# List of 1968 Summer Olympics medal winners

The 1968 Summer Olympics were held in Mexico City, from 12 to 27 October 1968.

## Athletics
### Medal table

* Host nation (Mexico)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 15 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 2 | Kenya (KEN) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 4 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Mexico (MEX)* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Taiwan (ROC) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 |

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Jim Hines United States | 9.95 WR | Lennox Miller Jamaica | 10.04 | Charles Greene United States | 10.07 |
| 200 metres details | Tommie Smith United States | 19.83 WR | Peter Norman Australia | 20.06 NR | John Carlos United States | 20.10 |
| 400 metres details | Lee Evans United States | 43.86 WR | Larry James United States | 43.97 | Ron Freeman United States | 44.41 |
| 800 metres details | Ralph Doubell Australia | 1:44.40 WR | Wilson Kiprugut Kenya | 1:44.57 | Tom Farrell United States | 1:45.46 |
| 1500 metres details | Kipchoge Keino Kenya | 3:34.91 OR | Jim Ryun United States | 3:37.89 | Bodo Tümmler West Germany | 3:39.08 |
| 5000 metres details | Mohammed Gammoudi Tunisia | 14:05.01 | Kipchoge Keino Kenya | 14:05.16 | Naftali Temu Kenya | 14:06.41 |
| 10,000 metres details | Naftali Temu Kenya | 29:27.40 | Mamo Wolde Ethiopia | 29:27.75 | Mohammed Gammoudi Tunisia | 29:34.2 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Willie Davenport United States | 13.33 OR | Ervin Hall United States | 13.42 | Eddy Ottoz Italy | 13.46 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | David Hemery Great Britain | 48.12 WR | Gerhard Hennige West Germany | 49.02 | John Sherwood Great Britain | 49.03 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Amos Biwott Kenya | 8:51.02 | Benjamin Kogo Kenya | 8:51.56 | George Young United States | 8:51.86 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States (USA) Charles Greene Mel Pender Ronnie Ray Smith Jim Hines | 38.24 WR | Cuba (CUB) Hermes Ramírez Juan Morales Pablo Montes Enrique Figuerola | 38.40 | France (FRA) Gérard Fenouil Jocelyn Delecour Claude Piquemal Roger Bambuck | 38.43 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States (USA) Vincent Matthews Ron Freeman Larry James Lee Evans | 2:56.16 WR | Kenya (KEN) Daniel Rudisha Munyoro Nyamau Naftali Bon Charles Asati | 2:59.64 | West Germany (FRG) Helmar Müller Manfred Kinder Gerhard Hennige Martin Jellinghaus | 3:00.57 |
| Marathon details | Mamo Wolde Ethiopia | 2:20:27 | Kenji Kimihara Japan | 2:23:31 | Mike Ryan New Zealand | 2:23:45 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Volodymyr Holubnychy Soviet Union | 1:33:58 | José Pedraza Mexico | 1:34:00 | Nikolay Smaga Soviet Union | 1:34:03 |
| 50 kilometres walk details | Christoph Höhne East Germany | 4:20:14 | Antal Kiss Hungary | 4:30:17 | Larry Young United States | 4:31:55 |
| High jump details | Dick Fosbury United States | 2.24 m OR | Ed Caruthers United States | 2.22 m | Valentin Gavrilov Soviet Union | 2.20 m |
| Pole vault details | Bob Seagren United States | 5.40 m OR | Claus Schiprowski West Germany | 5.40 m | Wolfgang Nordwig East Germany | 5.40 m |
| Long jump details | Bob Beamon United States | 8.90 m WR | Klaus Beer East Germany | 8.19 m | Ralph Boston United States | 8.16 m |
| Triple jump details | Viktor Saneyev Soviet Union | 17.39 m WR | Nelson Prudêncio Brazil | 17.27 m | Giuseppe Gentile Italy | 17.22 m |
| Shot put details | Randy Matson United States | 20.54 m OR | George Woods United States | 20.12 m | Eduard Gushchin Soviet Union | 20.09 m |
| Discus throw details | Al Oerter United States | 64.78 m OR | Lothar Milde East Germany | 63.08 m | Ludvík Daněk Czechoslovakia | 62.92 m |
| Hammer throw details | Gyula Zsivótzky Hungary | 73.36 m OR | Romuald Klim Soviet Union | 73.28 m | Lázár Lovász Hungary | 69.78 m |
| Javelin throw details | Jānis Lūsis Soviet Union | 90.10 m OR | Jorma Kinnunen Finland | 88.58 m | Gergely Kulcsár Hungary | 87.06 m |
| Decathlon details | Bill Toomey United States | 8193 OR | Hans-Joachim Walde West Germany | 8111 | Kurt Bendlin West Germany | 8064 |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Wyomia Tyus United States | 11.08 WR | Barbara Ferrell United States | 11.15 | Irena Szewińska Poland | 11.19 |
| 200 metres details | Irena Szewińska Poland | 22.58 WR | Raelene Boyle Australia | 22.74 | Jenny Lamy Australia | 22.88 |
| 400 metres details | Colette Besson France | 52.03 | Lillian Board Great Britain | 52.12 | Natalya Pechonkina Soviet Union | 52.25 |
| 800 metres details | Madeline Manning United States | 2:00.92 OR | Ileana Silai Romania | 2:02.58 | Mia Gommers Netherlands | 2:02.63 |
| 80 metres hurdles details | Maureen Caird Australia | 10.39 OR | Pam Kilborn Australia | 10.46 | Chi Cheng Taiwan | 10.51 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States (USA) Margaret Bailes Barbara Ferrell Mildrette Netter Wyomia Tyus | 42.88 WR | Cuba (CUB) Violetta Quesada Miguelina Cobián Marlene Elejarde Fulgencia Romay | 43.36 | Soviet Union (URS) Galina Bukharina Lyudmila Samotyosova Vera Popkova Lyudmila Zharkova | 43.41 |
| High jump details | Miloslava Rezková Czechoslovakia | 1.82 m | Antonina Okorokova Soviet Union | 1.80 m | Valentina Kozyr Soviet Union | 1.80 m |
| Long jump details | Viorica Viscopoleanu Romania | 6.82 m WR | Sheila Sherwood Great Britain | 6.68 m | Tatyana Talysheva Soviet Union | 6.66 m |
| Shot put details | Margitta Gummel East Germany | 19.61 m WR | Marita Lange East Germany | 18.78 m | Nadezhda Chizhova Soviet Union | 18.19 m |
| Discus throw details | Lia Manoliu Romania | 58.28 m OR | Liesel Westermann West Germany | 57.76 m | Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek Hungary | 54.90 m |
| Javelin throw details | Angéla Németh Hungary | 60.36 m | Mihaela Peneș Romania | 59.92 m | Eva Janko Austria | 58.04 m |
| Pentathlon details | Ingrid Becker West Germany | 5098 | Liese Prokop Austria | 4966 | Annamária Tóth Hungary | 4959 |

## Basketball
### Medal table

| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 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's | United States (USA) Mike Barrett John Clawson Don Dee Calvin Fowler Spencer Haywood Bill Hosket Jim King Glynn Saulters Mike Silliman Ken Spain Jo Jo White Charlie Scott | Yugoslavia (YUG) Dragutin Čermak Krešimir Ćosić Vladimir Cvetković Ivo Daneu Radivoj Korać Zoran Marojević Nikola Plećaš Trajko Rajković Dragoslav Ražnatović Petar Skansi Damir Šolman Aljoša Žorga | Soviet Union (URS) Anatoli Krikun Modestas Paulauskas Zurab Sakandelidze Vadim Kapranov Yuri Selikhov Anatoli Polivoda Sergei Belov Priit Tomson Sergei Kovalenko Gennadi Volnov Jaak Lipso Vladimir Andreev |

## Boxing
### Medal table

* Host nation (Mexico)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Mexico (MEX)* | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Cameroon (CMR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Kenya (KEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Light flyweight (-48 kg) details | Francisco Rodríguez Venezuela | Jee Yong-ju South Korea | Hubert Skrzypczak Poland |
| Light flyweight (-48 kg) details | Francisco Rodríguez Venezuela | Jee Yong-ju South Korea | Harlan Marbley United States |
| Flyweight (-51 kg) details | Ricardo Delgado Mexico | Artur Olech Poland | Servílio de Oliveira Brazil |
| Flyweight (-51 kg) details | Ricardo Delgado Mexico | Artur Olech Poland | Leo Rwabwogo Uganda |
| Bantamweight (-54 kg) details | Valerian Sokolov Soviet Union | Eridadi Mukwanga Uganda | Eiji Morioka Japan |
| Bantamweight (-54 kg) details | Valerian Sokolov Soviet Union | Eridadi Mukwanga Uganda | Chang Kyou-chul South Korea |
| Featherweight (-57 kg) details | Antonio Roldán Mexico | Al Robinson United States | Philip Waruinge Kenya |
| Featherweight (-57 kg) details | Antonio Roldán Mexico | Al Robinson United States | Ivan Mihailov Bulgaria |
| Lightweight (-60 kg) details | Ronnie Harris United States | Józef Grudzień Poland | Zvonimir Vujin Yugoslavia |
| Lightweight (-60 kg) details | Ronnie Harris United States | Józef Grudzień Poland | Calistrat Cuțov Romania |
| Light welterweight (-63.5 kg) details | Jerzy Kulej Poland | Enrique Regüeiferos Cuba | Arto Nilsson Finland |
| Light welterweight (-63.5 kg) details | Jerzy Kulej Poland | Enrique Regüeiferos Cuba | Jim Wallington United States |
| Welterweight (-67 kg) details | Manfred Wolke East Germany | Joseph Bessala Cameroon | Mario Guilloti Argentina |
| Welterweight (-67 kg) details | Manfred Wolke East Germany | Joseph Bessala Cameroon | Vladimir Musalimov Soviet Union |
| Light middleweight (-71 kg) details | Boris Lagutin Soviet Union | Rolando Garbey Cuba | John Baldwin United States |
| Light middleweight (-71 kg) details | Boris Lagutin Soviet Union | Rolando Garbey Cuba | Günther Meier West Germany |
| Middleweight (-75 kg) details | Chris Finnegan Great Britain | Aleksei Kiselyov Soviet Union | Agustín Zaragoza Mexico |
| Middleweight (-75 kg) details | Chris Finnegan Great Britain | Aleksei Kiselyov Soviet Union | Alfred Jones United States |
| Light heavyweight (-81 kg) details | Danas Pozniakas Soviet Union | Ion Monea Romania | Georgi Stankov Bulgaria |
| Light heavyweight (-81 kg) details | Danas Pozniakas Soviet Union | Ion Monea Romania | Stanisław Dragan Poland |
| Heavyweight (+81 kg) details | George Foreman United States | Jonas Čepulis Soviet Union | Giorgio Bambini Italy |
| Heavyweight (+81 kg) details | George Foreman United States | Jonas Čepulis Soviet Union | Joaquín Rocha Mexico |

## Canoeing
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 1000 metres details | Tibor Tatai Hungary | Detlef Lewe West Germany | Vitaly Galkov Soviet Union |
| C-2 1000 metres details | Romania Ivan Patzaichin Serghei Covaliov | Hungary Tamás Wichmann Gyula Petrikovics | Soviet Union Naum Prokupets Mikhail Zamotin |
| K-1 1000 metres details | Mihály Hesz Hungary | Aleksandr Shaparenko Soviet Union | Erik Hansen Denmark |
| K-2 1000 metres details | Soviet Union Aleksandr Shaparenko Vladimir Morozov | Hungary Csaba Giczy István Timár | Austria Gerhard Siebold Günther Pfaff |
| K-4 1000 metres details | Norway (NOR) Steinar Amundsen Tore Berger Egil Søby Jan Johansen | Romania (ROU) Anton Calenic Haralambie Ivanov Dimitrie Ivanov Mihai Țurcaș | Hungary (HUN) Csaba Giczy Imre Szöllősi István Timár István Csizmadia |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 metres details | Lyudmila Pinayeva Soviet Union | Renate Breuer West Germany | Viorica Dumitru Romania |
| K-2 500 metres details | West Germany Annemarie Zimmermann Roswitha Esser | Hungary Anna Pfeffer Katalin Rozsnyói | Soviet Union Lyudmila Pinayeva Antonina Seredina |

## Cycling
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Denmark | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | West Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Road cycling

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual road race details | Pierfranco Vianelli Italy | Leif Mortensen Denmark | Gösta Pettersson Sweden |
| Team time trial details | Netherlands (NED) Joop Zoetemelk Fedor den Hertog Jan Krekels René Pijnen | Sweden (SWE) Sture Pettersson Tomas Pettersson Erik Pettersson Gösta Pettersson | Italy (ITA) Pierfranco Vianelli Giovanni Bramucci Vittorio Marcelli Mauro Simonetti |

### Track cycling

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual Pursuit details | Daniel Rebillard France | Mogens Jensen Denmark | Xaver Kurmann Switzerland |
| Team Pursuit details | Denmark (DEN) Per Jørgensen Reno Olsen Gunnar Asmussen Mogens Jensen | West Germany (FRG) Karl Link Udo Hempel Karlheinz Henrichs Jürgen Kissner | Italy (ITA) Luigi Roncaglia Lorenzo Bosisio Cipriano Chemello Giorgio Morbiato |
| Sprint details | Daniel Morelon France | Giurdano Turrini Italy | Pierre Trentin France |
| Tandem details | France Daniel Morelon Pierre Trentin | Netherlands Leijn Loevesijn Jan Jansen | Belgium Daniel Goens Robert van Lancker |
| Time trial details | Pierre Trentin France | Niels Fredborg Denmark | Janusz Kierzkowski Poland |

## Diving
### Medal table

* Host nation (Mexico)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Mexico (MEX)* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard details | Bernard Wrightson United States | Klaus Dibiasi Italy | Jim Henry United States |
| 10 m platform details | Klaus Dibiasi Italy | Alvaro Gaxiola Mexico | Win Young United States |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard details | Susanne Gossick United States | Tamara Pogozheva Soviet Union | Keala O'Sullivan United States |
| 10 m platform details | Milena Duchková Czechoslovakia | Natalya Lobanova Soviet Union | Ann Peterson United States |

## Equestrian events
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual dressage details | Ivan Kizimov on Ikhor (URS) | Josef Neckermann on Mariano (FRG) | Reiner Klimke on Dux (FRG) |
| Team dressage details | West Germany (FRG) Josef Neckermann and Mariano Reiner Klimke and Dux Liselott Linsenhoff and Piaff | Soviet Union (URS) Yelena Petushkova and Pepel Ivan Kizimov and Ikhor Ivan Kalita and Absent | Switzerland (SUI) Henri Chammartin and Wolfdietrich Marianne Gossweiler and Stephan Gustav Fischer and Wald |
| Individual eventing details | Jean-Jacques Guyon and Pitou (FRA) | Derek Allhusen and Lochinvar (GBR) | Michael Page and Foster (USA) |
| Team eventing details | Great Britain (GBR) Derek Allhusen and Lochinvar Richard Meade and Cornishman V Reuben Jones and The Poacher | United States (USA) Michael Page and Foster James C. Wofford and Kilkenny Michael Plumb and Plain Sailing | Australia (AUS) Wayne Roycroft and Zhivago Brien Cobcroft and Depeche Bill Roycroft and Warrathoola |
| Individual jumping details | William Steinkraus and Snowbound (USA) | Marion Coakes and Stroller (GBR) | David Broome and Mr. Softee (GBR) |
| Team jumping details | Canada (CAN) James Day and Canadian Club Thomas Gayford and Big Dee Jim Elder and The Immigrant | France (FRA) Jean Rozier and Quo Vadis Janou Lefèbvre and Rocket Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola and Nagir | West Germany (FRG) Hermann Schridde and Dozent II Alwin Schockemöhle and Donald Rex Hans Günter Winkler and Enigk |

## Fencing
### Medal table

* Host nation (Mexico)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Mexico (MEX)* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual épée details | Győző Kulcsár Hungary | Grigory Kriss Soviet Union | Gianluigi Saccaro Italy |
| Team épée details | Hungary (HUN) Csaba Fenyvesi Zoltan Nemere Pál Schmitt Gyözö Kulcsar Pal Nagy | Soviet Union (URS) Grigory Kriss Iosif Vitebsky Aleksei Nikanchikov Yuri Smolyakov Viktor Modzalevsky | Poland (POL) Bogdan Andrzejewski Michał Butkiewicz Bogdan Gonsior Henryk Nielaba Kazimierz Barburski |
| Individual foil details | Ion Drîmbă Romania | Jenő Kamuti Hungary | Daniel Revenu France |
| Team foil details | France (FRA) Daniel Revenu Gilles Berolatti Christian Noël Jean-Claude Magnan Jacques Dimont | Soviet Union (URS) German Sveshnikov Yuri Sharov Vasili Stankovich Viktor Putyatin Yuri Sisikin | Poland (POL) Witold Woyda Zbigniew Skrudlik Ryszard Parulski Egon Franke Adam Lisewski |
| Individual sabre details | Jerzy Pawłowski Poland | Mark Rakita Soviet Union | Tibor Pézsa Hungary |
| Team sabre details | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Nazlymov Viktor Sidyak Eduard Vinokurov Mark Rakita Umar Mavlikhanov | Italy (ITA) Wladimiro Calarese Michele Maffei Cesare Salvadori Pierluigi Chicca Rolando Rigoli | Hungary (HUN) Tamás Kovács János Kalmár Péter Bakonyi Miklós Meszéna Tibor Pézsa |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual foil details | Elena Belova Soviet Union | Pilar Roldán Mexico | Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő Hungary |
| Team foil details | Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandra Zabelina Tatyana Samusenko Elena Belova Galina Gorokhova Svetlana Tširkova | Hungary (HUN) Lidia Dömölki-Sakovics Ildikó Bóbis Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő Maria Jarmy Paula Marosi-Foldesi | Romania (ROU) Ecaterina Iencic-Stahl Ileana Gyulai-Drimba-Jenei Maria Vicol Olga Orban-Szabo Ana Dersidan-Ene-Pascu |

## Field hockey
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's | Pakistan (PAK) Abdul Rashid Jahangir Butt Tanvir Dar Gulraiz Akhtar Khalid Mahmood Muhammad Asad Malik Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed Tariq Niazi Riaz Ahmed Riaz ud-Din Saeed Anwar Tariq Aziz Zakir Hussain | Australia (AUS) Paul Dearing Raymond Evans Brian Glencross Robert Haigh Donald Martin James Mason Patrick Nilan Eric Pearce Gordon Pearce Julian Pearce Desmond Piper Fred Quine Ronald Riley Donald Smart Arthur Busch | India (IND) Rajendra Christy Krishnamurty Perumal John "V.J." Peter Inam-ur Rahman Munir Sait Ajitpal Singh Balbir Singh Kullar Balbir Singh Kular Balbir Singh Gurbux Singh Harbinder Singh Harmik Singh Inder "Gogi" Singh Prithipal Singh Tarsem Singh Jagjit Singh |

## Football
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's | Hungary (HUN) István Básti Antal Dunai Lajos Dunai Ernő Noskó Dezső Novák Károly Fatér László Fazekas István Juhász László Keglovich Lajos Kocsis Iván Menczel László Nagy Miklós Páncsics István Sárközi Lajos Szűcs Zoltán Szarka Miklós Szalai | Bulgaria (BUL) Stoyan Yordanov Atanas Gerov Georgi Hristakiev Milko Gaydarski Kiril Ivkov Ivaylo Georgiev Tsvetan Veselinov Evgeni Yanchovski Petar Zhekov Atanas Hristov Asparuh Donev Kiril Stankov Georgi Ivanov Todor Nikolov Yancho Dimitrov Ivan Zafirov Mihail Gyonin Georgi Vasilev | Japan (JPN) Kenzo Yokoyama Hiroshi Katayama Masakatsu Miyamoto Yoshitada Yamaguchi Mitsuo Kamata Ryozo Suzuki Kiyoshi Tomizawa Takaji Mori Aritatsu Ogi Eizo Yuguchi Shigeo Yaegashi Teruki Miyamoto Masashi Watanabe Yasuyuki Kuwahara Kunishige Kamamoto Ikuo Matsumoto Ryuichi Sugiyama Masahiro Hamazaki |

## Gymnastics
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | East Germany | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 16 | 12 | 14 | 42 |

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual all-around details | Sawao Kato Japan | Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union | Akinori Nakayama Japan |
| Team all-around details | Japan (JPN) Yukio Endo Sawao Kato Takeshi Katō Eizo Kenmotsu Akinori Nakayama Mitsuo Tsukahara | Soviet Union (URS) Sergei Diomidov Valery Iljinykh Valery Karasev Viktor Klimenko Victor Lisitsky Mikhail Voronin | East Germany (GDR) Günter Beier Matthias Brehme Gerhard Dietrich Siegfried Fülle Klaus Köste Peter Weber |
| Floor exercise details | Sawao Kato Japan | Akinori Nakayama Japan | Takeshi Katō Japan |
| Horizontal bar details | Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union | none awarded (as there was a tie for gold) | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan |
| Horizontal bar details | Akinori Nakayama Japan | none awarded (as there was a tie for gold) | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan |
| Parallel bars details | Akinori Nakayama Japan | Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union | Viktor Klimenko Soviet Union |
| Pommel horse details | Miroslav Cerar Yugoslavia | Olli Laiho Finland | Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union |
| Rings details | Akinori Nakayama Japan | Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union | Sawao Kato Japan |
| Vault details | Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union | Yukio Endo Japan | Sergei Diomidov Soviet Union |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual all-around details | Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia | Zinaida Voronina Soviet Union | Natalia Kuchinskaya Soviet Union |
| Team all-around details | Soviet Union (URS) Lyubov Burda Olga Karasyova Natalia Kuchinskaya Larisa Petrik Ludmilla Tourischeva Zinaida Voronina | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Věra Čáslavská Marianna Krajčírová Jana Kubičková Hana Lišková Bohumila Řimnáčová Miroslava Skleničková | East Germany (GDR) Maritta Bauerschmidt Karin Janz Marianne Noack Magdalena Schmidt Ute Starke Erika Zuchold |
| Balance beam details | Natalia Kuchinskaya Soviet Union | Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia | Larisa Petrik Soviet Union |
| Floor exercise details | Larisa Petrik Soviet Union | none awarded (as there was a tie for gold) | Natalia Kuchinskaya Soviet Union |
| Floor exercise details | Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia | none awarded (as there was a tie for gold) | Natalia Kuchinskaya Soviet Union |
| Uneven bars details | Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia | Karin Janz East Germany | Zinaida Voronina Soviet Union |
| Vault details | Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia | Erika Zuchold East Germany | Zinaida Voronina Soviet Union |

## Modern pentathlon
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual details | Björn Ferm Sweden | András Balczó Hungary | Pavel Lednyov Soviet Union |
| Team details | Hungary (HUN) András Balczó István Móna Ferenc Török | Soviet Union (URS) Boris Onishchenko Pavel Lednyov Stasys Šaparnis | France (FRA) Raoul Gueguen Lucien Guiguet Jean-Pierre Giudicelli |

## Rowing
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Single sculls details | Jan Wienese Netherlands | Jochen Meißner West Germany | Alberto Demiddi Argentina |
| Double sculls details | Soviet Union Aleksandr Timoshinin Anatoliy Sass | Netherlands Harry Droog Leendert van Dis | United States John Nunn Bill Maher |
| Coxless pair details | East Germany Jörg Lucke Heinz-Jürgen Bothe | United States Larry Hough Philip Johnson | Denmark Peter Christiansen Ib Larsen |
| Coxed pair details | Italy Primo Baran Renzo Sambo Bruno Cipolla | Netherlands Herman Suselbeek Hadriaan van Nes Roderick Rijnders | Denmark Jørn Krab Harry Jørgensen Preben Krab |
| Coxless four details | East Germany Frank Forberger Frank Rühle Dieter Grahn Dieter Schubert | Hungary Zoltán Melis József Csermely György Sarlós Antal Melis | Italy Renato Bosatta Pier Conti-Manzini Tullio Baraglia Abramo Albini |
| Coxed four details | New Zealand Dick Joyce Ross Collinge Dudley Storey Warren Cole Simon Dickie | East Germany Peter Kremtz Manfred Gelpke Roland Göhler Klaus Jacob Dieter Semetzky | Switzerland Denis Oswald Peter Bolliger Hugo Waser Jakob Grob Gottlieb Fröhlich |
| Eight details | West Germany (FRG) Horst Meyer Wolfgang Hottenrott Dirk Schreyer Egbert Hirschfelder Rüdiger Henning Jörg Siebert Lutz Ulbricht Niko Ott Gunther Tiersch (cox) Roland Böse (heat 1) | Australia (AUS) Bob Shirlaw Gary Pearce John Ranch David Douglas Peter Dickson Joe Fazio Michael Morgan Alf Duval Alan Grover | Soviet Union (URS) Zigmas Jukna Aleksandr Martyshkin Antanas Bagdonavičius Vytautas Briedis Volodymyr Sterlik Valentyn Kravchuk Juozas Jagelavičius Viktor Suslin Yuriy Lorentsson |

## Sailing
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Finn details | Valentin Mankin Soviet Union | Hubert Raudaschl Austria | Fabio Albarelli Italy |
| Flying Dutchman details | Great Britain Rodney Pattisson Iain MacDonald-Smith | West Germany Ulli Libor Peter Naumann | Brazil Reinaldo Conrad Burkhard Cordes |
| Star details | United States Lowell North Peter Barrett | Norway Peder Lunde Jr. Per Wiken | Italy Franco Cavallo Camillo Gargano |
| Dragon details | United States George Friedrichs Barton Jahncke Gerald Schreck | Denmark Aage Birch Paul Lindemark Jørgensen Niels Markussen | East Germany Paul Borowski Karl-Heinz Thun Konrad Weichert |
| 5.5 metre details | Sweden Ulf Sundelin Jörgen Sundelin Peter Sundelin | Switzerland Louis Noverraz Bernhard Dunand Marcel Stern | Great Britain Robin Aisher Paul Anderson Adrian Jardine |

## Shooting
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | United States | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | West Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | East Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m pistol details | Grigory Kosykh Soviet Union | Heinz Mertel West Germany | Harald Vollmar East Germany |
| 25 m rapid fire pistol details | Józef Zapędzki Poland | Marcel Roșca Romania | Renart Suleymanov Soviet Union |
| 50 m rifle prone details | Jan Kůrka Czechoslovakia | László Hammerl Hungary | Ian Ballinger New Zealand |
| 50 m rifle three positions details | Bernd Klingner West Germany | John Writer United States | Vitali Parkhimovitch Soviet Union |
| 300 m free rifle three positions details | Gary Anderson United States | Valentin Kornev Soviet Union | Kurt Müller Switzerland |
| Skeet details | Yevgeni Petrov Soviet Union | Romano Garagnani Italy | Konrad Wirnhier West Germany |
| Trap details | Bob Braithwaite Great Britain | Thomas Garrigus United States | Kurt Czekalla East Germany |

## Swimming
### Medal table

* Host nation (Mexico)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 21 | 15 | 16 | 52 |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | East Germany | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Mexico* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Soviet Union | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | Canada | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | West Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 |

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Michael Wenden Australia | 52.2 WR | Ken Walsh United States | 52.8 | Mark Spitz United States | 53.0 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Michael Wenden Australia | 1:55.2 OR | Don Schollander United States | 1:55.8 | John Nelson United States | 1:58.1 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Mike Burton United States | 4:09.0 OR | Ralph Hutton Canada | 4:11.7 | Alain Mosconi France | 4:13.3 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Mike Burton United States | 16:38.9 OR | John Kinsella United States | 16:57.3 | Greg Brough Australia | 17:04.7 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Roland Matthes East Germany | 58.7 OR | Charlie Hickcox United States | 1:00.2 | Ronnie Mills United States | 1:00.5 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Roland Matthes East Germany | 2:09.6 OR | Mitch Ivey United States | 2:10.6 | Jack Horsley United States | 2:10.9 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Don McKenzie United States | 1:07.7 OR | Vladimir Kosinsky Soviet Union | 1:08.0 | Nikolai Pankin Soviet Union | 1:08.0 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Felipe Muñoz Mexico | 2:28.7 | Vladimir Kosinsky Soviet Union | 2:29.2 | Brian Job United States | 2:29.9 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Doug Russell United States | 55.9 OR | Mark Spitz United States | 56.4 | Ross Wales United States | 57.2 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Carl Robie United States | 2:08.7 | Martyn Woodroffe Great Britain | 2:09.0 | John Ferris United States | 2:09.3 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Charlie Hickcox United States | 2:12.0 OR | Greg Buckingham United States | 2:13.0 | John Ferris United States | 2:13.3 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Charlie Hickcox United States | 4:48.4 | Gary Hall, Sr. United States | 4:48.7 | Michael Holthaus West Germany | 4:51.4 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | United States (USA) Zac Zorn Stephen Rerych Ken Walsh Mark Spitz | 3:31.7 WR | Soviet Union (URS) Georgi Kulikov Viktor Mazanov Semyon Belits-Geiman Leonid Ilyichov | 3:34.2 | Australia (AUS) Greg Rogers Robert Cusack Bob Windle Michael Wenden | 3:34.7 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | United States (USA) John Nelson Stephen Rerych Mark Spitz Don Schollander | 7:52.3 | Australia (AUS) Greg Rogers Graham White Bob Windle Michael Wenden | 7:53.7 | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Bure Semyon Belits-Geiman Georgi Kulikov Leonid Ilyichov | 8:01.6 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | United States (USA) Charlie Hickcox Don McKenzie Doug Russell Ken Walsh | 3:54.9 WR | East Germany (GDR) Roland Matthes Egon Henninger Horst-Günter Gregor Frank Wiegand | 3:57.5 | Soviet Union (URS) Yuri Gromak Vladimir Nemshilov Vladimir Kosinsky Leonid Ilyichov | 4:00.7 |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Jan Henne United States | 1:00.0 | Susan Pedersen United States | 1:00.3 | Linda Gustavson United States | 1:00.3 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Debbie Meyer United States | 2:10.5 OR | Jan Henne United States | 2:11.0 | Jane Barkman United States | 2:11.2 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Debbie Meyer United States | 4:31.8 OR | Linda Gustavson United States | 4:35.5 | Karen Moras Australia | 4:37.0 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Debbie Meyer United States | 9:24.0 OR | Pam Kruse United States | 9:35.7 | Maria Teresa Ramírez Mexico | 9:38.5 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Kaye Hall United States | 1:06.2 WR | Elaine Tanner Canada | 1:06.7 | Jane Swagerty United States | 1:08.1 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Lillian Watson United States | 2:24.8 OR | Elaine Tanner Canada | 2:27.4 | Kaye Hall United States | 2:28.9 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Đurđica Bjedov Yugoslavia | 1:15.8 OR | Galina Prozumenshchikova Soviet Union | 1:15.9 | Sharon Wichman United States | 1:16.1 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Sharon Wichman United States | 2:44.4 OR | Đurđica Bjedov Yugoslavia | 2:46.4 | Galina Prozumenshchikova Soviet Union | 2:47.0 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Lyn McClements Australia | 1:05.5 | Ellie Daniel United States | 1:05.8 | Susan Shields United States | 1:06.2 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Ada Kok Netherlands | 2:24.7 OR | Helga Lindner East Germany | 2:24.8 | Ellie Daniel United States | 2:25.9 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Claudia Kolb United States | 2:24.7 OR | Susan Pedersen United States | 2:28.8 | Jan Henne United States | 2:31.4 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Claudia Kolb United States | 5:08.5 OR | Lynn Vidali United States | 5:22.2 | Sabine Steinbach East Germany | 5:25.3 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | United States (USA) Jane Barkman Linda Gustavson Susan Pedersen Jan Henne | 4:02.5 OR | East Germany (GDR) Gabriele Wetzko Roswitha Krause Uta Schmuck Martina Grunert | 4:05.7 | Canada (CAN) Angela Coughlan Marilyn Corson Elaine Tanner Marion Lay | 4:07.2 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | United States (USA) Kaye Hall Catie Ball Ellie Daniel Susan Pedersen | 4:28.3 OR | Australia (AUS) Lynne Watson Judy Playfair Lyn McClements Janet Steinbeck | 4:30.0 | West Germany (FRG) Angelika Kraus Uta Frommater Heike Hustede Heidemarie Reineck | 4:36.4 |

## Volleyball
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Japan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's details | Soviet Union (URS) Eduard Sibiryakov Yuri Poyarkov Georgi Mondzolevsky Valeri Kravchenko Volodymyr Byelyayev Yevgeni Lapinsky Ivan Bugaenkov Oleg Antropov Vasilius Matushevas Viktor Mikhalchuk Boris Tereshchuk Vladimir Ivanov | Japan (JPN) Masayuki Minami Katsutoshi Nekoda Mamoru Shiragami Isao Koizumi Kenji Kimura Yasuaki Mitsumori Naohiro Ikeda Jungo Morita Tadayoshi Yokota Seiji Oko Tetsuo Satō Kenji Shimaoka | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Bohumil Golián Antonin Prochazka Petr Kop Jiri Svoboda Josef Musil Lubomir Zajisek Josef Smolka Vladimir Petlak Frantisek Sokol Zdenek Groessel Pavel Schenk Drahomir Koudelka |
| Women's details | Soviet Union (URS) Lyudmila Buldakova Lyudmila Mikhailkovskaya Tatyana Veinberga Vera Lantratova Vera Galushka-Duyunova Tatyana Sarycheva Tatyana Ponyaeva-Tretyakova Nina Smoleeva Inna Ryskal Galina Leontyeva Roza Salikhova Valentina Kamenek-Vinogradova | Japan (JPN) Setsuko Yosjida Suzue Takayama Toyoko Iwahara Youko Kasahara Aiko Onozawa Yukiyo Kojima Sachiko Fukanaka Kunie Shishikura Setsuko Inoue Sumie Oinuma Makiko Furakawa Keiko Hama | Poland (POL) Elżbieta Porzec Zofia Szczęśniewska Wanda Wiecha Barbara Hermela-Niemczyk Krystyna Ostromęcka Krystyna Krupa Jadwiga Książek Józefa Ledwig Krystyna Jakubowska Lidia Chmielnicka Krystyna Czajkowska Halina Aszkiełowicz |

## Water polo
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 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's | Yugoslavia (YUG) Ozren Bonačić Dejan Dabović Zdravko Hebel Zoran Janković Ronald Lopatni Uroš Marović Đorđe Perišić Miroslav Poljak Mirko Sandić Karlo Stipanić Ivo Trumbić | Soviet Union (URS) Vadim Gulyaev Givi Chikvanaya Boris Grishin Aleksandr Dolgushin Aleksei Barkalov Yuri Grigorovsky Vladimir Semyonov Aleksandr Shidlovsky Vyacheslav Skok Leonid Osipov Oleg Bovin | Hungary (HUN) András Bodnár Zoltán Dömötör László Felkai Ferenc Konrád János Konrád Mihály Mayer László Sárosi János Steinmetz Endre Molnár Dénes Pócsik István Szívós, Jr. |

## Weightlifting
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 56 kg details | Mohammad Nassiri Iran | Imre Földi Hungary | Henryk Trębicki Poland |
| 60 kg details | Yoshinobu Miyake Japan | Dito Shanidze Soviet Union | Yoshiyuki Miyake Japan |
| 67.5 kg details | Waldemar Baszanowski Poland | Parviz Jalayer Iran | Marian Zieliński Poland |
| 75 kg details | Viktor Kurentsov Soviet Union | Masushi Ouchi Japan | Károly Bakos Hungary |
| 82.5 kg details | Boris Selitsky Soviet Union | Vladimir Belyaev Soviet Union | Norbert Ozimek Poland |
| 90 kg details | Kaarlo Kangasniemi Finland | Jaan Talts Soviet Union | Marek Gołąb Poland |
| +90 kg details | Leonid Zhabotinsky Soviet Union | Serge Reding Belgium | Joseph Dube United States |

## Wrestling
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Turkey (TUR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |

### Freestyle

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 52 kg details | Shigeo Nakata Japan | Richard Sanders United States | Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav Mongolia |
| 57 kg details | Yojiro Uetake Japan | Donald Behm United States | Aboutaleb Talebi Iran |
| 63 kg details | Masaaki Kaneko Japan | Enyu Todorov Bulgaria | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi Iran |
| 70 kg details | Abdollah Movahed Iran | Enyu Valchev Bulgaria | Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter Mongolia |
| 78 kg details | Mahmut Atalay Turkey | Daniel Robin France | Tömöriin Artag Mongolia |
| 87 kg details | Boris Michail Gurevich Soviet Union | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat Mongolia | Prodan Gardzhev Bulgaria |
| 97 kg details | Ahmet Ayık Turkey | Shota Lomidze Soviet Union | József Csatári Hungary |
| +97 kg details | Aleksandr Medved Soviet Union | Osman Duraliev Bulgaria | Wilfried Dietrich West Germany |

### Greco-Roman

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 52 kg details | Petar Kirov Bulgaria | Vladimir Bakulin Soviet Union | Miroslav Zeman Czechoslovakia |
| 57 kg details | János Varga Hungary | Ion Baciu Romania | Ivan Kochergin Soviet Union |
| 63 kg details | Roman Rurua Soviet Union | Hideo Fujimoto Japan | Simion Popescu Romania |
| 70 kg details | Muneji Munemura Japan | Stevan Horvat Yugoslavia | Petros Galaktopoulos Greece |
| 78 kg details | Rudolf Vesper East Germany | Daniel Robin France | Károly Bajkó Hungary |
| 87 kg details | Lothar Metz East Germany | Valentin Oleynik Soviet Union | Branislav Simić Yugoslavia |
| 97 kg details | Boyan Radev Bulgaria | Nikolai Yakovenko Soviet Union | Nicolae Martinescu Romania |
| +97 kg details | István Kozma Hungary | Anatoly Roshchin Soviet Union | Petr Kment Czechoslovakia |