| Final Ranking | Total | Comp. | Opt. | | 1 | Soviet Union |  URS | 589.600 | | | Nikolay Andrianov, Eduard Azaryan, Aleksandr Dityatin, Bogdan Makuts, Vladimir Markelov, Aleksandr Tkachyov | | 2. East Germany |  GDR | 581.150 | | | Ralf-Peter Hemmann, Lutz Hoffmann, Lutz Mack, Michael Nikolay, Andreas Bronst, Roland Brückner | | 3. Hungary |  HUN | 575.000 | | | Ferenc Donáth, György Guczoghy, Zoltán Kelemen, Péter Kovács, Zoltán Magyar, István Vámos | | 4. Romania |  ROU | 572.300 | | | 5. Bulgaria |  BUL | 571.550 | | | 6. Czechoslovakia |  TCH | 569.800 | | | 7. Cuba |  CUB | 563.200 | | | 8. France |  FRA | 559.200 | | | 9. North Korea |  PRK | 551.350 | |
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| All Olympic Champions | | 2016: Japan (JPN) | | 2012: China (CHN) | | 2008: China (CHN) | | 2004: Japan (JPN) | | 2000: China (CHN) | | 1996: Russia (RUS) | | 1992: Unified Team (EUN) | | 1988: Soviet Union (URS) | | 1984: United States (USA) | | 1980: Soviet Union (URS) | | 1976: Japan (JPN) | | 1972: Japan (JPN) | | 1968: Japan (JPN) | | 1964: Japan (JPN) | | 1960: Japan (JPN) | | 1956: Soviet Union (URS) | | 1952: Soviet Union (URS) | | 1948: Finland (FIN) | | 1936: Germany (GER) | | 1932: Italy (ITA) | | 1928: Switzerland (SUI) | | 1924: Italy (ITA) | | 1920: Italy (ITA) | | 1912: Italy (ITA) | | 1908: Sweden (SWE) | | 1904: United States (USA) |
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