| Times held | 20 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 257 |
| Total countries | 80 |
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Heavyweight (>82½ kg), Men | Olympic | 6 | 5 |
| 1924 | Heavyweight (>82½ kg), Men | Olympic | 19 | 12 |
| 1928 | Heavyweight (>82½ kg), Men | Olympic | 17 | 11 |
| 1932 | Heavyweight (>82½ kg), Men | Olympic | 6 | 4 |
| 1936 | Heavyweight (>82½ kg), Men | Olympic | 13 | 9 |
| 1948 | Heavyweight (>82½ kg), Men | Olympic | 16 | 14 |
| 1952 | Heavyweight (>90 kg), Men | Olympic | 13 | 11 |
| 1956 | Heavyweight (>90 kg), Men | Olympic | 9 | 9 |
| 1960 | Heavyweight (>90 kg), Men | Olympic | 18 | 15 |
| 1964 | Heavyweight (>90 kg), Men | Olympic | 21 | 18 |
| 1968 | Heavyweight (>90 kg), Men | Olympic | 17 | 14 |
| 1972 | Heavyweight (≤110 kg), Men | Olympic | 26 | 19 |
| 1976 | Heavyweight (≤110 kg), Men | Olympic | 22 | 16 |
| 2000 | Heavyweight (≤105 kg), Men | Olympic | 21 | 18 |
| 2004 | Heavyweight (≤105 kg), Men | Olympic | 22 | 19 |
| 2008 | Heavyweight (≤105 kg), Men | Olympic | 19 | 15 |
| 2012 | Heavyweight (≤105 kg), Men | Olympic | 17 | 14 |
| 2016 | Heavyweight (≤105 kg), Men | Olympic | 17 | 15 |
| 2020 | Heavyweight (≤109 kg), Men | Olympic | 14 | 14 |
| 2024 | Heavyweight (≤102 kg), Men | Olympic | 13 | 13 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union | URS |
5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| United States | USA |
3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Uzbekistan | UZB |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Germany | GER |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Italy | ITA |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Islamic Republic of Iran | IRI |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Czechoslovakia | TCH |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Russian Federation | RUS |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Belarus | BLR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| People's Republic of China | CHN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | BUL |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Armenia | ARM |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Estonia | EST |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Poland | POL |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Argentina | ARG |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Austria | AUT |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Belgium | BEL |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Luxembourg | LUX |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ukraine | UKR |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| East Germany | GDR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| France | FRA |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Individual Neutral Athletes | AIN |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Latvia | LAT |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Netherlands | NED |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Qatar | QAT |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonid Zhabotinsky | URS UKR |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| John Davis | USA |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yury Vlasov | RUS URS |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Akbar Djuraev | UZB |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Josef Straßberger | GER |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jaroslav Skobla | CZE TCH |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |