| 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 | Side Horse Vault, Men | Olympic | 3 | 1 |
| 1904 | Horse 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 | 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 |
| Philippines | PHI |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Czechoslovakia | TCH |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Armenia | ARM |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| France | FRA |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Latvia | LAT |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ROC | ROC |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hungary | HUN |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Belarus | BLR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Great Britain | GBR |
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 |