| Times held | 25 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 1537 |
| Total countries | 80 |
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 8 | 3 |
| 1904 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 3 | 1 |
| 1924 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 70 | 9 |
| 1928 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 88 | 11 |
| 1932 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 14 | 6 |
| 1936 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 111 | 14 |
| 1948 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 121 | 16 |
| 1952 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 185 | 29 |
| 1956 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 63 | 18 |
| 1960 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 129 | 28 |
| 1964 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 128 | 29 |
| 1968 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 117 | 28 |
| 1972 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 111 | 26 |
| 1976 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 90 | 20 |
| 1980 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 65 | 14 |
| 1984 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 71 | 19 |
| 1988 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 89 | 23 |
| 1992 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 93 | 25 |
| 1996 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 102 | 31 |
| 2000 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 78 | 29 |
| 2004 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 77 | 28 |
| 2008 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 70 | 25 |
| 2012 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 68 | 31 |
| 2016 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 70 | 34 |
| 2020 | Rings, Men | Olympic | 72 | 32 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union | URS |
6 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| Japan | JPN |
4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| People's Republic of China | CHN |
3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Greece | GRE |
3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| United States | USA |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Italy | ITA |
2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Czechoslovakia | TCH |
1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Switzerland | SUI |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Brazil | BRA |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Hungary | HUN |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Yugoslavia | YUG |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| East Germany | GDR |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Unified Team | EUN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | BUL |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Germany | GER |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Romania | ROU |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Russian Federation | RUS |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ukraine | UKR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akinori Nakayama | JPN |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Albert Azaryan | ARM URS |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Szilveszter Csollány | HUN |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Aleksandr Dityatin | RUS URS |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Leon Štukelj | SLO YUG |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Dimosthenis Tampakos | GRE |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Chen Yibing | CHN |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Arthur Zanetti | BRA |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |