| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|
| 52 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Aleksandr Voronin
 Soviet Union | 107.5 kg | Masatomo Takeuchi
 Japan | 105.0 kg | György Kőszegi
 Hungary | 102.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Aleksandr Voronin
Soviet Union | 140.0 kg | Mohammad Nassiri
 Iran | 135.0 kg | Francisco Casamayor
 Cuba | 132.5 kg |
| Total | Aleksandr Voronin
Soviet Union | 247.5 kg
WR | György Kőszegi
Hungary | 235.0 kg | Francisco Casamayor
Cuba | 230.0 kg |
| 56 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Daniel Núñez
Cuba | 112.5 kg | Georgi Todorov
 Bulgaria | 110.0 kg | Tadeusz Dembończyk
 Poland | 110.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Jiro Hosotani
Japan | 145.0 kg | Chen Manlin
 China | 140.0 kg | Frank Mavius
 East Germany | 140.0 kg |
| Total | Jiro Hosotani
Japan | 252.5 kg | Georgi Todorov
Bulgaria | 247.5 kg | Chen Manlin
China | 245.0 kg |
| 60 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Nikolay Kolesnikov
Soviet Union | 122.5 kg | Grzegorz Cziura
Poland | 122.5 kg | Yanko Rusev
Bulgaria | 122.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Nikolay Kolesnikov
Soviet Union | 157.5 kg | Yanko Rusev
Bulgaria | 155.0 kg | Ioan Buta
 Romania | 150.0 kg |
| Total | Nikolay Kolesnikov
Soviet Union | 280.0 kg | Yanko Rusev
Bulgaria | 277.5 kg | Grzegorz Cziura
Poland | 270.0 kg |
| 67.5 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Roberto Urrutia
Cuba | 142.5 kg
WR | Daniel Senet
 France | 135.0 kg | Werner Schraut
 West Germany | 132.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Sergey Pevsner
Soviet Union | 172.5 kg | Roberto Urrutia
Cuba | 172.5 kg | Zbigniew Kaczmarek
Poland | 170.0 kg |
| Total | Roberto Urrutia
Cuba | 315.0 kg | Sergey Pevsner
Soviet Union | 302.5 kg | Zbigniew Kaczmarek
Poland | 297.5 kg |
| 75 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Yurik Vardanyan
Soviet Union | 152.5 kg | Peter Wenzel
East Germany | 150.0 kg | András Stark
Hungary | 150.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Yurik Vardanyan
Soviet Union | 192.5 kg | Günter Schliwka
East Germany | 190.0 kg | Peter Wenzel
East Germany | 187.5 kg |
| Total | Yurik Vardanyan
Soviet Union | 345.0 kg | Peter Wenzel
East Germany | 337.5 kg | Günter Schliwka
East Germany | 330.0 kg |
| 82.5 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Gennady Bessonov
Soviet Union | 157.5 kg | Blagoy Blagoev
Bulgaria | 155.0 kg | Péter Baczakó
Hungary | 152.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Gennady Bessonov
Soviet Union | 195.0 kg | Paweł Rabczewski
Poland | 192.5 kg | Péter Baczakó
Hungary | 192.5 kg |
| Total | Gennady Bessonov
Soviet Union | 352.5 kg | Péter Baczakó
Hungary | 345.0 kg | Paweł Rabczewski
Poland | 337.5 kg |
| 90 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Sergey Poltoratsky
Soviet Union | 167.5 kg | Rolf Milser
West Germany | 162.5 kg | Ferenc Antalovics
Hungary | 157.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Rolf Milser
West Germany | 207.5 kg | Sergey Poltoratsky
Soviet Union | 207.5 kg | Alberto Blanco
Cuba | 197.5 kg |
| Total | Sergey Poltoratsky
Soviet Union | 375.0 kg | Rolf Milser
West Germany | 370.0 kg | Alberto Blanco
Cuba | 355.0 kg |
| 100 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Michel Broillet
 Switzerland | 170.0 kg | Anatoly Kozlov
Soviet Union | 162.5 kg | Helmut Losch
East Germany | 162.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Anatoly Kozlov
Soviet Union | 205.0 kg | Helmut Losch
East Germany | 205.0 kg | Mark Cameron
 United States | 202.5 kg |
| Total | Anatoly Kozlov
Soviet Union | 367.5 kg | Helmut Losch
East Germany | 367.5 kg | Michel Broillet
Switzerland | 365.0 kg |
| 110 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Valentin Hristov
Bulgaria | 180.0 kg | Jürgen Ciezki
East Germany | 172.5 kg | Yury Zaitsev
Soviet Union | 170.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Yury Zaitsev
Soviet Union | 225.0 kg | Valentin Hristov
Bulgaria | 225.0 kg | Leif Nilsson
 Sweden | 220.0 kg |
| Total | Valentin Hristov
Bulgaria | 405.0 kg | Yury Zaitsev
Soviet Union | 395.0 kg | Jürgen Ciezki
East Germany | 390.0 kg |
| +110 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Vasily Alekseyev
Soviet Union | 185.0 kg | Jürgen Heuser
East Germany | 182.5 kg | Aslanbek Yenaldiev
Soviet Union | 182.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Vasily Alekseyev
Soviet Union | 245.0 kg | Aslanbek Yenaldiev
Soviet Union | 240.0 kg | Jürgen Heuser
East Germany | 237.5 kg |
| Total | Vasily Alekseyev
Soviet Union | 430.0 kg | Aslanbek Yenaldiev
Soviet Union | 422.5 kg | Jürgen Heuser
East Germany | 420.0 kg |
United States