| Times held | 28 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 1396 |
| Total countries | 78 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union | URS |
6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| United States | USA |
3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Germany | GER |
3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Japan | JPN |
2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| Republic of Korea | KOR |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| People's Republic of China | CHN |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Spain | ESP |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Russian Federation | RUS |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Switzerland | SUI |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| East Germany | GDR |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Finland | FIN |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Unified Team | EUN |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Poland | POL |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | PRK |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | ITA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Czechoslovakia | TCH |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| France | FRA |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Latvia | LAT |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ROC | ROC |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hungary | HUN |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Armenia | ARM |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Belarus | BLR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Romania | ROU |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ukraine | UKR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yugoslavia | YUG |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolay Andrianov | RUS URS |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Lou Yun | CHN |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gervasio Deferr | ESP |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Eugen Mack | SUI |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Vitali Shcherba | BLR EUN |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Takashi Ono | JPN |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Leszek Blanik | POL |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |