The United States first took part in Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the Olympics in 1912. The United States first appearance at the World Championships in Greco-Roman was in 1961. Greco-Roman wrestling was held at the first modern Olympics in 1896 and the first World Championships in Greco-Roman was in 1904.
| Year | Team | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1896 | DNC | Did not compete |
| Year | Team | 75 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| Year | Team | 68 kg | 80 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| Year | Team | 75 kg | 85 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| 1907 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| Year | Team | 66 kg | 73 kg | 93 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| Year | Team | 75 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| 1909 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| Year | Team | 60 kg | 70 kg | 85 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| Year | Team | 60 kg | 67 kg | 73 kg | 83 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| Year | Team | 60 kg | 67.5 kg | 75 kg | 82.5 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | N/A | Lysohn, William (DNP) | No Competitor | No Competitor | No Competitor | No Competitor |
| Retzer, George (DNP) |
| Year | Team | 67.5 kg | 75 kg | 82.5 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| Year | Team | 60 kg | 67.5 kg | 75 kg | 82.5 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | N/A | Brian, Adrian (DNP) | Metropoulos, George (DNP) | Szymanski, Henry (DNP) | Maichle, Frank (DNP) | Weyand, Alexander (4th) |
| Gallery, Daniel (DNP) | Swigart, Oral (DNP) | Zanoline, Paul (DNP) | Pendleton, Nat (DNP) | Willkie, Edward (5th) |
| Year | Team | 60 kg | 67.5 kg | 75 kg | 82.5 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| Year | Team | 58 kg | 62 kg | 67.5 kg | 75 kg | 82.5 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| 1922 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| 1924 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| 1928 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| Year | Team | 56 kg | 61 kg | 66 kg | 72 kg | 79 kg | 87 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| 1936 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| Year | Team | 52 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg (−1961), 63 kg (1962–1968) | 67 kg (−1961), 70 kg (1962–1968) | 73 kg (−1961), 78 kg (1962–1968) | 79 kg (−1961), 87 kg (1962–1968) | 87 kg (−1961), 97 kg (1962–1968) | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| 1949 | N/A | No Championships Held | |||||||
| 1950 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| 1951 | N/A | No Championships Held | |||||||
| 1952 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| 1953 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| 1954 | N/A | No Championships Held | |||||||
| 1955 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| 1956 | 12th | Wilson, Richard (DNP) | Townley, Kent (DNP) | Rice, Alan (DNP) | Evans, Jay (DNP) | Holt, James (5th) | Peckham, James (7th) | Thomas, Dale (5th) | Lewis, Dale (DNP) |
| 1957 | N/A | No Championships Held | |||||||
| 1958 | DNC | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| 1959 | N/A | No Championships Held | |||||||
| 1960 | N/A | Wilson, Richard (DNP) | Lauchle, Larry (DNP) | Allen, Lee (8th) | Northrup, Ben (DNP) | Fivian, Fritz (DNP) | Camilleri, Russell (8th) | George, Howard (DNP) | Lewis, Dale (DNP) |
| 1961 | 10th | Wilson, Richard (5th) | Gomes, Joseph (DNP) | Finley, Ron (DNP) | Northrup, Ben (4th) | Weick, Bill (DNP) | Camilleri, Russell (DNP) | Brand, Daniel (5th) | Lovell, Patrick (6th) |
| 1962 | 10th | Wilson, Richard (DNP) | Molino, Carmen (DNP) | Grubbs, Lee (DNP) | Burke, James (3rd) | Williams, Rudy (5th) | Camilleri, Russell (DNP) | Lovell, Patrick (6th) | Wilson, Hallow (5th) |
| 1963 | 12th | Fitch, Andrew (DNP) | Molino, Carmen (DNP) | Douglas, Bobby (DNP) | Northrup, Ben (DNP) | Fitzgerald, Dennis (DNP) | Baughman, Wayne (DNP) | Ferguson, James (DNP) | Raschke, James (3rd) |
| 1964 | 12th | Wilson, Richard (4th) | Fitch, Andrew (DNP) | Finley, Ron (4th) | Burke, James (DNP) | Camilleri, Russell (7th) | Baughman, Wayne (7th) | Lovell, Patrick (DNP) | Pickens, Robert (6th) |
| 1965 | DNP | Sanders, Rick (DNP) | No Competitor | Douglas, Bobby (DNP) | Burke, James (DNP) | Camilleri, Russell (DNP) | Baughman, Wayne (DNP) | Conine, Gerald (DNP) | Kristoff, Larry (DNP) |
| 1966 | 15th | Hazewinkel, Jim (6th) | Coffee, Charles (DNP) | Finley, Ron (6th) | Northrup, Ben (DNP) | Camilleri, Russell (DNP) | Baughman, Wayne (DNP) | Conine, Gerald (DNP) | Raschke, James (DNP) |
| 1967 | DNP | Hazewinkel, David (DNP) | Hazewinkel, Jim (DNP) | Coffee, Charles (DNP) | No Competitor | Williams, Rudy (DNP) | No Competitor | Stensland, Garry (DNP) | No Competitor |
| 1968 | 14th | Tamble, Richard (DNP) | Hazewinkel, David (DNP) | Hazewinkel, Jim (7th) | Holzer, Werner (6th) | Lyden, Larry (DNP) | Baughman, Wayne (5th) | Schenk, Henk (DNP) | Roop, Robert (DNP) |
| Year | Team | 54 kg | 58 kg | 63 kg | 69 kg | 76 kg | 85 kg | 97 kg | 130 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 18th | Lee, Broderick (18th) | Hall, Dennis (6th) | Zuniga, David (16th) | Saba, Chris (27th) | Lindland, Matt (17th) | Henderson, Dan (7th) | Couture, Randy (9th) | Gardner, Rulon (5th) |
| 1998 | 8th | Sheldon, Shawn (14th) | Hall, Dennis (20th) | Bracken, Kevin (12th) | Saba, Chris (15th) | Lindland, Matt (6th) | Clark, Quincey (9th) | Klohs, Jason (18th) | Ghaffari, Matt (2nd) |
| 1999 | 22nd | Mays, Steven (24th) | Hall, Dennis (28th) | Lewis, Shon (26th) | Zuniga, David (26th) | Lindland, Matt (24th) | Clark, Quincey (8th) | Klohs, Jason (7th) | Byers, Dremiel (6th) |
| 2000 | 3rd | Mays, Steven (17th) | Gruenwald, Jim (6th) | Bracken, Kevin (6th) | Sims, Heath (12th) | Lindland, Matt (2nd) | Clark, Quincey (19th) | Lowney, Garrett (3rd) | Gardner, Rulon (1st) |
| 2001 | 3rd | Paulson, Brandon (2nd) | Gruenwald, Jim (10th) | Bracken, Kevin (7th) | Cooper, Marcel (21st) | Sieracki, Keith (11th) | Lindland, Matt (2nd) | Loukides, Jason (30th) | Gardner, Rulon (1st) |
| Year | Team | 59 kg | 66 kg | 71 kg | 75 kg | 80 kg | 85 kg | 98 kg | 125 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 12th | Mango, Spenser (5th) | Saddoris, Bryce (17th) | Lester, Justin (18th) | Bisek, Andy (3rd) | Rau, Joe (29th) | Holm, Jordan (29th) | Williams, Caylor (25th) | Smith, Robby (9th) |
| 2015 | 11th | Mango, Spenser (13th) | Saddoris, Bryce (9th) | Lester, Justin (9th) | Bisek, Andy (3rd) | Martinez, Patrick (9th) | Holm, Jordan (27th) | Williams, Caylor (15th) | Smith, Robby (5th) |
| 2016 | N/A | Thielke, Jesse (9th) | Perkins, RaVaughan (DNQ) | Gonzalez, Matthew (10th) | Bisek, Andy (12th) | Martinez, Patrick (26th) | Provisor, Ben (12th) | Rau, Joe (DNQ) | Smith, Robby (12th) |
| 2017 | 31st | Hafizov, Ildar (19th) | Coleman, Ellis (12th) | Smith, Patrick (15th) | Manville, Mason (16th) | Haight, Cheney (26th) | Provisor, Ben (21st) | Hancock, G'Angelo (13th) | Smith, Robby (10th) |
The tables shows those who have won at least 2 gold medals at the World Championships or Olympic Games. Boldface denotes active wrestlers and highest medal count among all wrestlers (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
| Rank | Wrestler | Weights | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rulon Gardner | 130 kg | 2000 | 2004 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
