| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union (URS) |
49 | 41 | 35 | 125 |
| 2 |  East Germany (GDR) |
40 | 25 | 25 | 90 |
| 3 |  United States (USA) |
34 | 35 | 25 | 94 |
| 4 |  West Germany (FRG) |
10 | 12 | 17 | 39 |
| 5 |  Japan (JPN) |
9 | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| 6 |  Poland (POL) |
7 | 6 | 13 | 26 |
| 7 |  Bulgaria (BUL) |
6 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 8 |  Cuba (CUB) |
6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 |  Romania (ROU) |
4 | 9 | 14 | 27 |
| 10 |  Hungary (HUN) |
4 | 5 | 13 | 22 |
| 11 |  Finland (FIN) |
4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 |  Sweden (SWE) |
4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 14 |  Italy (ITA) |
2 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 15 |  France (FRA) |
2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 16 |  Yugoslavia (YUG) |
2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 17 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 18 |  New Zealand (NZL) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 |  South Korea (KOR) |
1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 20 |  Switzerland (SUI) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 |  Jamaica (JAM) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 North Korea (PRK) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
 Norway (NOR) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 24 |  Denmark (DEN) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 25 |  Mexico (MEX) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 |  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 |  Canada (CAN) |
0 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 28 |  Belgium (BEL) |
0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 29 |  Netherlands (NED) |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 30 |  Portugal (POR) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Spain (ESP) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 32 |  Australia (AUS) |
0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 33 |  Iran (IRI) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 34 |  Mongolia (MGL) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Venezuela (VEN) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 36 |  Brazil (BRA) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 37 |  Austria (AUT) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Bermuda (BER) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Pakistan (PAK) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Puerto Rico (PUR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Thailand (THA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |