| Times held | 9 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 110 |
| Total countries | 45 |
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Canoe Singles (C1), 500 metres, Men | Olympic | 15 | 15 |
| 1980 | Canoe Singles (C1), 500 metres, Men | Olympic | 11 | 11 |
| 1984 | Canoe Singles (C1), 500 metres, Men | Olympic | 13 | 13 |
| 1988 | Canoe Singles (C1), 500 metres, Men | Olympic | 15 | 15 |
| 1992 | Canoe Singles (C1), 500 metres, Men | Olympic | 19 | 19 |
| 1996 | Canoe Singles (C1), 500 metres, Men | Olympic | 17 | 17 |
| 2000 | Canoe Singles (C1), 500 metres, Men | Olympic | 18 | 18 |
| 2004 | Canoe Singles (C1), 500 metres, Men | Olympic | 19 | 19 |
| 2008 | Canoe Singles (C1), 500 metres, Men | Olympic | 22 | 22 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Russian Federation | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| East Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Czechia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Spain | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Unified Team | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maksim Opalev | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Olaf Heukrodt | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Andreas Dittmer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Nikolay Buhalov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Larry Cain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Martin Doktor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| György Kolonics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sergey Postrekhin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aleksandr Rogov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |