| Times held | 26 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 793 |
| Total countries | 61 |
| 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 |
| 2024 | Individual, Men | Olympic | 36 | 24 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 9 | 6 | 4 | 19 | |
| Hungary | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | |
| Russian Federation | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Poland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Soviet Union | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Egypt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Czechia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| United States | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Lithuania | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| People's Republic of China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Republic of Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Unified Team | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lars Hall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Andrey Moiseyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bo Lindman | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| András Balczó | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gustaf Dyrssen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ahmed El-Gendy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |