| Times held | 14 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 206 |
| Total countries | 68 |
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Flyweight, Freestyle (≤115 pounds), Men | Olympic | 3 | 1 |
| 1948 | Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 11 | 11 |
| 1952 | Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 16 | 16 |
| 1956 | Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 11 | 11 |
| 1960 | Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 17 | 17 |
| 1964 | Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 22 | 22 |
| 1968 | Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 23 | 23 |
| 1972 | Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 24 | 24 |
| 1976 | Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 19 | 19 |
| 1980 | Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 16 | 16 |
| 1984 | Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 17 | 17 |
| 1988 | Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 30 | 30 |
| 1992 | Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 18 | 18 |
| 1996 | Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kilograms), Men | Olympic | 19 | 19 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | JPN |
5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Soviet Union | URS |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Türkiye | TUR |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| United States | USA |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Yugoslavia | YUG |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bulgaria | BUL |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | PRK |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Finland | FIN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republic of Korea | KOR |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Islamic Republic of Iran | IRI |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Azerbaijan | AZE |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland | POL |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mongolia | MGL |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sweden | SWE |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Šaban Trstena | MKD YUG |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Valentin Yordanov | BUL |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Yuji Takada | JPN |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lenni Viitala | FIN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kiyomi Kato | JPN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shigeo Nakata | JPN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mitsuru Sato | JPN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yoshikatsu Yoshida | JPN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Li Hak-Son | PRK |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ahmet Bilek | TUR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hasan Gemici | TUR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anatoly Beloglazov | RUS URS |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mirian Tsalkalamanidze | GEO URS |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| George Mehnert | USA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |