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Men’s Vault
Held at 26 Games, 1896–2024. Most golds: Soviet Union (6). Most medals: Nikolai Andrianov (3). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.
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Medals83
Delegations28on the podium
Games by Games gold, silver, bronze
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Paris | Carlos Yulo Philippines | Artur Davtyan Armenia | Harry Hepworth Great Britain |
| 2020 Tokyo | Shin Jea-hwan South Korea | Denis Ablyazin ROC | Artur Davtyan Armenia |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Ri Se-gwang North Korea | Denis Ablyazin Russia | Kenzō Shirai Japan |
| 2012 London | Yang Hak-Seon South Korea | Denis Ablyazin Russia | Igor Radivilov Ukraine |
| 2008 Beijing | Leszek Blanik Poland | Thomas Bouhail France | Anton Golotsutskov Russia |
| 2004 Athens | Gervasio Deferr Spain | Jevgēņijs Saproņenko Latvia | Marian Drăgulescu Romania |
| 2000 Sydney | Gervasio Deferr Spain | Alexei Bondarenko Russia | Leszek Blanik Poland |
| 1996 Atlanta | Alexei Nemov Russia | Yeo Hong-Chul South Korea | Vitaly Scherbo Belarus |
| 1992 Barcelona | Vitaly Scherbo Unified Team | Grigory Misutin Unified Team | Yoo Ok-ryul South Korea |
| 1988 Seoul | Lou Yun China | Sylvio Kroll East Germany | Park Jong-Hoon South Korea |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Lou Yun China | Li Ning China / Koji Gushiken Japan / Shinji Morisue Japan / Mitchell Gaylord United States | — |
| 1980 Moscow | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union | Roland Brückner East Germany |
| 1976 Montreal | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union | Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan | Hiroshi Kajiyama Japan |
| 1972 Munich | Klaus Köste East Germany | Viktor Klimenko Soviet Union | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union |
| 1968 Mexico City | Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union | Yukio Endo Japan | Sergei Diomidov Soviet Union |
| 1964 Tokyo | Haruhiro Yamashita Japan | Viktor Lisitsky Soviet Union | Hannu Rantakari Finland |
| 1960 Rome | Takashi Ono Japan / Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union | — | Vladimir Portnoi Soviet Union |
| 1956 Melbourne & Stockholm | Valentin Muratov Soviet Union / Helmut Bantz United Team of Germany | — | Yuri Titov Soviet Union |
| 1952 Helsinki | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Masao Takemoto Japan | Takashi Ono Japan / Tadao Uesako Japan |
| 1948 London | Paavo Aaltonen Finland | Olavi Rove Finland | Leo Sotorník Czechoslovakia / János Mogyorósi-Klencs Hungary / Ferenc Pataki Hungary |
| 1936 Berlin | Alfred Schwarzmann Germany | Eugen Mack Switzerland | Matthias Volz Germany |
| 1932 Los Angeles | Savino Guglielmetti Italy | Al Jochim United States | Ed Carmichael United States |
| 1928 Amsterdam | Eugen Mack Switzerland | Emanuel Löffler Czechoslovakia | Stane Derganc Yugoslavia |
| 1924 Paris | Frank Kriz United States | Jan Koutný Czechoslovakia | Bohumil Mořkovský Czechoslovakia |
| 1904 St. Louis | George Eyser United States / Anton Heida United States | — | William Merz United States |
| 1896 Athens | Carl Schuhmann Germany | Louis Zutter Switzerland | Hermann Weingärtner Germany |
Most golds
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Japan | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | South Korea | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | China | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Germany | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Russia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | East Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Finland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Unified Team | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Most medals
| Athlete | Gold | Medals |
|---|---|---|
| Nikolai Andrianov | 2 | 3 |
| Lou Yun | 2 | 2 |
| Gervasio Deferr | 2 | 2 |
| Eugen Mack | 1 | 2 |
| Takashi Ono | 1 | 2 |
| Vitaly Scherbo | 1 | 2 |
| Leszek Blanik | 1 | 2 |
| Carl Schuhmann | 1 | 1 |
| George Eyser | 1 | 1 |
| Anton Heida | 1 | 1 |
| Frank Kriz | 1 | 1 |
| Savino Guglielmetti | 1 | 1 |