| Times held | 13 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 348 |
| Total countries | 121 |
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Half-Middleweight (≤70 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 28 | 28 |
| 1976 | Half-Middleweight (≤70 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 26 | 26 |
| 1980 | Half-Middleweight (≤78 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 23 | 23 |
| 1984 | Half-Middleweight (≤78 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 38 | 38 |
| 1988 | Half-Middleweight (≤78 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 41 | 41 |
| 1992 | Half-Middleweight (≤78 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 42 | 42 |
| 1996 | Half-Middleweight (≤78 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 34 | 34 |
| 2000 | Half-Middleweight (≤81 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 37 | 37 |
| 2004 | Half-Middleweight (≤81 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 32 | 32 |
| 2008 | Half-Middleweight (≤81 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 35 | 35 |
| 2012 | Half-Middleweight (≤81 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 33 | 33 |
| 2016 | Half-Middleweight (≤81 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 33 | 33 |
| 2020 | Half-Middleweight (≤81 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 34 | 34 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | JPN |
4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Soviet Union | URS |
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Republic of Korea | KOR |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Poland | POL |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Germany | GER |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| West Germany | FRG |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| France | FRA |
1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Russian Federation | RUS |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Greece | GRE |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United States | USA |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ukraine | UKR |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cuba | CUB |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | GBR |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mongolia | MGL |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| East Germany | GDR |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Brazil | BRA |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Austria | AUT |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Belgium | BEL |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Canada | CAN |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Estonia | EST |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Georgia | GEO |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Portugal | POR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Romania | ROU |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | UAE |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Wieneke | FRG |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ole Bischof | GER |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kim Jae-Beom | KOR |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Takanori Nagase | JPN |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Djamel Bouras | FRA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shota Khabareli | GEO URS |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Waldemar Legień | POL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vladimir Nevzorov | RUS URS |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Toyokazu Nomura | JPN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hidehiko Yoshida | JPN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Makoto Takimoto | JPN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ilias Iliadis | GRE |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Khasan Khalmurzayev | RUS |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |