| Times held | 18 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 323 |
| Total countries | 98 |
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men | Olympic | 20 | 20 |
| 1956 | Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men | Olympic | 15 | 14 |
| 1960 | Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men | Olympic | 20 | 17 |
| 1964 | Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men | Olympic | 19 | 18 |
| 1968 | Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men | Olympic | 29 | 22 |
| 1972 | Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men | Olympic | 23 | 19 |
| 1976 | Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men | Olympic | 19 | 16 |
| 1980 | Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men | Olympic | 18 | 16 |
| 1984 | Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men | Olympic | 26 | 20 |
| 1988 | Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men | Olympic | 28 | 22 |
| 1992 | Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kg), Men | Olympic | 23 | 19 |
| 1996 | Middle-Heavyweight (≤91 kg), Men | Olympic | 25 | 22 |
| 2000 | Middle-Heavyweight (≤94 kg), Men | Olympic | 19 | 17 |
| 2004 | Middle-Heavyweight (≤94 kg), Men | Olympic | 25 | 18 |
| 2008 | Middle-Heavyweight (≤94 kg), Men | Olympic | 18 | 14 |
| 2012 | Middle-Heavyweight (≤94 kg), Men | Olympic | 21 | 18 |
| 2016 | Middle-Heavyweight (≤94 kg), Men | Olympic | 18 | 15 |
| 2020 | Middle-Heavyweight (≤96 kg), Men | Olympic | 15 | 15 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union | URS |
5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| Bulgaria | BUL |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Islamic Republic of Iran | IRI |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| United States | USA |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Poland | POL |
1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Russian Federation | RUS |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Greece | GRE |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Romania | ROU |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Unified Team | EUN |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Finland | FIN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hungary | HUN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qatar | QAT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | GBR |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Georgia | GEO |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Belarus | BLR |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Republic of Korea | KOR |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Venezuela | VEN |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cuba | CUB |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| East Germany | GDR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| France | FRA |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | GER |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lithuania | LTU |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sweden | SWE |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akakios Kakiasvili | GEO GRE EUN |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Arkady Vorobyov | RUS URS |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Szymon Kołecki | POL |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Aleksey Petrov | RUS |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Andon Nikolov | BUL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kaarlo Kangasniemi | FIN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Péter Baczakó | HUN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anatoly Khrapaty | KAZ URS |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nicu Vlad | ROU |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vladimir Golovanov | RUS URS |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| David Rigert | RUS URS |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Norb Schemansky | USA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Milen Dobrev | BUL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Saeid Mohammadpour | IRI |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sohrab Moradi | IRI |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fares Ibrahim El-Bakh | QAT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |