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Wrestling has featured as a sport at the Youth Olympic Summer Games since its first edition in 2010. The Youth Olympic Games are multi-sport event and the games are held every four years just like the Olympic Games.

Editions

Games Year Events
1 2010 14 (10M+4W)
2 2014 14 (10M+4W)
3 2018 15 (10M+5W)
4 2026 18 (9M+9W)

Medal table

As of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russia (RUS) 9 1 3 13
2  Azerbaijan (AZE) 8 3 1 12
3  Japan (JPN) 6 0 2 8
4  United States (USA) 2 4 0 6
5  Iran (IRI) 2 3 3 8
6  Uzbekistan (UZB) 2 1 4 7
7  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 2 0 2 4
8  North Korea (PRK) 2 0 0 2
9  Turkey (TUR) 1 4 3 8
10  Georgia (GEO) 1 3 2 6
11  Moldova (MDA) 1 2 1 4
12  China (CHN) 1 2 0 3
 Cuba (CUB) 1 2 0 3
14  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) 1 1 1 3
 Mongolia (MGL) 1 1 1 3
16  Canada (CAN) 1 0 0 1
 Norway (NOR) 1 0 0 1
 Sweden (SWE) 1 0 0 1
19  Ukraine (UKR) 0 2 4 6
20  India (IND) 0 2 1 3
21  Argentina (ARG) 0 2 0 2
22  Armenia (ARM) 0 1 4 5
23  Egypt (EGY) 0 1 3 4
24  Bulgaria (BUL) 0 1 1 2
25  Algeria (ALG) 0 1 0 1
 Ecuador (ECU) 0 1 0 1
 Hungary (HUN) 0 1 0 1
 South Korea (KOR) 0 1 0 1
 Tajikistan (TJK) 0 1 0 1
 Venezuela (VEN) 0 1 0 1
31  Belarus (BLR) 0 0 1 1
 Finland (FIN) 0 0 1 1
 France (FRA) 0 0 1 1
 Germany (GER) 0 0 1 1
 Mexico (MEX) 0 0 1 1
 Pakistan (PAK) 0 0 1 1
 Poland (POL) 0 0 1 1
Totals (37 nations) 43 42 43 128
  • Nurbek Hakkulov of Uzbekistan originally finished second, but in October 2010, it was announced that he tested positive for diuretic Furosemide.
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