| Times held | 14 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 150 |
| Total countries | 62 |
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Super-Heavyweight (>110 kg), Men | Olympic | 13 | 11 |
| 1976 | Super-Heavyweight (>110 kg), Men | Olympic | 11 | 8 |
| 1980 | Super-Heavyweight (>110 kg), Men | Olympic | 12 | 8 |
| 1984 | Super-Heavyweight (>110 kg), Men | Olympic | 9 | 7 |
| 1988 | Super-Heavyweight (>110 kg), Men | Olympic | 17 | 13 |
| 1992 | Super-Heavyweight (>110 kg), Men | Olympic | 20 | 16 |
| 1996 | Super-Heavyweight (>108 kg), Men | Olympic | 18 | 15 |
| 2000 | Super-Heavyweight (>105 kg), Men | Olympic | 24 | 21 |
| 2004 | Super-Heavyweight (>105 kg), Men | Olympic | 17 | 15 |
| 2008 | Super-Heavyweight (>105 kg), Men | Olympic | 14 | 12 |
| 2012 | Super-Heavyweight (>105 kg), Men | Olympic | 19 | 17 |
| 2016 | Super-Heavyweight (>105 kg), Men | Olympic | 23 | 19 |
| 2020 | Super-Heavyweight (>109 kg), Men | Olympic | 13 | 13 |
| 2024 | Super-Heavyweight (>102 kg), Men | Olympic | 12 | 12 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union | URS |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Islamic Republic of Iran | IRI |
3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Georgia | GEO |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Germany | GER |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Russian Federation | RUS |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Unified Team | EUN |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Australia | AUS |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| East Germany | GDR |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| West Germany | FRG |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Armenia | ARM |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Latvia | LAT |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| United States | USA |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bahrain | BRN |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | BUL |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Poland | POL |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Republic of Korea | KOR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | SYR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lasha Talakhadze | GEO |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Vasily Alekseyev | RUS URS |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Aliaksandr Kurlovich | BLR URS EUN |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hossein Reza Zadeh | IRI |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andrey Chemerkin | RUS |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |