ATHENS 2004:

Gold - Yandro Miguel Quintana, Cuba
Silver - Masuod Jokar, Iran
Bronze - Kenji Inoue, Japan

SYDNEY 2000:

Gold - Alireza Dabir, Iran
Silver - Yevhen Buslovych, Ukraine
Bronze - Terry Brands, United States 

(previously up to 57 kg)

ATLANTA 1996:

Gold - Kendall Cross, United States                   
Silver - Giya Sissaouri, Canada                          
Bronze - Ri Yong Sam, North Korea                     

BARCELONA 1992:

Gold - Alejandro Puerto Diaz, Cuba
Silver - Serguie Smal, Unified Team
Bronze - Kim Yong Sik, North Korea

SEOUL 1988:

Gold - Sergei Beloglazov, Soviet Union
Silver - Aksari Mohammadian, Iran
Bronze - Noh Kyung-sun, South Korea

LOS ANGELES 1984:

Gold - Hideyaki Tomiyama, Japan
Silver - Barry Davis, United States
Bronze - Kim Eui-kon, South Korea

MOSCOW 1980:

Gold - Sergei Beloglazov, Soviet Union
Silver - Li Ho-pyong, North Korea
Bronze - Dugarsuren Ouinbold, Mongolia

MONTREAL 1976:

Gold - Vladimir Umin, Soviet Union
Silver - Hans Dieter-Bruchert, East Germany
Bronze - Masao Arai, Japan 

MUNICH 1972:

Gold - Hideyaki Yanagida, Japan
Silver - Richard Sanders, United States
Bronze - Laszlo Klinga, Hungary

MEXICO CITY 1968:

Gold - Yojiro Uetake, Japan
Silver - Donald Behm, United States
Bronze - Abutaleb Talebi, Iran

TOKYO 1964:

Gold - Yojiro Uetake, Japan
Silver - Huseyin Akbas, Turkey
Bronze - Aydyn Ibragimov, Soviet Union

ROME 1960:

Gold - Terrence McCann, United States
Silver - Nezhdet Zalev, Bulgaria
Bronze - Tadeusz Trojanowski, Poland

MELBOURNE 1956:

Gold - Mustafa Dagistanli, Turkey
Silver - Mehdi Yaghoubi, Iran
Bronze - Mikhail Chakhov, Soviet Union

HELSINKI 1952:

Gold - Shohachi Ishii, Japan
Silver - Rashid Mamedbekov, Soviet Union
Bronze - Kha-Shaba Jadav, India

LONDON 1948:

Gold - Nasuh Akar, Turkey
Silver - Gerald Leeman, United States
Bronze - Charles Kouyos, France

1924 - 1936:

up to 56 kg

BERLIN 1936:

Gold - Odon Zombori, Hungary
Silver - Ross Flood, United States
Bronze - Johannes Herbert, Germany

LOS ANGELES 1932:

Gold - Robert Pearce, United States
Silver - Odon Zombori, Hungary
Bronze - Aatos Jaskari, Finland

AMSTERDAM 1928:

Gold - Kaarlo Makinen, Finland
Silver - Edmond Spapnen, Belgium
Bronze - James Trifunov, Canada

PARIS 1924:

Gold - Kustaa Pihlajamaki, Finland
Silver - Kaarlo Makinen, Finland
Bronze - Bryant Hines, United States

1912 - 1920:

not held

1908:

up to 54 kg

LONDON 1908:

Gold - George Mehnert, United States
Silver - William Press, Great Britain
Bronze - Aubert Cote, Canada

ATHENS 1906:

not held

ST. LOUIS 1904:

Gold - Isidor Niflot, United States
Silver - August Wester, United States
Bronze - Z.B. Strebler, United States

1896 - 1900:

not held

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