| Times held | 9 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 142 |
| Total countries | 60 |
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Extra-Lightweight (≤48 kilograms), Women | Olympic (non-medal) | 7 | 7 |
| 1992 | Extra-Lightweight (≤48 kilograms), Women | Olympic | 22 | 22 |
| 1996 | Extra-Lightweight (≤48 kilograms), Women | Olympic | 23 | 23 |
| 2000 | Extra-Lightweight (≤48 kilograms), Women | Olympic | 23 | 23 |
| 2004 | Extra-Lightweight (≤48 kilograms), Women | Olympic | 22 | 22 |
| 2008 | Extra-Lightweight (≤48 kilograms), Women | Olympic | 23 | 23 |
| 2012 | Extra-Lightweight (≤48 kilograms), Women | Olympic | 19 | 19 |
| 2016 | Extra-Lightweight (≤48 kilograms), Women | Olympic | 23 | 23 |
| 2020 | Extra-Lightweight (≤48 kilograms), Women | Olympic | 28 | 28 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | JPN |
2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| France | FRA |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Romania | ROU |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Argentina | ARG |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brazil | BRA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | PRK |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kosovo | KOS |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cuba | CUB |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Republic of Korea | KOR |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Russian Federation | RUS |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Belgium | BEL |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Germany | GER |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Hungary | HUN |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mongolia | MGL |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| People's Republic of China | CHN |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Spain | ESP |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Türkiye | TUR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ukraine | UKR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryoko Tamura-Tani | JPN |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Alina Dumitru | ROU |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Paula Pareto | ARG |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kye Sun-Hui | PRK |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cécile Nowak | FRA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sarah Menezes | BRA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Distria Krasniqi | KOS |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |