| Times held | 10 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 351 |
| Total countries | 57 |
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Two-Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Sharpie), Open | Olympic | 26 | 13 |
| 1960 | Two-Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman), Open | Olympic | 64 | 31 |
| 1964 | Two-Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman), Open | Olympic | 42 | 21 |
| 1968 | Two-Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman), Open | Olympic | 62 | 30 |
| 1972 | Two-Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman), Open | Olympic | 60 | 29 |
| 1976 | Two-Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman), Open | Olympic | 40 | 20 |
| 1980 | Two-Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman), Open | Olympic | 30 | 15 |
| 1984 | Two-Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman), Open | Olympic | 34 | 17 |
| 1988 | Two-Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman), Open | Olympic | 44 | 22 |
| 1992 | Two-Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman), Open | Olympic | 46 | 23 |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Jest |  NZL |
Falcon IV |  AUS |
Chuckles |  GBR |
| 1960 | Sirene |  NOR |
Skum |  DEN |
Macky VI |  GER |
| 1964 | Pandora | NZL |
Lady C | GBR |
Widgeon |  USA |
| 1968 | Great Britain | GBR |
West Germany |  FRG |
Brazil |  BRA |
| 1972 | Great Britain | GBR |
France |  FRA |
West Germany | FRG |
| 1976 | West Germany | FRG |
Great Britain | GBR |
Brazil | BRA |
| 1980 | Spain |  ESP |
Ireland |  IRL |
Hungary |  HUN |
| 1984 | United States | USA |
Canada |  CAN |
Great Britain | GBR |
| 1988 | Denmark | DEN |
Norway | NOR |
Canada | CAN |
| 1992 | Spain | ESP |
United States | USA |
Denmark | DEN |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Britain | GBR |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| New Zealand | NZL |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Spain | ESP |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Denmark | DEN |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| United States | USA |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| West Germany | FRG |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Norway | NOR |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Canada | CAN |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Australia | AUS |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| France | FRA |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ireland | IRL |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brazil | BRA |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Germany | GER |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hungary | HUN |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Pattisson | GBR |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Jørgen Bojsen-Møller | DEN |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alejandro Abascal | ESP |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bjørn Bergvall | NOR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| William Carl Buchan | USA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Cropp | NZL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Christopher Davies | GBR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eckart Diesch | FRG |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jörg Diesch | FRG |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luis Doreste | ESP |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Christian Grønborg | DEN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Peder Lunde, Jr. | NOR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Iain MacDonald-Smith | GBR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Peter Mander | NZL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Domingo Manrique | ESP |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jonathan McKee | USA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Miguel Noguer | ESP |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Helmer Pedersen | NZL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Earle Wells | NZL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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