Olympedia – Ivar Johansson
Biography
Ivar Johansson was one of Sweden’s greatest ever wrestlers. He also is likely the greatest wrestler ever to not have won a world championship. Johansson did, however, win three Olympic gold medals – a record he shares with Aleksandr Medved, Carl Westergren, and Aleksandr Karelin. Johansson is also one of three wrestlers to have won Olympic gold medals in both classes. Two of these came in 1932 when he won the freestyle middleweight class and the Greco-roman welterweight class. He added the 1936 Olympic title in middleweight Greco-roman. Johansson never competed at the World Championships. However, at the European Championships, he was nonpareil, winning nine titles between 1931 and 1939, six at Greco and three at freestyle.
Results
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 Summer Olympics | Wrestling |  SWE |
Ivar Johansson | |||
| Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) | =9 | |||||
| 1932 Summer Olympics | Wrestling | SWE |
Ivar Johansson | |||
| Welterweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) | 1 | Gold | ||||
| Middleweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) | 1 | Gold | ||||
| 1936 Summer Olympics | Wrestling | SWE |
Ivar Johansson | |||
| Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) | 1 | Gold |
Special Notes
- Listed in Olympic Wrestling Champions in Both Freestyle and Greco-Roman (1932 Freestyle Middleweight; 1932 Greco-Roman Welterweight; 1936 Greco-Roman Middleweight.)
- Listed in Olympic Wrestling Champions in Both Freestyle and Greco-Roman, Same Year (1932 Freestyle Middleweight / Greco-Roman Welterweight.)
- Listed in Olympic Wrestling Medalists in Both Freestyle and Greco-Roman (1932 Freestyle Middleweight Gold; 1932 Greco-Roman Welterweight Gold; 1936 Greco-Roman Middleweight Gold.)
- Listed in Olympic Wrestling Medalists in Both Freestyle and Greco-Roman, Same Year (1932 Freestyle Middleweight Gold / Greco-Roman Welterweight Gold.)