| Times held | 29 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 1593 |
| Total countries | 83 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Republic of China | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Japan | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |
| Soviet Union | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| United States | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Germany | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Unified Team | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Republic of Korea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| East Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Russian Federation | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Türkiye | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li Xiaopeng | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Sawao Kato | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Zou Jingyuan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Michael Reusch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Viktor Chukarin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |