| Times held | 25 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 769 |
| Total countries | 58 |
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 32 | 10 |
| 1920 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 23 | 8 |
| 1924 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 38 | 11 |
| 1928 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 37 | 14 |
| 1932 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 25 | 10 |
| 1936 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 42 | 16 |
| 1948 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 45 | 16 |
| 1952 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 51 | 19 |
| 1956 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 40 | 16 |
| 1960 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 60 | 23 |
| 1964 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 37 | 15 |
| 1968 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 48 | 18 |
| 1972 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 59 | 20 |
| 1976 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 47 | 17 |
| 1980 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 43 | 17 |
| 1984 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 53 | 18 |
| 1988 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 65 | 26 |
| 1992 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 66 | 30 |
| 1996 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 32 | 22 |
| 2000 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 24 | 19 |
| 2004 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 32 | 21 |
| 2008 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 36 | 22 |
| 2012 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 36 | 24 |
| 2016 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 36 | 25 |
| 2020 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 36 | 26 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | SWE |
9 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| Hungary | HUN |
4 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| Russian Federation | RUS |
4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Poland | POL |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Soviet Union | URS |
1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Italy | ITA |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Czechia | CZE |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Germany | GER |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Great Britain | GBR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United States | USA |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Lithuania | LTU |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Finland | FIN |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Egypt | EGY |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| People's Republic of China | CHN |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ukraine | UKR |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Belarus | BLR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Czechoslovakia | TCH |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mexico | MEX |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Republic of Korea | KOR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unified Team | EUN |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lars Hall | SWE |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andrey Moiseyev | RUS |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bo Lindman | SWE |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| András Balczó | HUN |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gustaf Dyrssen | SWE |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |