| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|
| 52 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Kanybek Osmonaliyev
 Soviet Union | 105.0 kg | Tadeusz Golik
 Poland | 105.0 kg | Francisco Casamayor
 Cuba | 102.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Kanybek Osmonaliyev
Soviet Union | 135.0 kg | Tadeusz Golik
Poland | 132.5 kg | Masatomo Takeuchi
 Japan | 130.0 kg |
| Total | Kanybek Osmonaliyev
Soviet Union | 240.0 kg | Tadeusz Golik
Poland | 237.5 kg | Francisco Casamayor
Cuba | 230.0 kg |
| 56 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Daniel Núñez
Cuba | 117.5 kg | Marek Seweryn
Poland | 115.0 kg | Stefan Dimitrov
 Bulgaria | 110.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Kenkichi Ando
Japan | 145.0 kg | Tadeusz Dembończyk
Poland | 142.5 kg | Daniel Núñez
Cuba | 142.5 kg |
| Total | Daniel Núñez
Cuba | 260.0 kg | Marek Seweryn
Poland | 252.5 kg | Kenkichi Ando
Japan | 252.5 kg |
| 60 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | István Lénárt
 Hungary | 122.5 kg | László Száraz
Hungary | 122.5 kg | Tan Hanyong
 China | 120.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Takashi Saito
Japan | 157.5 kg | Marek Sachmaciński
Poland | 155.0 kg | Nikolay Kolesnikov
Soviet Union | 152.5 kg |
| Total | Nikolay Kolesnikov
Soviet Union | 270.0 kg | Takashi Saito
Japan | 267.5 kg | Valentin Todorov
Bulgaria | 267.5 kg |
| 67.5 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Mario Villalobo
Cuba | 135.0 kg | Yanko Rusev
Bulgaria | 135.0 kg | Virgil Dociu
 Romania | 132.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Yanko Rusev
Bulgaria | 175.0 kg | Zbigniew Kaczmarek
Poland | 172.5 kg | Günter Ambraß
 East Germany | 170.0 kg |
| Total | Yanko Rusev
Bulgaria | 310.0 kg | Zbigniew Kaczmarek
Poland | 302.5 kg | Günter Ambraß
East Germany | 300.0 kg |
| 75 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Roberto Urrutia
Cuba | 155.0 kg | Julio Echenique
Cuba | 147.5 kg | Vardan Militosyan
Soviet Union | 147.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Roberto Urrutia
Cuba | 192.5 kg | Peter Wenzel
East Germany | 190.0 kg | Vardan Militosyan
Soviet Union | 190.0 kg |
| Total | Roberto Urrutia
Cuba | 347.5 kg | Vardan Militosyan
Soviet Union | 337.5 kg | Peter Wenzel
East Germany | 335.0 kg |
| 82.5 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Yurik Vardanyan
Soviet Union | 170.0 kg | Péter Baczakó
Hungary | 157.5 kg | Paweł Rabczewski
Poland | 150.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Yurik Vardanyan
Soviet Union | 207.5 kg | Daniel Zayas
Cuba | 195.0 kg | Péter Baczakó
Hungary | 195.0 kg |
| Total | Yurik Vardanyan
Soviet Union | 377.5 kg
WR | Péter Baczakó
Hungary | 352.5 kg | Paweł Rabczewski
Poland | 345.0 kg |
| 90 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Andon Nikolov
Bulgaria | 170.0 kg | György Rehus-Uzor
Hungary | 165.0 kg | Ferenc Antalovics
Hungary | 165.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Rolf Milser
 West Germany | 215.0 kg | Gennady Bessonov
Soviet Union | 210.0 kg | Ferenc Antalovics
Hungary | 202.5 kg |
| Total | Rolf Milser
West Germany | 377.5 kg | Gennady Bessonov
Soviet Union | 375.0 kg | Ferenc Antalovics
Hungary | 367.5 kg |
| 100 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Sergey Arakelov
Soviet Union | 172.5 kg | David Rigert
Soviet Union | 170.0 kg | Manfred Funke
East Germany | 167.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | David Rigert
Soviet Union | 220.0 kg | Sergey Arakelov
Soviet Union | 217.5 kg | Anton Baraniak
 Czechoslovakia | 205.0 kg |
| Total | David Rigert
Soviet Union | 390.0 kg | Sergey Arakelov
Soviet Union | 390.0 kg | Manfred Funke
East Germany | 367.5 kg |
| 110 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Leif Nilsson
 Sweden | 175.0 kg | Yury Zaitsev
Soviet Union | 172.5 kg | Jürgen Ciezki
East Germany | 170.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Yury Zaitsev
Soviet Union | 230.0 kg | Jürgen Ciezki
East Germany | 215.0 kg | György Szalai
Hungary | 210.0 kg |
| Total | Yury Zaitsev
Soviet Union | 402.5 kg | Jürgen Ciezki
East Germany | 385.0 kg | Leif Nilsson
Sweden | 385.0 kg |
| +110 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Sultan Rakhmanov
Soviet Union | 187.5 kg | Hristo Plachkov
Bulgaria | 187.5 kg | Jürgen Heuser
East Germany | 185.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Gerd Bonk
East Germany | 235.0 kg | Jürgen Heuser
East Germany | 232.5 kg | Sultan Rakhmanov
Soviet Union | 230.0 kg |
| Total | Jürgen Heuser
East Germany | 417.5 kg | Sultan Rakhmanov
Soviet Union | 417.5 kg | Gerd Bonk
East Germany | 410.0 kg |
