# Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics

At the 1964 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Turkey (TUR) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |

## Medal summary
### Greco-Roman

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight details | Tsutomu Hanahara Japan | Angel Kerezov Bulgaria | Dumitru Pârvulescu Romania |
| Bantamweight details | Masamitsu Ichiguchi Japan | Vladlen Trostyansky Soviet Union | Ion Cernea Romania |
| Featherweight details | Imre Polyák Hungary | Roman Rurua Soviet Union | Branislav Martinović Yugoslavia |
| Lightweight details | Kazım Ayvaz Turkey | Valeriu Bularca Romania | David Gvantseladze Soviet Union |
| Welterweight details | Anatoly Kolesov Soviet Union | Kiril Petkov Bulgaria | Bertil Nyström Sweden |
| Middleweight details | Branislav Simić Yugoslavia | Jiří Kormaník Czechoslovakia | Lothar Metz United Team of Germany |
| Light Heavyweight details | Boyan Radev Bulgaria | Per Svensson Sweden | Heinz Kiehl United Team of Germany |
| Heavyweight details | István Kozma Hungary | Anatoly Roshchin Soviet Union | Wilfried Dietrich United Team of Germany |

### Freestyle

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight details | Yoshikatsu Yoshida Japan | Chang Chang-Sun South Korea | Ali Akbar Heidari Iran |
| Bantamweight details | Yojiro Uetake Japan | Hüseyin Akbas Turkey | Aydin Ibrahimov Soviet Union |
| Featherweight details | Osamu Watanabe Japan | Stancho Kolev Bulgaria | Nodar Khokhashvili Soviet Union |
| Lightweight details | Enyu Valchev Bulgaria | Klaus Rost United Team of Germany | Iwao Horiuchi Japan |
| Welterweight details | İsmail Ogan Turkey | Guliko Sagaradze Soviet Union | Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran Iran |
| Middleweight details | Prodan Gardzhev Bulgaria | Hasan Güngör Turkey | Daniel Brand United States |
| Light Heavyweight details | Aleksandr Medved Soviet Union | Ahmet Ayık Turkey | Said Mustafov Bulgaria |
| Heavyweight details | Aleksandr Ivanitsky Soviet Union | Lyutvi Ahmedov Bulgaria | Hamit Kaplan Turkey |

## Participating nations

A total of 275 wrestlers from 42 nations competed at the Tokyo Games:
* Afghanistan (8)
* Argentina (4)
* Australia (8)
* Austria (4)
* Belgium (3)
* Bulgaria (16)
* Canada (4)
* Czechoslovakia (4)
* Denmark (3)
* Egypt (4)
* Finland (10)
* France (3)
* United Team of Germany (14)
* Great Britain (6)
* Greece (5)
* Hungary (10)
* India (8)
* Iran (12)
* Ireland (2)
* Italy (5)
* Japan (16)
* South Korea (13)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Mexico (4)
* Mongolia (8)
* New Zealand (2)
* Norway (1)
* Pakistan (6)
* Panama (3)
* Philippines (4)
* Poland (5)
* Romania (10)
* Soviet Union (16)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (9)
* Switzerland (3)
* Turkey (15)
* United States (16)
* Yugoslavia (4)