| Class | | |
| Flyweight (-114 3/4 lb) | Alexander Voronin, URS | 242.5 |
| | György Koszegi, HUN | 237.5 |
| | Mohammed Nassiri, IRN | 235.0 |
| Bantamweight (-123 1/2 lb) | Norair Nurikyan, BUL | 262.5 |
| | Grzegorz Cziura, POL | 252.5 |
| | Kenkichi Ando, JPN | 250.0 |
| Featherweight (-132 1/4 lb) | Nikolai Kolesnikov, URS | 285.0 |
| | Georgi Todorov, BUL | 280.0 |
| | Kazumasa Hirai, JPN | 275.0 |
| Lightweight (-148 3/4 lb) | Pjotr Korol, URS | 305.0 |
| | Daniel Senet, FRA | 300.0 |
| | Kazimierz Czarnicki, POL | 295.0 |
| Middleweight (-165 1/2 lb) | Yordan Mitkov, BUL | 335.0 |
| | Vartan Militosyan, URS | 330.0 |
| | Peter Wenzel, GDR | 327.5 |
| Light-Heavyweight (-182 lb) | Valery Shariy, URS | 365.0 |
| | Trendachil Stoichev, BUL | 360.0 |
| | Peter Baczako, HUN | 345.0 |
| Middle-Heavyweight (-198 1/2 lb) | David Rigert, URS | 382.5 |
| | Lee James, USA | 362.5 |
| | Atanas Chopov, BUL | 360.0 |
| Heavyweight (+198 1/2 lb) | Yury Zaitsev, URS | 385.0 |
| | Krastio Semerdiev, BUL | 385.0 |
| | Tadeusz Rutkowski, POL | 377.5 |
| Super-Heavyweight (+247 1/3 lb) | Vasiliy Alexeyev, URS | 440.0 |
| | Gerd Bonk, GDR | 405.0 |
| | Helmut Losch, GDR | 387.5 |
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