| Archery | Men's | John Williams United States | Gunnar Jervill Sweden | Kyösti Laasonen Finland |
| Archery | Women's | Doreen Wilber United States | Irena Szydłowska Poland | Emma Gapchenko Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Men’s 10,000 metres | Lasse Virén Finland | Emiel Puttemans Belgium | Miruts Yifter Ethiopia |
| Athletics | Men’s 100 metres | Valeriy Borzov Soviet Union | Robert Taylor United States | Lennox Miller Jamaica |
| Athletics | Men’s 110 metres hurdles | Rod Milburn United States | Guy Drut France | Thomas Hill United States |
| Athletics | Men’s 1500 metres | Pekka Vasala Finland | Kipchoge Keino Kenya | Rod Dixon New Zealand |
| Athletics | Men’s 20 kilometres walk | Peter Frenkel East Germany | Volodymyr Holubnychy Soviet Union | Hans-Georg Reimann East Germany |
| Athletics | Men’s 200 metres | Valeriy Borzov Soviet Union | Larry Black United States | Pietro Mennea Italy |
| Athletics | Men’s 3000 metres steeplechase | Kipchoge Keino Kenya | Ben Jipcho Kenya | Tapio Kantanen Finland |
| Athletics | Men’s 4 × 100 metres relay | Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker, Eddie Hart United States | Aleksandr Kornelyuk, Vladimir Lovetskiy, Juris Silovs, Valeriy Borzov Soviet Union | Jobst Hirscht, Karlheinz Klotz, Gerhard Wucherer, Klaus Ehl West Germany |
| Athletics | Men’s 4 × 400 metres relay | Charles Asati, Munyoro Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang Kenya | Martin Reynolds, Alan Pascoe, David Hemery, David Jenkins Great Britain | Gilles Bertould, Daniel Velasques, Francis Kerbiriou, Jacques Carette France |
| Athletics | Men’s 400 metres | Vincent Matthews United States | Wayne Collett United States | Julius Sang Kenya |
| Athletics | Men’s 400 metres hurdles | John Akii-Bua Uganda | Ralph Mann United States | David Hemery Great Britain |
| Athletics | Men’s 50 kilometres walk | Bernd Kannenberg West Germany | Veniamin Soldatenko Soviet Union | Larry Young United States |
| Athletics | Men’s 5000 metres | Lasse Virén Finland | Mohammed Gammoudi Tunisia | Ian Stewart Great Britain |
| Athletics | Men’s 800 metres | Dave Wottle United States | Yevhen Arzhanov Soviet Union | Mike Boit Kenya |
| Athletics | Men’s Decathlon | Mykola Avilov Soviet Union | Leonid Lytvynenko Soviet Union | Ryszard Katus Poland |
| Athletics | Men’s Discus throw | Ludvík Daněk Czechoslovakia | Jay Silvester United States | Ricky Bruch Sweden |
| Athletics | Men’s Hammer throw | Anatolij Bondarčuk Soviet Union | Jochen Sachse East Germany | Vasiliy Khmelevskiy Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Men’s High jump | Jüri Tarmak Soviet Union | Stefan Junge East Germany | Dwight Stones United States |
| Athletics | Men’s Javelin throw | Klaus Wolfermann West Germany | Jānis Lūsis Soviet Union | Bill Schmidt United States |
| Athletics | Men’s Long jump | Randy Williams United States | Hans Baumgartner West Germany | Arnie Robinson United States |
| Athletics | Men’s Marathon | Frank Shorter United States | Karel Lismont Belgium | Mamo Wolde Ethiopia |
| Athletics | Men’s Pole vault | Wolfgang Nordwig East Germany | Bob Seagren United States | Jan Johnson United States |
| Athletics | Men’s Shot put | Władysław Komar Poland | George Woods United States | Hartmut Briesenick East Germany |
| Athletics | Men’s Triple jump | Viktor Saneyev Soviet Union | Jörg Drehmel East Germany | Nelson Prudêncio Brazil |
| Athletics | Women’s 100 metres | Renate Stecher East Germany | Raelene Boyle Australia | Silvia Chivás Cuba |
| Athletics | Women’s 100 metres hurdles | Annelie Ehrhardt East Germany | Valeria Bufanu Romania | Karin Balzer East Germany |
| Athletics | Women’s 1500 metres | Lyudmila Bragina Soviet Union | Gunhild Hoffmeister East Germany | Paola Pigni Italy |
| Athletics | Women’s 200 metres | Renate Stecher East Germany | Raelene Boyle Australia | Irena Szewińska Poland |
| Athletics | Women’s 4 × 100 metres relay | Christiane Krause, Ingrid Becker, Annegret Richter, Heide Rosendahl West Germany | Evelin Kaufer, Christina Heinich, Bärbel Struppert, Renate Stecher East Germany | Marlene Elejarde, Carmen Valdés, Fulgencia Romay, Silvia Chivás Cuba |
| Athletics | Women’s 4 × 400 metres relay | Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne, Helga Seidler, Monika Zehrt East Germany | Mable Fergerson, Madeline Manning, Cheryl Toussaint, Kathy Hammond United States | Anette Rückes, Inge Bödding, Hildegard Falck, Rita Wilden West Germany |
| Athletics | Women’s 400 metres | Monika Zehrt East Germany | Rita Wilden West Germany | Kathy Hammond United States |
| Athletics | Women’s 800 metres | Hildegard Falck West Germany | Nijolė Sabaitė Soviet Union | Gunhild Hoffmeister East Germany |
| Athletics | Women’s Discus throw | Faina Melnik Soviet Union | Argentina Menis Romania | Vasilka Stoeva Bulgaria |
| Athletics | Women’s High jump | Ulrike Meyfarth West Germany | Yordanka Blagoeva Bulgaria | Ilona Gusenbauer Austria |
| Athletics | Women’s Javelin throw | Ruth Fuchs East Germany | Jacqueline Todten East Germany | Kate Schmidt United States |
| Athletics | Women’s Long jump | Heide Rosendahl West Germany | Diana Yorgova Bulgaria | Eva Šuranová Czechoslovakia |
| Athletics | Women’s Pentathlon | Mary Peters Great Britain | Heide Rosendahl West Germany | Burglinde Pollak East Germany |
| Athletics | Women’s Shot put | Nadezhda Chizhova Soviet Union | Margitta Gummel East Germany | Ivanka Khristova Bulgaria |
| Basketball | Men's | Anatoli Polivoda, Modestas Paulauskas, Zurab Sakandelidze, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Aleksandr Boloshev, Ivan Edeshko, Sergei Belov, Mikheil Korkia, Ivan Dvorny, Gennadi Volnov, Aleksandr Belov, Sergei Kovalenko Soviet Union | Kenneth Davis, Doug Collins, Tom Henderson, Mike Bantom, Robert Jones, Dwight Jones, James Forbes, Jim Brewer, Tommy Burleson, Tom McMillen, Kevin Joyce, Ed Ratleff United States | Juan Carlos Domecq Fortuondo, Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Juan Roca Brunet, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Miguel Álvarez Pozo, Rafael Cañizares Poey, Conrado Perez Armenteros, Miguel Calderon Gomez, Tomas Herrera Martinez, Oscar Varona Varona, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Franklin Standard Johnson Cuba |
| Boxing | Men’s Bantamweight (–54 kg) | Orlando Martínez Cuba | Alfonso Zamora Mexico | George Turpin Great Britain / Ricardo Carreras United States |
| Boxing | Men’s Featherweight (–57 kg) | Boris Kuznetsov Soviet Union | Philip Waruinge Kenya | Clemente Rojas Colombia / András Botos Hungary |
| Boxing | Men’s Flyweight (–51 kg) | Georgi Kostadinov Bulgaria | Leo Rwabwogo Uganda | David Torosyan Cuba / Leszek Blazynski Poland |
| Boxing | Men’s Heavyweight (+81 kg) | Teófilo Stevenson Cuba | Ion Alexe Romania | Hasse Thomsén Sweden / Peter Hussing West Germany |
| Boxing | Men’s Light flyweight (–48 kg) | György Gedó Hungary | Kim U-gil North Korea | Ralph Evans Great Britain / Enrique Rodríguez Spain |
| Boxing | Men’s Light heavyweight (–81 kg) | Mate Parlov Yugoslavia | Gilberto Carrillo Cuba | Isaac Ikhouria Nigeria / Janusz Gortat Poland |
| Boxing | Men’s Light middleweight (–71 kg) | Dieter Kottysch West Germany | Wiesław Rudkowski Poland | Peter Tiepold East Germany / Alan Minter Great Britain |
| Boxing | Men’s Light welterweight (–63 kg) | Sugar Ray Seales United States | Angel Angelov Bulgaria | Issaka Daborg Niger / Zvonimir Vujin Yugoslavia |
| Boxing | Men’s Lightweight (–60 kg) | Jan Szczepański Poland | László Orbán Hungary | Alfonso Pérez Colombia / Samuel Mbugua Kenya |
| Boxing | Men’s Middleweight (–75 kg) | Vyacheslav Lemeshev Soviet Union | Reima Virtanen Finland | Prince Amartey Ghana / Marvin Johnson United States |
| Boxing | Men’s Welterweight (–67 kg) | Emilio Correa Cuba | János Kajdi Hungary | Dick Murunga Kenya / Jesse Valdez United States |
| Canoeing | Men’s C-1 1000 metres | Ivan Patzaichin Romania | Tamás Wichmann Hungary | Detlef Lewe West Germany |
| Canoeing | Men’s C-2 1000 metres | Vladas Česiūnas, Yuri Lobanov Soviet Union | Ivan Patzaichin, Serghei Covaliov Romania | Fedia Damianov, Ivan Burtchin Bulgaria |
| Canoeing | Men’s K-1 1000 metres | Aleksandr Shaparenko Soviet Union | Rolf Peterson Sweden | Géza Csapó Hungary |
| Canoeing | Men’s K-2 1000 metres | Nikolai Gorbachev, Viktor Kratasyuk Soviet Union | József Deme, János Rátkai Hungary | Władysław Szuszkiewicz, Rafał Piszcz Poland |
| Canoeing | Men’s K-4 1000 metres | Yuri Filatov, Yuri Stetsenko, Vladimir Morozov, Valeri Didenko Soviet Union | Aurel Vernescu, Mihai Zafiu, Roman Vartolomeu, Atanase Sciotnic Romania | Egil Søby, Steinar Amundsen, Tore Berger, Jan Johansen Norway |
| Canoeing | Men's C-1 | Reinhard Eiben East Germany | Reinhold Kauder West Germany | Jamie McEwan United States |
| Canoeing | Men's C-2 | Walter Hofmann, Rolf-Dieter Amend East Germany | Hans-Otto Schumacher, Wilhelm Baues West Germany | Jean-Louis Olry, Jean-Claude Olry France |
| Canoeing | Men's K-1 | Siegbert Horn East Germany | Norbert Sattler Austria | Harald Gimpel East Germany |
| Canoeing | Women’s K-1 500 metres | Yulia Ryabchinskaya Soviet Union | Mieke Jaapies Netherlands | Anna Pfeffer Hungary |
| Canoeing | Women’s K-2 500 metres | Lyudmila Pinayeva, Yekaterina Kuryshko Soviet Union | Ilse Kaschube, Petra Grabowski East Germany | Maria Nichiforov, Viorica Dumitru Romania |
| Canoeing | Women's K-1 | Angelika Bahmann East Germany | Gisela Grothaus West Germany | Magdalena Wunderlich West Germany |
| Cycling | Men’s Individual pursuit | Knut Knudsen Norway | Xaver Kurmann Switzerland | Hans Lutz West Germany |
| Cycling | Men’s Individual road race | Hennie Kuiper Netherlands | Clyde Sefton Australia | — |
| Cycling | Men’s Sprint | Daniel Morelon France | John Nicholson Australia | Omar Pkhakadze Soviet Union |
| Cycling | Men’s Tandem | Vladimir Semenets, Igor Tselovalnykov Soviet Union | Jürgen Geschke, Werner Otto East Germany | Andrzej Bek, Benedykt Kocot Poland |
| Cycling | Men’s Team pursuit | Günther Schumacher, Jürgen Colombo, Günter Haritz, Udo Hempel West Germany | Uwe Unterwalder, Thomas Huschke, Heinz Richter, Herbert Richter East Germany | William Moore, Michael Bennett, Ian Hallam, Ronald Keeble Great Britain |
| Cycling | Men’s Team time trial | Valery Yardy, Gennady Komnatov, Valery Likhachov, Boris Shukov Soviet Union | Ryszard Szurkowski, Edward Barcik, Lucjan Lis, Stanisław Szozda Poland | — |
| Cycling | Men’s Time trial | Niels Fredborg Denmark | Danny Clark Australia | Jürgen Schütze East Germany |
| Diving | Men’s 10 m platform | Klaus Dibiasi Italy | Richard Rydze United States | Giorgio Cagnotto Italy |
| Diving | Men’s 3 m springboard | Vladimir Vasin Soviet Union | Giorgio Cagnotto Italy | Craig Lincoln United States |
| Diving | Women’s 10 m platform | Ulrika Knape Sweden | Milena Duchková Czechoslovakia | Marina Janicke East Germany |
| Diving | Women’s 3 m springboard | Micki King United States | Ulrika Knape Sweden | Marina Janicke East Germany |
| Equestrian | Open Individual dressage | Liselott Linsenhoff West Germany | Yelena Petushkova Soviet Union | Josef Neckermann West Germany |
| Equestrian | Open Individual eventing | Richard Meade Great Britain | Alessandro Argenton Italy | Jan Jönsson Sweden |
| Equestrian | Open Individual jumping | Graziano Mancinelli Italy | Ann Moore Great Britain | Neal Shapiro United States |
| Equestrian | Open Team dressage | Yelena Petushkova, Ivan Kizimov, Ivan Kalita Soviet Union | Karin Schlüter, Liselott Linsenhoff, Josef Neckermann West Germany | Ulla Håkansson, Ninna Swaab, Maud von Rosen Sweden |
| Equestrian | Open Team eventing | Richard Meade, Mary Gordon-Watson, Bridget Parker, Mark Phillips Great Britain | Kevin Freeman, Bruce Davidson, Michael Plumb, James C. Wofford United States | Harry Klugmann, Ludwig Gössing, Karl Schultz, Horst Karsten West Germany |
| Equestrian | Open Team jumping | Fritz Ligges, Gerhard Wiltfang, Hartwig Steenken, Hans Günter Winkler West Germany | William Steinkraus, Neal Shapiro, Kathryn Kusner, Frank Chapot United States | Vittorio Orlandi, Raimondo D'Inzeo, Graziano Mancinelli, Piero D'Inzeo Italy |
| Fencing | Men’s Individual foil | Witold Woyda Poland | Jenő Kamuti Hungary | Christian Noël France |
| Fencing | Men’s Individual sabre | Viktor Sidyak Soviet Union | Péter Marót Hungary | Vladimir Nazlymov Soviet Union |
| Fencing | Men’s Individual épée | Csaba Fenyvesi Hungary | Jacques Ladegaillerie France | Győző Kulcsár Hungary |
| Fencing | Men’s Team foil | Marek Dąbrowski, Jerzy Kaczmarek, Lech Koziejowski, Witold Woyda, Arkadiusz Godel Poland | Vladimir Denisov, Anatoli Kotetsev, Leonid Romanov, Vasili Stankovich, Victor Putyatin Soviet Union | Jean-Claude Magnan, Christian Noël, Daniel Revenu, Bernard Talvard, Gilles Berolatti France |
| Fencing | Men’s Team sabre | Michele Maffei, Mario Aldo Montano, Mario Tullio Montano, Rolando Rigoli, Cesare Salvadori Italy | Viktor Bashenov, Vladimir Nazlymov, Viktor Sidyak, Eduard Vinokurov, Mark Rakita Soviet Union | Pál Gerevich, Tamás Kovács, Péter Marót, Tibor Pézsa, Péter Bakonyi Hungary |
| Fencing | Men’s Team épée | Sándor Erdős, Csaba Fenyvesi, Győző Kulcsár, Pál Schmitt, István Osztrics Hungary | Guy Evequoz, Daniel Giger, Christian Kauter, Peter Lötscher, François Suchanecki Switzerland | Viktor Modzolevsky, Sergei Paramonov, Igor Valetov, Georgi Zažitski, Grigori Kriss Soviet Union |
| Fencing | Women’s Individual foil | Antonella Ragno-Lonzi Italy | Ildikó Bóbis Hungary | Galina Gorokhova Soviet Union |
| Fencing | Women’s Team foil | Elena Belova, Galina Gorokhova, Tatyana Samusenko, Aleksandra Zabelina, Svetlana Tširkova Soviet Union | Ildikó Bóbis, Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Ildikó Schwarczenberger, Mária Gulácsi-Szolnoki, Ildikó Matuscsák-Rónay Hungary | Ileana Gyulai-Drimba-Jenei, Ana Dersidan-Ene-Pascu, Ecaterina Iencic-Stahl, Olga Orban-Szabo Romania |
| Field hockey | Men's | Wolfgang Baumgart, Horst Drose, Dieter Freise, Werner Kaessmann, Carsten Keller, Detlev Kittstein, Ulrich Klaes, Peter Kraus, Michael Krause, Michael Peter, Wolfgang Rott, Fritz Schmidt, Rainer Seifert, Wolfgang Strodter, Eckart Suhl, Eduard Thelen, Peter Trump, Ulrich Vos West Germany | Rashid Abdul, Akhtar Rasool, Ul Akhtar, Jahangir Butt, Fazalur Rehman, Islahuddin Siddiquee, Muhammad Asad Malik, Shahnaz Sheikh, Munawwaruz Zaman, Ahmad Riaz, Saeed Anwar, Saleem Sherwani, Iftikar Syed, Mudassar Asghar, Zahid Sheikh Pakistan | B. P. Govinda, Charles Cornelius, Manuel Frederick, Michael Kindo, V.J. Philips, Ashok Kumar, M. P. Ganesh, Krishnamurty Perumal, Ajitpal Singh, Harbinder Singh, Harcharan Singh, Harmik Singh, Kulwant Singh, Mukhbain Singh, Virinder Singh, Vece Paes India |
| Football | Men's | Hubert Kostka, Zbigniew Gut, Jerzy Gorgoń, Zygmunt Anczok, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Zygmunt Maszczyk, Jerzy Kraska, Kazimierz Deyna, Zygfryd Szołtysik, Włodzimierz Lubański, Robert Gadocha, Ryszard Szymczak, Antoni Szymanowski, Joachim Marx, Grzegorz Lato, Marian Ostafiński, Kazimierz Kmiecik, Marian Szeja Poland | István Géczi, Péter Vépi, Miklós Páncsics, Péter Juhász, Lajos Szűcs, Mihály Kozma, Antal Dunai, Lajos Kű, Béla Váradi, Ede Dunai, László Bálint, Lajos Kocsis, Kálmán Tóth, László Branikovits, József Kovács, Csaba Vidács, Adám Rothermel Hungary | Jürgen Croy, Manfred Zapf, Konrad Weise, Bernd Bransch, Jürgen Pommerenke, Jürgen Sparwasser, Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Joachim Streich, Wolfgang Seguin, Peter Ducke, Frank Ganzera, Lothar Kurbjuweit, Eberhard Vogel, Harald Irmscher, Ralf Schulenberg, Reinhard Häfner, Siegmar Wätzlich East Germany / Oleh Blokhin, Murtaz Khurtsilava, Yuriy Istomin, Volodymyr Kaplychnyi, Viktor Kolotov, Yevgeni Lovchev, Sergei Olshansky, Yevhen Rudakov, Vyacheslav Semyonov, Gennadi Evryuzhikhin, Oganes Zanazanyan, Andrei Yakubik, Arkady Andreasyan, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Yozhef Sabo, Yuriy Yeliseyev, Volodymyr Onyshchenko, Anatoliy Kuksov, Vladimir Pilgui Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Floor exercise | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union | Akinori Nakayama Japan | Shigeru Kasamatsu Japan |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Horizontal bar | Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan | Sawao Kato Japan | Shigeru Kasamatsu Japan |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Individual all-around | Sawao Kato Japan | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan | Akinori Nakayama Japan |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Parallel bars | Sawao Kato Japan | Shigeru Kasamatsu Japan | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Pommel horse | Viktor Klimenko Soviet Union | Sawao Kato Japan | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Rings | Akinori Nakayama Japan | Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union | Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Team all-around | Shigeru Kasamatsu, Sawao Kato, Eizo Kenmotsu, Akinori Nakayama, Teruichi Okamura, Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan | Nikolai Andrianov, Viktor Klimenko, Alexander Maleev, Edvard Mikaelian, Vladimir Schukin, Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union | Matthias Brehme, Wolfgang Klotz, Klaus Köste, Jürgen Paeke, Reinhard Rychly, Wolfgang Thüne East Germany |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Vault | Klaus Köste East Germany | Viktor Klimenko Soviet Union | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Balance beam | Olga Korbut Soviet Union | Tamara Lazakovich Soviet Union | Karin Janz East Germany |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Floor exercise | Olga Korbut Soviet Union | Ludmila Tourischeva Soviet Union | Tamara Lazakovich Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Individual all-around | Ludmila Tourischeva Soviet Union | Karin Janz East Germany | Tamara Lazakovich Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Team all-around | Lyubov Burda, Olga Korbut, Antonina Koshel, Tamara Lazakovich, Elvira Saadi, Ludmila Tourischeva Soviet Union | Irene Abel, Angelika Hellmann, Karin Janz, Richarda Schmeißer, Christine Schmitt, Erika Zuchold East Germany | Ilona Békési, Mónika Császár, Marta Kelemen, Anikó Kéry, Krisztina Medveczky, Zsuzsa Nagy Hungary |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Uneven bars | Karin Janz East Germany | Erika Zuchold East Germany / Olga Korbut Soviet Union | — |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Vault | Karin Janz East Germany | Erika Zuchold East Germany | Ludmila Tourischeva Soviet Union |
| Handball | Men's | Abaz Arslanagić, Petar Fajfrić, Hrvoje Horvat, Milorad Karalić, Đorđe Lavrnić, Milan Lazarević, Zdravko Miljak, Slobodan Mišković, Branislav Pokrajac, Nebojša Popović, Miroslav Pribanić, Albin Vidović, Zoran Živković, Zdenko Zorko Yugoslavia | Ladislav Beneš, František Brůna, Vladimír Haber, Vladimír Jarý, Jiří Kavan, Arnošt Klimčík, Jaroslav Konečný, František Králík, Jindřich Krepindl, Vincent Lafko, Andrej Lukošík, Pavel Mikeš, Petr Pospíšil, Ivan Satrapa, Zdeněk Škára, Jaroslav Škarvan Czechoslovakia | Ştefan Birtalan, Adrian Cosma, Marin Dan, Alexandru Dincă, Cristian Gaţu, Gheorghe Gruia, Roland Gunesch, Gabriel Kicsid, Ghiţă Licu, Cornel Penu, Valentin Samungi, Simion Schöbel, Werner Stöckl, Constantin Tudosie, Radu Voina Romania |
| Judo | Men’s Half middleweight · 70 kg | Toyokazu Nomura Japan | Antoni Zajkowski Poland | Dietmar Hötger East Germany / Anatoliy Novikov Soviet Union |
| Judo | Men’s Half-heavyweight · 93 kg | Shota Chochishvili Soviet Union | David Starbrook Great Britain | Chiaki Ishii Brazil / Paul Barth West Germany |
| Judo | Men’s Heavyweight · +93 kg | Wim Ruska Netherlands | Klaus Glahn West Germany | Motoki Nishimura Japan / Givi Onashvili Soviet Union |
| Judo | Men’s Lightweight · 63 kg | Takao Kawaguchi Japan | — | Jean-Jacques Mounier France / Kim Yong-ik North Korea |
| Judo | Men’s Middleweight · 80 kg | Shinobu Sekine Japan | Oh Seung-lip South Korea | Jean-Paul Coche France / Brian Jacks Great Britain |
| Judo | Open category | Wim Ruska Netherlands | Vitali Kuznetsov Soviet Union | Jean-Claude Brondani France / Angelo Parisi Great Britain |
| Modern pentathlon | Men’s Individual | András Balczó Hungary | Boris Onishchenko Soviet Union | Pavel Lednyov Soviet Union |
| Modern pentathlon | Men’s Team | Boris Onishchenko, Pavel Lednyov, Vladimir Shmelyov Soviet Union | András Balczó, Zsigmond Villányi, Pál Bakó Hungary | Risto Hurme, Veikko Salminen, Martti Ketelä Finland |
| Rowing | Men’s Coxed four | Peter Berger, Hans-Johann Färber, Gerhard Auer, Alois Bierl, Uwe Benter West Germany | Dietrich Zander, Reinhard Gust, Eckhard Martens, Rolf Jobst, Klaus-Dieter Ludwig East Germany | Otakar Mareček, Karel Neffe, Vladimír Jánoš, František Provazník, Vladimír Petříček Czechoslovakia |
| Rowing | Men’s Coxed pair | Wolfgang Gunkel, Jörg Lucke, Klaus-Dieter Neubert East Germany | Oldřich Svojanovský, Pavel Svojanovský, Vladimír Petříček Czechoslovakia | Ștefan Tudor, Petre Ceapura, Ladislau Lovrenschi Romania |
| Rowing | Men’s Coxless four | Frank Forberger, Frank Rühle, Dieter Grahn, Dieter Schubert East Germany | Dick Tonks, Dudley Storey, Ross Collinge, Noel Mills New Zealand | Joachim Ehrig, Peter Funnekötter, Franz Held, Wolfgang Plottke West Germany |
| Rowing | Men’s Coxless pair | Siegfried Brietzke, Wolfgang Mager East Germany | Heinrich Fischer, Alfred Bachmann Switzerland | Roel Luynenburg, Ruud Stokvis Netherlands |
| Rowing | Men’s Double sculls | Aleksandr Timoshinin, Gennadi Korshikov Soviet Union | Frank Hansen, Svein Thøgersen Norway | Joachim Böhmer, Uli Schmied East Germany |
| Rowing | Men’s Eight | Tony Hurt, Wybo Veldman, Dick Joyce, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Joe Earl, Trevor Coker, Gary Robertson, Simon Dickie New Zealand | Lawrence Terry, Franklin Hobbs, Pete Raymond, Tim Mickelson, Gene Clapp, Bill Hobbs, Cleve Livingston, Mike Livingston, Paul Hoffman United States | Hans-Joachim Borzym, Jörg Landvoigt, Harold Dimke, Manfred Schneider, Hartmut Schreiber, Manfred Schmorde, Bernd Landvoigt, Heinrich Mederow, Dietmar Schwarz East Germany |
| Rowing | Men’s Single sculls | Yury Malyshev Soviet Union | Alberto Demiddi Argentina | Wolfgang Güldenpfennig East Germany |
| Sailing | Open Dragon | John Cuneo, Thomas Anderson, John Shaw Australia | Paul Borowski, Karl-Heinz Thun, Konrad Weichert East Germany | Donald Cohan, Charles Horter, John Marshall United States |
| Sailing | Open Finn | Serge Maury France | Ilias Hatzipavlis Greece | Viktor Potapov Soviet Union |
| Sailing | Open Flying Dutchman | Rodney Pattisson, Christopher Davies Great Britain | Yves Pajot, Marc Pajot France | Ulli Libor, Peter Naumann West Germany |
| Sailing | Open Soling | Harry Melges, William Allen, William Bentsen United States | Stig Wennerström, Bo Knape, Stefan Krook Sweden | David Miller, Paul Côté, John Ekels Canada |
| Sailing | Open Star | David Forbes, John Anderson Australia | Pelle Petterson, Stellan Westerdahl Sweden | Wilhelm Kuhweide, Karsten Meyer West Germany |
| Sailing | Open Tempest | Valentin Mankin, Vitali Dyrdyra Soviet Union | Alan Warren, David Hunt Great Britain | Glen Foster, Peter Dean United States |
| Shooting | Mixed 25 m rapid fire pistol | Józef Zapędzki Poland | Ladislav Falta Czechoslovakia | Viktor Torshin Soviet Union |
| Shooting | Mixed 300 m free rifle three positions | Lones Wigger United States | Boris Melnik Soviet Union | Lajos Papp Hungary |
| Shooting | Mixed 50 m pistol | Ragnar Skanåker Sweden | Dan Iuga Romania | Rudolf Dollinger Austria |
| Shooting | Mixed 50 m rifle prone | Ri Ho-jun North Korea | Vic Auer United States | Nicolae Rotaru Romania |
| Shooting | Mixed 50 m rifle three positions | John Writer United States | Lanny Bassham United States | Werner Lippoldt East Germany |
| Shooting | Mixed 50 m running target | Yakov Zheleznyak Soviet Union | Helmut Bellingrodt Colombia | John Kynoch Great Britain |
| Shooting | Mixed Skeet | Konrad Wirnhier West Germany | Yevgeni Petrov Soviet Union | Michael Buchheim East Germany |
| Shooting | Mixed Trap | Angelo Scalzone Italy | Michel Carrega France | Silvano Basagni Italy |
| Swimming | Men’s 100 m backstroke | Roland Matthes East Germany | Mike Stamm United States | John Murphy United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 100 m breaststroke | Nobutaka Taguchi Japan | Tom Bruce United States | John Hencken United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 100 m butterfly | Mark Spitz United States | Bruce Robertson Canada | Jerry Heidenreich United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 100 m freestyle | Mark Spitz United States | Jerry Heidenreich United States | Vladimir Bure Soviet Union |
| Swimming | Men’s 1500 m freestyle | Mike Burton United States | Graham Windeatt Australia | Doug Northway United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 200 m backstroke | Roland Matthes East Germany | Mike Stamm United States | Mitch Ivey United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 200 m breaststroke | John Hencken United States | David Wilkie Great Britain | Nobutaka Taguchi Japan |
| Swimming | Men’s 200 m butterfly | Mark Spitz United States | Gary Hall, Sr. United States | Robin Backhaus United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 200 m freestyle | Mark Spitz United States | Steve Genter United States | Werner Lampe West Germany |
| Swimming | Men’s 200 m individual medley | Gunnar Larsson Sweden | Tim McKee United States | Steve Furniss United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | David Edgar, John Murphy, Jerry Heidenreich, Mark Spitz United States | Vladimir Bure, Viktor Mazanov, Viktor Aboimov, Igor Grivennikov Soviet Union | Roland Matthes, Wilfried Hartung, Peter Bruch, Lutz Unger East Germany |
| Swimming | Men’s 4 × 100 m medley relay | Mike Stamm, Tom Bruce, Mark Spitz, Jerry Heidenreich United States | Roland Matthes, Klaus Katzur, Hartmut Flöckner, Lutz Unger East Germany | Erik Fish, William Mahony, Bruce Robertson, Robert Kasting Canada |
| Swimming | Men’s 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | John Kinsella, Fred Tyler, Steve Genter, Mark Spitz United States | Klaus Steinbach, Werner Lampe, Hans Vosseler, Hans Fassnacht West Germany | Igor Grivennikov, Viktor Mazanov, Georgi Kulikov, Vladimir Bure Soviet Union |
| Swimming | Men’s 400 m freestyle | Brad Cooper Australia | Steve Genter United States | Tom McBreen United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 400 m individual medley | Gunnar Larsson Sweden | Tim McKee United States | András Hargitay Hungary |
| Swimming | Women’s 100 m backstroke | Melissa Belote United States | Andrea Gyarmati Hungary | Susie Atwood United States |
| Swimming | Women’s 100 m breaststroke | Cathy Carr United States | Galina Prozumenshchikova Soviet Union | Beverley Whitfield Australia |
| Swimming | Women’s 100 m butterfly | Mayumi Aoki Japan | Roswitha Beier East Germany | Andrea Gyarmati Hungary |
| Swimming | Women’s 100 m freestyle | Sandy Neilson United States | Shirley Babashoff United States | Shane Gould Australia |
| Swimming | Women’s 200 m backstroke | Melissa Belote United States | Susie Atwood United States | Donna Gurr Canada |
| Swimming | Women’s 200 m breaststroke | Beverley Whitfield Australia | Dana Schoenfield United States | Galina Prozumenshchikova Soviet Union |
| Swimming | Women’s 200 m butterfly | Karen Moe United States | Lynn Colella United States | Ellie Daniel United States |
| Swimming | Women’s 200 m freestyle | Shane Gould Australia | Shirley Babashoff United States | Keena Rothhammer United States |
| Swimming | Women’s 200 m individual medley | Shane Gould Australia | Kornelia Ender East Germany | Lynn Vidali United States |
| Swimming | Women’s 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Shirley Babashoff, Jane Barkman, Jenny Kemp, Sandy Neilson United States | Andrea Eife, Kornelia Ender, Elke Sehmisch, Gabriele Wetzko East Germany | Gudrun Beckmann, Heidemarie Reineck, Angela Steinbach, Jutta Weber West Germany |
| Swimming | Women’s 4 × 100 m medley relay | Melissa Belote, Cathy Carr, Deena Deardurff, Sandy Neilson United States | Christine Herbst, Renate Vogel, Roswitha Beier, Kornelia Ender East Germany | Gudrun Beckmann, Vreni Eberle, Silke Pielen, Heidemarie Reineck West Germany |
| Swimming | Women’s 400 m freestyle | Shane Gould Australia | Novella Calligaris Italy | Gudrun Wegner East Germany |
| Swimming | Women’s 400 m individual medley | Gail Neall Australia | Leslie Cliff Canada | Novella Calligaris Italy |
| Swimming | Women’s 800 m freestyle | Keena Rothhammer United States | Shane Gould Australia | Novella Calligaris Italy |
| Volleyball | Men's | Masayuki Minami, Katsutoshi Nekoda, Yūzo Nakamura, Tetsuo Nishimoto, Kenji Kimura, Yoshihide Fukao, Yasuhiro Noguchi, Jungo Morita, Tadayoshi Yokota, Seiji Oko, Tetsuo Satō, Kenji Shimaoka Japan | Horst Peter, Horst Hagen, Siegfried Schneider, Wolfgang Löwe, Rainer Tscharke, Eckehard Pietzsch, Arnold Schulz, Wolfgang Maibohm, Wolfgang Weise, Jürgen Maune, Rudi Schumann, Wolfgang Webner East Germany | Yuriy Poyarkov, Valeri Kravchenko, Yefim Chulak, Yevhen Lapinsky, Vladimir Putyatov, Viktor Borshch, Vladimir Patkin, Leonid Zayko, Aleksandr Saprykin, Yuri Starunsky, Vyacheslav Domani, Vladimir Kondra Soviet Union |
| Volleyball | Women's | Lyudmila Buldakova, Lyubov Tyurina, Vera Galushka-Duyunova, Lyudmila Borozna, Tatyana Sarycheva, Nina Smoleyeva, Tatyana Ponyayeva-Tretyakova, Rosa Salikhova, Inna Ryskal, Nataliya Kudreva, Galina Leontyeva, Tatyana Gonobobleva Soviet Union | Katsumi Matsumura, Noriko Yamashita, Toyoko Iwahara, Takako Iida, Sumie Oinuma, Makiko Furukawa, Keiko Hama, Seiko Shimakage, Yaeko Yamazaki, Michiko Shiokawa, Mariko Okamoto, Takako Shirai Japan | Ryom Chun-ja, Kim Su-dae, Ri Chun-ok, Paek Myong-suk, Jong Ok-jin, Kim Myong-suk, Jang Ok-rim, Kim Yeun-ja, Kim Zung-bok, Kang Ok-sun, Hwang He-Suk North Korea |
| Water polo | Men's | Anatoli Akimov, Aleksei Barkalov, Vadim Gulyaev, Aleksandr Dolgushin, Aleksandr Dreval, Vladimir Shmudski, Aleksandr Kabanov, Leonid Osipov, Viacheslav Sobtschenko, Nikolai Melnikov, Aleksandr Schidlovski Soviet Union | András Bodnár, Tibor Cservenyák, István Görgényi, Tamás Faragó, Zoltán Kásás, Ferenc Konrád, István Magas, Dénes Pócsik, László Sárosi, Endre Molnár, István Szívós, Jr. Hungary | Peter Asch, Steven Barnett, Bruce Bradley, Stanley Cole, James Ferguson, Eric Lindroth, John Parker, Gary Sheerer, James Slatton, Russell Webb, Barry Weitzenberg United States |
| Weightlifting | Men’s +110 kg | Vasiliy Alekseyev Soviet Union | Rudolf Mang West Germany | Gerd Bonk East Germany |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 110 kg | Jaan Talts Soviet Union | Aleksandr Kraichev Bulgaria | Stefan Grützner East Germany |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 52 kg | Zygmunt Smalcerz Poland | Lajos Szűcs Hungary | Sándor Holczreiter Hungary |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 56 kg | Imre Földi Hungary | Mohammad Nassiri Iran | Gennadi Chetin Soviet Union |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 60 kg | Norair Nurikyan Bulgaria | Dito Shanidze Soviet Union | János Benedek Hungary |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 67.5 kg | Mukharby Kirzhinov Soviet Union | Mladen Kutchev Bulgaria | Zbigniew Kaczmarek Poland |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 75 kg | Yordan Bikov Bulgaria | Mohamed Traboulsi Lebanon | Anselmo Silvino Italy |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 82.5 kg | Leif Jenssen Norway | Norbert Ozimek Poland | György Horváth Hungary |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 90 kg | Andon Nikolov Bulgaria | Atanas Shopov Bulgaria | Hans Bettembourg Sweden |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · +100 kg | Aleksandr Medved Soviet Union | Osman Duraliev Bulgaria | Chris Taylor United States |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 100 kg | Ivan Yarygin Soviet Union | Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh Mongolia | József Csatári Hungary |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 48 kg | Roman Dmitriyev Soviet Union | Ognyan Nikolov Bulgaria | Ebrahim Javadi Iran |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 52 kg | Kiyomi Kato Japan | Arsen Alakhverdiyev Soviet Union | Kim Gwong-Hyong North Korea |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 57 kg | Hideaki Yanagida Japan | Richard Sanders United States | László Klinga Hungary |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 62 kg | Zagalav Abdulbekov Soviet Union | Vehbi Akdağ Turkey | Ivan Krastev Bulgaria |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 68 kg | Dan Gable United States | Kikuo Wada Japan | Ruslan Ashuraliyev Soviet Union |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 74 kg | Wayne Wells United States | Jan Karlsson Sweden | Adolf Seger West Germany |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 82 kg | Levan Tediashvili Soviet Union | John Peterson United States | Vasile Iorga Romania |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 90 kg | Ben Peterson United States | Gennadi Strakhov Soviet Union | Károly Bajkó Hungary |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · +100 kg | Anatoly Roshchin Soviet Union | Aleksandar Tomov Bulgaria | Victor Dolipschi Romania |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 100 kg | Nicolae Martinescu Romania | Nikolay Yakovenko Soviet Union | Ferenc Kiss Hungary |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 48 kg | Gheorghe Berceanu Romania | Rahim Aliabadi Iran | Stefan Angelov Bulgaria |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 52 kg | Petar Kirov Bulgaria | Koichiro Hirayama Japan | Giuseppe Bognanni Italy |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 57 kg | Rustam Kazakov Soviet Union | Hans-Jürgen Veil West Germany | Risto Björlin Finland |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 62 kg | Georgi Markov Bulgaria | Heinz-Helmut Wehling East Germany | Kazimierz Lipień Poland |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 68 kg | Shamil Khisamutdinov Soviet Union | Stoyan Apostolov Bulgaria | Gian Matteo Ranzi Italy |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 74 kg | Vítězslav Mácha Czechoslovakia | Petros Galaktopoulos Greece | Jan Karlsson Sweden |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 82 kg | Csaba Hegedűs Hungary | Anatoly Nazarenko Soviet Union | Milan Nenadić Yugoslavia |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 90 kg | Valery Rezantsev Soviet Union | Josip Čorak Yugoslavia | Czesław Kwieciński Poland |