| Times held | 28 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 564 |
| Total countries | 91 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | FIN |
7 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| Soviet Union | URS |
3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Sweden | SWE |
3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Norway | NOR |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Czechia | CZE |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Germany | GER |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Hungary | HUN |
1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| United States | USA |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Czechoslovakia | TCH |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| India | IND |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pakistan | PAK |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| West Germany | FRG |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | GBR |
0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Latvia | LAT |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Kenya | KEN |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland | POL |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Russian Federation | RUS |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| East Germany | GDR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grenada | GRN |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Romania | ROU |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Železný | CZE TCH |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Jonni Myyrä | FIN |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Eric Lemming | SWE |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andreas Thorkildsen | NOR |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jānis Lūsis | LAT URS |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |