| Times held | 32 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 417 |
| Total countries | 97 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Germany | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Finland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| United States | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Norway | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| East Germany | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| West Germany | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Czechia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Canada | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Argentina | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Croatia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Uruguay | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Estonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Individual Neutral Athletes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Russian Federation | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pertti Karppinen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Vyacheslav Ivanov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Thomas Lange | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mahé Drysdale | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Bobby Pearce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Olaf Tufte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |