| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) |
38 | 27 | 19 | 84 |
| 2 |  Sweden (SWE) |
16 | 11 | 17 | 44 |
| 3 |  France (FRA) |
10 | 6 | 13 | 29 |
| 4 |  Hungary (HUN) |
10 | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| 5 |  Italy (ITA) |
8 | 11 | 8 | 27 |
| 6 |  Finland (FIN) |
8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 |  Turkey (TUR) |
6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 |  Switzerland (SUI) |
5 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 10 |  Denmark (DEN) |
5 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 11 |  Netherlands (NED) |
5 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 12 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
3 | 14 | 6 | 23 |
| 13 |  Argentina (ARG) |
3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 14 |  Australia (AUS) |
2 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 15 |  Belgium (BEL) |
2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 16 |  Egypt (EGY) |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 17 |  Mexico (MEX) |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 18 |  South Africa (RSA) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 |  Norway (NOR) |
1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 20 |  Jamaica (JAM) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 |  Austria (AUT) |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 22 |  India (IND) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Peru (PER) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 |  Yugoslavia (YUG) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 |  Canada (CAN) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 26 |  Portugal (POR) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Uruguay (URU) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 28 |  Ceylon (CEY) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Cuba (CUB) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Spain (ESP) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 |  South Korea (KOR) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Panama (PAN) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 34 |  Brazil (BRA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Iran (IRI) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Poland (POL) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Puerto Rico (PUR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |