| 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 |