| Times held | 14 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 255 |
| Total countries | 98 |
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Heavyweight (>80 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 14 | 12 |
| 1972 | Heavyweight (>93 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 19 | 19 |
| 1976 | Heavyweight (>93 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 19 | 19 |
| 1980 | Heavyweight (>95 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 16 | 16 |
| 1984 | Heavyweight (>95 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 16 | 16 |
| 1988 | Heavyweight (>95 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 26 | 26 |
| 1992 | Heavyweight (>95 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 28 | 28 |
| 1996 | Heavyweight (>95 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 33 | 33 |
| 2000 | Heavyweight (>100 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 32 | 32 |
| 2004 | Heavyweight (>100 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 33 | 33 |
| 2008 | Heavyweight (>100 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 34 | 34 |
| 2012 | Heavyweight (>100 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 31 | 31 |
| 2016 | Heavyweight (>100 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 31 | 31 |
| 2020 | Heavyweight (>100 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 22 | 22 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | JPN |
5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| France | FRA |
5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Soviet Union | URS |
1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Netherlands | NED |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Czechia | CZE |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unified Team | EUN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Russian Federation | RUS |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| West Germany | FRG |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Canada | CAN |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bulgaria | BUL |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| East Germany | GDR |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Georgia | GEO |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain | ESP |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | UZB |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brazil | BRA |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Estonia | EST |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Germany | GER |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Republic of Korea | KOR |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Belgium | BEL |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cuba | CUB |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Czechoslovakia | TCH |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hungary | HUN |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Israel | ISR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| ROC | ROC |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| United States | USA |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yugoslavia | YUG |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teddy Riner | FRA |
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| David Douillet | FRA |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Hitoshi Saito | JPN |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Angelo Parisi | FRA GBR |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Isao Inokuma | JPN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Davit Khakhaleishvili | GEO EUN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sergey Novikov | URS |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wim Ruska | NED |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Keiji Suzuki | JPN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Satoshi Ishii | JPN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lukáš Krpálek | CZE |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |