| Year | 
Event | 
Status | 
Participants | 
NOCs | 
| 1920 | 
Heavyweight (>82½ kilograms), Men | 
Olympic | 
6 | 
5 | 
| 1924 | 
Heavyweight (>82½ kilograms), Men | 
Olympic | 
19 | 
12 | 
| 1928 | 
Heavyweight (>82½ kilograms), Men | 
Olympic | 
17 | 
11 | 
| 1932 | 
Heavyweight (>82½ kilograms), Men | 
Olympic | 
6 | 
4 | 
| 1936 | 
Heavyweight (>82½ kilograms), Men | 
Olympic | 
13 | 
9 | 
| 1948 | 
Heavyweight (>82½ kilograms), Men | 
Olympic | 
16 | 
14 | 
| 1952 | 
Heavyweight (>90 kilograms), Men | 
Olympic | 
13 | 
11 | 
| 1956 | 
Heavyweight (>90 kilograms), Men | 
Olympic | 
9 | 
9 | 
| 1960 | 
Heavyweight (>90 kilograms), Men | 
Olympic | 
18 | 
15 | 
| 1964 | 
Heavyweight (>90 kilograms), Men | 
Olympic | 
21 | 
18 | 
| 1968 | 
Heavyweight (>90 kilograms), Men | 
Olympic | 
17 | 
14 | 
| 1972 | 
Heavyweight (≤110 kilograms), Men | 
Olympic | 
26 | 
19 | 
| 1976 | 
Heavyweight (≤110 kilograms), Men | 
Olympic | 
22 | 
16 | 
| 2000 | 
Heavyweight (≤105 kilograms), Men | 
Olympic | 
21 | 
18 | 
| 2004 | 
Heavyweight (≤105 kilograms), Men | 
Olympic | 
22 | 
19 | 
| 2008 | 
Heavyweight (≤105 kilograms), Men | 
Olympic | 
19 | 
15 | 
| 2012 | 
Heavyweight (≤105 kilograms), Men | 
Olympic | 
17 | 
14 | 
| 2016 | 
Heavyweight (≤105 kilograms), Men | 
Olympic | 
17 | 
15 | 
| 2020 | 
Heavyweight (≤109 kilograms), Men | 
Olympic | 
14 | 
14 |