| Times held | 14 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 304 |
| Total countries | 108 |
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Half-Heavyweight (≤93 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 29 | 29 |
| 1976 | Half-Heavyweight (≤93 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 32 | 32 |
| 1980 | Half-Heavyweight (≤95 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 23 | 23 |
| 1984 | Half-Heavyweight (≤95 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 22 | 22 |
| 1988 | Half-Heavyweight (≤95 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 21 | 21 |
| 1992 | Half-Heavyweight (≤95 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 34 | 34 |
| 1996 | Half-Heavyweight (≤95 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 32 | 32 |
| 2000 | Half-Heavyweight (≤100 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 33 | 33 |
| 2004 | Half-Heavyweight (≤100 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 33 | 33 |
| 2008 | Half-Heavyweight (≤100 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 32 | 32 |
| 2012 | Half-Heavyweight (≤100 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 30 | 30 |
| 2016 | Half-Heavyweight (≤100 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 34 | 34 |
| 2020 | Half-Heavyweight (≤100 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 24 | 24 |
| 2024 | Half-Heavyweight (≤100 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 25 | 25 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Republic of Korea | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Soviet Union | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Russian Federation | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Czechia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| West Germany | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Georgia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| France | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Israel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| East Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Iceland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| ROC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Unified Team | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aurélio Miguel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Robert Van de Walle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ha Hyeong-Ju | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Shota Chochishvili | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Antal Kovács | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Paweł Nastula | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kazuhiro Ninomiya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kosei Inoue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ihar Makarau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tagir Khaybulayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lukáš Krpálek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zelym Kotsoiev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aaron Wolf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |