| Men under 52kg | | 1. Sevdalin Marinov | Bulgaria | 250 | | 2. Istvan Babarczi | Hungary | 227.5 | | 3. Marian Jakob | Romania | 225 |
| Men under 56kg | | 1. Neno Terziiski | Bulgaria | 280 | | 2. Oksen Mirzoyan | Soviet Union | 270 | | 3. Franck Mavius | East Germany | 270 |
| Men under 60kg | | 1. Naum Shalamanov | Bulgaria | 312.5 | | 2. Yurik Sarkisyan | Soviet Union | 297.5 | | 3. Andreas Letz | East Germany | 287.5 |
| Men under 67.5kg | | 1. Andreas Behm | East Germany | 345 | | 2. Mikhail Petrov | Bulgaria | 342.5 | | 3. Marek Seweryn | Poland | 330 |
| Men under 75kg | | 1. Alexander Varbanov | Bulgaria | 360 | | 2. Joachim Kunz | East Germany | 350 | | 3. Sergei Li | Soviet Union | 345 |
| Men under 82.5kg | | 1. Asen Zlatev | Bulgaria | 392.5 | | 2. Zdravko Stoichkov | Bulgaria | 382.5 | | 3. Anatoli Khrapaty | Soviet Union | 380 |
| Men under 90kg | | 1. Viktor Solodov | Soviet Union | 402.5 | | 2. Rumen Teodosiev | Bulgaria | 400 | | 3. Piotr Krukowski | Poland | 390 |
| Men under 100kg | | 1. Nicu Vlad | Romania | 400 | | 2. Viktor Shevchik | Soviet Union | 392.5 | | 3. Andor Szanyi | Hungary | 390 |
| Men under 110kg | | 1. Yuri Zacharevitch | Soviet Union | 407.5 | | 2. Anton Baraniak | Czechoslovakia | 402.5 | | 3. Milos Ciernik | Czechoslovakia | 395 |
| Men over 110kg | | 1. Alexander Gunyashev | Soviet Union | 417.5 | | 2. Leonid Taranenko | Soviet Union | 415 | | 3. Senno Salzwedel | East Germany | 415 |
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| | Medals | G | S | B | All | | 1. | Bulgaria | 5 | 3 | | 8 | | 2. | Soviet Union | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | | 3. | East Germany | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | | 4. | Romania | 1 | | 1 | 2 | | 5. | Czechoslovakia | | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 5. | Hungary | | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 7. | Poland | | | 2 | 2 |
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| | All Medals | G | S | B | All | | 1. | Bulgaria | 16 | 6 | 1 | 23 | | 2. | Soviet Union | 8 | 10 | 7 | 25 | | 3. | East Germany | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | | 4. | Romania | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | | 5. | Poland | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | | 6. | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | | 7. | Czechoslovakia | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
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