Host city : Seoul🥇 Gold : 240🥈 Silver : 217🥉 Bronze : 245
| #▼ | Country | 🥇 Gold | 🥈 Silver | 🥉 Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USSR | 55 | 31 | 46 | 132 |
| 2 | East Germany | 37 | 35 | 30 | 102 |
| 3 |  United States | 36 | 31 | 27 | 94 |
| 4 | Korea, South | 12 | 10 | 11 | 33 |
| 5 |  Germany | 11 | 14 | 15 | 40 |
| 6 |  Hungary | 11 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 |  Bulgaria | 10 | 12 | 13 | 35 |
| 8 |  Romania | 7 | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 9 |  France | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 10 |  Italy | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 11 |  China | 5 | 11 | 12 | 28 |
| 12 |  United Kingdom | 5 | 10 | 9 | 24 |
| 13 |  Kenya | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 14 |  Japan | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 15 |  Australia | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 16 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 17 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 18 |  New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 19 |  Canada | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 20 |  Poland | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 21 |  Norway | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 |  Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 23 |  Denmark | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 29 |  Zimbabwe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 24 |  Brazil | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 26 |  Spain | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 25 |  Finland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 27 |  Turkey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 |  Morocco | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 |  Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |