| Times held | 29 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 1406 |
| Total countries | 79 |
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875 | Horse Vault, Men | 0 | 0 | |
| 1889 | Horse Vault, Men | 3 | 1 | |
| 1896 | Horse Vault, Men | Olympic | 15 | 5 |
| 1904 | Vault, Men | Olympic | 3 | 1 |
| 1904 | Vault (YMCA Individual Gymnastic Championships), Men | Olympic (non-medal) | 6 | 1 |
| 1924 | Horse Vault, Men | Olympic | 70 | 9 |
| 1928 | Horse Vault, Men | Olympic | 85 | 11 |
| 1932 | Horse Vault, Men | Olympic | 10 | 4 |
| 1936 | Horse Vault, Men | Olympic | 110 | 14 |
| 1948 | Horse Vault, Men | Olympic | 120 | 16 |
| 1952 | Horse Vault, Men | Olympic | 185 | 29 |
| 1956 | Horse Vault, Men | Olympic | 63 | 18 |
| 1960 | Vault, Men | Olympic | 129 | 28 |
| 1964 | Vault, Men | Olympic | 130 | 30 |
| 1968 | Vault, Men | Olympic | 116 | 28 |
| 1972 | Vault, Men | Olympic | 111 | 26 |
| 1976 | Vault, Men | Olympic | 90 | 20 |
| 1980 | Vault, Men | Olympic | 64 | 14 |
| 1984 | Vault, Men | Olympic | 71 | 19 |
| 1988 | Vault, Men | Olympic | 89 | 23 |
| 1992 | Vault, Men | Olympic | 93 | 25 |
| 1996 | Vault, Men | Olympic | 105 | 31 |
| 2000 | Vault, Men | Olympic | 80 | 31 |
| 2004 | Vault, Men | Olympic | 79 | 30 |
| 2008 | Vault, Men | Olympic | 16 | 13 |
| 2012 | Vault, Men | Olympic | 17 | 14 |
| 2016 | Vault, Men | Olympic | 17 | 14 |
| 2020 | Vault, Men | Olympic | 24 | 18 |
| 2024 | Vault, Men | Olympic | 18 | 16 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Germany | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Japan | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |
| Republic of Korea | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| People's Republic of China | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Russian Federation | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| East Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Finland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Unified Team | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Philippines | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Armenia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Latvia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| ROC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolay Andrianov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Lou Yun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gervasio Deferr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Eugen Mack | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Vitali Shcherba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Takashi Ono | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Leszek Blanik | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |