| Men under 52kg | | 1. Ivan Ivanov |  Bulgaria | 272.5 | | 2. Traian Ciharean |  Romania | 260 | | 3. Jose-Luis Martinez |  Spain | 227.5 |
| Men under 56kg | | 1. Hafis Suleimanov |  Soviet Union | 287.5 | | 2. Sevdalin Marinov | Bulgaria | 280 | | 3. Luan Shabani |  Albania | 260 |
| Men under 60kg | | 1. Naim Suleymanoglu |  Turkey | 317.5 | | 2. Nikolai Peshalov | Bulgaria | 307.5 | | 3. Attila Czanka | Romania | 305 |
` | Men under 67.5kg | | 1. Israil Militosyan | Soviet Union | 347.5 | | 2. Yoto Yotov | Bulgaria | 337.5 | | 3. Andreas Behm |  East Germany | 325 |
| Men under 75kg | | 1. Alty Orazdurdyev | Soviet Union | 362.5 | | 2. Alexander Varbanov | Bulgaria | 350 | | 3. Waldemar Kosinski |  Poland | 345 |
` | Men under 82.5kg | | 1. Kiril Kounev | Bulgaria | 385 | | 2. Plamen Bratoitchev | Bulgaria | 380 | | 3. Ingo Steinhofel | East Germany | 377.5 |
| Men under 90kg | | 1. Anatoli Khrapaty | Soviet Union | 415 | | 2. Sergei Syrtsov | Soviet Union | 407.5 | | 3. Ivan Tchakarov | Bulgaria | 400 |
| Men under 100kg | | 1. Petar Stefanov | Bulgaria | 415 | | 2. Nicu Vlad | Romania | 412.5 | | 3. Pavel Kuznetsov | Soviet Union | 400 |
| Men under 110kg | | 1. Stefan Botev | Bulgaria | 427.5 | | 2. Andrew Davies |  Great Britain | 395 | | 3. Miroslav Dabrowski | Poland | 382.5 |
` | Men over 110kg | | 1. Alexander Kurlovitch | Soviet Union | 460 | | 2. Rizvan Guelishkanov | Soviet Union | 432.5 | | 3. Michael Schubert | East Germany | 425 |
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| | Medals | G | S | B | All | | 1. | Soviet Union | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | | 2. | Bulgaria | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | | 3. | Turkey | 1 | | | 1 | | 4. | Romania | | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 5. | Great Britain | | 1 | | 1 | | 6. | East Germany | | | 3 | 2 | | 7. | Poland | | | 2 | 2 | | 8. | Albania | | | 1 | 1 | | 8. | Spain | | | 1 | 1 |
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