| Times held | 14 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 545 |
| Total countries | 94 |
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Individual (Anthropological Days), Men | Olympic (non-medal) | 3 | 3 |
| 1972 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 55 | 24 |
| 1976 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 37 | 23 |
| 1980 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 38 | 25 |
| 1984 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 62 | 31 |
| 1988 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 84 | 34 |
| 1992 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 75 | 34 |
| 1996 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 64 | 31 |
| 2000 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 64 | 32 |
| 2004 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 64 | 35 |
| 2008 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 64 | 37 |
| 2012 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 64 | 40 |
| 2016 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 64 | 40 |
| 2020 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 64 | 40 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | USA |
5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Republic of Korea | KOR |
2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Italy | ITA |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| France | FRA |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Australia | AUS |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Finland | FIN |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Türkiye | TUR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ukraine | UKR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan | JPN |
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Sweden | SWE |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Soviet Union | URS |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Great Britain | GBR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Netherlands | NED |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| People's Republic of China | CHN |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Russian Federation | RUS |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrell Pace | USA |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Simon Fairweather | AUS |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tomi Poikolainen | FIN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sébastien Flûte | FRA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jay Barrs | USA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Justin Huish | USA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Williams | USA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marco Galiazzo | ITA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Viktor Ruban | UKR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oh Jin-Hyeok | KOR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gu Bon-Chan | KOR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mete Gazoz | TUR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |