| Men under 56kg | | 1. Ivan Azdarov |  Soviet Union | 292.5 | | 2. Alexander Donskoy | Soviet Union | 282.5 | | 3. Henri Moulins |  France | 272.5 |
| Men under 60kg | | 1. Arvid Andersson |  Sweden | 320 | | 2. Evgenij Lopatin | Soviet Union | 317.5 | | 3. Moysei Kasjannik | Soviet Union | 312.5 |
| Men under 67.5kg | | 1. Israel Mekhanik | Soviet Union | 342.5 | | 2. Georgi Popov | Soviet Union | 330 | | 3. Sigvard Kinnunen | Sweden | 315 |
| Men under 75kg | | 1. Nikolay Shatov | Soviet Union | 367.5 | | 2. Alexander Bozhko | Soviet Union | 355 | | 3. Georges Firmin | France | 340 |
| Men under 82.5kg | | 1. Grigorij Novak | Soviet Union | 410 | | 2. Juhani Vellano |  Finland | 365 | | 3. Mitrofan Kaskaryov | Soviet Union | 360 |
| Men over 82.5kg | | 1. Yakov Kucenko | Soviet Union | 432.5 | | 2. Niels Petersen |  Denmark | 377.5 | | 3. Nikolay Lopatin | Soviet Union | 377.5 |
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| | Medals | G | S | B | All | | 1. | Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | | 2. | Sweden | 1 | | 1 | 2 | | 3. | Denmark | | 1 | | 1 | | 4. | Finland | | 1 | | 1 | | 5. | France | | | 2 | 2 |
| 40 athletes from 7 countries. |
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