| Times held | 18 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 681 |
| Total countries | 70 |
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Individual, Open | Olympic | 23 | 5 |
| 1956 | Individual, Open | Olympic | 66 | 24 |
| 1960 | Individual, Open | Olympic | 60 | 23 |
| 1964 | Individual, Open | Olympic | 46 | 17 |
| 1968 | Individual, Open | Olympic | 42 | 15 |
| 1972 | Individual, Open | Olympic | 54 | 21 |
| 1976 | Individual, Open | Olympic | 47 | 20 |
| 1980 | Individual, Open | Olympic | 16 | 7 |
| 1984 | Individual, Open | Olympic | 51 | 21 |
| 1988 | Individual, Open | Olympic | 74 | 24 |
| 1992 | Individual, Open | Olympic | 87 | 30 |
| 1996 | Individual, Open | Olympic | 82 | 24 |
| 2000 | Individual, Open | Olympic | 74 | 28 |
| 2004 | Individual, Open | Olympic | 77 | 27 |
| 2008 | Individual, Open | Olympic | 77 | 29 |
| 2012 | Individual, Open | Olympic | 75 | 26 |
| 2016 | Individual, Open | Olympic | 75 | 27 |
| 2020 | Individual, Open | Olympic | 73 | 35 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | GER |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| United States | USA |
2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Great Britain | GBR |
2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Italy | ITA |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| France | FRA |
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Netherlands | NED |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Belgium | BEL |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Canada | CAN |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Switzerland | SUI |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| West Germany | FRG |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brazil | BRA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland | POL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sweden | SWE |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Soviet Union | URS |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ireland | IRL |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | KSA |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mexico | MEX |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raimondo D'Inzeo | ITA |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Eric Lamaze | CAN |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ludger Beerbaum | GER FRG |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pierre Durand | FRA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Fargis | USA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aimé Haegeman | BEL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola | FRA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Uli Kirchhoff | GER UKR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan Kowalczyk | POL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Graziano Mancinelli | ITA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rodrigo Pessoa | BRA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alwin Schockemöhle | GER FRG |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Skelton | GBR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Steinkraus | USA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hans Günter Winkler | GER FRG |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeroen Dubbeldam | NED |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Guerdat | SUI |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ben Maher | GBR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |