# List of 1980 Summer Olympics medal winners

The 1980 Summer Olympics were held in Soviet Union from 19 July to 3 August 1980.

## Archery
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS)* | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's details | Tomi Poikolainen Finland | Boris Isachenko Soviet Union | Giancarlo Ferrari Italy |
| Women's details | Keto Losaberidze Soviet Union | Natalya Butuzova Soviet Union | Päivi Meriluoto Finland |

## Athletics
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS)* | 15 | 14 | 12 | 41 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 11 | 8 | 10 | 29 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Tanzania (TAN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 38 | 39 | 37 | 114 |

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Allan Wells Great Britain | 10.25 | Silvio Leonard Cuba | 10.25 | Petar Petrov Bulgaria | 10.39 |
| 200 metres details | Pietro Mennea Italy | 20.19 | Allan Wells Great Britain | 20.21 | Don Quarrie Jamaica | 20.29 |
| 400 metres details | Viktor Markin Soviet Union | 44.60 | Rick Mitchell Australia | 44.84 | Frank Schaffer East Germany | 44.87 |
| 800 metres details | Steve Ovett Great Britain | 1:45.40 | Sebastian Coe Great Britain | 1:45.85 | Nikolay Kirov Soviet Union | 1:45.94 |
| 1500 metres details | Sebastian Coe Great Britain | 3:38.40 | Jürgen Straub East Germany | 3:38.80 | Steve Ovett Great Britain | 3:38.99 |
| 5000 metres details | Miruts Yifter Ethiopia | 13:20.91 | Suleiman Nyambui Tanzania | 13:21.60 | Kaarlo Maaninka Finland | 13:22.00 |
| 10,000 metres details | Miruts Yifter Ethiopia | 27:42.69 | Kaarlo Maaninka Finland | 27:44.28 | Mohamed Kedir Ethiopia | 27:44.64 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Thomas Munkelt East Germany | 13.39 | Alejandro Casañas Cuba | 13.40 | Aleksandr Puchkov Soviet Union | 13.44 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Volker Beck East Germany | 48.70 | Vasyl Arkhypenko Soviet Union | 48.86 | Gary Oakes Great Britain | 49.11 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Bronisław Malinowski Poland | 8:09.70 | Filbert Bayi Tanzania | 8:12.48 | Eshetu Tura Ethiopia | 8:13.57 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Muravyov Nikolay Sidorov Andrey Prokofyev Aleksandr Aksinin | 38.26 | Poland (POL) Zenon Licznerski Leszek Dunecki Marian Woronin Krzysztof Zwoliński | 38.33 | France (FRA) Patrick Barré Pascal Barré Hermann Panzo Antoine Richard | 38.53 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Markin Remigijus Valiulis Mikhail Linge Nikolay Chernetskiy | 3:01.08 | East Germany (GDR) Klaus Thiele Andreas Knebel Frank Schaffer Volker Beck | 3:01.26 | Italy (ITA) Roberto Tozzi Mauro Zuliani Stefano Malinverni Pietro Mennea | 3:04.54 |
| Marathon details | Waldemar Cierpinski East Germany | 2:11:03 | Gerard Nijboer Netherlands | 2:11:20 | Satymkul Dzhumanazarov Soviet Union | 2:11:35 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Maurizio Damilano Italy | 1:23:35.5 OR | Pyotr Pochynchuk Soviet Union | 1:24:45.4 | Roland Wieser East Germany | 1:25:58.2 |
| 50 kilometres walk details | Hartwig Gauder East Germany | 3:49.24 OR | Jorge Llopart Spain | 3:51.25 | Yevgeniy Ivchenko Soviet Union | 3:56.32 |
| High jump details | Gerd Wessig East Germany | 2.36 m WR | Jacek Wszoła Poland | 2.31 m | Jörg Freimuth East Germany | 2.31 m |
| Pole vault details | Władysław Kozakiewicz Poland | 5.78 m WR | Konstantin Volkov Soviet Union Tadeusz Ślusarski Poland | 5.65 m | none | -- |
| Long jump details | Lutz Dombrowski East Germany | 8.54 m | Frank Paschek East Germany | 8.21 m | Valeriy Pidluzhny Soviet Union | 8.18 m |
| Triple jump details | Jaak Uudmäe Soviet Union | 17.35 m | Viktor Saneyev Soviet Union | 17.24 m | João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil | 17.22 m |
| Shot put details | Vladimir Kiselyov Soviet Union | 21.35 m OR | Aleksandr Baryshnikov Soviet Union | 21.08 m | Udo Beyer East Germany | 21.06 m |
| Discus throw details | Viktor Rashchupkin Soviet Union | 66.64 m | Imrich Bugár Czechoslovakia | 66.38 m | Luis Delís Cuba | 66.32 m |
| Hammer throw details | Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union | 81.80 m WR | Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union | 80.64 m | Jüri Tamm Soviet Union | 78.96 m |
| Javelin throw details | Dainis Kūla Soviet Union | 91.20 m | Aleksandr Makarov Soviet Union | 89.64 m | Wolfgang Hanisch East Germany | 86.72 m |
| Decathlon details | Daley Thompson Great Britain | 8495 | Yuriy Kutsenko Soviet Union | 8331 | Sergey Zhelanov Soviet Union | 8135 |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Lyudmila Kondratyeva Soviet Union | 11.06 | Marlies Göhr East Germany | 11.07 | Ingrid Auerswald East Germany | 11.14 |
| 200 metres details | Bärbel Wöckel East Germany | 22.03 OR | Natalya Bochina Soviet Union | 22.19 | Merlene Ottey Jamaica | 22.20 |
| 400 metres details | Marita Koch East Germany | 48.88 OR | Jarmila Kratochvílová Czechoslovakia | 49.46 | Christina Lathan East Germany | 49.66 |
| 800 metres details | Nadezhda Olizarenko Soviet Union | 1:53.43 WR | Olga Mineyeva Soviet Union | 1:54.81 | Tatyana Providokhina Soviet Union | 1:55.46 |
| 1500 metres details | Tatyana Kazankina Soviet Union | 3:56.56 OR | Christiane Wartenberg East Germany | 3:57.71 | Nadezhda Olizarenko Soviet Union | 3:59.52 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Vera Komisova Soviet Union | 12.56 OR | Johanna Klier East Germany | 12.63 | Lucyna Langer Poland | 12.65 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | East Germany (GDR) Romy Müller Bärbel Wöckel Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr | 41.60 WR | Soviet Union (URS) Vera Komisova Lyudmila Maslakova Vera Anisimova Natalya Bochina | 42.10 | Great Britain (GBR) Heather Hunte Kathy Smallwood Beverley Goddard Sonia Lannaman | 42.43 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Soviet Union (URS) Tatyana Prorochenko Tatyana Goyshchik Nina Zyuskova Irina Nazarova | 3:20.12 | East Germany (GDR) Barbara Krug Gabriele Löwe Christina Lathan Marita Koch | 3:20.35 | Great Britain (GBR) Linsey MacDonald Michelle Probert Joslyn Hoyte-Smith Donna Hartley | 3:27.74 |
| High jump details | Sara Simeoni Italy | 1.97 m OR | Urszula Kielan Poland | 1.94 m | Jutta Kirst East Germany | 1.94 m |
| Long jump details | Tatyana Kolpakova Soviet Union | 7.06 m | Brigitte Wujak East Germany | 7.04 m | Tetyana Skachko Soviet Union | 7.01 m |
| Shot put details | Ilona Slupianek East Germany | 22.41 m OR | Svetlana Krachevskaya Soviet Union | 21.42 m | Margitta Pufe East Germany | 21.20 m |
| Discus throw details | Evelin Jahl East Germany | 69.96 m OR | Mariya Petkova Bulgaria | 67.90 m | Tatyana Lesovaya Soviet Union | 67.40 m |
| Javelin throw details | María Caridad Colón Cuba | 68.40 m OR | Saida Gunba Soviet Union | 67.76 m | Ute Hommola East Germany | 66.56 m |
| Pentathlon details | Nadiya Tkachenko Soviet Union | 5083 WR | Olga Rukavishnikova Soviet Union | 4937 | Olga Kuragina Soviet Union | 4875 |

## Basketball
### Medal table

* Host nation (Soviet Union)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Yugoslavia (YUG) Andro Knego Dragan Kićanović Rajko Žižić Mihovil Nakić Željko Jerkov Branko Skroče Zoran Slavnić Krešimir Ćosić Ratko Radovanović Duje Krstulović Dražen Dalipagić Mirza Delibašić | Italy (ITA) Fabrizio Della Fiori Marco Solfrini Marco Bonamico Dino Meneghin Renato Villalta Renzo Vecchiato Pierluigi Marzorati Pietro Generali Romeo Sacchetti Roberto Brunamonti Michael Sylvester Enrico Gilardi | Soviet Union (URS) Stanislav Yeryomin Valeri Miloserdov Sergei Tarakanov Aleksandr Salnikov Andrey Lopatov Nikolai Deriugin Sergei Belov Vladimir Tkachenko Anatoly Myshkin Sergejus Jovaiša Aleksandr Belostenny Vladimir Zhigily |
| Women details | Soviet Union (URS) Olga Barysheva Tatyana Ivinskaya Nelli Feryabnikova Vida Beselienė Tatyana Ovechkina Angelė Rupšienė Lyubov Sharmay Uljana Semjonova Tetiana Nadyrova Olga Sukharnova Nadezhda Shuvayeva-Olkhova Lyudmila Rogozhina | Bulgaria (BUL) Krasimira Bogdanova Vanya Dermendzhieva Silviya Germanova Petkana Makaveeva Nadka Golcheva Penka Stoyanova Evladiya Slavcheva Kostadinka Radkova Snezhana Mikhaylova Angelina Mikhaylova Penka Metodieva Diana Dilova | Yugoslavia (YUG) Vera Đurašković Mersada Bećirspahić Jelica Komnenović Mira Bjedov Vukica Mitić Sanja Ožegović Sofija Pekić Marija Tonković Zorica Đurković Vesna Despotović Biljana Majstorović Jasmina Perazić |

## Boxing
### Medal table

* Host nation (Soviet Union)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Soviet Union* | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | East Germany | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Guyana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | North Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Light flyweight (48kg) details | Shamil Sabirov Soviet Union | Hipólito Ramos Cuba | Lee Byong-Uk North KoreaIsmail Mustafov Bulgaria |
| Flyweight (51kg) details | Petar Lesov Bulgaria | Viktor Miroshnichenko Soviet Union | Hugh Russell IrelandJános Váradi Hungary |
| Bantamweight (54kg) details | Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez Cuba | Bernardo Pinango Venezuela | Michael Anthony GuyanaDumitru Cipere Romania |
| Featherweight (57kg) details | Rudi Fink East Germany | Adolfo Horta Cuba | Viktor Rybakov Soviet UnionKrzysztof Kosedowski Poland |
| Lightweight (60kg) details | Ángel Herrera Cuba | Viktor Demyanenko Soviet Union | Kazimierz Adach PolandRichard Nowakowski East Germany |
| Light welterweight (63.5kg) details | Patrizio Oliva Italy | Serik Konakbayev Soviet Union | Tony Willis Great BritainJosé Aguilar Cuba |
| Welterweight (67kg) details | Andrés Aldama Cuba | John Mugabi Uganda | Karl-Heinz Krüger East GermanyKazimierz Szczerba Poland |
| Light middleweight (71kg) details | Armando Martínez Cuba | Aleksandr Koshkyn Soviet Union | Ján Franek Czechoslovakia Detlef Kästner East Germany |
| Middleweight (75kg) details | José Gómez Mustelier Cuba | Viktor Savchenko Soviet Union | Valentin Silaghi RomaniaJerzy Rybicki Poland |
| Light heavyweight (81kg) details | Slobodan Kačar Yugoslavia | Paweł Skrzecz Poland | Herbert Bauch East GermanyRicardo Rojas Cuba |
| Heavyweight (+81kg) details | Teófilo Stevenson Cuba | Pyotr Zayev Soviet Union | István Lévai HungaryJürgen Fanghänel East Germany |

## Canoeing
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS)* | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 500 metres details | Sergei Postrekhin Soviet Union | Lyubomir Lyubenov Bulgaria | Olaf Heukrodt East Germany |
| C-1 1000 metres details | Lyubomir Lyubenov Bulgaria | Sergei Postrekhin Soviet Union | Eckhard Leue East Germany |
| C-2 500 metres details | László Foltán István Vaskúti Hungary | Ivan Patzaichin Petre Capusta Romania | Borislav Ananiev Nikolai Ilkov Bulgaria |
| C-2 1000 metres details | Ivan Patzaichin Toma Simionov Romania | Olaf Heukrodt Uwe Madeja East Germany | Vasyl Yurchenko Yuri Lobanov Soviet Union |
| K-1 500 metres details | Vladimir Parfenovich Soviet Union | John Sumegi Australia | Vasile Dîba Romania |
| K-1 1000 metres details | Rüdiger Helm East Germany | Alain Lebas France | Ion Bîrlădeanu Romania |
| K-2 500 metres details | Vladimir Parfenovich Sergei Chukhray Soviet Union | Herminio Menéndez Guillermo del Riego Spain | Rüdiger Helm Bernd Olbricht East Germany |
| K-2 1000 metres details | Vladimir Parfenovich Sergei Chukhray Soviet Union | István Szabó István Joós Hungary | Luis Gregorio Ramos Herminio Menéndez Spain |
| K-4 1000 metres details | East Germany (GDR) Rüdiger Helm Bernd Olbricht Harald Marg Bernd Duvigneau | Romania (ROM) Mihai Zafiu Vasile Dîba Ion Geantă Nicuşor Eşanu | Bulgaria (BUL) Borislav Borisov Bozhidar Milenkov Lazar Khristov Ivan Manev |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 metres details | Birgit Fischer East Germany | Vanja Gesheva Bulgaria | Antonina Melnikova Soviet Union |
| K-2 500 metres details | Carsta Genäuß Martina Bischof East Germany | Galina Alexeyeva Nina Trofimova Soviet Union | Éva Rakusz Mária Zakariás Hungary |

## Cycling
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union* | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | East Germany | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | France | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Jamaica | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

### Road cycling

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual road race details | Sergei Sukhoruchenkov Soviet Union | Czesław Lang Poland | Yuri Barinov Soviet Union |
| Team time trial details | Soviet Union (URS) Yury Kashirin Oleg Logvin Sergei Shelpakov Anatoly Yarkin | East Germany (GDR) Falk Boden Bernd Drogan Olaf Ludwig Hans-Joachim Hartnick | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Michal Klasa Vlastibor Konečný Alipi Kostadinov Jiří Škoda |

### Track cycling

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual pursuit details | Robert Dill-Bundi Switzerland | Alain Bondue France | Hans-Henrik Ørsted Denmark |
| Team pursuit details | Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Manakov Valery Movchan Vladimir Osokin Vitaly Petrakov Aleksandr Krasnov | East Germany (GDR) Gerald Mortag Uwe Unterwalder Matthias Wiegand Volker Winkler | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Teodor Černý Martin Penc Jiří Pokorný Igor Sláma |
| Sprint details | Lutz Heßlich East Germany | Yavé Cahard France | Sergei Kopylov Soviet Union |
| 1 km time trial details | Lothar Thoms East Germany | Aleksandr Panfilov Soviet Union | David Weller Jamaica |

## Diving
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS)* | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard details | Aleksandr Portnov Soviet Union | Carlos Girón Mexico | Giorgio Cagnotto Italy |
| 10 m platform details | Falk Hoffmann East Germany | Vladimir Aleynik Soviet Union | David Ambartsumyan Soviet Union |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard details | Irina Kalinina Soviet Union | Martina Proeber East Germany | Karin Guthke East Germany |
| 10 m platform details | Martina Jäschke East Germany | Sirvard Emirzyan Soviet Union | Liana Tsotadze Soviet Union |

## Equestrian events
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS)* | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual dressage details | Elisabeth Theurer on Mon Cherie (AUT) | Yuri Kovshov on Igrok (URS) | Viktor Ugryumov on Shkval (URS) |
| Team dressage details | Soviet Union (URS) Yuri Kovshov and Igrok Viktor Ugryumov and Shkfval Vera Misevich and Plot | Bulgaria (BUL) Petar Mandajiev and Stchibor Svetoslav lvanov and Aleko Gheorghi Gadjev and Vnimatelen | Romania (ROU) Anghelache Donescu and Dor Dumitru Veliku and Decebal Petre Rosca and Derbist |
| Individual eventing details | Federico Roman on Rossinan (ITA) | Aleksandr Blinov on Galzun (URS) | Yuri Salnikov on Pintset (URS) |
| Team eventing details | Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandr Blinov and Galzun Yuri Salnikov and Pintset Valery Volkov and Tskheti Sergei Rogozhin and Gelespont | Italy (ITA) Federico Roman and Rossinan Anna Casagrande and Daleye Mauro Roman and Dourakine 4 Marina Sciocchetti and Rohan de Lechereo | Mexico (MEX) Manuel Mendívil and Remember David Bárcena and Bombon José Luis Pérez Soto and Quelite Fabián Vázquez and Cocaleco |
| Individual jumping details | Jan Kowalczyk on Artemor (POL) | Nikolai Korolkov on Espadron (URS) | Joaquin Perez Heras on Alymony (MEX) |
| Team jumping details | Soviet Union (URS) Vyacheslav Chukanov and Gepatit Viktor Poganovsky and Topky Viktor Asmaev and Reis Nikolai Korolkov and Espadron | Poland (POL) Marian Kozicki and Bremen Jan Kowalczyk and Artemor Wiesław Hartman and Norton Janusz Bobik and Szampan | Mexico (MEX) Joaquín Pérez and Alymony Jesús Gómez and Massacre Gerardo Tazzer and Caribe Alberto Valdes Jr. and Lady Mirka |

## Fencing
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS)* | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual épée details | Johan Harmenberg Sweden | Ernõ Kolczonay Hungary | Philippe Riboud France |
| Team épée details | France (FRA) Philippe Riboud Patrick Picot Hubert Gardas Philippe Boisse Michel Salesse | Poland (POL) Piotr Jabłkowski Andrzej Lis Leszek Swornowski Ludomir Chronowski Mariusz Strzałka | Soviet Union (URS) Ashot Karagian Boris Lukomsky Aleksander Abushackmetov Aleksander Mozhaev Vladimir Smirnov |
| Individual foil details | Vladimir Smirnov Soviet Union | Pascal Jolyot France | Aleksander Romankov Soviet Union |
| Team foil details | France (FRA) Didier Flament Pascal Jolyot Bruno Boscherie Philippe Bonnin Frederic Pietruszka | Soviet Union (URS) Aleksander Romankov Vladimir Smirnov Sabirzhan Ruziev Ashot Karagian Vladimir Lapitsky | Poland (POL) Adam Robak Bogusław Zych Lech Koziejowski Marian Sypniewski |
| Individual sabre details | Viktor Krovopuskov Soviet Union | Mikhail Burtsev Soviet Union | Imre Gedővári Hungary |
| Team sabre details | Soviet Union (URS) Mikhail Burtsev Viktor Krovopuskov Viktor Sidjak Vladimir Nazlymov Nikolay Alyokhin [ru] | Italy (ITA) Michele Maffei Mario Aldo Montano Marco Romano Ferdinando Meglio Giovanni Scalzo | Hungary (HUN) Imre Gedővári Rudolf Nébald Pál Gerevich Ferenc Hammang György Nébald |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual foil details | Pascale Trinquet France | Magda Maros Hungary | Barbara Wysoczańska Poland |
| Team foil details | France (FRA) Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin Pascale Trinquet Isabelle Begard Veronique Brouquier Christine Muzio | Soviet Union (URS) Valentina Sidorova Nailia Giliazova Elena Belova Irina Ushakova Larisa Tsagaraeva | Hungary (HUN) Ildikó Schwarczenberger Magda Maros Gertrúd Stefanek Zsuzsanna Szőcs Edit Kovács |

## Field hockey
### Medal table

* Host nation (Soviet Union)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Soviet Union* | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | India (IND) Vasudevan Baskaran Bir Bhadur Chettri Sylvanus Dung Dung Merwyn Fernandes Zafar Iqbal Maharaj Krishan Kaushik Charanjit Kumar Maneyapanda Muthanna Somaya Allan Schofield Mohamed Shahid Davinder Singh Gurmail Singh Amarjit Singh Rana Rajinder Singh Ravinder Pal Singh Surinder Singh Sodhi | Spain (ESP) Juan Amat Juan Arbós Jaime Arbós Javier Cabot Ricardo Cabot Miguel Chaves Juan Coghen Miguel de Paz Francisco Fábregas José Garcia Rafael Garralda Santiago Malgosa Paulino Monsalve Juan Pellón Carlos Roca Jaime Zumalacárregui | Soviet Union (URS) Sos Hayrapetyan Minneula Azizov Valeri Belyakov Viktor Deputatov Aleksandr Goncharov Aleksandr Gusev Sergei Klevtsov Viacheslav Lampeev Aleksandr Miasnikov Mikhail Nichepurenko Leonid Pavlovski Sergei Pleshakov Vladimir Pleshakov Aleksandr Sychyov Oleg Zagorodnev Farit Zigangirov |
| Women details | Zimbabwe (ZIM) Arlene Boxhall Liz Chase Sandra Chick Gillian Cowley Patricia Davies Sarah English Maureen George Ann Grant Susan Huggett Patricia McKillop Brenda Phillips Christine Prinsloo Sonia Robertson Anthea Stewart Helen Volk Linda Watson | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Milada Blažková Jiřina Čermáková Jiřina Hájková Berta Hrubá Ida Hubáčková Jiřina Kadlecová Jarmila Králíčková Jiřina Křížová Alena Kyselicová Jana Lahodová Květa Petříčková Viera Podhányiová Iveta Šranková Marie Sýkorová Marta Urbanová Lenka Vymazalová | Soviet Union (URS) Liailia Akhmerova Natalia Buzunova Natalia Bykova Tatiana Embakhtova Nadezhda Filippova Liudmila Frolova Lidia Glubokova Nelli Gorbatkova Elena Guryeva Galina Inzhuvatova Alina Kham Natella Krasnikova Nadezhda Ovechkina Tatiana Shvyganova Galina Viuzhanina Valentina Zazdravnykh |

## Football
### Medal table

* Host nation (Soviet Union)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Soviet Union* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Stanislav Seman Luděk Macela Josef Mazura Libor Radimec Zdeněk Rygel Petr Němec Ladislav Vízek Jan Berger Jindřich Svoboda Lubomír Pokluda Werner Lička Rostislav Václavíček Jaroslav Netolička Oldřich Rott Zdeněk Šreiner František Štambacher František Kunzo | East Germany (GDR) Bodo Rudwaleit Artur Ullrich Lothar Hause Frank Uhlig Frank Baum Rüdiger Schnuphase Frank Terletzki Wolfgang Steinbach Jürgen Bähringer Werner Peter Dieter Kühn Norbert Trieloff Matthias Müller Matthias Liebers Bernd Jakubowski Wolf-Rüdiger Netz | Soviet Union (URS) Rinat Dasaev Tengiz Sulakvelidze Alexandre Chivadze Vagiz Khidiyatullin Oleg Romantsev Sergey Shavlo Sergey Andreev Vladimir Bessonov Yuri Gavrilov Fyodor Cherenkov Valeri Gazzaev Vladimir Pilguj Sergej Baltacha Sergei Nikulin Khoren Hovhannisyan Alexandr Prokopenko Revaz Chelebadze |

## Gymnastics
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS)* | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 15 | 14 | 16 | 45 |

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual all-around details | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union | Stoyan Deltchev Bulgaria |
| Team all-around details | Soviet Union (URS) Nikolai Andrianov Eduard Azaryan Alexander Dityatin Bogdan Makuts Vladimir Markelov Aleksandr Tkachyov | East Germany (GDR) Ralf-Peter Hemmann Lutz Hoffmann Lutz Mack Michael Nikolay Andreas Bronst Roland Brückner | Hungary (HUN) Ferenc Donáth György Guczoghy Zoltán Kelemen Péter Kovács Zoltán Magyar István Vámos |
| Floor exercise details | Roland Brückner East Germany | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union |
| Horizontal bar details | Stoyan Deltchev Bulgaria | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union |
| Parallel bars details | Aleksandr Tkachyov Soviet Union | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union | Roland Brückner East Germany |
| Pommel horse details | Zoltán Magyar Hungary | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union | Michael Nikolay East Germany |
| Rings details | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union | Aleksandr Tkachyov Soviet Union | Jiri Tabak Czechoslovakia |
| Vault details | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union | Roland Brückner East Germany |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual all-around details | Elena Davydova Soviet Union | Maxi Gnauck East Germany | none awarded (as there was a tie for silver) |
| Individual all-around details | Elena Davydova Soviet Union | Nadia Comăneci Romania | none awarded (as there was a tie for silver) |
| Team all-around details | Soviet Union (URS) Elena Davydova Maria Filatova Nellie Kim Yelena Naimushina Natalia Shaposhnikova Stella Zakharova | Romania (ROU) Nadia Comăneci Rodica Dunca Emilia Eberle Cristina Elena Grigoraș Melita Ruhn Dumitrița Turner | East Germany (GDR) Maxi Gnauck Silvia Hindorff Steffi Kräker Katharina Rensch Karola Sube Birgit Süss |
| Balance beam details | Nadia Comăneci Romania | Elena Davydova Soviet Union | Natalia Shaposhnikova Soviet Union |
| Floor exercise details | Nellie Kim Soviet Union | None awarded (as there was a tie for gold) | Natalia Shaposhnikova Soviet Union |
| Floor exercise details | Nadia Comăneci Romania | None awarded (as there was a tie for gold) | Maxi Gnauck East Germany |
| Uneven bars details | Maxi Gnauck East Germany | Emilia Eberle Romania | Steffi Kräker East Germany |
| Uneven bars details | Maxi Gnauck East Germany | Emilia Eberle Romania | Melita Ruhn Romania |
| Uneven bars details | Maxi Gnauck East Germany | Emilia Eberle Romania | Maria Filatova Soviet Union |
| Vault details | Natalia Shaposhnikova Soviet Union | Steffi Kräker East Germany | Melita Ruhn Romania |

## Handball
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS)* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | East Germany (GDR) Hans-Georg Beyer Lothar Doering Günter Dreibrodt Ernst Gerlach Klaus Gruner Rainer Höft Hans-Georg Jaunich Hartmut Krüger Peter Rost Dietmar Schmidt Wieland Schmidt Siegfried Voigt Frank-Michael Wahl Ingolf Wiegert | Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandr Anpilogov Vladimir Belov Yevgeni Chernyshov Anatoli Fedyukin Mykhaylo Ishchenko Aleksandr Karshakevich Yury Kidyayev Vladimir Kravtsov Serhiy Kushniryuk Viktor Makhorin Voldemaras Novickis Vladimir Repev Mykola Tomyn Aleksey Zhuk | Romania (ROU) Ştefan Birtalan Iosif Boroş Adrian Cosma Cezar Drăgăniṭă Marian Dumitru Cornel Durău Alexandru Fölker Claudiu Ionescu Nicolae Munteanu Vasile Stîngă Lucian Vasilache Neculai Vasilcă Radu Voina Maricel Voinea |
| Women details | Soviet Union (URS) Larysa Karlova Tetyana Kocherhina Valentyna Lutayeva Aldona Nenėnienė Lyubov Odynokova Iryna Palchykova Lyudmila Poradnyk Yuliya Safina Larisa Savkina Sigita Strečen Nataliya Tymoshkina Zinaida Turchyna Olha Zubaryeva Natalya Lukyanenko | Yugoslavia (YUG) Svetlana Anastasovska Mirjana Đurica Radmila Drljača Katica Ileš Slavica Jeremić Svetlana Kitić Jasna Merdan Vesna Milosević Mirjana Ognjenović Vesna Radović Radmila Savić Ana Titlić Biserka Višnjić Zorica Vojinović | East Germany (GDR) Birgit Heinecke Roswitha Krause Waltraud Kretzschmar Katrin Krüger Kornelia Kunisch Evelyn Matz Kristina Richter Christina Rost Sabine Röther Renate Rudolph Marion Tietz Petra Uhlig Claudia Wunderlich Hannelore Zober |

## Judo
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union* | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | France | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | East Germany | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Cuba | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 |

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra Lightweight 60 kg details | Thierry Rey France | Jose Rodriguez Cuba | Aramby Emizh Soviet Union |
| Extra Lightweight 60 kg details | Thierry Rey France | Jose Rodriguez Cuba | Tibor Kincses Hungary |
| Half Lightweight 65 kg details | Nikolai Solodukhin Soviet Union | Tsendiin Damdin Mongolia | Ilian Nedkov Bulgaria |
| Half Lightweight 65 kg details | Nikolai Solodukhin Soviet Union | Tsendiin Damdin Mongolia | Janusz Pawłowski Poland |
| Lightweight 71 kg details | Ezio Gamba Italy | Neil Adams Great Britain | Ravdangiin Davaadalai Mongolia |
| Lightweight 71 kg details | Ezio Gamba Italy | Neil Adams Great Britain | Karl-Heinz Lehmann East Germany |
| Half Middleweight 78 kg details | Shota Khabareli Soviet Union | Juan Ferrer Cuba | Harald Heinke East Germany |
| Half Middleweight 78 kg details | Shota Khabareli Soviet Union | Juan Ferrer Cuba | Bernard Tchoullouyan France |
| Middleweight 86 kg details | Jürg Röthlisberger Switzerland | Isaac Azcuy Cuba | Detlef Ultsch East Germany |
| Middleweight 86 kg details | Jürg Röthlisberger Switzerland | Isaac Azcuy Cuba | Aleksandrs Jackevičs Soviet Union |
| Half-Heavyweight 95 kg details | Robert Van de Walle Belgium | Tengiz Khubuluri Soviet Union | Dietmar Lorenz East Germany |
| Half-Heavyweight 95 kg details | Robert Van de Walle Belgium | Tengiz Khubuluri Soviet Union | Henk Numan Netherlands |
| Heavyweight +95 kg details | Angelo Parisi France | Dimitar Zaprianov Bulgaria | Radomir Kovačević Yugoslavia |
| Heavyweight +95 kg details | Angelo Parisi France | Dimitar Zaprianov Bulgaria | Vladimír Kocman Czechoslovakia |
| Open category details | Dietmar Lorenz East Germany | Angelo Parisi France | Arthur Mapp Great Britain |
| Open category details | Dietmar Lorenz East Germany | Angelo Parisi France | András Ozsvár Hungary |

## Modern pentathlon
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS)* | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual details | Anatoly Starostin Soviet Union | Tamás Szombathelyi Hungary | Pavel Lednev Soviet Union |
| Team details | Soviet Union (URS) Anatoly Starostin Pavel Lednev Yevgeny Lipeyev | Hungary (HUN) Tamás Szombathelyi Tibor Maracskó László Horváth | Sweden (SWE) Svante Rasmuson Lennart Pettersson George Horvath |

## Rowing
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 11 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS)* | 1 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Romania (ROM) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Single sculls details | Pertti Karppinen Finland | Vasil Yakusha Soviet Union | Peter Kersten East Germany |
| Double sculls details | East Germany Joachim Dreifke Klaus Kröppelien | Yugoslavia Zoran Pančić Milorad Stanulov | Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Pecka Václav Vochoska |
| Quadruple sculls (coxless) details | East Germany Frank Dundr Carsten Bunk Uwe Heppner Martin Winter | Soviet Union Yuriy Shapochka Evgeniy Barbakov Valeriy Kleshnyov Mykola Dovhan | Bulgaria Mincho Nikolov Lyubomir Petrov Ivo Rusev Bogdan Dobrev |
| Coxless pairs details | East Germany Bernd Landvoigt Jörg Landvoigt | Soviet Union Yuriy Pimenov Nikolay Pimenov | Great Britain Charles Wiggin Malcolm Carmichael |
| Coxed pairs details | East Germany Harald Jährling Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich Georg Spohr (cox) | Soviet Union Viktor Pereverzev Gennadi Kryuçkin Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox) | Yugoslavia Duško Mrduljaš Zlatko Celent Josip Reić (cox) |
| Coxless fours details | East Germany Siegfried Brietzke Andreas Decker Stefan Semmler Jürgen Thiele | Soviet Union Aleksey Kamkin Valeriy Dolinin Aleksandr Kulagin Vitali Eliseev | Great Britain John Beattie Ian McNuff David Townsend Martin Cross |
| Coxed four details | East Germany Dieter Wendisch Walter Dießner Ullrich Dießner Gottfried Döhn Andreas Gregor (cox) | Soviet Union Artūrs Garonskis Dimants Krišjānis Dzintars Krišjānis Žoržs Tikmers Juris Bērziņš (cox) | Poland Grzegorz Stellak Adam Tomasiak Grzegorz Nowak Ryszard Stadniuk Ryszard Kubiak (cox) |
| Eights details | East Germany Bernd Krauß Hans-Peter Koppe Ulrich Kons Jörg Friedrich Jens Doberschütz Ulrich Karnatz Uwe Dühring Bernd Höing Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (cox) | Great Britain Duncan McDougall Allan Whitwell Henry Clay Chris Mahoney Andrew Justice John Pritchard Malcolm McGowan Richard Stanhope Colin Moynihan (cox) | Soviet Union Viktor Kokoshyn Andriy Tishchenko Oleksandr Tkachenko Jonas Pinskus Jonas Narmontas Andrey Luhin Oleksandr Mantsevych Ihar Maystrenka Hryhoriy Dmytrenko (cox) |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Single sculls details | Sanda Toma Romania | Antonina Zelikovich Soviet Union | Martina Schröter East Germany |
| Double sculls details | Soviet Union Yelena Khloptseva Larisa Popova | East Germany Cornelia Linse Heidi Westphal | Romania Olga Homeghi Valeria Răcilă |
| Quadruple sculls (coxed) details | East Germany Sybille Reinhardt Jutta Ploch Jutta Lau Roswietha Zobelt Liane Buhr | Soviet Union Antonina Pustovit Yelena Matiyevskaya Olga Vasilchenko Nadezhda Lyubimova Nina Cheremisina | Bulgaria Mariana Serbezova Rumelyana Boncheva Dolores Nakova Anka Bakova Anka Georgieva |
| Coxless pairs details | East Germany Ute Steindorf Cornelia Klier | Poland Małgorzata Dłużewska Czesława Kościańska | Bulgaria Siika Barboulova Stoyanka Kurbatova |
| Coxed four details | East Germany Ramona Kapheim Silvia Fröhlich Angelika Noack Romy Saalfeld Kirsten Wenzel | Bulgaria Ginka Gyurova Mariyka Modeva Rita Todorova Iskra Velinova Nadiya Filipova | Soviet Union Mariya Fadeyeva Galina Sovetnikova Marina Studneva Svetlana Semyonova Nina Cheremisina |
| Eights details | East Germany Martina Boesler Christiane Knetsch Gabriele Kühn Karin Metze Kersten Neisser Ilona Richter Marita Sandig Birgit Schütz Marina Wilke (cox) | Soviet Union Mariya Payun Olga Pivovarova Nina Preobrazhenskaya Nadezhda Prishchepa Tatyana Stetsenko Elena Tereshina Nina Umanets Valentina Zhulina Nina Frolova (cox) | Romania Angelica Aposteanu Elena Bondar Florica Bucur Maria Constantinescu Rodica Frîntu Ana Iliuță Rodica Pușcatu Marlena Zagoni Elena Dobrițoiu (cox) |

## Sailing
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Soviet Union* | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Denmark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Austria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Finn details | Esko Rechardt Finland | Wolfgang Mayrhofer Austria | Andrei Balashov Soviet Union |
| 470 details | Brazil Marcos Soares Eduardo Penido | East Germany Jörn Borowski Egbert Swensson | Finland Jouko Lindgrén Georg Tallberg |
| Flying Dutchman details | Spain Alejandro Abascal Miguel Noguer | Ireland David Wilkins James Wilkinson | Hungary Szabolcs Detre Zsolt Detre |
| Tornado details | Brazil Lars Sigurd Björkström Alexandre Welter | Denmark Peter Due Per Kjergard | Sweden Göran Marström Jörgen Ragnarsson |
| Star details | Soviet Union Valentin Mankin Aleksandr Muzychenko | Austria Hubert Raudaschl Karl Ferstl | Italy Giorgio Gorla Alfio Peraboni |
| Soling details | Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen Valdemar Bandolowski Erik Hansen | Soviet Union Boris Budnikov Alexandr Budnikov Nikolay Poliakov | Greece Anastasios Bountouris Anastasios Gavrilis Aristidis Rapanakis |

## Shooting
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS)* | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Romania (ROM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 25 m rapid fire pistol details | Corneliu Ion Romania | Jürgen Wiefel East Germany | Gerhard Petritsch Austria |
| 50 m pistol details | Aleksandr Melentyev Soviet Union | Harald Vollmar East Germany | Lyubcho Dyakov Bulgaria |
| 50 m rifle prone details | Károly Varga Hungary | Hellfried Heilfort East Germany | Petar Zapryanov Bulgaria |
| 50 m rifle three positions details | Viktor Vlasov Soviet Union | Bernd Hartstein East Germany | Sven Johansson Sweden |
| 50 m running target details | Igor Sokolov Soviet Union | Thomas Pfeffer East Germany | Aleksandr Gazov Soviet Union |
| Skeet details | Kjeld Rasmussen Denmark | Lars-Göran Carlsson Sweden | Roberto Castrillo Cuba |
| Trap details | Luciano Giovannetti Italy | Rustam Yambulatov Soviet Union | Jörg Damme East Germany |

## Swimming
### Medal table

* Host nation (Soviet Union)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 12 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS)* | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 |

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Jörg Woithe East Germany | 50.40 | Per Holmertz Sweden | 50.91 | Per Johansson Sweden | 51.29 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Sergey Koplyakov Soviet Union | 1:49.81 OR | Andrey Krylov Soviet Union | 1:50.76 | Graeme Brewer Australia | 1:51.60 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union | 3:51.31 OR | Andrey Krylov Soviet Union | 3:53.24 | Ivar Stukolkin Soviet Union | 3:53.95 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union | 14:58.27 WR | Aleksandr Chayev Soviet Union | 15:14.30 | Max Metzker Australia | 15:14.49 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Bengt Baron Sweden | 56.53 | Viktor Kuznetsov Soviet Union | 56.99 | Vladimir Dolgov Soviet Union | 57.63 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Sándor Wladár Hungary | 2:01.93 | Zoltán Verrasztó Hungary | 2:02.40 | Mark Kerry Australia | 2:03.14 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Duncan Goodhew Great Britain | 1:03.34 | Arsens Miskarovs Soviet Union | 1:03.82 | Peter Evans Australia | 1:03.96 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Robertas Žulpa Soviet Union | 2:15.85 | Albán Vermes Hungary | 2:16.93 | Arsens Miskarovs Soviet Union | 2:17.28 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Pär Arvidsson Sweden | 54.92 | Roger Pyttel East Germany | 54.94 | David López-Zubero Spain | 55.13 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Sergey Fesenko Soviet Union | 1:59.76 | Phil Hubble Great Britain | 2:01.20 | Roger Pyttel East Germany | 2:01.39 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Aleksandr Sidorenko Soviet Union | 4:22.89 OR | Sergey Fesenko Soviet Union | 4:23.43 | Zoltán Verrasztó Hungary | 4:24.24 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | Soviet Union Sergey Kopliakov Vladimir Salnikov Ivar Stukolkin Andrey Krylov Sergey Rusin* Sergey Krasyuk* Yuri Presekin* | 7:23.50 | East Germany Frank Pfütze Jörg Woithe Detlev Grabs Rainer Strohbach Frank Kühne* | 7:28.60 | Brazil Jorge Fernandes Marcus Mattioli Cyro Marques Djan Madruga | 7:29.30 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | Australia Mark Kerry Peter Evans Mark Tonelli Neil Brooks Glenn Patching* | 3:45.70 | Soviet Union Viktor Kuznetsov Arsens Miskarovs Yevgeny Seredin Sergey Kopliakov Vladimir Shemetov* Aleksandr Fedorovsky* Aleksey Markovsky* Sergey Krasyuk* | 3:45.92 | Great Britain Gary Abraham Duncan Goodhew David Lowe Martin Smith Paul Marshall* Mark Taylor* | 3:47.71 |
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Barbara Krause East Germany | 54.79 WR | Caren Metschuck East Germany | 55.16 | Ines Diers East Germany | 55.65 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Barbara Krause East Germany | 1:58.33 OR | Ines Diers East Germany | 1:59.64 | Carmela Schmidt East Germany | 2:01.44 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Ines Diers East Germany | 4:08.76 OR | Petra Schneider East Germany | 4:09.16 | Carmela Schmidt East Germany | 4:10.86 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Michelle Ford Australia | 8:28.90 OR | Ines Diers East Germany | 8:32.55 | Heike Dähne East Germany | 8:33.48 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Rica Reinisch East Germany | 1:00.86 WR | Ina Kleber East Germany | 1:02.07 | Petra Riedel East Germany | 1:02.64 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Rica Reinisch East Germany | 2:11.77 WR | Cornelia Polit East Germany | 2:13.75 | Birgit Treiber East Germany | 2:14.14 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Ute Geweniger East Germany | 1:10.22 | Elvira Vasilkova Soviet Union | 1:10.41 | Susanne Nielsson Denmark | 1:11.16 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Lina Kačiušytė Soviet Union | 2:29.54 OR | Svetlana Varganova Soviet Union | 2:29.61 | Yuliya Bogdanova Soviet Union | 2:32.39 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Caren Metschuck East Germany | 1:00.42 | Andrea Pollack East Germany | 1:00.90 | Christiane Knacke East Germany | 1:01.44 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Ines Geißler East Germany | 2:10.44 OR | Sybille Schönrock East Germany | 2:10.45 | Michelle Ford Australia | 2:11.66 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Petra Schneider East Germany | 4:36.29 WR | Sharron Davies Great Britain | 4:46.83 | Agnieszka Czopek Poland | 4:48.17 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | East Germany Barbara Krause Caren Metschuck Ines Diers Sarina Hülsenbeck Carmela Schmidt* | 3:42.71 WR | Sweden Carina Ljungdahl Tina Gustafsson Agneta Mårtensson Agneta Eriksson Birgitta Jönsson* Helena Peterson* | 3:48.93 | Netherlands Conny van Bentum Wilma van Velsen Reggie de Jong Annelies Maas | 3:49.51 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | East Germany Rica Reinisch Ute Geweniger Andrea Pollack Caren Metschuck Sarina Hülsenbeck* | 4:06.67 WR | Great Britain Helen Jameson Margaret Kelly Ann Osgerby June Croft | 4:12.24 | Soviet Union Yelena Kruglova Elvira Vasilkova Alla Grishchenkova Natalya Strunnikova Irina Aksyonova* Olga Klevakina* | 4:13.61 |
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

## Volleyball
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's details | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Chernyshov Vladimir Dorokhov Aleksandr Ermilov Vladimir Kondra Valeriy Kryvov Fedir Lashchonov Viljar Loor Oleg Moliboga Yuriy Panchenko Aleksandr Savin Pāvels Seļivanovs Vyacheslav Zaytsev | Bulgaria (BUL) Yordan Angelov Dimitar Dimitrov Stefan Dimitrov Stoyan Gunchev Hristo Iliev Petko Petkov Kaspar Simeonov Hristo Stoyanov Mitko Todorov Tsano Tsanov Emil Valtchev Dimitar Zlatanov | Romania (ROU) Marius Căta-Chiţiga Valter Chifu Laurenţiu Dumănoiu Günther Enescu Dan Gîrleanu Sorin Macavei Viorel Manole Florin Mina Corneliu Oros Nicolae Pop Constantin Sterea Nicu Stoian |
| Women's details | Soviet Union (URS) Elena Akhaminova Elena Andreiuk Svetlana Badulina Liudmila Chernyshova Liubov Kozyreva Lidia Loginova Irina Makogonova Svetlana Nikishina Larisa Pavlova Nadezhda Radzevich Natalia Razumova Olga Solovova | East Germany (GDR) Katharina Bullin Barbara Czekalla Brigitte Fetzer Andrea Heim Ute Kostrzewa Heike Lehmann Christine Mummhardt Karin Püschel Karla Roffeis Martina Schmidt Annette Schultz Anke Westendorf | Bulgaria (BUL) Verka Borisova Tsvetana Bozhurina Rositsa Dimitrova Tanya Dimitrova Maya Georgieva Margarita Gerasimova Tanya Gogova Valentina Ilieva Rumyana Kaisheva Anka Khristolova Silviya Petrunova Galina Stancheva |

## Water polo
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Akimov Aleksey Barkalov Yevgeny Grishin Mikhail Ivanov Aleksandr Kabanov Sergey Kotenko Georgi Mshvenieradze Mait Riisman Viacheslav Sobchenko Yevgeny Sharonov Erkin Shagaev | Yugoslavia (YUG) Luka Vezlić Zoran Gopčević Damir Polić Ratko Rudić Zoran Mustur Zoran Roje Milivoj Bebić Slobodan Trifunović Boško Lozica Predrag Manojlović Milorad Krivokapić | Hungary (HUN) Endre Molnár István Szívós, Jr. Attila Sudár György Gerendás György Horkai Gábor Csapó István Udvardi László Kuncz Tamás Faragó Károly Hauszler István Kiss |

## Weightlifting
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS)* | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 52 kg details | Kanybek Osmonaliyev Soviet Union | Ho Bong-chol North Korea | Han Gyong-si North Korea |
| 56 kg details | Daniel Núñez Cuba | Yurik Sarkisyan Soviet Union | Tadeusz Dembończyk Poland |
| 60 kg details | Viktor Mazin Soviet Union | Stefan Dimitrov Bulgaria | Marek Seweryn Poland |
| 67.5 kg details | Yanko Rusev Bulgaria | Joachim Kunz East Germany | Mincho Pashov Bulgaria |
| 75 kg details | Asen Zlatev Bulgaria | Aleksandr Pervi Soviet Union | Nedelcho Kolev Bulgaria |
| 82.5 kg details | Yurik Vardanyan Soviet Union | Blagoy Blagoev Bulgaria | Dušan Poliačik Czechoslovakia |
| 90 kg details | Péter Baczakó Hungary | Rumen Aleksandrov Bulgaria | Frank Mantek East Germany |
| 100 kg details | Ota Zaremba Czechoslovakia | Igor Nikitin Soviet Union | Alberto Blanco Cuba |
| 110 kg details | Leonid Taranenko Soviet Union | Valentin Khristov Bulgaria | György Szalai Hungary |
| +110 kg details | Sultan Rakhmanov Soviet Union | Jürgen Heuser East Germany | Tadeusz Rutkowski Poland |

## Wrestling
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS)* | 12 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| 2 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |

### Freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Claudio Pollio Italy | Jang Se-hong North Korea | Sergei Kornilayev Soviet Union |
| 52 kg details | Anatoli Beloglazov Soviet Union | Władysław Stecyk Poland | Nermedin Selimov Bulgaria |
| 57 kg details | Sergei Beloglazov Soviet Union | Li Ho-pyong North Korea | Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold Mongolia |
| 62 kg details | Magomedgasan Abushev Soviet Union | Miho Dukov Bulgaria | Georgios Hatziioannidis Greece |
| 68 kg details | Saipulla Absaidov Soviet Union | Ivan Yankov Bulgaria | Šaban Sejdi Yugoslavia |
| 74 kg details | Valentin Raychev Bulgaria | Jamtsyn Davaajav Mongolia | Dan Karabin Czechoslovakia |
| 82 kg details | Ismail Abilov Bulgaria | Magomedkhan Aratsilov Soviet Union | István Kovács Hungary |
| 90 kg details | Sanasar Oganisyan Soviet Union | Uwe Neupert East Germany | Aleksander Cichoń Poland |
| 100 kg details | Illya Mate Soviet Union | Slavcho Chervenkov Bulgaria | Július Strnisko Czechoslovakia |
| +100 kg details | Soslan Andiyev Soviet Union | József Balla Hungary | Adam Sandurski Poland |

### Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Zhaqsylyq Üshkempirov Soviet Union | Constantin Alexandru Romania | Ferenc Seres Hungary |
| 52 kg details | Vakhtang Blagidze Soviet Union | Lajos Rácz Hungary | Mladen Mladenov Bulgaria |
| 57 kg details | Shamil Serikov Soviet Union | Józef Lipień Poland | Benni Ljungbeck Sweden |
| 62 kg details | Stelios Mygiakis Greece | István Tóth Hungary | Boris Kramarenko Soviet Union |
| 68 kg details | Ștefan Rusu Romania | Andrzej Supron Poland | Lars-Erik Skiöld Sweden |
| 74 kg details | Ferenc Kocsis Hungary | Anatoly Bykov Soviet Union | Mikko Huhtala Finland |
| 82 kg details | Gennadi Korban Soviet Union | Jan Dołgowicz Poland | Pavel Pavlov Bulgaria |
| 90 kg details | Norbert Növényi Hungary | Ihar Kanyhin Soviet Union | Petre Dicu Romania |
| 100 kg details | Georgi Raikov Bulgaria | Roman Bierła Poland | Vasile Andrei Romania |
| +100 kg details | Oleksandr Kolchynskyy Soviet Union | Aleksandar Tomov Bulgaria | Hassan Bechara Lebanon |