| Times held | 28 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 1556 |
| Total countries | 82 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | JPN |
4 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| Soviet Union | URS |
4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| People's Republic of China | CHN |
4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Switzerland | SUI |
3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Ukraine | UKR |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| United States | USA |
2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Germany | GER |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Italy | ITA |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Czechoslovakia | TCH |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Unified Team | EUN |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Republic of Korea | KOR |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Finland | FIN |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hungary | HUN |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yugoslavia | YUG |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| East Germany | GDR |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Russian Federation | RUS |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Belarus | BLR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| France | FRA |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Türkiye | TUR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | UZB |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li Xiaopeng | CHN |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Sawao Kato | JPN |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Reusch | SUI |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Viktor Chukarin | URS UKR |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Vitali Shcherba | BLR EUN |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |