| Times held | 19 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 1262 |
| Total countries | 47 |
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Four, Men | Olympic | 28 | 5 |
| 1936 | Four, Men | Olympic | 72 | 10 |
| 1948 | Four, Men | Olympic | 60 | 9 |
| 1952 | Four, Men | Olympic | 60 | 9 |
| 1956 | Four, Men | Olympic | 86 | 12 |
| 1964 | Four, Men | Olympic | 75 | 11 |
| 1968 | Four, Men | Olympic | 76 | 11 |
| 1972 | Four, Men | Olympic | 72 | 11 |
| 1976 | Four, Men | Olympic | 85 | 12 |
| 1980 | Four, Men | Olympic | 68 | 10 |
| 1984 | Four, Men | Olympic | 96 | 15 |
| 1988 | Four, Men | Olympic | 104 | 17 |
| 1992 | Four, Men | Olympic | 124 | 20 |
| 1994 | Four, Men | Olympic | 121 | 21 |
| 1998 | Four, Men | Olympic | 128 | 25 |
| 2002 | Four, Men | Olympic | 135 | 26 |
| 2006 | Four, Men | Olympic | 101 | 18 |
| 2010 | Four, Men | Olympic | 101 | 17 |
| 2014 | Four, Men | Olympic | 124 | 19 |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | United States 1 | USA |
United States 2 | USA |
Germany 1 | GER |
| 1936 | Switzerland 2 | SUI |
Switzerland 1 | SUI |
Great Britain | GBR |
| 1948 | United States 2 | USA |
Belgium | BEL |
United States 1 | USA |
| 1952 | Unified Team of Germany | GER |
United States 1 | USA |
Switzerland 1 | SUI |
| 1956 | Switzerland 1 | SUI |
Italy 2 | ITA |
United States 1 | USA |
| 1964 | Canada 1 | CAN |
Austria 1 | AUT |
Italy 2 | ITA |
| 1968 | Italy 1 | ITA |
Austria 1 | AUT |
Switzerland 1 | SUI |
| 1972 | Switzerland 1 | SUI |
Italy 1 | ITA |
West Germany 1 | FRG |
| 1976 | East Germany 1 | GDR |
Switzerland 2 | SUI |
West Germany 1 | FRG |
| 1980 | East Germany 1 | GDR |
Switzerland 1 | SUI |
East Germany 2 | GDR |
| 1984 | East Germany 1 | GDR |
East Germany 2 | GDR |
Switzerland 1 | SUI |
| 1988 | Switzerland 1 | SUI |
East Germany 1 | GDR |
Soviet Union 2 | URS |
| 1992 | Austria 1 | AUT |
Germany 1 | GER |
Switzerland 1 | SUI |
| 1994 | Germany 2 | GER |
Switzerland 1 | SUI |
Germany 1 | GER |
| 1998 | Germany 2 | GER |
Switzerland 1 | SUI |
France Great Britain | FRA GBR |
| 2002 | Germany 2 | GER |
United States 1 | USA |
United States 2 | USA |
| 2006 | Germany 1 | GER |
Russian Federation 1 | RUS |
Switzerland 1 | SUI |
| 2010 | United States 1 | USA |
Germany 1 | GER |
Canada 1 | CAN |
| 2014 | Latvia 1 | LAT |
United States 1 | USA |
Great Britain 1 | GBR |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | GER |
5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Switzerland | SUI |
4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| United States | USA |
3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| East Germany | GDR |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Italy | ITA |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Austria | AUT |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Canada | CAN |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Latvia | LAT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Belgium | BEL |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Russian Federation | RUS |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | GBR |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| West Germany | FRG |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| France | FRA |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Soviet Union | URS |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| André Lange | GER |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Kevin Kuske | GER |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Bernhard Germeshausen | GDR |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Olaf Hampel | GER FRG |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Meinhard Nehmer | GDR |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |