Medal Table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 39 | 21 | 2 | 62 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 24 | 11 | 8 | 43 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 16 | 16 | 11 | 43 |
| 4 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 12 | 16 | 8 | 36 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 9 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Turkey (TUR) | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 8 | Greece (GRE) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 9 | Iran (IRI) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 10 | Italy (ITA) | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 11 | Unified Team (EUN) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Egypt (EGY) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | Poland (POL) | 4 | 6 | 20 | 30 |
| 14 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 |
| 15 | South Korea (KOR) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 16 | Austria (AUT) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 17 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 18 | Thailand (THA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 19 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 9 | 9 | 20 |
| 20 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 21 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 22 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 23 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 24 | Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 25 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 26 | North Korea (PRK) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 27 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 28 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 29 | Estonia (EST) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| 31 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 32 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 34 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 35 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 36 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Georgia (GEO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 38 | Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 41 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 42 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 43 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 44 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 45 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 47 | Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Luxembourg (LUX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 52 | Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 54 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 55 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 185 | 181 | 183 | 549 | |
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