Since 1924, many Oklahoma State athletes have fought their way to Olympic team membership in wrestling, with 10 athletes winning a gold medal 12 times. That includes OSU three-time NCAA champion Yojiro Uetake, who took the gold medal twice for his home country of Japan. Ten O-Staters have been selected as coaches or managers. OSU head coach John Smith brought home his second consecutive gold medal as a member of Team USA from the 1992 Olympic Games held in Barcelona. Smith coached his first Olympic team in Sydney in 2000. Listed below are OSU’s 49 Olympians and where they placed.

Paris

1932
Bobby Pearce 123 Gold Medal 
Melvin Clodfelter 145 3rd round
Jack Van Bebber 158.5 Gold Medal 
Conrad Caldwell 191.5 alternate

Berlin

1936
Ross Flood 123 Silver Medal 
Fred Parkey 134 reserve
Harley Strong 145 1st round
Frank Lewis 158.5 Gold Medal 
Roy Dunn Hwt 1st round
George Chiga, Canada Hwt

E.C. Gallagher, Honorary Coach
Clarence Gallagher, Trainer

London

1960
Shelby Wilson 147.5 Gold Medal 
Doug Blubaugh 160.5 Gold Medal 

Tokyo

1964
Yojiro Uetake, Japan 125.5 Gold Medal 
Bobby Douglas 138.5 fourth

Rex Peery, Coach
Fendley Collins, Manager

Mexico City

1968
Yojiro Uetake, Japan 125.5 Gold Medal 
Bobby Douglas 138.5 DNC-illness

Munich

1976
Gene Davis 136.5 Bronze Medal 
Jimmy Jackson Hwt 3rd round
Harry Geris, Canada Hwt

Los Angeles

1984
Lee Roy Smith 136.5 DNC-arbitration
Bruce Baumgartner 286 Gold Medal 

Seoul

1988
John Smith 136.5 Gold Medal 
Kenny Monday 163 Gold Medal 

Joe Seay, Coach

Barcelona

1992
Kendall Cross 125.5 sixth
John Smith 136.5 Gold Medal 
Kenny Monday 163 Silver Medal 

Atlanta

1996
Kendall Cross 125.5 Gold Medal 
Kenny Monday 163 fourth

Sydney

2004
Daniel Cormier, 211.5, Fourth
Eric Guerrero, 132, First Round
Jamill Kelly, 145.5, Silver Medal 

Beijing