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Summer Olympics · Soviet Union · 19 July – 3 August 1980
Moscow 1980
203 medal events in 23 sports, 631 medals to 36 delegations, 1,259 named medallists. On top of the table: Soviet Union with 80 gold.
Open 1980 in the atlas →← 19761984 →Athletes5,1794,064 men · 1,115 women
Delegations80
Programme203events scheduled
Medal events20323 sports
Medals631204 gold
The medal table
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 80 | 69 | 46 | 195 |
| 2 | East Germany | 47 | 37 | 42 | 126 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 8 | 16 | 17 | 41 |
| 4 | Cuba | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Italy | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Hungary | 7 | 10 | 15 | 32 |
| 7 | Romania | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 |
| 8 | France | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Great Britain | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 10 | Poland | 3 | 14 | 15 | 32 |
| 11 | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 12 | Finland | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 14 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 15 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 16 | Denmark | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | Brazil | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | Ethiopia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Spain | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 21 | Austria | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | North Korea | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 27 | Mongolia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 28 | Tanzania | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 30 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 31 | Ireland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 32 | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Jamaica | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 35 | Guyana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Every event gold, silver, bronze
| Sport | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | Men's | Tomi Poikolainen Finland | Boris Isachenko Soviet Union | Giancarlo Ferrari Italy |
| Archery | Women's | Keto Losaberidze Soviet Union | Natalya Butuzova Soviet Union | Päivi Meriluoto Finland |
| Athletics | Men’s 10,000 metres | Miruts Yifter Ethiopia | Kaarlo Maaninka Finland | Mohamed Kedir Ethiopia |
| Athletics | Men’s 100 metres | Allan Wells Great Britain | Silvio Leonard Cuba | Petar Petrov Bulgaria |
| Athletics | Men’s 110 metres hurdles | Thomas Munkelt East Germany | Alejandro Casañas Cuba | Aleksandr Puchkov Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Men’s 1500 metres | Sebastian Coe Great Britain | Jürgen Straub East Germany | Steve Ovett Great Britain |
| Athletics | Men’s 20 kilometres walk | Maurizio Damilano Italy | Pyotr Pochynchuk Soviet Union | Roland Wieser East Germany |
| Athletics | Men’s 200 metres | Pietro Mennea Italy | Allan Wells Great Britain | Don Quarrie Jamaica |
| Athletics | Men’s 3000 metres steeplechase | Bronisław Malinowski Poland | Filbert Bayi Tanzania | Eshetu Tura Ethiopia |
| Athletics | Men’s 4 × 100 metres relay | Vladimir Muravyov, Nikolay Sidorov, Andrey Prokofyev, Aleksandr Aksinin Soviet Union | Zenon Licznerski, Leszek Dunecki, Marian Woronin, Krzysztof Zwoliński Poland | Patrick Barré, Pascal Barré, Hermann Panzo, Antoine Richard France |
| Athletics | Men’s 4 × 400 metres relay | Viktor Markin, Remigijus Valiulis, Mikhail Linge, Nikolay Chernetskiy Soviet Union | Klaus Thiele, Andreas Knebel, Frank Schaffer, Volker Beck East Germany | Roberto Tozzi, Mauro Zuliani, Stefano Malinverni, Pietro Mennea Italy |
| Athletics | Men’s 400 metres | Viktor Markin Soviet Union | Rick Mitchell Australia | Frank Schaffer East Germany |
| Athletics | Men’s 400 metres hurdles | Volker Beck East Germany | Vasyl Arkhypenko Soviet Union | Gary Oakes Great Britain |
| Athletics | Men’s 50 kilometres walk | Hartwig Gauder East Germany | Jorge Llopart Spain | Yevgeniy Ivchenko Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Men’s 5000 metres | Miruts Yifter Ethiopia | Suleiman Nyambui Tanzania | Kaarlo Maaninka Finland |
| Athletics | Men’s 800 metres | Steve Ovett Great Britain | Sebastian Coe Great Britain | Nikolay Kirov Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Men’s Decathlon | Daley Thompson Great Britain | Yuriy Kutsenko Soviet Union | Sergey Zhelanov Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Men’s Discus throw | Viktor Rashchupkin Soviet Union | Imrich Bugár Czechoslovakia | Luis Delís Cuba |
| Athletics | Men’s Hammer throw | Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union | Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union | Jüri Tamm Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Men’s High jump | Gerd Wessig East Germany | Jacek Wszoła Poland | Jörg Freimuth East Germany |
| Athletics | Men’s Javelin throw | Dainis Kūla Soviet Union | Aleksandr Makarov Soviet Union | Wolfgang Hanisch East Germany |
| Athletics | Men’s Long jump | Lutz Dombrowski East Germany | Frank Paschek East Germany | Valeriy Pidluzhny Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Men’s Marathon | Waldemar Cierpinski East Germany | Gerard Nijboer Netherlands | Satymkul Dzhumanazarov Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Men’s Pole vault | Władysław Kozakiewicz Poland | Tadeusz Ślusarski Poland / Konstantin Volkov Soviet Union | — |
| Athletics | Men’s Shot put | Vladimir Kiselyov Soviet Union | Aleksandr Baryshnikov Soviet Union | Udo Beyer East Germany |
| Athletics | Men’s Triple jump | Jaak Uudmäe Soviet Union | Viktor Saneyev Soviet Union | João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil |
| Athletics | Women’s 100 metres | Lyudmila Kondratyeva Soviet Union | Marlies Oelsner-Gohr East Germany | Ingrid Lange East Germany |
| Athletics | Women’s 100 metres hurdles | Vera Komisova Soviet Union | Johanna Klier East Germany | Lucyna Langer Poland |
| Athletics | Women’s 1500 metres | Tatyana Kazankina Soviet Union | Christiane Wartenberg East Germany | Nadezhda Olizarenko Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Women’s 200 metres | Bärbel Wöckel East Germany | Natalya Bochina Soviet Union | Merlene Ottey Jamaica |
| Athletics | Women’s 4 × 100 metres relay | Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Lange, Marlies Oelsner-Gohr East Germany | Vera Komisova, Lyudmila Maslakova, Vera Anisimova, Natalya Bochina Soviet Union | Heather Hunte, Kathy Smallwood-Cook, Beverley Goddard, Sonia Lannaman Great Britain |
| Athletics | Women’s 4 × 400 metres relay | Tatyana Prorochenko, Tatyana Goyshchik, Nina Zyuskova, Irina Nazarova Soviet Union | Barbara Krug, Gabriele Löwe, Christina Lathan, Marita Koch East Germany | Linsey MacDonald, Michelle Probert, Joslyn Hoyte-Smith, Donna Hartley Great Britain |
| Athletics | Women’s 400 metres | Marita Koch East Germany | Jarmila Kratochvílová Czechoslovakia | Christina Lathan East Germany |
| Athletics | Women’s 800 metres | Nadezhda Olizarenko Soviet Union | Olga Mineyeva Soviet Union | Tatyana Providokhina Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Women’s Discus throw | Evelin Jahl East Germany | Mariya Petkova Bulgaria | Tatyana Lesovaya Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Women’s High jump | Sara Simeoni Italy | Urszula Kielan Poland | Jutta Kirst East Germany |
| Athletics | Women’s Javelin throw | María Caridad Colón Cuba | Saida Gunba Soviet Union | Ute Hommola East Germany |
| Athletics | Women’s Long jump | Tatyana Kolpakova Soviet Union | Brigitte Wujak East Germany | Tetyana Skachko Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Women’s Pentathlon | Nadiya Tkachenko Soviet Union | Olga Rukavishnikova Soviet Union | Olga Kuragina Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Women’s Shot put | Ilona Slupianek East Germany | Svetlana Krachevskaya Soviet Union | Margitta Pufe East Germany |
| Basketball | Men | Andro Knego, Dragan Kićanović, Rajko Žižić, Mihovil Nakić, Željko Jerkov, Branko Skroče, Zoran Slavnić, Krešimir Ćosić, Ratko Radovanović, Duje Krstulović, Dražen Dalipagić, Mirza Delibašić Yugoslavia | Fabrizio Della Fiori, Marco Solfrini, Marco Bonamico, Dino Meneghin, Renato Villalta, Renzo Vecchiato, Pierluigi Marzorati, Pietro Generali, Romeo Sacchetti, Roberto Brunamonti, Michael Sylvester, Enrico Gilardi Italy | Stanislav Yeryomin, Valeri Miloserdov, Sergei Tarakanov, Aleksandr Salnikov, Andrey Lopatov, Nikolai Deriugin, Sergei Belov, Vladimir Tkachenko, Anatoly Myshkin, Sergejus Jovaiša, Aleksandr Belostenny, Vladimir Zhigily Soviet Union |
| Basketball | Women | Olga Barysheva, Tatyana Ivinskaya, Nelli Feryabnikova, Vida Beselienė, Tatyana Ovechkina, Angelė Rupšienė, Lyubov Sharmay, Uljana Semjonova, Tetiana Nadyrova, Olga Sukharnova, Nadezhda Shuvayeva-Olkhova, Lyudmila Rogozhina Soviet Union | Krasimira Bogdanova, Vanya Dermendzhieva, Silviya Germanova, Petkana Makaveeva, Nadka Golcheva, Penka Stoyanova, Evladiya Slavcheva, Kostadinka Radkova, Snezhana Mikhaylova, Angelina Mikhaylova, Penka Metodieva, Diana Dilova Bulgaria | Vera Đurašković, Mersada Bećirspahić, Jelica Komnenović, Mira Bjedov, Vukica Mitić, Sanja Ožegović, Sofija Pekić, Marija Tonković, Zorica Đurković, Vesna Despotović, Biljana Majstorović, Jasmina Perazić Yugoslavia |
| Boxing | Men’s Bantamweight · (54kg) | Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez Cuba | Bernardo Pinango Venezuela | Michael Anthony Guyana / Dumitru Cipere Romania |
| Boxing | Men’s Featherweight · (57kg) | Rudi Fink East Germany | Adolfo Horta Cuba | Krzysztof Kosedowski Poland / Viktor Rybakov Soviet Union |
| Boxing | Men’s Flyweight · (51kg) | Petar Lesov Bulgaria | Viktor Miroshnichenko Soviet Union | János Váradi Hungary / Hugh Russell Ireland |
| Boxing | Men’s Heavyweight · (+81kg) | Teófilo Stevenson Cuba | Pyotr Zayev Soviet Union | Jürgen Fanghänel East Germany / István Lévai Hungary |
| Boxing | Men’s Light flyweight · (48kg) | Shamil Sabirov Soviet Union | Hipólito Ramos Cuba | Ismail Mustafov Bulgaria / Lee Byong-Uk North Korea |
| Boxing | Men’s Light heavyweight · (81kg) | Slobodan Kačar Yugoslavia | Paweł Skrzecz Poland | Ricardo Rojas Cuba / Herbert Bauch East Germany |
| Boxing | Men’s Light middleweight · (71kg) | Armando Martínez Cuba | Aleksandr Koshkyn Soviet Union | Ján Franek Czechoslovakia / Detlef Kästner East Germany |
| Boxing | Men’s Light welterweight · (63.5kg) | Patrizio Oliva Italy | Serik Konakbayev Soviet Union | José Aguilar Cuba / Tony Willis Great Britain |
| Boxing | Men’s Lightweight · (60kg) | Ángel Herrera Cuba | Viktor Demyanenko Soviet Union | Richard Nowakowski East Germany / Kazimierz Adach Poland |
| Boxing | Men’s Middleweight · (75kg) | José Gómez Mustelier Cuba | Viktor Savchenko Soviet Union | Jerzy Rybicki Poland / Valentin Silaghi Romania |
| Boxing | Men’s Welterweight · (67kg) | Andrés Aldama Cuba | John Mugabi Uganda | Karl-Heinz Krüger East Germany / Kazimierz Szczerba Poland |
| Canoeing | Men’s C-1 1000 metres | Lyubomir Lyubenov Bulgaria | Sergei Postrekhin Soviet Union | Eckhard Leue East Germany |
| Canoeing | Men’s C-1 500 metres | Sergei Postrekhin Soviet Union | Lyubomir Lyubenov Bulgaria | Olaf Heukrodt East Germany |
| Canoeing | Men’s C-2 1000 metres | Ivan Patzaichin, Toma Simionov Romania | Olaf Heukrodt, Uwe Madeja East Germany | Vasyl Yurchenko, Yuri Lobanov Soviet Union |
| Canoeing | Men’s C-2 500 metres | László Foltán, István Vaskúti Hungary | Ivan Patzaichin, Petre Capusta Romania | Borislav Ananiev, Nikolai Ilkov Bulgaria |
| Canoeing | Men’s K-1 1000 metres | Rüdiger Helm East Germany | Alain Lebas France | Ion Bîrlădeanu Romania |
| Canoeing | Men’s K-1 500 metres | Vladimir Parfenovich Soviet Union | John Sumegi Australia | Vasile Dîba Romania |
| Canoeing | Men’s K-2 1000 metres | Vladimir Parfenovich, Sergei Chukhray Soviet Union | István Szabó, István Joós Hungary | Luis Gregorio Ramos, Herminio Menéndez Spain |
| Canoeing | Men’s K-2 500 metres | Vladimir Parfenovich, Sergei Chukhray Soviet Union | Herminio Menéndez, Guillermo del Riego Spain | Rüdiger Helm, Bernd Olbricht East Germany |
| Canoeing | Men’s K-4 1000 metres | Rüdiger Helm, Bernd Olbricht, Harald Marg, Bernd Duvigneau East Germany | Mihai Zafiu, Vasile Dîba, Ion Geantă, Nicuşor Eşanu Romania | Borislav Borisov, Bozhidar Milenkov, Lazar Khristov, Ivan Manev Bulgaria |
| Canoeing | Women’s K-1 500 metres | Birgit Fischer East Germany | Vanja Gesheva Bulgaria | Antonina Melnikova Soviet Union |
| Canoeing | Women’s K-2 500 metres | Carsta Genäuß, Martina Bischof East Germany | Galina Alexeyeva, Nina Trofimova Soviet Union | Éva Rakusz, Mária Zakariás Hungary |
| Cycling | Men’s 1 km time trial | Lothar Thoms East Germany | Aleksandr Panfilov Soviet Union | David Weller Jamaica |
| Cycling | Men’s Individual pursuit | Robert Dill-Bundi Switzerland | Alain Bondue France | Hans-Henrik Ørsted Denmark |
| Cycling | Men’s Individual road race | Sergei Sukhoruchenkov Soviet Union | Czesław Lang Poland | Yuri Barinov Soviet Union |
| Cycling | Men’s Sprint | Lutz Heßlich East Germany | Yavé Cahard France | Sergei Kopylov Soviet Union |
| Cycling | Men’s Team pursuit | Viktor Manakov, Valery Movchan, Vladimir Osokin, Vitaly Petrakov, Aleksandr Krasnov Soviet Union | Gerald Mortag, Uwe Unterwalder, Matthias Wiegand, Volker Winkler East Germany | Teodor Černý, Martin Penc, Jiří Pokorný, Igor Sláma Czechoslovakia |
| Cycling | Men’s Team time trial | Yury Kashirin, Oleg Logvin, Sergei Shelpakov, Anatoly Yarkin Soviet Union | Falk Boden, Bernd Drogan, Olaf Ludwig, Hans-Joachim Hartnick East Germany | Michal Klasa, Vlastibor Konečný, Alipi Kostadinov, Jiří Škoda Czechoslovakia |
| Diving | Men’s 10 m platform | Falk Hoffmann East Germany | Vladimir Aleynik Soviet Union | David Ambartsumyan Soviet Union |
| Diving | Men’s 3 m springboard | Aleksandr Portnov Soviet Union | Carlos Girón Mexico | Giorgio Cagnotto Italy |
| Diving | Women’s 10 m platform | Martina Jäschke East Germany | Sirvard Emirzyan Soviet Union | Liana Tsotadze Soviet Union |
| Diving | Women’s 3 m springboard | Irina Kalinina Soviet Union | Martina Proeber East Germany | Karin Guthke East Germany |
| Equestrian | Open Individual dressage | Elisabeth Theurer Austria | Yuri Kovshov Soviet Union | Viktor Ugryumov Soviet Union |
| Equestrian | Open Individual eventing | Federico Roman Italy | Aleksandr Blinov Soviet Union | Yuri Salnikov Soviet Union |
| Equestrian | Open Individual jumping | Jan Kowalczyk Poland | Nikolai Korolkov Soviet Union | Joaquín Pérez Mexico |
| Equestrian | Open Team dressage | Yuri Kovshov, Viktor Ugryumov, Vera Misevich Soviet Union | Petar Mandajiev, Svetoslav lvanov, Gheorghi Gadjev Bulgaria | Anghelache Donescu, Dumitru Veliku, Petre Rosca Romania |
| Equestrian | Open Team eventing | Aleksandr Blinov, Yuri Salnikov, Valery Volkov, Sergei Rogozhin Soviet Union | Federico Roman, Anna Casagrande, Mauro Roman, Marina Sciocchetti Italy | Manuel Mendívil, David Bárcena, José Luis Pérez Soto, Fabián Vázquez Mexico |
| Equestrian | Open Team jumping | Vyacheslav Chukanov, Viktor Poganovsky, Viktor Asmaev, Nikolai Korolkov Soviet Union | Marian Kozicki, Jan Kowalczyk, Wiesław Hartman, Janusz Bobik Poland | Joaquín Pérez, Jesús Gómez, Gerardo Tazzer, Alberto Valdes Jr. Mexico |
| Fencing | Men’s Individual foil | Vladimir Smirnov Soviet Union | Pascal Jolyot France | Aleksander Romankov Soviet Union |
| Fencing | Men’s Individual sabre | Viktor Krovopuskov Soviet Union | Mikhail Burtsev Soviet Union | Imre Gedővári Hungary |
| Fencing | Men’s Individual épée | Johan Harmenberg Sweden | Ernõ Kolczonay Hungary | Philippe Riboud France |
| Fencing | Men’s Team foil | Didier Flament, Pascal Jolyot, Bruno Boscherie, Philippe Bonnin, Frederic Pietruszka France | Aleksander Romankov, Vladimir Smirnov, Sabirzhan Ruziev, Ashot Karagian, Vladimir Lapitsky Soviet Union | Adam Robak, Bogusław Zych, Lech Koziejowski, Marian Sypniewski Poland |
| Fencing | Men’s Team sabre | Mikhail Burtsev, Viktor Krovopuskov, Viktor Sidjak, Vladimir Nazlymov, Nikolay Alyokhin Soviet Union | Michele Maffei, Mario Aldo Montano, Marco Romano, Ferdinando Meglio, Giovanni Scalzo Italy | Imre Gedővári, Rudolf Nébald, Pál Gerevich, Ferenc Hammang, György Nébald Hungary |
| Fencing | Men’s Team épée | Philippe Riboud, Patrick Picot, Hubert Gardas, Philippe Boisse, Michel Salesse France | Piotr Jabłkowski, Andrzej Lis, Leszek Swornowski, Ludomir Chronowski, Mariusz Strzałka Poland | Ashot Karagian, Boris Lukomsky, Aleksander Abushackmetov, Aleksander Mozhaev, Vladimir Smirnov Soviet Union |
| Fencing | Women’s Individual foil | Pascale Trinquet-Hachin France | Magda Maros Hungary | Barbara Wysoczańska Poland |
| Fencing | Women’s Team foil | Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin, Pascale Trinquet-Hachin, Isabelle Begard, Veronique Brouquier, Christine Muzio France | Valentina Sidorova, Nailia Giliazova, Elena Belova, Irina Ushakova, Larisa Tsagaraeva Soviet Union | Ildikó Schwarczenberger, Magda Maros, Gertrúd Stefanek, Zsuzsanna Szőcs, Edit Kovács Hungary |
| Field hockey | Men | Vasudevan Baskaran, Bir Bhadur Chettri, Sylvanus Dung Dung, Merwyn Fernandes, Zafar Iqbal, Maharaj Krishan Kaushik, Charanjit Kumar, Maneyapanda Muthanna Somaya, Allan Schofield, Mohamed Shahid, Davinder Singh, Gurmail Singh, Amarjit Singh Rana, Rajinder Singh, Ravinder Pal Singh, Surinder Singh Sodhi India | Juan Amat, Juan Arbós, Jaime Arbós, Javier Cabot, Ricardo Cabot, Miguel Chaves, Juan Coghen, Miguel de Paz, Francisco Fábregas, José Garcia, Rafael Garralda, Santiago Malgosa, Paulino Monsalve, Juan Pellón, Carlos Roca, Jaime Zumalacárregui Spain | Sos Hayrapetyan, Minneula Azizov, Valeri Belyakov, Viktor Deputatov, Aleksandr Goncharov, Aleksandr Gusev, Sergei Klevtsov, Viacheslav Lampeev, Aleksandr Miasnikov, Mikhail Nichepurenko, Leonid Pavlovski, Sergei Pleshakov, Vladimir Pleshakov, Aleksandr Sychyov, Oleg Zagorodnev, Farit Zigangirov Soviet Union |
| Field hockey | Women | Arlene Boxhall, Liz Chase, Sandra Chick, Gillian Cowley, Patricia Davies, Sarah English, Maureen George, Ann Grant, Susan Huggett, Patricia McKillop, Brenda Phillips, Christine Prinsloo, Sonia Robertson, Anthea Stewart, Helen Volk, Linda Watson Zimbabwe | Milada Blažková, Jiřina Čermáková, Jiřina Hájková, Berta Hrubá, Ida Hubáčková, Jiřina Kadlecová, Jarmila Králíčková, Jiřina Křížová, Alena Kyselicová, Jana Lahodová, Květa Petříčková, Viera Podhányiová, Iveta Šranková, Marie Sýkorová, Marta Urbanová, Lenka Vymazalová Czechoslovakia | Liailia Akhmerova, Natalia Buzunova, Natalia Bykova, Tatiana Embakhtova, Nadezhda Filippova, Liudmila Frolova, Lidia Glubokova, Nelli Gorbatkova, Elena Guryeva, Galina Inzhuvatova, Alina Kham, Natella Krasnikova, Nadezhda Ovechkina, Tatiana Shvyganova, Galina Viuzhanina, Valentina Zazdravnykh Soviet Union |
| Football | Men | Stanislav Seman, Luděk Macela, Josef Mazura, Libor Radimec, Zdeněk Rygel, Petr Němec, Ladislav Vízek, Jan Berger, Jindřich Svoboda, Lubomír Pokluda, Werner Lička, Rostislav Václavíček, Jaroslav Netolička, Oldřich Rott, Zdeněk Šreiner, František Štambacher, František Kunzo Czechoslovakia | Bodo Rudwaleit, Artur Ullrich, Lothar Hause, Frank Uhlig, Frank Baum, Rüdiger Schnuphase, Frank Terletzki, Wolfgang Steinbach, Jürgen Bähringer, Werner Peter, Dieter Kühn, Norbert Trieloff, Matthias Müller, Matthias Liebers, Bernd Jakubowski, Wolf-Rüdiger Netz East Germany | Rinat Dasaev, Tengiz Sulakvelidze, Alexandre Chivadze, Vagiz Khidiyatullin, Oleg Romantsev, Sergey Shavlo, Sergey Andreev, Vladimir Bessonov, Yuri Gavrilov, Fyodor Cherenkov, Valeri Gazzaev, Vladimir Pilguj, Sergej Baltacha, Sergei Nikulin, Khoren Hovhannisyan, Alexandr Prokopenko, Revaz Chelebadze Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Floor exercise | Roland Brückner East Germany | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Horizontal bar | Stoyan Deltchev Bulgaria | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Individual all-around | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union | Stoyan Deltchev Bulgaria |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Parallel bars | Aleksandr Tkachyov Soviet Union | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union | Roland Brückner East Germany |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Pommel horse | Zoltán Magyar Hungary | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union | Michael Nikolay East Germany |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Rings | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union | Aleksandr Tkachyov Soviet Union | Jiri Tabak Czechoslovakia |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Team all-around | Nikolai Andrianov, Eduard Azaryan, Alexander Dityatin, Bogdan Makuts, Vladimir Markelov, Aleksandr Tkachyov Soviet Union | Ralf-Peter Hemmann, Lutz Hoffmann, Lutz Mack, Michael Nikolay, Andreas Bronst, Roland Brückner East Germany | Ferenc Donáth, György Guczoghy, Zoltán Kelemen, Péter Kovács, Zoltán Magyar, István Vámos Hungary |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Vault | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union | Roland Brückner East Germany |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Balance beam | Nadia Comăneci Romania | Elena Davydova Soviet Union | Natalia Shaposhnikova Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Floor exercise | Nadia Comăneci Romania / Nellie Kim Soviet Union | — | Maxi Gnauck East Germany / Natalia Shaposhnikova Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Individual all-around | Elena Davydova Soviet Union | Maxi Gnauck East Germany / Nadia Comăneci Romania | — |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Team all-around | Elena Davydova, Maria Filatova, Nellie Kim, Yelena Naimushina, Natalia Shaposhnikova, Stella Zakharova Soviet Union | Nadia Comăneci, Rodica Dunca, Emilia Eberle, Cristina Elena Grigoraș, Melita Ruhn, Dumitrița Turner Romania | Maxi Gnauck, Silvia Hindorff, Steffi Kräker, Katharina Rensch, Karola Sube, Birgit Süss East Germany |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Uneven bars | Maxi Gnauck East Germany | Emilia Eberle Romania | Steffi Kräker East Germany / Melita Ruhn Romania / Maria Filatova Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Vault | Natalia Shaposhnikova Soviet Union | Steffi Kräker East Germany | Melita Ruhn Romania |
| Handball | Men | Hans-Georg Beyer, Lothar Doering, Günter Dreibrodt, Ernst Gerlach, Klaus Gruner, Rainer Höft, Hans-Georg Jaunich, Hartmut Krüger, Peter Rost, Dietmar Schmidt, Wieland Schmidt, Siegfried Voigt, Frank-Michael Wahl, Ingolf Wiegert East Germany | Aleksandr Anpilogov, Vladimir Belov, Yevgeni Chernyshov, Anatoli Fedyukin, Mykhaylo Ishchenko, Aleksandr Karshakevich, Yury Kidyayev, Vladimir Kravtsov, Serhiy Kushniryuk, Viktor Makhorin, Voldemaras Novickis, Vladimir Repev, Mykola Tomyn, Aleksey Zhuk Soviet Union | Ştefan Birtalan, Iosif Boroş, Adrian Cosma, Cezar Drăgăniṭă, Marian Dumitru, Cornel Durău, Alexandru Fölker, Claudiu Ionescu, Nicolae Munteanu, Vasile Stîngă, Lucian Vasilache, Neculai Vasilcă, Radu Voina, Maricel Voinea Romania |
| Handball | Women | Larysa Karlova, Tetyana Kocherhina, Valentyna Lutayeva, Aldona Nenėnienė, Lyubov Odynokova, Iryna Palchykova, Lyudmila Poradnyk, Yuliya Safina, Larisa Savkina, Sigita Strečen, Nataliya Tymoshkina, Zinaida Turchyna, Olha Zubaryeva, Natalya Lukyanenko Soviet Union | Svetlana Anastasovska, Mirjana Đurica, Radmila Drljača, Katica Ileš, Slavica Jeremić, Svetlana Kitić, Jasna Merdan, Vesna Milosević, Mirjana Ognjenović, Vesna Radović, Radmila Savić, Ana Titlić, Biserka Višnjić, Zorica Vojinović Yugoslavia | Birgit Heinecke, Roswitha Krause, Waltraud Kretzschmar, Katrin Krüger, Kornelia Kunisch, Evelyn Matz, Kristina Richter, Christina Rost, Sabine Röther, Renate Rudolph, Marion Tietz, Petra Uhlig, Claudia Wunderlich, Hannelore Zober East Germany |
| Judo | Men’s Extra Lightweight · 60 kg | Thierry Rey France | Jose Rodriguez Cuba | Tibor Kincses Hungary / Aramby Emizh Soviet Union |
| Judo | Men’s Half Lightweight · 65 kg | Nikolai Solodukhin Soviet Union | Tsendiin Damdin Mongolia | Ilian Nedkov Bulgaria / Janusz Pawłowski Poland |
| Judo | Men’s Half Middleweight · 78 kg | Shota Khabareli Soviet Union | Juan Ferrer Cuba | Harald Heinke East Germany / Bernard Tchoullouyan France |
| Judo | Men’s Half-Heavyweight · 95 kg | Robert Van de Walle Belgium | Tengiz Khubuluri Soviet Union | Dietmar Lorenz East Germany / Henk Numan Netherlands |
| Judo | Men’s Heavyweight · +95 kg | Angelo Parisi France | Dimitar Zaprianov Bulgaria | Vladimír Kocman Czechoslovakia / Radomir Kovačević Yugoslavia |
| Judo | Men’s Lightweight · 71 kg | Ezio Gamba Italy | Neil Adams Great Britain | Karl-Heinz Lehmann East Germany / Ravdangiin Davaadalai Mongolia |
| Judo | Men’s Middleweight · 86 kg | Jürg Röthlisberger Switzerland | Isaac Azcuy Cuba | Detlef Ultsch East Germany / Aleksandrs Jackevičs Soviet Union |
| Judo | Open category | Dietmar Lorenz East Germany | Angelo Parisi France | Arthur Mapp Great Britain / András Ozsvár Hungary |
| Modern pentathlon | Men’s Individual | Anatoly Starostin Soviet Union | Tamás Szombathelyi Hungary | Pavel Lednev Soviet Union |
| Modern pentathlon | Men’s Team | Anatoly Starostin, Pavel Lednev, Yevgeny Lipeyev Soviet Union | Tamás Szombathelyi, Tibor Maracskó, László Horváth Hungary | Svante Rasmuson, Lennart Pettersson, George Horvath Sweden |
| Rowing | Men’s Coxed four | Dieter Wendisch, Walter Dießner, Ullrich Dießner, Gottfried Döhn, Andreas Gregor East Germany | Artūrs Garonskis, Dimants Krišjānis, Dzintars Krišjānis, Žoržs Tikmers, Juris Bērziņš Soviet Union | Grzegorz Stellak, Adam Tomasiak, Grzegorz Nowak, Ryszard Stadniuk, Ryszard Kubiak Poland |
| Rowing | Men’s Coxed pairs | Harald Jährling, Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich, Georg Spohr East Germany | Viktor Pereverzev, Gennadi Kryuçkin, Aleksandr Lukyanov Soviet Union | Duško Mrduljaš, Zlatko Celent, Josip Reić Yugoslavia |
| Rowing | Men’s Coxless fours | Siegfried Brietzke, Andreas Decker, Stefan Semmler, Jürgen Thiele East Germany | Aleksey Kamkin, Valeriy Dolinin, Aleksandr Kulagin, Vitali Eliseev Soviet Union | John Beattie, Ian McNuff, David Townsend, Martin Cross Great Britain |
| Rowing | Men’s Coxless pairs | Bernd Landvoigt, Jörg Landvoigt East Germany | Yuriy Pimenov, Nikolay Pimenov Soviet Union | Charles Wiggin, Malcolm Carmichael Great Britain |
| Rowing | Men’s Double sculls | Joachim Dreifke, Klaus Kröppelien East Germany | Zoran Pančić, Milorad Stanulov Yugoslavia | Zdeněk Pecka, Václav Vochoska Czechoslovakia |
| Rowing | Men’s Eights | Bernd Krauß, Hans-Peter Koppe, Ulrich Kons, Jörg Friedrich, Jens Doberschütz, Ulrich Karnatz, Uwe Dühring, Bernd Höing, Klaus-Dieter Ludwig East Germany | Duncan McDougall, Allan Whitwell, Henry Clay, Chris Mahoney, Andrew Justice, John Pritchard, Malcolm McGowan, Richard Stanhope, Colin Moynihan Great Britain | Viktor Kokoshyn, Andriy Tishchenko, Oleksandr Tkachenko, Jonas Pinskus, Jonas Narmontas, Andrey Luhin, Oleksandr Mantsevych, Ihar Maystrenka, Hryhoriy Dmytrenko Soviet Union |
| Rowing | Men’s Quadruple sculls (coxless) | Frank Dundr, Carsten Bunk, Uwe Heppner, Martin Winter East Germany | Yuriy Shapochka, Evgeniy Barbakov, Valeriy Kleshnyov, Mykola Dovhan Soviet Union | Mincho Nikolov, Lyubomir Petrov, Ivo Rusev, Bogdan Dobrev Bulgaria |
| Rowing | Men’s Single sculls | Pertti Karppinen Finland | Vasil Yakusha Soviet Union | Peter Kersten East Germany |
| Rowing | Women’s Coxed four | Ramona Kapheim, Silvia Fröhlich, Angelika Noack, Romy Saalfeld, Kirsten Wenzel East Germany | Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva, Rita Todorova, Iskra Velinova, Nadiya Filipova Bulgaria | Mariya Fadeyeva, Galina Sovetnikova, Marina Studneva, Svetlana Semyonova, Nina Cheremisina Soviet Union |
| Rowing | Women’s Coxless pairs | Ute Steindorf, Cornelia Klier East Germany | Małgorzata Dłużewska, Czesława Kościańska Poland | Siika Barboulova, Stoyanka Kurbatova Bulgaria |
| Rowing | Women’s Double sculls | Yelena Khloptseva, Larisa Popova Soviet Union | Cornelia Linse, Heidi Westphal East Germany | Olga Homeghi, Valeria Răcilă Romania |
| Rowing | Women’s Eights | Martina Boesler, Christiane Knetsch, Gabriele Kühn, Karin Metze, Kersten Neisser, Ilona Richter, Marita Sandig, Birgit Schütz, Marina Wilke East Germany | Mariya Payun, Olga Pivovarova, Nina Preobrazhenskaya, Nadezhda Prishchepa, Tatyana Stetsenko, Elena Tereshina, Nina Umanets, Valentina Zhulina, Nina Frolova Soviet Union | Angelica Aposteanu, Elena Bondar, Florica Bucur, Maria Constantinescu, Rodica Frîntu, Ana Iliuță, Rodica Arba, Marlena Zagoni, Elena Dobrițoiu Romania |
| Rowing | Women’s Quadruple sculls (coxed) | Sybille Reinhardt, Jutta Ploch, Jutta Lau, Roswietha Zobelt, Liane Buhr East Germany | Antonina Pustovit, Yelena Matiyevskaya, Olga Vasilchenko, Nadezhda Lyubimova, Nina Cheremisina Soviet Union | Mariana Serbezova, Rumelyana Boncheva, Dolores Nakova, Anka Bakova, Anka Georgieva Bulgaria |
| Rowing | Women’s Single sculls | Sanda Toma Romania | Antonina Zelikovich Soviet Union | Martina Schröter East Germany |
| Sailing | Open 470 | Marcos Soares, Eduardo Penido Brazil | Jörn Borowski, Egbert Swensson East Germany | Jouko Lindgrén, Georg Tallberg Finland |
| Sailing | Open Finn | Esko Rechardt Finland | Wolfgang Mayrhofer Austria | Andrei Balashov Soviet Union |
| Sailing | Open Flying Dutchman | Alejandro Abascal, Miguel Noguer Spain | David Wilkins, James Wilkinson Ireland | Szabolcs Detre, Zsolt Detre Hungary |
| Sailing | Open Soling | Poul Richard Høj Jensen, Valdemar Bandolowski, Erik Hansen Denmark | Boris Budnikov, Alexandr Budnikov, Nikolay Poliakov Soviet Union | Anastasios Bountouris, Anastasios Gavrilis, Aristidis Rapanakis Greece |
| Sailing | Open Star | Valentin Mankin, Aleksandr Muzychenko Soviet Union | Hubert Raudaschl, Karl Ferstl Austria | Giorgio Gorla, Alfio Peraboni Italy |
| Sailing | Open Tornado | Lars Sigurd Björkström, Alexandre Welter Brazil | Peter Due, Per Kjergard Denmark | Göran Marström, Jörgen Ragnarsson Sweden |
| Shooting | Mixed 25 m rapid fire pistol | Corneliu Ion Romania | Jürgen Wiefel East Germany | Gerhard Petritsch Austria |
| Shooting | Mixed 50 m pistol | Aleksandr Melentyev Soviet Union | Harald Vollmar East Germany | Lyubcho Dyakov Bulgaria |
| Shooting | Mixed 50 m rifle prone | Károly Varga Hungary | Hellfried Heilfort East Germany | Petar Zapryanov Bulgaria |
| Shooting | Mixed 50 m rifle three positions | Viktor Vlasov Soviet Union | Bernd Hartstein East Germany | Sven Johansson Sweden |
| Shooting | Mixed 50 m running target | Igor Sokolov Soviet Union | Thomas Pfeffer East Germany | Aleksandr Gazov Soviet Union |
| Shooting | Mixed Skeet | Kjeld Rasmussen Denmark | Lars-Göran Carlsson Sweden | Roberto Castrillo Cuba |
| Shooting | Mixed Trap | Luciano Giovannetti Italy | Rustam Yambulatov Soviet Union | Jörg Damme East Germany |
| Swimming | Men’s 100 m backstroke | Bengt Baron Sweden | Viktor Kuznetsov Soviet Union | Vladimir Dolgov Soviet Union |
| Swimming | Men’s 100 m breaststroke | Duncan Goodhew Great Britain | Arsens Miskarovs Soviet Union | Peter Evans Australia |
| Swimming | Men’s 100 m butterfly | Pär Arvidsson Sweden | Roger Pyttel East Germany | David López-Zubero Spain |
| Swimming | Men’s 100 m freestyle | Jörg Woithe East Germany | Per Holmertz Sweden | Per Johansson Sweden |
| Swimming | Men’s 1500 m freestyle | Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union | Aleksandr Chayev Soviet Union | Max Metzker Australia |
| Swimming | Men’s 200 m backstroke | Sándor Wladár Hungary | Zoltán Verrasztó Hungary | Mark Kerry Australia |
| Swimming | Men’s 200 m breaststroke | Robertas Žulpa Soviet Union | Albán Vermes Hungary | Arsens Miskarovs Soviet Union |
| Swimming | Men’s 200 m butterfly | Sergey Fesenko Soviet Union | Phil Hubble Great Britain | Roger Pyttel East Germany |
| Swimming | Men’s 200 m freestyle | Sergey Koplyakov Soviet Union | Andrey Krylov Soviet Union | Graeme Brewer Australia |
| Swimming | Men’s 4 × 100 m medley relay | Mark Kerry, Peter Evans, Mark Tonelli, Neil Brooks, Glenn Patching Australia | Viktor Kuznetsov, Arsens Miskarovs, Yevgeny Seredin, Sergey Kopliakov, Vladimir Shemetov, Aleksandr Fedorovsky, Aleksey Markovsky, Sergey Krasyuk Soviet Union | Gary Abraham, Duncan Goodhew, David Lowe, Martin Smith, Paul Marshall, Mark Taylor Great Britain |
| Swimming | Men’s 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Sergey Kopliakov, Vladimir Salnikov, Ivar Stukolkin, Andrey Krylov, Sergey Rusin, Sergey Krasyuk, Yuri Presekin Soviet Union | Frank Pfütze, Jörg Woithe, Detlev Grabs, Rainer Strohbach, Frank Kühne East Germany | Jorge Fernandes, Marcus Mattioli, Cyro Marques, Djan Madruga Brazil |
| Swimming | Men’s 400 m freestyle | Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union | Andrey Krylov Soviet Union | Ivar Stukolkin Soviet Union |
| Swimming | Men’s 400 m individual medley | Aleksandr Sidorenko Soviet Union | Sergey Fesenko Soviet Union | Zoltán Verrasztó Hungary |
| Swimming | Women’s 100 m backstroke | Rica Reinisch East Germany | Ina Kleber East Germany | Petra Riedel East Germany |
| Swimming | Women’s 100 m breaststroke | Ute Geweniger East Germany | Elvira Vasilkova Soviet Union | Susanne Nielsson Denmark |
| Swimming | Women’s 100 m butterfly | Caren Metschuck East Germany | Andrea Pollack East Germany | Christiane Knacke East Germany |
| Swimming | Women’s 100 m freestyle | Barbara Krause East Germany | Caren Metschuck East Germany | Ines Diers East Germany |
| Swimming | Women’s 200 m backstroke | Rica Reinisch East Germany | Cornelia Polit East Germany | Birgit Treiber East Germany |
| Swimming | Women’s 200 m breaststroke | Lina Kačiušytė Soviet Union | Svetlana Varganova Soviet Union | Yuliya Bogdanova Soviet Union |
| Swimming | Women’s 200 m butterfly | Ines Geißler East Germany | Sybille Schönrock East Germany | Michelle Ford Australia |
| Swimming | Women’s 200 m freestyle | Barbara Krause East Germany | Ines Diers East Germany | Carmela Schmidt East Germany |
| Swimming | Women’s 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Barbara Krause, Caren Metschuck, Ines Diers, Sarina Hülsenbeck, Carmela Schmidt East Germany | Carina Ljungdahl, Tina Gustafsson, Agneta Mårtensson, Agneta Eriksson, Birgitta Jönsson, Helena Peterson Sweden | Conny van Bentum, Wilma van Velsen, Reggie de Jong, Annelies Maas Netherlands |
| Swimming | Women’s 4 × 100 m medley relay | Rica Reinisch, Ute Geweniger, Andrea Pollack, Caren Metschuck, Sarina Hülsenbeck East Germany | Helen Jameson, Margaret Kelly, Ann Osgerby, June Croft Great Britain | Yelena Kruglova, Elvira Vasilkova, Alla Grishchenkova, Natalya Strunnikova, Irina Aksyonova, Olga Klevakina Soviet Union |
| Swimming | Women’s 400 m freestyle | Ines Diers East Germany | Petra Schneider East Germany | Carmela Schmidt East Germany |
| Swimming | Women’s 400 m individual medley | Petra Schneider East Germany | Sharron Davies Great Britain | Agnieszka Czopek Poland |
| Swimming | Women’s 800 m freestyle | Michelle Ford Australia | Ines Diers East Germany | Heike Dähne East Germany |
| Volleyball | Men's | Vladimir Chernyshov, Vladimir Dorokhov, Aleksandr Ermilov, Vladimir Kondra, Valeriy Kryvov, Fedir Lashchonov, Viljar Loor, Oleg Moliboga, Yuriy Panchenko, Aleksandr Savin, Pāvels Seļivanovs, Vyacheslav Zaytsev Soviet Union | Yordan Angelov, Dimitar Dimitrov, Stefan Dimitrov, Stoyan Gunchev, Hristo Iliev, Petko Petkov, Kaspar Simeonov, Hristo Stoyanov, Mitko Todorov, Tsano Tsanov, Emil Valtchev, Dimitar Zlatanov Bulgaria | Marius Căta-Chiţiga, Valter Chifu, Laurenţiu Dumănoiu, Günther Enescu, Dan Gîrleanu, Sorin Macavei, Viorel Manole, Florin Mina, Corneliu Oros, Nicolae Pop, Constantin Sterea, Nicu Stoian Romania |
| Volleyball | Women's | Elena Akhaminova, Elena Andreiuk, Svetlana Badulina, Liudmila Chernyshova, Liubov Kozyreva, Lidia Loginova, Irina Makogonova, Svetlana Nikishina, Larisa Pavlova, Nadezhda Radzevich, Natalia Razumova, Olga Solovova Soviet Union | Katharina Bullin, Barbara Czekalla, Brigitte Fetzer, Andrea Heim, Ute Kostrzewa, Heike Lehmann, Christine Mummhardt, Karin Püschel, Karla Roffeis, Martina Schmidt, Annette Schultz, Anke Westendorf East Germany | Verka Borisova, Tsvetana Bozhurina, Rositsa Dimitrova, Tanya Dimitrova, Maya Georgieva, Margarita Gerasimova, Tanya Gogova, Valentina Ilieva, Rumyana Kaisheva, Anka Khristolova, Silviya Petrunova, Galina Stancheva Bulgaria |
| Water polo | Men | Vladimir Akimov, Aleksey Barkalov, Yevgeny Grishin, Mikhail Ivanov, Aleksandr Kabanov, Sergey Kotenko, Georgi Mshvenieradze, Mait Riisman, Viacheslav Sobchenko, Yevgeny Sharonov, Erkin Shagaev Soviet Union | Luka Vezlić, Zoran Gopčević, Damir Polić, Ratko Rudić, Zoran Mustur, Zoran Roje, Milivoj Bebić, Slobodan Trifunović, Boško Lozica, Predrag Manojlović, Milorad Krivokapić Yugoslavia | Endre Molnár, István Szívós, Jr., Attila Sudár, György Gerendás, György Horkai, Gábor Csapó, István Udvardi, László Kuncz, Tamás Faragó, Károly Hauszler, István Kiss Hungary |
| Weightlifting | Men’s +110 kg | Sultan Rakhmanov Soviet Union | Jürgen Heuser East Germany | Tadeusz Rutkowski Poland |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 100 kg | Ota Zaremba Czechoslovakia | Igor Nikitin Soviet Union | Alberto Blanco Cuba |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 110 kg | Leonid Taranenko Soviet Union | Valentin Khristov Bulgaria | György Szalai Hungary |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 52 kg | Kanybek Osmonaliyev Soviet Union | Ho Bong-chol North Korea | Han Gyong-si North Korea |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 56 kg | Daniel Núñez Cuba | Yurik Sarkisyan Soviet Union | Tadeusz Dembończyk Poland |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 60 kg | Viktor Mazin Soviet Union | Stefan Dimitrov Bulgaria | Marek Seweryn Poland |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 67.5 kg | Yanko Rusev Bulgaria | Joachim Kunz East Germany | Mincho Pashov Bulgaria |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 75 kg | Asen Zlatev Bulgaria | Aleksandr Pervi Soviet Union | Nedelcho Kolev Bulgaria |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 82.5 kg | Yurik Vardanyan Soviet Union | Blagoy Blagoev Bulgaria | Dušan Poliačik Czechoslovakia |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 90 kg | Péter Baczakó Hungary | Rumen Aleksandrov Bulgaria | Frank Mantek East Germany |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · +100 kg | Soslan Andiyev Soviet Union | József Balla Hungary | Adam Sandurski Poland |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 100 kg | Illya Mate Soviet Union | Slavcho Chervenkov Bulgaria | Július Strnisko Czechoslovakia |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 48 kg | Claudio Pollio Italy | Jang Se-hong North Korea | Sergei Kornilayev Soviet Union |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 52 kg | Anatoli Beloglazov Soviet Union | Władysław Stecyk Poland | Nermedin Selimov Bulgaria |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 57 kg | Sergei Beloglazov Soviet Union | Li Ho-pyong North Korea | Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold Mongolia |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 62 kg | Magomedgasan Abushev Soviet Union | Miho Dukov Bulgaria | Georgios Hatziioannidis Greece |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 68 kg | Saipulla Absaidov Soviet Union | Ivan Yankov Bulgaria | Šaban Sejdi Yugoslavia |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 74 kg | Valentin Raychev Bulgaria | Jamtsyn Davaajav Mongolia | Dan Karabin Czechoslovakia |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 82 kg | Ismail Abilov Bulgaria | Magomedkhan Aratsilov Soviet Union | István Kovács Hungary |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · 90 kg | Sanasar Oganisyan Soviet Union | Uwe Neupert East Germany | Aleksander Cichoń Poland |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · +100 kg | Oleksandr Kolchynskyy Soviet Union | Aleksandar Tomov Bulgaria | Hassan Bechara Lebanon |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 100 kg | Georgi Raikov Bulgaria | Roman Bierła Poland | Vasile Andrei Romania |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 48 kg | Zhaqsylyq Üshkempirov Soviet Union | Constantin Alexandru Romania | Ferenc Seres Hungary |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 52 kg | Vakhtang Blagidze Soviet Union | Lajos Rácz Hungary | Mladen Mladenov Bulgaria |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 57 kg | Shamil Serikov Soviet Union | Józef Lipień Poland | Benni Ljungbeck Sweden |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 62 kg | Stelios Mygiakis Greece | István Tóth Hungary | Boris Kramarenko Soviet Union |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 68 kg | Ștefan Rusu Romania | Andrzej Supron Poland | Lars-Erik Skiöld Sweden |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 74 kg | Ferenc Kocsis Hungary | Anatoly Bykov Soviet Union | Mikko Huhtala Finland |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 82 kg | Gennadi Korban Soviet Union | Jan Dołgowicz Poland | Pavel Pavlov Bulgaria |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · 90 kg | Norbert Növényi Hungary | Ihar Kanyhin Soviet Union | Petre Dicu Romania |