ATHENS 2004:
Gold - Mavlet Batirov, Russia
Silver - Stephen Abas, United States
Bronze - Chikara Tanabe, Japan
SYDNEY 2000:
Gold - Namig Abdullayev, Azerbaijan
Silver - Samuel Henson, United States
Bronze - Amiran Karntanov, Greece
(previously up to 52 kg)
ATLANTA 1996:
Gold - Valentin Jordanov, Bulgaria
Silver - Namig Abdullayev, Azerbaijan
Bronze - Maulen Mamyrov, Kazakhstan
BARCELONA 1992:
Gold - Chun Byun Kwan, South Korea
Silver - Liu Shoubin, China
Bronze - Luo Jianming, China
SEOUL 1988:
Gold - Mitsuru Sato, Japan
Silver - Saban Trstena, Yugoslavia
Bronze - Vladimir Toguzov, Soviet Union
LOS ANGELES 1984:
Gold - Saban Trstena, Yugoslavia
Silver - Kim Jong-kyu, South Korea
Bronze - Yuji Takada, Japan
MOSCOW 1980:
Gold - Anatoly Beloglazov, Soviet Union
Silver - Wladyslaw Stecyk, Poland
Bronze - Nermedin Selimov, Bulgaria
MONTREAL 1976:
Gold - Yuji Takada, Japan
Silver - Aleksandr Ivanov, Soviet Union
Bronze - Jeon Hae-sup, South Korea
MUNICH 1972:
Gold - Kiyomi Kato, Japan
Silver - Arsen Alkhverdiev, Soviet Union
Bronze - Kim Gwong-hyong, South Korea
MEXICO CITY 1968:
Gold - Shigeo Nakata, Japan
Silver - Richard Sanders, United States
Bronze - Surenjav Sukhbaatar, Mongolia
TOKYO 1964:
Gold - Yoshikatsu Yoshida, Japan
Silver - Chang Chang-sun, South Korea
Bronze - Ali Akbar Heidari, Iran
ROME 1960:
Gold - Ahmet Bilek, Turkey
Silver - Masayuki Matsubara, Japan
Bronze - Mohammad Ebrahim Seifpour, Iran
MELBOURNE 1956:
Gold - Miran Tsalkalamanidze, Soviet Union
Silver - Mohammad Ali Khojastepour, Iran
Bronze - Huseyin Akbas, Turkey
HELSINKI 1952:
Gold - Hasan Gemici, Turkey
Silver - Yushu Kitano, Japan
Bronze - Mahmoud Mollaghasemi, Iran
LONDON 1948:
Gold - Lennart Viitala, Finland
Silver - Halit Balamir, Turkey
Bronze - Thure Johansson, Sweden
1906-1936:
not held
1904:
ST. LOUIS 1904:
Gold - George Mehnert, United States
Silver - Gustav Bauer, United States
Bronze - William Nelson, United States
1896 - 1900:
not held
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