| Athletics | Men’s 10,000 metres | Naftali Temu Kenya | Mamo Wolde Ethiopia | Mohammed Gammoudi Tunisia |
| Athletics | Men’s 100 metres | Jim Hines United States | Lennox Miller Jamaica | Charles Greene United States |
| Athletics | Men’s 110 metres hurdles | Willie Davenport United States | Ervin Hall United States | Eddy Ottoz Italy |
| Athletics | Men’s 1500 metres | Kipchoge Keino Kenya | Jim Ryun United States | Bodo Tümmler West Germany |
| Athletics | Men’s 20 kilometres walk | Volodymyr Holubnychy Soviet Union | José Pedraza Mexico | Nikolay Smaga Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Men’s 200 metres | Tommie Smith United States | Peter Norman Australia | John Carlos United States |
| Athletics | Men’s 3000 metres steeplechase | Amos Biwott Kenya | Benjamin Kogo Kenya | George Young United States |
| Athletics | Men’s 4 × 100 metres relay | Charles Greene, Mel Pender, Ronnie Ray Smith, Jim Hines United States | Hermes Ramírez, Juan Morales, Pablo Montes, Enrique Figuerola Cuba | Gérard Fenouil, Jocelyn Delecour, Claude Piquemal, Roger Bambuck France |
| Athletics | Men’s 4 × 400 metres relay | Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans United States | Daniel Rudisha, Munyoro Nyamau, Naftali Bon, Charles Asati Kenya | Helmar Müller, Manfred Kinder, Gerhard Hennige, Martin Jellinghaus West Germany |
| Athletics | Men’s 400 metres | Lee Evans United States | Larry James United States | Ron Freeman United States |
| Athletics | Men’s 400 metres hurdles | David Hemery Great Britain | Gerhard Hennige West Germany | John Sherwood Great Britain |
| Athletics | Men’s 50 kilometres walk | Christoph Höhne East Germany | Antal Kiss Hungary | Larry Young United States |
| Athletics | Men’s 5000 metres | Mohammed Gammoudi Tunisia | Kipchoge Keino Kenya | Naftali Temu Kenya |
| Athletics | Men’s 800 metres | Ralph Doubell Australia | Wilson Kiprugut Kenya | Tom Farrell United States |
| Athletics | Men’s Decathlon | Bill Toomey United States | Hans-Joachim Walde West Germany | Kurt Bendlin West Germany |
| Athletics | Men’s Discus throw | Al Oerter United States | Lothar Milde East Germany | Ludvík Daněk Czechoslovakia |
| Athletics | Men’s Hammer throw | Gyula Zsivótzky Hungary | Romuald Klim Soviet Union | Lázár Lovász Hungary |
| Athletics | Men’s High jump | Dick Fosbury United States | Ed Caruthers United States | Valentin Gavrilov Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Men’s Javelin throw | Jānis Lūsis Soviet Union | Jorma Kinnunen Finland | Gergely Kulcsár Hungary |
| Athletics | Men’s Long jump | Bob Beamon United States | Klaus Beer East Germany | Ralph Boston United States |
| Athletics | Men’s Marathon | Mamo Wolde Ethiopia | Kenji Kimihara Japan | Mike Ryan New Zealand |
| Athletics | Men’s Pole vault | Bob Seagren United States | Claus Schiprowski West Germany | Wolfgang Nordwig East Germany |
| Athletics | Men’s Shot put | Randy Matson United States | George Woods United States | Eduard Gushchin Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Men’s Triple jump | Viktor Saneyev Soviet Union | Nelson Prudêncio Brazil | Giuseppe Gentile Italy |
| Athletics | Women’s 100 metres | Wyomia Tyus United States | Barbara Ferrell United States | Irena Szewińska Poland |
| Athletics | Women’s 200 metres | Irena Szewińska Poland | Raelene Boyle Australia | Jenny Lamy Australia |
| Athletics | Women’s 4 × 100 metres relay | Margaret Bailes, Barbara Ferrell, Mildrette Netter, Wyomia Tyus United States | Violetta Quesada, Miguelina Cobián, Marlene Elejarde, Fulgencia Romay Cuba | Galina Bukharina, Lyudmila Samotyosova, Vera Popkova, Lyudmila Maslakova Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Women’s 400 metres | Colette Besson France | Lillian Board Great Britain | Natalya Pechonkina Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Women’s 80 metres hurdles | Maureen Caird Australia | Pam Kilborn Australia | Chi Cheng Taiwan |
| Athletics | Women’s 800 metres | Madeline Manning United States | Ileana Silai Romania | Mia Gommers Netherlands |
| Athletics | Women’s Discus throw | Lia Manoliu Romania | Liesel Westermann West Germany | Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek Hungary |
| Athletics | Women’s High jump | Miloslava Rezková Czechoslovakia | Antonina Okorokova Soviet Union | Valentina Kozyr Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Women’s Javelin throw | Angéla Németh Hungary | Mihaela Peneș Romania | Eva Janko Austria |
| Athletics | Women’s Long jump | Viorica Viscopoleanu Romania | Sheila Sherwood Great Britain | Tatyana Talysheva Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Women’s Pentathlon | Ingrid Becker West Germany | Liese Prokop Austria | Annamária Tóth Hungary |
| Athletics | Women’s Shot put | Margitta Gummel East Germany | Marita Lange East Germany | Nadezhda Chizhova Soviet Union |
| Basketball | Men's | Mike Barrett, John Clawson, Don Dee, Calvin Fowler, Spencer Haywood, Bill Hosket, Jim King, Glynn Saulters, Mike Silliman, Ken Spain, Jo Jo White, Charlie Scott United States | Dragutin Čermak, Krešimir Ćosić, Vladimir Cvetković, Ivo Daneu, Radivoj Korać, Zoran Marojević, Nikola Plećaš, Trajko Rajković, Dragoslav Ražnatović, Petar Skansi, Damir Šolman, Aljoša Žorga Yugoslavia | Anatoli Krikun, Modestas Paulauskas, Zurab Sakandelidze, Vadim Kapranov, Yuri Selikhov, Anatoli Polivoda, Sergei Belov, Priit Tomson, Sergei Kovalenko, Gennadi Volnov, Jaak Lipso, Vladimir Andreev Soviet Union |
| Boxing | Men’s Bantamweight (-54 kg) | Valerian Sokolov Soviet Union | Eridadi Mukwanga Uganda | Eiji Morioka Japan / Chang Kyou-chul South Korea |
| Boxing | Men’s Featherweight (-57 kg) | Antonio Roldán Mexico | Al Robinson United States | Ivan Mihailov Bulgaria / Philip Waruinge Kenya |
| Boxing | Men’s Flyweight (-51 kg) | Ricardo Delgado Mexico | Artur Olech Poland | Servílio de Oliveira Brazil / Leo Rwabwogo Uganda |
| Boxing | Men’s Heavyweight (+81 kg) | George Foreman United States | Jonas Čepulis Soviet Union | Giorgio Bambini Italy / Joaquín Rocha Mexico |
| Boxing | Men’s Light flyweight (-48 kg) | Francisco Rodríguez Venezuela | Jee Yong-ju South Korea | Hubert Skrzypczak Poland / Harlan Marbley United States |
| Boxing | Men’s Light heavyweight (-81 kg) | Danas Pozniakas Soviet Union | Ion Monea Romania | Georgi Stankov Bulgaria / Stanisław Dragan Poland |
| Boxing | Men’s Light middleweight (-71 kg) | Boris Lagutin Soviet Union | Rolando Garbey Cuba | John Baldwin United States / Günther Meier West Germany |
| Boxing | Men’s Light welterweight (-63.5 kg) | Jerzy Kulej Poland | Enrique Regüeiferos Cuba | Arto Nilsson Finland / Jim Wallington United States |
| Boxing | Men’s Lightweight (-60 kg) | Ronnie Harris United States | Józef Grudzień Poland | Calistrat Cuțov Romania / Zvonimir Vujin Yugoslavia |
| Boxing | Men’s Middleweight (-75 kg) | Chris Finnegan Great Britain | Aleksei Kiselyov Soviet Union | Agustín Zaragoza Mexico / Alfred Jones United States |
| Boxing | Men’s Welterweight (-67 kg) | Manfred Wolke East Germany | Joseph Bessala Cameroon | Mario Guilloti Argentina / Vladimir Musalimov Soviet Union |
| Canoeing | Men’s C-1 1000 metres | Tibor Tatai Hungary | Detlef Lewe West Germany | Vitaly Galkov Soviet Union |
| Canoeing | Men’s C-2 1000 metres | Ivan Patzaichin, Serghei Covaliov Romania | Tamás Wichmann, Gyula Petrikovics Hungary | Naum Prokupets, Mikhail Zamotin Soviet Union |
| Canoeing | Men’s K-1 1000 metres | Mihály Hesz Hungary | Aleksandr Shaparenko Soviet Union | Erik Hansen Denmark |
| Canoeing | Men’s K-2 1000 metres | Aleksandr Shaparenko, Vladimir Morozov Soviet Union | Csaba Giczy, István Timár Hungary | Gerhard Siebold, Günther Pfaff Austria |
| Canoeing | Men’s K-4 1000 metres | Steinar Amundsen, Tore Berger, Egil Søby, Jan Johansen Norway | Anton Calenic, Haralambie Ivanov, Dimitrie Ivanov, Mihai Țurcaș Romania | Csaba Giczy, Imre Szöllősi, István Timár, István Csizmadia Hungary |
| Canoeing | Women’s K-1 500 metres | Lyudmila Pinayeva Soviet Union | Renate Breuer West Germany | Viorica Dumitru Romania |
| Canoeing | Women’s K-2 500 metres | Annemarie Zimmermann, Roswitha Esser West Germany | Anna Pfeffer, Katalin Rozsnyói Hungary | Lyudmila Pinayeva, Antonina Seredina Soviet Union |
| Cycling | Men’s Individual Pursuit | Daniel Rebillard France | Mogens Jensen Denmark | Xaver Kurmann Switzerland |
| Cycling | Men’s Individual road race | Pierfranco Vianelli Italy | Leif Mortensen Denmark | Gösta Pettersson Sweden |
| Cycling | Men’s Sprint | Daniel Morelon France | Giurdano Turrini Italy | Pierre Trentin France |
| Cycling | Men’s Tandem | Daniel Morelon, Pierre Trentin France | Leijn Loevesijn, Jan Jansen Netherlands | Daniel Goens, Robert van Lancker Belgium |
| Cycling | Men’s Team Pursuit | Per Jørgensen, Reno Olsen, Gunnar Asmussen, Mogens Jensen Denmark | Karl Link, Udo Hempel, Karlheinz Henrichs, Jürgen Kissner West Germany | Luigi Roncaglia, Lorenzo Bosisio, Cipriano Chemello, Giorgio Morbiato Italy |
| Cycling | Men’s Team time trial | Joop Zoetemelk, Fedor den Hertog, Jan Krekels, René Pijnen Netherlands | Sture Pettersson, Tomas Pettersson, Erik Pettersson, Gösta Pettersson Sweden | Pierfranco Vianelli, Giovanni Bramucci, Vittorio Marcelli, Mauro Simonetti Italy |
| Cycling | Men’s Time trial | Pierre Trentin France | Niels Fredborg Denmark | Janusz Kierzkowski Poland |
| Diving | Men’s 10 m platform | Klaus Dibiasi Italy | Alvaro Gaxiola Mexico | Win Young United States |
| Diving | Men’s 3 m springboard | Bernard Wrightson United States | Klaus Dibiasi Italy | Jim Henry United States |
| Diving | Women’s 10 m platform | Milena Duchková Czechoslovakia | Natalya Lobanova Soviet Union | Ann Peterson United States |
| Diving | Women’s 3 m springboard | Susanne Gossick United States | Tamara Pogozheva Soviet Union | Keala O'Sullivan United States |
| Equestrian | Open Individual dressage | Ivan Kizimov Soviet Union | Josef Neckermann West Germany | Reiner Klimke West Germany |
| Equestrian | Open Individual eventing | Jean-Jacques Guyon France | Derek Allhusen Great Britain | Michael Page United States |
| Equestrian | Open Individual jumping | William Steinkraus United States | Marion Coakes Great Britain | David Broome Great Britain |
| Equestrian | Open Team dressage | Josef Neckermann, Reiner Klimke, Liselott Linsenhoff West Germany | Yelena Petushkova, Ivan Kizimov, Ivan Kalita Soviet Union | Henri Chammartin, Marianne Gossweiler, Gustav Fischer Switzerland |
| Equestrian | Open Team eventing | Derek Allhusen, Richard Meade, Reuben Jones Great Britain | Michael Page, James C. Wofford, Michael Plumb United States | Wayne Roycroft, Brien Cobcroft, Bill Roycroft Australia |
| Equestrian | Open Team jumping | James Day, Thomas Gayford, Jim Elder Canada | Jean Rozier, Janou Lefèbvre, Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola France | Hermann Schridde, Alwin Schockemöhle, Hans Günter Winkler West Germany |
| Fencing | Men’s Individual foil | Ion Drîmbă Romania | Jenő Kamuti Hungary | Daniel Revenu France |
| Fencing | Men’s Individual sabre | Jerzy Pawłowski Poland | Mark Rakita Soviet Union | Tibor Pézsa Hungary |
| Fencing | Men’s Individual épée | Győző Kulcsár Hungary | Grigory Kriss Soviet Union | Gianluigi Saccaro Italy |
| Fencing | Men’s Team foil | Daniel Revenu, Gilles Berolatti, Christian Noël, Jean-Claude Magnan, Jacques Dimont France | German Sveshnikov, Yuri Sharov, Vasili Stankovich, Viktor Putyatin, Yuri Sisikin Soviet Union | Witold Woyda, Zbigniew Skrudlik, Ryszard Parulski, Egon Franke, Adam Lisewski Poland |
| Fencing | Men’s Team sabre | Vladimir Nazlymov, Viktor Sidyak, Eduard Vinokurov, Mark Rakita, Umar Mavlikhanov Soviet Union | Wladimiro Calarese, Michele Maffei, Cesare Salvadori, Pierluigi Chicca, Rolando Rigoli Italy | Tamás Kovács, János Kalmár, Péter Bakonyi, Miklós Meszéna, Tibor Pézsa Hungary |
| Fencing | Men’s Team épée | Csaba Fenyvesi, Zoltan Nemere, Pál Schmitt, Gyözö Kulcsar, Pal Nagy Hungary | Grigory Kriss, Iosif Vitebsky, Aleksei Nikanchikov, Yuri Smolyakov, Viktor Modzalevsky Soviet Union | Bogdan Andrzejewski, Michał Butkiewicz, Bogdan Gonsior, Henryk Nielaba, Kazimierz Barburski Poland |
| Fencing | Women’s Individual foil | Elena Belova Soviet Union | Pilar Roldán Mexico | Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő Hungary |
| Fencing | Women’s Team foil | Aleksandra Zabelina, Tatyana Samusenko, Elena Belova, Galina Gorokhova, Svetlana Tširkova Soviet Union | Lidia Dömölki-Sakovics, Ildikó Bóbis, Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Maria Jarmy, Paula Marosi-Foldesi Hungary | Ecaterina Iencic-Stahl, Ileana Gyulai-Drimba-Jenei, Maria Vicol, Olga Orban-Szabo, Ana Dersidan-Ene-Pascu Romania |
| Field hockey | Men's | Rashid Abdul, Jahangir Butt, Tanvir Dar, Gulraiz Akhtar, Khalid Mahmood, Muhammad Asad Malik, Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed, Tariq Niazi, Riaz Ahmed, Riaz ud-Din, Saeed Anwar, Tariq Aziz, Zakir Hussain Pakistan | Paul Dearing, Raymond Evans, Brian Glencross, Robert Haigh, Donald Martin, James Mason, Patrick Nilan, Eric Pearce, Gordon Pearce, Julian Pearce, Desmond Piper, Fred Quine, Ronald Riley, Donald Smart, Arthur Busch Australia | Rajendra Christy, Krishnamurty Perumal, John "V.J." Peter, Inam-ur Rahman, Munir Sait, Ajitpal Singh, Balbir Singh Kullar, Balbir Singh Kular, Balbir Singh, Gurbux Singh, Harbinder Singh, Harmik Singh, Inder "Gogi" Singh, Prithipal Singh, Tarsem Singh, Jagjit Singh India |
| Football | Men's | István Básti, Antal Dunai, Lajos Dunai, Ernő Noskó, Dezső Novák, Károly Fatér, László Fazekas, István Juhász, László Keglovich, Lajos Kocsis, Iván Menczel, László Nagy, Miklós Páncsics, István Sárközi, Lajos Szűcs, Zoltán Szarka, Miklós Szalai Hungary | Stoyan Yordanov, Atanas Gerov, Georgi Hristakiev, Milko Gaydarski, Kiril Ivkov, Ivaylo Georgiev, Tsvetan Veselinov, Evgeni Yanchovski, Petar Zhekov, Atanas Hristov, Asparuh Donev, Kiril Stankov, Georgi Ivanov, Todor Nikolov, Yancho Dimitrov, Ivan Zafirov, Mihail Gyonin, Georgi Vasilev Bulgaria | Kenzo Yokoyama, Hiroshi Katayama, Masakatsu Miyamoto, Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Mitsuo Kamata, Ryozo Suzuki, Kiyoshi Tomizawa, Takaji Mori, Aritatsu Ogi, Eizo Yuguchi, Shigeo Yaegashi, Teruki Miyamoto, Masashi Watanabe, Yasuyuki Kuwahara, Kunishige Kamamoto, Ikuo Matsumoto, Ryuichi Sugiyama, Masahiro Hamazaki Japan |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Floor exercise | Sawao Kato Japan | Akinori Nakayama Japan | Takeshi Katō Japan |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Horizontal bar | Akinori Nakayama Japan / Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union | — | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Individual all-around | Sawao Kato Japan | Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union | Akinori Nakayama Japan |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Parallel bars | Akinori Nakayama Japan | Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union | Viktor Klimenko Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Pommel horse | Miroslav Cerar Yugoslavia | Olli Laiho Finland | Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Rings | Akinori Nakayama Japan | Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union | Sawao Kato Japan |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Team all-around | Yukio Endo, Sawao Kato, Takeshi Katō, Eizo Kenmotsu, Akinori Nakayama, Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan | Sergei Diomidov, Valery Iljinykh, Valery Karasev, Viktor Klimenko, Victor Lisitsky, Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union | Günter Beier, Matthias Brehme, Gerhard Dietrich, Siegfried Fülle, Klaus Köste, Peter Weber East Germany |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Vault | Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union | Yukio Endo Japan | Sergei Diomidov Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Balance beam | Natalia Kuchinskaya Soviet Union | Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia | Larisa Petrik Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Floor exercise | Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia / Larisa Petrik Soviet Union | — | Natalia Kuchinskaya Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Individual all-around | Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia | Zinaida Voronina Soviet Union | Natalia Kuchinskaya Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Team all-around | Lyubov Burda, Olga Karasyova, Natalia Kuchinskaya, Larisa Petrik, Ludmilla Tourischeva, Zinaida Voronina Soviet Union | Věra Čáslavská, Marianna Krajčírová, Jana Kubičková, Hana Lišková, Bohumila Řimnáčová, Miroslava Skleničková Czechoslovakia | Maritta Bauerschmidt, Karin Janz, Marianne Noack, Magdalena Schmidt, Ute Starke, Erika Zuchold East Germany |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Uneven bars | Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia | Karin Janz East Germany | Zinaida Voronina Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Vault | Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia | Erika Zuchold East Germany | Zinaida Voronina Soviet Union |
| Modern pentathlon | Men’s Individual | Björn Ferm Sweden | András Balczó Hungary | Pavel Lednyov Soviet Union |
| Modern pentathlon | Men’s Team | András Balczó, István Móna, Ferenc Török Hungary | Boris Onishchenko, Pavel Lednyov, Stasys Šaparnis Soviet Union | Raoul Gueguen, Lucien Guiguet, Jean-Pierre Giudicelli France |
| Rowing | Men’s Coxed four | Dick Joyce, Ross Collinge, Dudley Storey, Warren Cole, Simon Dickie New Zealand | Peter Kremtz, Manfred Gelpke, Roland Göhler, Klaus Jacob, Dieter Semetzky East Germany | Denis Oswald, Peter Bolliger, Hugo Waser, Jakob Grob, Gottlieb Fröhlich Switzerland |
| Rowing | Men’s Coxed pair | Primo Baran, Renzo Sambo, Bruno Cipolla Italy | Herman Suselbeek, Hadriaan van Nes, Roderick Rijnders Netherlands | Jørn Krab, Harry Jørgensen, Preben Krab Denmark |
| Rowing | Men’s Coxless four | Frank Forberger, Frank Rühle, Dieter Grahn, Dieter Schubert East Germany | Zoltán Melis, József Csermely, György Sarlós, Antal Melis Hungary | Renato Bosatta, Pier Conti-Manzini, Tullio Baraglia, Abramo Albini Italy |
| Rowing | Men’s Coxless pair | Jörg Lucke, Heinz-Jürgen Bothe East Germany | Larry Hough, Philip Johnson United States | Peter Christiansen, Ib Larsen Denmark |
| Rowing | Men’s Double sculls | Aleksandr Timoshinin, Anatoliy Sass Soviet Union | Harry Droog, Leendert van Dis Netherlands | John Nunn, Bill Maher United States |
| Rowing | Men’s Eight | Horst Meyer, Wolfgang Hottenrott, Dirk Schreyer, Egbert Hirschfelder, Rüdiger Henning, Jörg Siebert, Lutz Ulbricht, Niko Ott, Gunther Tiersch, Roland Böse West Germany | Bob Shirlaw, Gary Pearce, John Ranch, David Douglas, Peter Dickson, Joe Fazio, Michael Morgan, Alf Duval, Alan Grover Australia | Zigmas Jukna, Aleksandr Martyshkin, Antanas Bagdonavičius, Vytautas Briedis, Volodymyr Sterlik, Valentyn Kravchuk, Juozas Jagelavičius, Viktor Suslin, Yuriy Lorentsson Soviet Union |
| Rowing | Men’s Single sculls | Jan Wienese Netherlands | Jochen Meißner West Germany | Alberto Demiddi Argentina |
| Sailing | Open 5.5 metre | Ulf Sundelin, Jörgen Sundelin, Peter Sundelin Sweden | Louis Noverraz, Bernhard Dunand, Marcel Stern Switzerland | Robin Aisher, Paul Anderson, Adrian Jardine Great Britain |
| Sailing | Open Dragon | George Friedrichs, Barton Jahncke, Gerald Schreck United States | Aage Birch, Paul Lindemark Jørgensen, Niels Markussen Denmark | Paul Borowski, Karl-Heinz Thun, Konrad Weichert East Germany |
| Sailing | Open Finn | Valentin Mankin Soviet Union | Hubert Raudaschl Austria | Fabio Albarelli Italy |
| Sailing | Open Flying Dutchman | Rodney Pattisson, Iain MacDonald-Smith Great Britain | Ulli Libor, Peter Naumann West Germany | Reinaldo Conrad, Burkhard Cordes Brazil |
| Sailing | Open Star | Lowell North, Peter Barrett United States | Peder Lunde Jr., Per Wiken Norway | Franco Cavallo, Camillo Gargano Italy |
| Shooting | Mixed 25 m rapid fire pistol | Józef Zapędzki Poland | Marcel Roșca Romania | Renart Suleymanov Soviet Union |
| Shooting | Mixed 300 m free rifle three positions | Gary Anderson United States | Valentin Kornev Soviet Union | Kurt Müller Switzerland |
| Shooting | Mixed 50 m pistol | Grigory Kosykh Soviet Union | Heinz Mertel West Germany | Harald Vollmar East Germany |
| Shooting | Mixed 50 m rifle prone | Jan Kůrka Czechoslovakia | László Hammerl Hungary | Ian Ballinger New Zealand |
| Shooting | Mixed 50 m rifle three positions | Bernd Klingner West Germany | John Writer United States | Vitali Parkhimovitch Soviet Union |
| Shooting | Mixed Skeet | Yevgeni Petrov Soviet Union | Romano Garagnani Italy | Konrad Wirnhier West Germany |
| Shooting | Mixed Trap | Bob Braithwaite Great Britain | Thomas Garrigus United States | Kurt Czekalla East Germany |
| Swimming | Men’s 100 m backstroke | Roland Matthes East Germany | Charlie Hickcox United States | Ronnie Mills United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 100 m breaststroke | Don McKenzie United States | Vladimir Kosinsky Soviet Union | Nikolai Pankin Soviet Union |
| Swimming | Men’s 100 m butterfly | Doug Russell United States | Mark Spitz United States | Ross Wales United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 100 m freestyle | Michael Wenden Australia | Ken Walsh United States | Mark Spitz United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 1500 m freestyle | Mike Burton United States | John Kinsella United States | Greg Brough Australia |
| Swimming | Men’s 200 m backstroke | Roland Matthes East Germany | Mitch Ivey United States | Jack Horsley United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 200 m breaststroke | Felipe Muñoz Mexico | Vladimir Kosinsky Soviet Union | Brian Job United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 200 m butterfly | Carl Robie United States | Martyn Woodroffe Great Britain | John Ferris United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 200 m freestyle | Michael Wenden Australia | Don Schollander United States | John Nelson United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 200 m individual medley | Charlie Hickcox United States | Greg Buckingham United States | John Ferris United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Zac Zorn, Stephen Rerych, Ken Walsh, Mark Spitz United States | Georgi Kulikov, Viktor Mazanov, Semyon Belits-Geiman, Leonid Ilyichov Soviet Union | Greg Rogers, Robert Cusack, Bob Windle, Michael Wenden Australia |
| Swimming | Men’s 4 × 100 m medley relay | Charlie Hickcox, Don McKenzie, Doug Russell, Ken Walsh United States | Roland Matthes, Egon Henninger, Horst-Günter Gregor, Frank Wiegand East Germany | Yuri Gromak, Vladimir Nemshilov, Vladimir Kosinsky, Leonid Ilyichov Soviet Union |
| Swimming | Men’s 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | John Nelson, Stephen Rerych, Mark Spitz, Don Schollander United States | Greg Rogers, Graham White, Bob Windle, Michael Wenden Australia | Vladimir Bure, Semyon Belits-Geiman, Georgi Kulikov, Leonid Ilyichov Soviet Union |
| Swimming | Men’s 400 m freestyle | Mike Burton United States | Ralph Hutton Canada | Alain Mosconi France |
| Swimming | Men’s 400 m individual medley | Charlie Hickcox United States | Gary Hall, Sr. United States | Michael Holthaus West Germany |
| Swimming | Women’s 100 m backstroke | Kaye Hall United States | Elaine Tanner Canada | Jane Swagerty United States |
| Swimming | Women’s 100 m breaststroke | Đurđica Bjedov Yugoslavia | Galina Prozumenshchikova Soviet Union | Sharon Wichman United States |
| Swimming | Women’s 100 m butterfly | Lyn McClements Australia | Ellie Daniel United States | Susan Shields United States |
| Swimming | Women’s 100 m freestyle | Jan Henne United States | Susan Pedersen United States | Linda Gustavson United States |
| Swimming | Women’s 200 m backstroke | Lillian Watson United States | Elaine Tanner Canada | Kaye Hall United States |
| Swimming | Women’s 200 m breaststroke | Sharon Wichman United States | Đurđica Bjedov Yugoslavia | Galina Prozumenshchikova Soviet Union |
| Swimming | Women’s 200 m butterfly | Ada Kok Netherlands | Helga Lindner East Germany | Ellie Daniel United States |
| Swimming | Women’s 200 m freestyle | Debbie Meyer United States | Jan Henne United States | Jane Barkman United States |
| Swimming | Women’s 200 m individual medley | Claudia Kolb United States | Susan Pedersen United States | Jan Henne United States |
| Swimming | Women’s 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Jane Barkman, Linda Gustavson, Susan Pedersen, Jan Henne United States | Gabriele Wetzko, Roswitha Krause, Uta Schmuck, Martina Grunert East Germany | Angela Coughlan, Marilyn Corson, Elaine Tanner, Marion Lay Canada |
| Swimming | Women’s 4 × 100 m medley relay | Kaye Hall, Catie Ball, Ellie Daniel, Susan Pedersen United States | Lynne Watson, Judy Playfair, Lyn McClements, Janet Steinbeck Australia | Angelika Kraus, Uta Frommater, Heike Hustede, Heidemarie Reineck West Germany |
| Swimming | Women’s 400 m freestyle | Debbie Meyer United States | Linda Gustavson United States | Karen Moras Australia |
| Swimming | Women’s 400 m individual medley | Claudia Kolb United States | Lynn Vidali United States | Sabine Steinbach East Germany |
| Swimming | Women’s 800 m freestyle | Debbie Meyer United States | Pam Kruse United States | Maria Teresa Ramírez Mexico |
| Volleyball | Men's | Eduard Sibiryakov, Yuri Poyarkov, Georgi Mondzolevsky, Valeri Kravchenko, Volodymyr Byelyayev, Yevgeni Lapinsky, Ivan Bugaenkov, Oleg Antropov, Vasilius Matushevas, Viktor Mikhalchuk, Boris Tereshchuk, Vladimir Ivanov Soviet Union | Masayuki Minami, Katsutoshi Nekoda, Mamoru Shiragami, Isao Koizumi, Kenji Kimura, Yasuaki Mitsumori, Naohiro Ikeda, Jungo Morita, Tadayoshi Yokota, Seiji Oko, Tetsuo Satō, Kenji Shimaoka Japan | Bohumil Golián, Antonin Prochazka, Petr Kop, Jiri Svoboda, Josef Musil, Lubomir Zajisek, Josef Smolka, Vladimir Petlak, Frantisek Sokol, Zdenek Groessel, Pavel Schenk, Drahomir Koudelka Czechoslovakia |
| Volleyball | Women's | Lyudmila Buldakova, Lyudmila Mikhailkovskaya, Tatyana Veinberga, Vera Lantratova, Vera Galushka-Duyunova, Tatyana Sarycheva, Tatyana Ponyaeva-Tretyakova, Nina Smoleeva, Inna Ryskal, Galina Leontyeva, Roza Salikhova, Valentina Kamenek-Vinogradova Soviet Union | Setsuko Yosjida, Suzue Takayama, Toyoko Iwahara, Youko Kasahara, Aiko Onozawa, Yukiyo Kojima, Sachiko Fukanaka, Kunie Shishikura, Setsuko Inoue, Sumie Oinuma, Makiko Furakawa, Keiko Hama Japan | Elżbieta Porzec, Zofia Szczęśniewska, Wanda Wiecha, Barbara Hermela-Niemczyk, Krystyna Ostromęcka, Krystyna Krupa, Jadwiga Książek, Józefa Ledwig, Krystyna Jakubowska, Lidia Chmielnicka, Krystyna Czajkowska, Halina Aszkiełowicz Poland |
| Water polo | Men's | Ozren Bonačić, Dejan Dabović, Zdravko Hebel, Zoran Janković, Ronald Lopatni, Uroš Marović, Đorđe Perišić, Miroslav Poljak, Mirko Sandić, Karlo Stipanić, Ivo Trumbić Yugoslavia | Vadim Gulyaev, Givi Chikvanaya, Boris Grishin, Aleksandr Dolgushin, Aleksei Barkalov, Yuri Grigorovsky, Vladimir Semyonov, Aleksandr Shidlovsky, Vyacheslav Skok, Leonid Osipov, Oleg Bovin Soviet Union | András Bodnár, Zoltán Dömötör, László Felkai, Ferenc Konrád, János Konrád, Mihály Mayer, László Sárosi, János Steinmetz, Endre Molnár, Dénes Pócsik, István Szívós, Jr. Hungary |
| Weightlifting | Men’s +90 kg | Leonid Zhabotinsky Soviet Union | Serge Reding Belgium | Joseph Dube United States |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 56 kg | Mohammad Nassiri Iran | Imre Földi Hungary | Henryk Trębicki Poland |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 60 kg | Yoshinobu Miyake Japan | Dito Shanidze Soviet Union | Yoshiyuki Miyake Japan |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 67.5 kg | Waldemar Baszanowski Poland | Parviz Jalayer Iran | Marian Zieliński Poland |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 75 kg | Viktor Kurentsov Soviet Union | Masushi Ouchi Japan | Károly Bakos Hungary |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 82.5 kg | Boris Selitsky Soviet Union | Vladimir Belyaev Soviet Union | Norbert Ozimek Poland |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 90 kg | Kaarlo Kangasniemi Finland | Jaan Talts Soviet Union | Marek Gołąb Poland |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · +97 kg | Aleksandr Medved Soviet Union | Osman Duraliev Bulgaria | Wilfried Dietrich West Germany |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 52 kg | Shigeo Nakata Japan | Richard Sanders United States | Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav Mongolia |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 57 kg | Yojiro Uetake Japan | Donald Behm United States | Aboutaleb Talebi Iran |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 63 kg | Masaaki Kaneko Japan | Enyu Todorov Bulgaria | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi Iran |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 70 kg | Abdollah Movahed Iran | Enyu Valchev Bulgaria | Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter Mongolia |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 78 kg | Mahmut Atalay Turkey | Daniel Robin France | Tömöriin Artag Mongolia |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 87 kg | Boris Michail Gurevich Soviet Union | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat Mongolia | Prodan Gardzhev Bulgaria |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 97 kg | Ahmet Ayık Turkey | Shota Lomidze Soviet Union | József Csatári Hungary |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · +97 kg | István Kozma Hungary | Anatoly Roshchin Soviet Union | Petr Kment Czechoslovakia |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 52 kg | Petar Kirov Bulgaria | Vladimir Bakulin Soviet Union | Miroslav Zeman Czechoslovakia |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 57 kg | János Varga Hungary | Ion Baciu Romania | Ivan Kochergin Soviet Union |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 63 kg | Roman Rurua Soviet Union | Hideo Fujimoto Japan | Simion Popescu Romania |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 70 kg | Muneji Munemura Japan | Stevan Horvat Yugoslavia | Petros Galaktopoulos Greece |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 78 kg | Rudolf Vesper East Germany | Daniel Robin France | Károly Bajkó Hungary |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 87 kg | Lothar Metz East Germany | Valentin Oleynik Soviet Union | Branislav Simić Yugoslavia |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 97 kg | Boyan Radev Bulgaria | Nikolai Yakovenko Soviet Union | Nicolae Martinescu Romania |