 6 bronzes (latest 1984); World Wrestling Championships: 3 bronzes (latest 2019)
- New ZealandWrestling at the Commonwealth Games: 3 golds, 9 silvers, 19 bronzes (latest 2022)
- GreeceWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 gold, 3 silvers, 8 bronzes (latest 2024); World Wrestling Championships: 2 golds, 3 silvers, 12 bronzes (latest 2025)
- Great BritainWrestling at the Olympic Games: 3 golds, 4 silvers, 10 bronzes (latest 1984); World Wrestling Championships: 1 bronze (latest 2012)
- VenezuelaWorld Wrestling Championships: 3 golds, 4 silvers, 5 bronzes (latest 2013)
- BahrainWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 gold (latest 2024); World Wrestling Championships: 1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronzes (latest 2025)
- DenmarkWrestling at the Olympic Games: 3 silvers, 7 bronzes (latest 2024); World Wrestling Championships: 1 gold, 6 silvers, 8 bronzes (latest 2022)
- ScotlandWrestling at the Commonwealth Games: 1 gold, 5 silvers, 15 bronzes (latest 2014)
- Chinese TaipeiWorld Wrestling Championships: 1 gold, 5 silvers, 6 bronzes (latest 1996)
- United Team of GermanyWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 gold, 5 silvers, 3 bronzes (latest 1964)
- AlbaniaWrestling at the Olympic Games: 2 bronzes (latest 2024); World Wrestling Championships: 1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronzes (latest 2025)
- IsraelWorld Wrestling Championships: 1 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronzes (latest 2003)
- BelgiumWrestling at the Olympic Games: 3 silvers (latest 1956); World Wrestling Championships: 1 gold, 1 bronze (latest 1987)
- EcuadorWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 silver (latest 2024); World Wrestling Championships: 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze (latest 2025)
- United Arab RepublicWorld Wrestling Championships: 1 gold, 1 bronze (latest 1962)
- SlovakiaWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 silver (latest 2008); World Wrestling Championships: 4 silvers, 6 bronzes (latest 2025)
- TajikistanWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 silver (latest 2008); Wrestling at the Asian Games: 4 silvers, 4 bronzes (latest 2026)
- SyriaWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 silver (latest 1984); Wrestling at the Asian Games: 3 silvers, 4 bronzes (latest 2006)
- Czech RepublicWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 bronze (latest 2008); World Wrestling Championships: 2 silvers, 5 bronzes (latest 2024)
- CameroonWrestling at the Commonwealth Games: 3 silvers, 4 bronzes (latest 2022)
- LithuaniaWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 silver, 1 bronze (latest 2012); World Wrestling Championships: 1 silver, 4 bronzes (latest 2022)
- LebanonWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 silver, 2 bronzes (latest 1980); World Wrestling Championships: 1 silver, 1 bronze (latest 1953)
- ColombiaWrestling at the Olympic Games: 3 bronzes (latest 2024); World Wrestling Championships: 2 bronzes (latest 2023)
- IraqWrestling at the Asian Games: 2 silvers, 3 bronzes (latest 2026)
- LatviaWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 silver (latest 1936); World Wrestling Championships: 1 silver, 3 bronzes (latest 2017)
- Puerto RicoWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 silver, 1 bronze (latest 2024); World Wrestling Championships: 2 silvers, 1 bronze (latest 2023)
- AfghanistanWrestling at the Asian Games: 2 silvers, 2 bronzes (latest 1982)
- CroatiaWorld Wrestling Championships: 1 silver, 3 bronzes (latest 2025)
- PhilippinesWrestling at the Asian Games: 2 silvers, 2 bronzes (latest 1958)
- SpainWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 bronze (latest 2012); World Wrestling Championships: 3 bronzes (latest 2018)
- TurkmenistanWorld Wrestling Championships: 1 silver (latest 2002); Wrestling at the Asian Games: 3 bronzes (latest 2022)
- NetherlandsWorld Wrestling Championships: 1 silver, 2 bronzes (latest 2015)
- North MacedoniaWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 bronze (latest 2000); World Wrestling Championships: 1 silver, 1 bronze (latest 2019)
- Russian EmpireWrestling at the Olympic Games: 3 silvers (latest 1912)
- WalesWrestling at the Commonwealth Games: 1 silver, 2 bronzes (latest 2018)
- ChileWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 silver (latest 2024); World Wrestling Championships: 1 bronze (latest 2017)
- CyprusWrestling at the Commonwealth Games: 2 bronzes (latest 2018)
- IndonesiaWrestling at the Asian Games: 2 bronzes (latest 1962)
- Northern RhodesiaWrestling at the Commonwealth Games: 2 bronzes (latest 1954)
- QatarWrestling at the Asian Games: 2 bronzes (latest 2026)
- San MarinoWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 bronze (latest 2020); World Wrestling Championships: 1 bronze (latest 2023)
- TunisiaWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 bronze (latest 2016); World Wrestling Championships: 1 silver (latest 2017)
- VietnamWrestling at the Asian Games: 1 silver, 1 bronze (latest 2018)
- ArgentinaWorld Wrestling Championships: 1 bronze (latest 1990)
- BrazilWorld Wrestling Championships: 1 silver (latest 2014)
- JordanWrestling at the Asian Games: 1 silver (latest 2006)
- MexicoWrestling at the Olympic Games: 1 silver (latest 1984)
- Northern IrelandWrestling at the Commonwealth Games: 1 bronze (latest 1978)
- Sri LankaWrestling at the Commonwealth Games: 1 bronze (latest 2022)
Counted from the podiums and winners lists on our tournament pages.