| Evento |
Oro: |
Plata: |
Bronce: |
| Menos de 48 kg |
 Francisco Rodriguez, VEN |
 Yong-Ju Jee, KOR |
 Harlan Marbley, USA
 Hubert Skrzypczak, POL |
| 48-51 kg |
 Ricardo Delgado, MEX |
Artur Olech, POL |
 Servillo Oliveira, BRA
 Leo Rwabwogo, UGA |
| 51-54 kg |
 Valery Sokolov, URS |
Eridadi Mukwanga, UGA |
 Eiji Morioka, JPN
Kyou-Chull Chang, KOR |
| 54-57 kg |
Antonio Roldan, MEX |
Albert Robinson, USA |
 Philipp Waruinge, KEN
 Ivan Michailov, BUL |
| 57-60 kg |
Ronald Harris, USA |
Jozef Grudzien, POL |
 Calistrat Cutov, ROM
 Zvonimir Vujin, YUG |
| 60-63.5 kg |
Jerry Kulej, POL |
 Enrique Regueiferos, CUB |
 Arto Nilsson, FIN
James Wallington, USA |
| 63.5-67 kg |
 Manfred Wolke, GDR |
 Joseph Bessala, CMR |
Vladimir Musalinov, URS
 Mario Guilloti, ARG |
| 67-71 kg |
Boris Langutin, URS |
Rolando Garbey, CUB |
John Baldwin, USA
 Gunther Meier, FRG |
| 71-75 kg |
 Christopher Finnegan, GBR |
Alexey Kisselyov, URS |
Agustin Zaragoza, MEX
Alfred Jones, USA |
| 75-81 kg |
Dan Poznyak, URS |
Ion Monea, ROM |
Georgy Stankov, BUL
Stanislav Gragan, POL |
| Más de 81 kg |
George Foreman, USA |
Ionas Tschepulis, URS |
 Giorgio Bambini, ITA
Joaquin Rocha, MEX |
