TheUnited States has placed first overall in theSummer Olympic Games nineteen times, followed by theSoviet Union with six overall victories (not including the1992 first-place finish by the Unified Team). In theWinter Olympic Games,Norway has placed first overall ten times and the Soviet Union (prior to its dissolution in 1991) had placed first seven times.
| Summer Olympics | |||||
| Rank | Nation | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 20 nations | 30 | 30 | 30 | |
| Winter Olympics | |||||
| Rank | Nation | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 14 nations | 25 | 23 | 24 | |