SYDNEY 2000:

Gold - Halil Mutlu, Turkey 
Silver - Wenxiong Wu, China
Bronze - Xiangxiang Zhang, China

(up to 54 kg prior to 2000)

ATLANTA 1996:

Gold - Halil Mutlu, Turkey 
Silver - Zhang Xiangsen, China 
Bronze - Sevdalin Minchev, Bulgaria 

BARCELONA 1992:

Gold - Ivan Ivanov, Bulgaria
Silver - Lin Qisheng, China
Bronze - Traian Ciharean, Romania

SEOUL 1988:

Gold - Sevdalin Marinov, Bulgaria 
Silver - Chun Byung-kwan, South Korea
Bronze - He Zhuoqiang, China

LOS ANGELES 1984:

Gold - Zeng Guoqiang, China
Silver - Zhou Peishun, China
Bronze - Kazushito Manabe, Japan

MOSCOW 1980:

Gold - Kanybek Osmanoliev, Soviet Union
Silver - Ho Bong-choi, North Korea
Bronze - Han Gyong-si, North Korea

MONTREAL 1976:

Gold - Aleksandr Voronin, Soviet Union
Silver - Gyorgy Koszegi, Hungary
Bronze - Mohammad Nassiri, Iran

MUNICH 1972:

Gold - Zygmunt Smalcerz, Poland
Silver - Lajos Szucs, Hungary
Bronze - Sandor Holczreiter, Hungary

1896 - 1968:

not held
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