| Times held | 28 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 564 |
| Total countries | 91 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 7 | 8 | 7 | 22 | |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Norway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Czechia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Germany | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hungary | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| United States | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| West Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Great Britain | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Latvia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Russian Federation | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| East Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Grenada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Železný | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jonni Myyrä | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Eric Lemming | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Andreas Thorkildsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jānis Lūsis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |