# List of 1972 Summer Olympics medal winners

The 1972 Summer Olympics were held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972.

## Archery
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's details | John Williams United States | Gunnar Jervill Sweden | Kyösti Laasonen Finland |
| Women's details | Doreen Wilber United States | Irena Szydłowska Poland | Emma Gapchenko Soviet Union |

## Athletics
### Medal table

* Host nation (West Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 9 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | West Germany (FRG)* | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Finland (FIN) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Kenya (KEN) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Uganda (UGA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (24 entries) | Totals (24 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Valeriy Borzov Soviet Union | 10.14 | Robert Taylor United States | 10.24 | Lennox Miller Jamaica | 10.33 |
| 200 metres details | Valeriy Borzov Soviet Union | 20.00 | Larry Black United States | 20.19 | Pietro Mennea Italy | 20.30 |
| 400 metres details | Vincent Matthews United States | 44.66 | Wayne Collett United States | 44.80 | Julius Sang Kenya | 44.92 |
| 800 metres details | Dave Wottle United States | 1:45.86 | Yevhen Arzhanov Soviet Union | 1:45.89 | Mike Boit Kenya | 1:46.01 |
| 1500 metres details | Pekka Vasala Finland | 3:36.33 | Kipchoge Keino Kenya | 3:36.81 | Rod Dixon New Zealand | 3:37.46 |
| 5000 metres details | Lasse Virén Finland | 13:26.42 (OR) | Mohammed Gammoudi Tunisia | 13:27.33 | Ian Stewart Great Britain | 13:27.61 |
| 10,000 metres details | Lasse Virén Finland | 27:38.35 (WR) | Emiel Puttemans Belgium | 27:39.58 | Miruts Yifter Ethiopia | 27:40.96 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Rod Milburn United States | 13.24 (WR) | Guy Drut France | 13.34 | Thomas Hill United States | 13.48 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | John Akii-Bua Uganda | 47.82 (WR) | Ralph Mann United States | 48.51 | David Hemery Great Britain | 48.52 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Kipchoge Keino Kenya | 8:23.64 (OR) | Ben Jipcho Kenya | 8:24.62 | Tapio Kantanen Finland | 8:24.66 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States (USA) Larry Black Robert Taylor Gerald Tinker Eddie Hart | 38.19 (WR) | Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandr Kornelyuk Vladimir Lovetskiy Juris Silovs Valeriy Borzov | 38.50 | West Germany (FRG) Jobst Hirscht Karlheinz Klotz Gerhard Wucherer Klaus Ehl | 38.79 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Kenya (KEN) Charles Asati Munyoro Nyamau Robert Ouko Julius Sang | 2:59.83 | Great Britain (GBR) Martin Reynolds Alan Pascoe David Hemery David Jenkins | 3:00.46 | France (FRA) Gilles Bertould Daniel Velasques Francis Kerbiriou Jacques Carette | 3:00.65 |
| Marathon details | Frank Shorter United States | 2:12:19.8 | Karel Lismont Belgium | 2:14:31.8 | Mamo Wolde Ethiopia | 2:15:08.4 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Peter Frenkel East Germany | 1:26:42.4 (OR) | Volodymyr Holubnychy Soviet Union | 1:26:55.2 | Hans-Georg Reimann East Germany | 1:27:16.6 |
| 50 kilometres walk details | Bernd Kannenberg West Germany | 3:56:11.6 (OR) | Veniamin Soldatenko Soviet Union | 3:58:24.0 | Larry Young United States | 4:00:46.0 |
| High jump details | Jüri Tarmak Soviet Union | 2.23 m | Stefan Junge East Germany | 2.21 m | Dwight Stones United States | 2.21 m |
| Pole vault details | Wolfgang Nordwig East Germany | 5.50 m (OR) | Bob Seagren United States | 5.40 m | Jan Johnson United States | 5.35 m |
| Long jump details | Randy Williams United States | 8.24 m | Hans Baumgartner West Germany | 8.18 m | Arnie Robinson United States | 8.03 m |
| Triple jump details | Viktor Saneyev Soviet Union | 17.35 m | Jörg Drehmel East Germany | 17.31 m | Nelson Prudêncio Brazil | 17.05 m |
| Shot put details | Władysław Komar Poland | 21.18 m (OR) | George Woods United States | 21.17 m | Hartmut Briesenick East Germany | 21.14 m |
| Discus throw details | Ludvík Daněk Czechoslovakia | 64.40 m | Jay Silvester United States | 63.50 m | Ricky Bruch Sweden | 63.40 m |
| Hammer throw details | Anatolij Bondarčuk Soviet Union | 75.50 m (OR) | Jochen Sachse East Germany | 74.96 m | Vasiliy Khmelevskiy Soviet Union | 74.04 m |
| Javelin throw details | Klaus Wolfermann West Germany | 90.48 m (OR) | Jānis Lūsis Soviet Union | 90.46 m | Bill Schmidt United States | 84.42 m |
| Decathlon details | Mykola Avilov Soviet Union | 8454 pts (WR) | Leonid Lytvynenko Soviet Union | 8035 pts | Ryszard Katus Poland | 7984 pts |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Renate Stecher East Germany | 11.07 (WR) | Raelene Boyle Australia | 11.23 | Silvia Chivás Cuba | 11.24 |
| 200 metres details | Renate Stecher East Germany | 22.40 (=WR) | Raelene Boyle Australia | 22.45 | Irena Szewińska Poland | 22.74 |
| 400 metres details | Monika Zehrt East Germany | 51.08 | Rita Wilden West Germany | 51.21 | Kathy Hammond United States | 51.64 |
| 800 metres details | Hildegard Falck West Germany | 1:58.55 (OR) | Nijolė Sabaitė Soviet Union | 1:58.65 | Gunhild Hoffmeister East Germany | 1:59.19 |
| 1500 metres details | Lyudmila Bragina Soviet Union | 4:01.38 (WR) | Gunhild Hoffmeister East Germany | 4:02.83 | Paola Pigni Italy | 4:02.85 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Annelie Ehrhardt East Germany | 12.59 (WR) | Valeria Bufanu Romania | 12.84 | Karin Balzer East Germany | 12.90 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | West Germany (FRG) Christiane Krause Ingrid Becker Annegret Richter Heide Rosendahl | 42.81 (WR) | East Germany (GDR) Evelin Kaufer Christina Heinich Bärbel Struppert Renate Stecher | 42.95 | Cuba (CUB) Marlene Elejarde Carmen Valdés Fulgencia Romay Silvia Chivás | 43.36 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | East Germany (GDR) Dagmar Käsling Rita Kühne Helga Seidler Monika Zehrt | 3:22.95 (WR) | United States (USA) Mable Fergerson Madeline Manning Cheryl Toussaint Kathy Hammond | 3:25.15 | West Germany (FRG) Anette Rückes Inge Bödding Hildegard Falck Rita Wilden | 3:26.51 |
| High jump details | Ulrike Meyfarth West Germany | 1.92 m (=WR) | Yordanka Blagoeva Bulgaria | 1.88 m | Ilona Gusenbauer Austria | 1.88 m |
| Long jump details | Heide Rosendahl West Germany | 6.78 m | Diana Yorgova Bulgaria | 6.77 m | Eva Šuranová Czechoslovakia | 6.67 m |
| Shot put details | Nadezhda Chizhova Soviet Union | 21.03 m (WR) | Margitta Gummel East Germany | 20.22 m | Ivanka Khristova Bulgaria | 19.35 m |
| Discus throw details | Faina Melnik Soviet Union | 66.62 m (OR) | Argentina Menis Romania | 65.06 m | Vasilka Stoeva Bulgaria | 64.34 m |
| Javelin throw details | Ruth Fuchs East Germany | 63.88 m (OR) | Jacqueline Todten East Germany | 62.54 m | Kate Schmidt United States | 59.94 m |
| Pentathlon details | Mary Peters Great Britain | 4801 pts (WR) | Heide Rosendahl West Germany | 4791 pts | Burglinde Pollak East Germany | 4768 pts |

## Basketball
### Medal table

| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's | Soviet Union (URS) Anatoli Polivoda Modestas Paulauskas Zurab Sakandelidze Alzhan Zharmukhamedov Aleksandr Boloshev Ivan Edeshko Sergei Belov Mikheil Korkia Ivan Dvorny Gennadi Volnov Aleksandr Belov Sergei Kovalenko | United States (USA) Kenneth Davis Doug Collins Tom Henderson Mike Bantom Robert Jones Dwight Jones James Forbes Jim Brewer Tommy Burleson Tom McMillen Kevin Joyce Ed Ratleff | Cuba (CUB) Juan Carlos Domecq Fortuondo Ruperto Herrera Tabio Juan Roca Brunet Pedro Chappe Garcia Miguel Álvarez Pozo Rafael Cañizares Poey Conrado Perez Armenteros Miguel Calderon Gomez Tomas Herrera Martinez Oscar Varona Varona Alejandro Urgelles Guibot Franklin Standard Johnson |

## Boxing
### Medal table

* Host nation (West Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba (CUB) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | West Germany (FRG)* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Kenya (KEN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Ghana (GHA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Niger (NIG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Light flyweight (–48 kg) details | György Gedó Hungary | Kim U-gil North Korea | Ralph Evans Great Britain |
| Light flyweight (–48 kg) details | György Gedó Hungary | Kim U-gil North Korea | Enrique Rodríguez Spain |
| Flyweight (–51 kg) details | Georgi Kostadinov Bulgaria | Leo Rwabwogo Uganda | Leszek Błażyński Poland |
| Flyweight (–51 kg) details | Georgi Kostadinov Bulgaria | Leo Rwabwogo Uganda | Douglas Rodríguez Cuba |
| Bantamweight (–54 kg) details | Orlando Martínez Cuba | Alfonso Zamora Mexico | Ricardo Carreras United States |
| Bantamweight (–54 kg) details | Orlando Martínez Cuba | Alfonso Zamora Mexico | George Turpin Great Britain |
| Featherweight (–57 kg) details | Boris Kuznetsov Soviet Union | Philip Waruinge Kenya | András Botos Hungary |
| Featherweight (–57 kg) details | Boris Kuznetsov Soviet Union | Philip Waruinge Kenya | Clemente Rojas Colombia |
| Lightweight (–60 kg) details | Jan Szczepański Poland | László Orbán Hungary | Samuel Mbugua Kenya |
| Lightweight (–60 kg) details | Jan Szczepański Poland | László Orbán Hungary | Alfonso Pérez Colombia |
| Light welterweight (–63 kg) details | Sugar Ray Seales United States | Angel Angelov Bulgaria | Issaka Daborg Niger |
| Light welterweight (–63 kg) details | Sugar Ray Seales United States | Angel Angelov Bulgaria | Zvonimir Vujin Yugoslavia |
| Welterweight (–67 kg) details | Emilio Correa Cuba | János Kajdi Hungary | Dick Murunga Kenya |
| Welterweight (–67 kg) details | Emilio Correa Cuba | János Kajdi Hungary | Jesse Valdez United States |
| Light middleweight (–71 kg) details | Dieter Kottysch West Germany | Wiesław Rudkowski Poland | Alan Minter Great Britain |
| Light middleweight (–71 kg) details | Dieter Kottysch West Germany | Wiesław Rudkowski Poland | Peter Tiepold East Germany |
| Middleweight (–75 kg) details | Vyacheslav Lemeshev Soviet Union | Reima Virtanen Finland | Prince Amartey Ghana |
| Middleweight (–75 kg) details | Vyacheslav Lemeshev Soviet Union | Reima Virtanen Finland | Marvin Johnson United States |
| Light heavyweight (–81 kg) details | Mate Parlov Yugoslavia | Gilberto Carrillo Cuba | Janusz Gortat Poland |
| Light heavyweight (–81 kg) details | Mate Parlov Yugoslavia | Gilberto Carrillo Cuba | Isaac Ikhouria Nigeria |
| Heavyweight (+81 kg) details | Teófilo Stevenson Cuba | Ion Alexe Romania | Peter Hussing West Germany |
| Heavyweight (+81 kg) details | Teófilo Stevenson Cuba | Ion Alexe Romania | Hasse Thomsén Sweden |

## Canoeing
### Medal table

* Host nation (West Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | West Germany (FRG)* | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |

### Slalom
#### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's C-1 details | Reinhard Eiben East Germany | Reinhold Kauder West Germany | Jamie McEwan United States |
| Men's C-2 details | East Germany Walter Hofmann Rolf-Dieter Amend | West Germany Hans-Otto Schumacher Wilhelm Baues | France Jean-Louis Olry Jean-Claude Olry |
| Men's K-1 details | Siegbert Horn East Germany | Norbert Sattler Austria | Harald Gimpel East Germany |

#### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Women's K-1 details | Angelika Bahmann East Germany | Gisela Grothaus West Germany | Magdalena Wunderlich West Germany |

### Sprint
#### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 1000 metres details | Ivan Patzaichin Romania | Tamás Wichmann Hungary | Detlef Lewe West Germany |
| C-2 1000 metres details | Soviet Union Vladas Česiūnas Yuri Lobanov | Romania Ivan Patzaichin Serghei Covaliov | Bulgaria Fedia Damianov Ivan Burtchin |
| K-1 1000 metres details | Aleksandr Shaparenko Soviet Union | Rolf Peterson Sweden | Géza Csapó Hungary |
| K-2 1000 metres details | Soviet Union Nikolai Gorbachev Viktor Kratasyuk | Hungary József Deme János Rátkai | Poland Władysław Szuszkiewicz Rafał Piszcz |
| K-4 1000 metres details | Soviet Union Yuri Filatov Yuri Stetsenko Vladimir Morozov Valeri Didenko | Romania Aurel Vernescu Mihai Zafiu Roman Vartolomeu Atanase Sciotnic | Norway Egil Søby Steinar Amundsen Tore Berger Jan Johansen |

#### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 metres details | Yulia Ryabchinskaya Soviet Union | Mieke Jaapies Netherlands | Anna Pfeffer Hungary |
| K-2 500 metres details | Soviet Union Lyudmila Pinayeva Yekaterina Kuryshko | East Germany Ilse Kaschube Petra Grabowski | Romania Maria Nichiforov Viorica Dumitru |

## Cycling
### Medal table

* Host nation (West Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | West Germany* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Australia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | East Germany | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 |

### Road cycling

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual road race details | Hennie Kuiper Netherlands | Clyde Sefton Australia | no medal awarded |
| Team time trial details | Soviet Union (URS) Valery Yardy Gennady Komnatov Valery Likhachov Boris Shukov | Poland (POL) Ryszard Szurkowski Edward Barcik Lucjan Lis Stanisław Szozda | no medal awarded |

### Track cycling

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual pursuit details | Knut Knudsen Norway | Xaver Kurmann Switzerland | Hans Lutz West Germany |
| Team pursuit details | West Germany (FRG) Günther Schumacher Jürgen Colombo Günter Haritz Udo Hempel | East Germany (GDR) Uwe Unterwalder Thomas Huschke Heinz Richter Herbert Richter | Great Britain (GBR) William Moore Michael Bennett Ian Hallam Ronald Keeble |
| Sprint details | Daniel Morelon France | John Nicholson Australia | Omar Pkhakadze Soviet Union |
| Tandem details | Soviet Union Vladimir Semenets Igor Tselovalnykov | East Germany Jürgen Geschke Werner Otto | Poland Andrzej Bek Benedykt Kocot |
| Time trial details | Niels Fredborg Denmark | Danny Clark Australia | Jürgen Schütze East Germany |

## Diving
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard details | Vladimir Vasin Soviet Union | Giorgio Cagnotto Italy | Craig Lincoln United States |
| 10 m platform details | Klaus Dibiasi Italy | Richard Rydze United States | Giorgio Cagnotto Italy |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard details | Micki King United States | Ulrika Knape Sweden | Marina Janicke East Germany |
| 10 m platform details | Ulrika Knape Sweden | Milena Duchková Czechoslovakia | Marina Janicke East Germany |

## Equestrian events
### Medal table

* Host nation (West Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | West Germany (FRG)* | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual dressage details | Liselott Linsenhoff on Piaff (FRG) | Yelena Petushkova on Pepel (URS) | Josef Neckermann on Venetia (FRG) |
| Team dressage details | Soviet Union (URS) Yelena Petushkova and Pepel Ivan Kizimov and Ikhor Ivan Kalita and Tarif | West Germany (FRG) Karin Schlüter and Liostro Liselott Linsenhoff and Piaff Josef Neckermann and Venetia | Sweden (SWE) Ulla Håkansson and Ajax Ninna Swaab and Casanova Maud von Rosen and Lucky Boy |
| Individual eventing details | Richard Meade on Laurieston (GBR) | Alessandro Argenton on Woodland (ITA) | Jan Jönsson on Sarajevo (SWE) |
| Team eventing details | Great Britain (GBR) Richard Meade and Laurieston Mary Gordon-Watson and Cornishman V Bridget Parker and Cornish Gold Mark Phillips and Great Ovation | United States (USA) Kevin Freeman and Good Mixture Bruce Davidson and Plain Sailing Michael Plumb and Free and Easy James C. Wofford and Kilkenny | West Germany (FRG) Harry Klugmann and Christopher Robert Ludwig Gössing and Chicago Karl Schultz and Pisco Horst Karsten and Sioux |
| Individual jumping details | Graziano Mancinelli on Ambassador (ITA) | Ann Moore on Psalm (GBR) | Neal Shapiro on Sloopy (USA) |
| Team jumping details | West Germany (FRG) Fritz Ligges and Robin Gerhard Wiltfang and Askan Hartwig Steenken and Simona Hans Günter Winkler and Trophy | United States (USA) William Steinkraus and Main Spring Neal Shapiro and Sloopy Kathryn Kusner and Fleet Apple Frank Chapot and White Lightning | Italy (ITA) Vittorio Orlandi and Fulmer Feather Raimondo D'Inzeo and Fiorello Graziano Mancinelli and Ambassador Piero D'Inzeo and Easter Light |

## Fencing
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual épée details | Csaba Fenyvesi Hungary | Jacques Ladegaillerie France | Győző Kulcsár Hungary |
| Team épée details | Hungary (HUN) Sándor Erdős Csaba Fenyvesi Győző Kulcsár Pál Schmitt István Osztrics | Switzerland (SUI) Guy Evequoz Daniel Giger Christian Kauter Peter Lötscher François Suchanecki | Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Modzolevsky Sergei Paramonov Igor Valetov Georgi Zažitski Grigori Kriss |
| Individual foil details | Witold Woyda Poland | Jenő Kamuti Hungary | Christian Noël France |
| Team foil details | Poland (POL) Marek Dąbrowski Jerzy Kaczmarek Lech Koziejowski Witold Woyda Arkadiusz Godel | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Denisov Anatoli Kotetsev Leonid Romanov Vasili Stankovich Victor Putyatin | France (FRA) Jean-Claude Magnan Christian Noël Daniel Revenu Bernard Talvard Gilles Berolatti |
| Individual sabre details | Viktor Sidyak Soviet Union | Péter Marót Hungary | Vladimir Nazlymov Soviet Union |
| Team sabre details | Italy (ITA) Michele Maffei Mario Aldo Montano Mario Tullio Montano Rolando Rigoli Cesare Salvadori | Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Bashenov Vladimir Nazlymov Viktor Sidyak Eduard Vinokurov Mark Rakita | Hungary (HUN) Pál Gerevich Tamás Kovács Péter Marót Tibor Pézsa Péter Bakonyi |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual foil details | Antonella Ragno-Lonzi Italy | Ildikó Bóbis Hungary | Galina Gorokhova Soviet Union |
| Team foil details | Soviet Union (URS) Elena Belova Galina Gorokhova Tatyana Samusenko Aleksandra Zabelina Svetlana Tširkova | Hungary (HUN) Ildikó Bóbis Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő Ildikó Schwarczenberger Mária Gulácsi-Szolnoki Ildikó Matuscsák-Rónay | Romania (ROU) Ileana Gyulai-Drimba-Jenei Ana Dersidan-Ene-Pascu Ecaterina Iencic-Stahl Olga Orban-Szabo |

## Field hockey
### Medal table

* Host nation (West Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | West Germany* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Pakistan | 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 | West Germany (FRG) Wolfgang Baumgart Horst Drose Dieter Freise Werner Kaessmann Carsten Keller Detlev Kittstein Ulrich Klaes Peter Kraus Michael Krause Michael Peter Wolfgang Rott Fritz Schmidt Rainer Seifert Wolfgang Strodter Eckart Suhl Eduard Thelen Peter Trump Ulrich Vos | Pakistan (PAK) Rashid Abdul Akhtar Rasool Ul Akhtar Jahangir Butt Fazalur Rehman Islahuddin Siddiquee Muhammad Asad Malik Shahnaz Sheikh Munawwaruz Zaman Ahmad Riaz Saeed Anwar Saleem Sherwani Iftikar Syed Mudassar Asghar Zahid Sheikh | India (IND) B. P. Govinda Charles Cornelius Manuel Frederick Michael Kindo V.J. Philips Ashok Kumar M. P. Ganesh Krishnamurty Perumal Ajitpal Singh Harbinder Singh Harcharan Singh Harmik Singh Kulwant Singh Mukhbain Singh Virinder Singh Vece Paes |

## Football
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | East Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's | Poland (POL) Hubert Kostka Zbigniew Gut Jerzy Gorgoń Zygmunt Anczok Lesław Ćmikiewicz Zygmunt Maszczyk Jerzy Kraska Kazimierz Deyna Zygfryd Szołtysik Włodzimierz Lubański Robert Gadocha Ryszard Szymczak Antoni Szymanowski Joachim Marx Grzegorz Lato Marian Ostafiński Kazimierz Kmiecik Marian Szeja | Hungary (HUN) István Géczi Péter Vépi Miklós Páncsics Péter Juhász Lajos Szűcs Mihály Kozma Antal Dunai Lajos Kű Béla Váradi Ede Dunai László Bálint Lajos Kocsis Kálmán Tóth László Branikovits József Kovács Csaba Vidács Adám Rothermel | East Germany (GDR) Jürgen Croy Manfred Zapf Konrad Weise Bernd Bransch Jürgen Pommerenke Jürgen Sparwasser Hans-Jürgen Kreische Joachim Streich Wolfgang Seguin Peter Ducke Frank Ganzera Lothar Kurbjuweit Eberhard Vogel Harald Irmscher Ralf Schulenberg Reinhard Häfner Siegmar Wätzlich |
| Men's | Poland (POL) Hubert Kostka Zbigniew Gut Jerzy Gorgoń Zygmunt Anczok Lesław Ćmikiewicz Zygmunt Maszczyk Jerzy Kraska Kazimierz Deyna Zygfryd Szołtysik Włodzimierz Lubański Robert Gadocha Ryszard Szymczak Antoni Szymanowski Joachim Marx Grzegorz Lato Marian Ostafiński Kazimierz Kmiecik Marian Szeja | Hungary (HUN) István Géczi Péter Vépi Miklós Páncsics Péter Juhász Lajos Szűcs Mihály Kozma Antal Dunai Lajos Kű Béla Váradi Ede Dunai László Bálint Lajos Kocsis Kálmán Tóth László Branikovits József Kovács Csaba Vidács Adám Rothermel | Soviet Union (URS) Oleh Blokhin Murtaz Khurtsilava Yuriy Istomin Volodymyr Kaplychnyi Viktor Kolotov Yevgeni Lovchev Sergei Olshansky Yevhen Rudakov Vyacheslav Semyonov Gennadi Evryuzhikhin Oganes Zanazanyan Andrei Yakubik Arkady Andreasyan Revaz Dzodzuashvili Yozhef Sabo Yuriy Yeliseyev Volodymyr Onyshchenko Anatoliy Kuksov Vladimir Pilgui |

## Gymnastics
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | Japan | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | East Germany | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 14 | 15 | 13 | 42 |

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual all-around details | Sawao Kato Japan | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan | Akinori Nakayama Japan |
| Team all-around details | Japan (JPN) Shigeru Kasamatsu Sawao Kato Eizo Kenmotsu Akinori Nakayama Teruichi Okamura Mitsuo Tsukahara | Soviet Union (URS) Nikolai Andrianov Viktor Klimenko Alexander Maleev Edvard Mikaelian Vladimir Schukin Mikhail Voronin | East Germany (GDR) Matthias Brehme Wolfgang Klotz Klaus Köste Jürgen Paeke Reinhard Rychly Wolfgang Thüne |
| Floor exercise details | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union | Akinori Nakayama Japan | Shigeru Kasamatsu Japan |
| Horizontal bar details | Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan | Sawao Kato Japan | Shigeru Kasamatsu Japan |
| Parallel bars details | Sawao Kato Japan | Shigeru Kasamatsu Japan | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan |
| Pommel horse details | Viktor Klimenko Soviet Union | Sawao Kato Japan | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan |
| Rings details | Akinori Nakayama Japan | Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union | Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan |
| Vault details | Klaus Köste East Germany | Viktor Klimenko Soviet Union | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual all-around details | Ludmila Tourischeva Soviet Union | Karin Janz East Germany | Tamara Lazakovich Soviet Union |
| Team all-around details | Soviet Union (URS) Lyubov Burda Olga Korbut Antonina Koshel Tamara Lazakovich Elvira Saadi Ludmila Tourischeva | East Germany (GDR) Irene Abel Angelika Hellmann Karin Janz Richarda Schmeißer Christine Schmitt Erika Zuchold | Hungary (HUN) Ilona Békési Mónika Császár Marta Kelemen Anikó Kéry Krisztina Medveczky Zsuzsa Nagy |
| Balance beam details | Olga Korbut Soviet Union | Tamara Lazakovich Soviet Union | Karin Janz East Germany |
| Floor exercise details | Olga Korbut Soviet Union | Ludmila Tourischeva Soviet Union | Tamara Lazakovich Soviet Union |
| Uneven bars details | Karin Janz East Germany | Olga Korbut Soviet Union | None awarded (as there was a tie for silver) |
| Uneven bars details | Karin Janz East Germany | Erika Zuchold East Germany | None awarded (as there was a tie for silver) |
| Vault details | Karin Janz East Germany | Erika Zuchold East Germany | Ludmila Tourischeva Soviet Union |

## Handball
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's | Yugoslavia (YUG) Abaz Arslanagić Petar Fajfrić Hrvoje Horvat Milorad Karalić Đorđe Lavrnić Milan Lazarević Zdravko Miljak Slobodan Mišković Branislav Pokrajac Nebojša Popović Miroslav Pribanić Albin Vidović Zoran Živković Zdenko Zorko | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Ladislav Beneš František Brůna Vladimír Haber Vladimír Jarý Jiří Kavan Arnošt Klimčík Jaroslav Konečný František Králík Jindřich Krepindl Vincent Lafko Andrej Lukošík Pavel Mikeš Petr Pospíšil Ivan Satrapa Zdeněk Škára Jaroslav Škarvan | Romania (ROU) Ştefan Birtalan Adrian Cosma Marin Dan Alexandru Dincă Cristian Gaţu Gheorghe Gruia Roland Gunesch Gabriel Kicsid Ghiţă Licu Cornel Penu Valentin Samungi Simion Schöbel Werner Stöckl Constantin Tudosie Radu Voina |

## Judo
### Medal table

* Host nation (West Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | West Germany* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | France | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | East Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | North Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 6 | 5 | 12 | 23 |

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Lightweight 63 kg details | Takao Kawaguchi Japan | vacant | Kim Yong-ik North Korea |
| Lightweight 63 kg details | Takao Kawaguchi Japan | vacant | Jean-Jacques Mounier France |
| Half middleweight 70 kg details | Toyokazu Nomura Japan | Antoni Zajkowski Poland | Dietmar Hötger East Germany |
| Half middleweight 70 kg details | Toyokazu Nomura Japan | Antoni Zajkowski Poland | Anatoliy Novikov Soviet Union |
| Middleweight 80 kg details | Shinobu Sekine Japan | Oh Seung-lip South Korea | Jean-Paul Coche France |
| Middleweight 80 kg details | Shinobu Sekine Japan | Oh Seung-lip South Korea | Brian Jacks Great Britain |
| Half-heavyweight 93 kg details | Shota Chochishvili Soviet Union | David Starbrook Great Britain | Paul Barth West Germany |
| Half-heavyweight 93 kg details | Shota Chochishvili Soviet Union | David Starbrook Great Britain | Chiaki Ishii Brazil |
| Heavyweight +93 kg details | Wim Ruska Netherlands | Klaus Glahn West Germany | Motoki Nishimura Japan |
| Heavyweight +93 kg details | Wim Ruska Netherlands | Klaus Glahn West Germany | Givi Onashvili Soviet Union |
| Open category details | Wim Ruska Netherlands | Vitali Kuznetsov Soviet Union | Jean-Claude Brondani France |
| Open category details | Wim Ruska Netherlands | Vitali Kuznetsov Soviet Union | Angelo Parisi Great Britain |

## Modern pentathlon
### Medal table

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

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual details | András Balczó Hungary | Boris Onishchenko Soviet Union | Pavel Lednyov Soviet Union |
| Team details | Soviet Union (URS) Boris Onishchenko Pavel Lednyov Vladimir Shmelyov | Hungary (HUN) András Balczó Zsigmond Villányi Pál Bakó | Finland (FIN) Risto Hurme Veikko Salminen Martti Ketelä |

## Rowing
### Medal table

* Host nation (West Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | West Germany (FRG)* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Single sculls details | Yury Malyshev Soviet Union | Alberto Demiddi Argentina | Wolfgang Güldenpfennig East Germany |
| Double sculls details | Soviet Union Aleksandr Timoshinin Gennadi Korshikov | Norway Frank Hansen Svein Thøgersen | East Germany Joachim Böhmer Uli Schmied |
| Coxless pair details | East Germany Siegfried Brietzke Wolfgang Mager | Switzerland Heinrich Fischer Alfred Bachmann | Netherlands Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis |
| Coxed pair details | East Germany Wolfgang Gunkel Jörg Lucke Klaus-Dieter Neubert | Czechoslovakia Oldřich Svojanovský Pavel Svojanovský Vladimír Petříček | Romania Ștefan Tudor Petre Ceapura Ladislau Lovrenschi |
| Coxless four details | East Germany Frank Forberger Frank Rühle Dieter Grahn Dieter Schubert | New Zealand Dick Tonks Dudley Storey Ross Collinge Noel Mills | West Germany Joachim Ehrig Peter Funnekötter Franz Held Wolfgang Plottke |
| Coxed four details | West Germany Peter Berger Hans-Johann Färber Gerhard Auer Alois Bierl Uwe Benter | East Germany Dietrich Zander Reinhard Gust Eckhard Martens Rolf Jobst Klaus-Dieter Ludwig | Czechoslovakia Otakar Mareček Karel Neffe Vladimír Jánoš František Provazník Vladimír Petříček |
| Eight details | New Zealand Tony Hurt Wybo Veldman Dick Joyce John Hunter Lindsay Wilson Joe Earl Trevor Coker Gary Robertson Simon Dickie | United States Lawrence Terry Franklin Hobbs Pete Raymond Tim Mickelson Gene Clapp Bill Hobbs Cleve Livingston Mike Livingston Paul Hoffman | East Germany Hans-Joachim Borzym Jörg Landvoigt Harold Dimke Manfred Schneider Hartmut Schreiber Manfred Schmorde Bernd Landvoigt Heinrich Mederow Dietmar Schwarz |

## Sailing
### Medal table

* Host nation (West Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | West Germany (FRG)* | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Finn details | Serge Maury France | Ilias Hatzipavlis Greece | Viktor Potapov Soviet Union |
| Flying Dutchman details | Great Britain Rodney Pattisson Christopher Davies | France Yves Pajot Marc Pajot | West Germany Ulli Libor Peter Naumann |
| Tempest details | Soviet Union Valentin Mankin Vitali Dyrdyra | Great Britain Alan Warren David Hunt | United States Glen Foster Peter Dean |
| Star details | Australia David Forbes John Anderson | Sweden Pelle Petterson Stellan Westerdahl | West Germany Wilhelm Kuhweide Karsten Meyer |
| Soling details | United States Harry Melges William Allen William Bentsen | Sweden Stig Wennerström Bo Knape Stefan Krook | Canada David Miller Paul Côté John Ekels |
| Dragon details | Australia John Cuneo Thomas Anderson John Shaw | East Germany Paul Borowski Karl-Heinz Thun Konrad Weichert | United States Donald Cohan Charles Horter John Marshall |

## Shooting
### Medal table

* Host nation (West Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | North Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | West Germany* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | East Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m pistol details | Ragnar Skanåker Sweden | Dan Iuga Romania | Rudolf Dollinger Austria |
| 25 m rapid fire pistol details | Józef Zapędzki Poland | Ladislav Falta Czechoslovakia | Viktor Torshin Soviet Union |
| 50 m running target details | Yakov Zheleznyak Soviet Union | Helmut Bellingrodt Colombia | John Kynoch Great Britain |
| 50 m rifle prone details | Ri Ho-jun North Korea | Vic Auer United States | Nicolae Rotaru Romania |
| 50 m rifle three positions details | John Writer United States | Lanny Bassham United States | Werner Lippoldt East Germany |
| 300 m free rifle three positions details | Lones Wigger United States | Boris Melnik Soviet Union | Lajos Papp Hungary |
| Skeet details | Konrad Wirnhier West Germany | Yevgeni Petrov Soviet Union | Michael Buchheim East Germany |
| Trap details | Angelo Scalzone Italy | Michel Carrega France | Silvano Basagni Italy |

## Swimming
### Medal table

* Host nation (West Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 17 | 14 | 12 | 43 |
| 2 | Australia (AUS) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | West Germany (FRG)* | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | Mark Spitz United States | 51.22 (WR) | Jerry Heidenreich United States | 51.65 | Vladimir Bure Soviet Union | 51.77 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Mark Spitz United States | 1:52.78 (WR) | Steve Genter United States | 1:53.73 | Werner Lampe West Germany | 1:53.99 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Brad Cooper Australia | 4:00.27 (OR) | Steve Genter United States | 4:01.94 | Tom McBreen United States | 4:02.64 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Mike Burton United States | 15:52.58 (WR) | Graham Windeatt Australia | 15:58.48 | Doug Northway United States | 16:09.25 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Roland Matthes East Germany | 56.58 (OR) | Mike Stamm United States | 57.70 | John Murphy United States | 58.35 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Roland Matthes East Germany | 2:02.82 (WR) | Mike Stamm United States | 2:04.09 | Mitch Ivey United States | 2:04.33 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Nobutaka Taguchi Japan | 1:04.94 (WR) | Tom Bruce United States | 1:05.43 | John Hencken United States | 1:05.61 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | John Hencken United States | 2:21.55 (WR) | David Wilkie Great Britain | 2:23.67 | Nobutaka Taguchi Japan | 2:23.88 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Mark Spitz United States | 54.27 (WR) | Bruce Robertson Canada | 55.56 | Jerry Heidenreich United States | 55.74 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Mark Spitz United States | 2:00.70 (WR) | Gary Hall, Sr. United States | 2:02.86 | Robin Backhaus United States | 2:03.23 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Gunnar Larsson Sweden | 2:07.17 (WR) | Tim McKee United States | 2:08.37 | Steve Furniss United States | 2:08.45 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Gunnar Larsson Sweden | 4:31.98 (OR) | Tim McKee United States | 4:31.98 (OR) | András Hargitay Hungary | 4:32.70 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | United States (USA) David Edgar John Murphy Jerry Heidenreich Mark Spitz | 3:26.42 (WR) | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Bure Viktor Mazanov Viktor Aboimov Igor Grivennikov | 3:29.72 | East Germany (GDR) Roland Matthes Wilfried Hartung Peter Bruch Lutz Unger | 3:32.42 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | United States (USA) John Kinsella Fred Tyler Steve Genter Mark Spitz | 7:35.78 (WR) | West Germany (FRG) Klaus Steinbach Werner Lampe Hans Vosseler Hans Fassnacht | 7:41.69 | Soviet Union (URS) Igor Grivennikov Viktor Mazanov Georgi Kulikov Vladimir Bure | 7:45.76 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | United States (USA) Mike Stamm Tom Bruce Mark Spitz Jerry Heidenreich | 3:48.16 (WR) | East Germany (GDR) Roland Matthes Klaus Katzur Hartmut Flöckner Lutz Unger | 3:52.26 | Canada (CAN) Erik Fish William Mahony Bruce Robertson Robert Kasting | 3:53.26 |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Sandy Neilson United States | 58.59 (OR) | Shirley Babashoff United States | 59.02 | Shane Gould Australia | 59.06 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Shane Gould Australia | 2:03.56 (WR) | Shirley Babashoff United States | 2:04.33 | Keena Rothhammer United States | 2:04.92 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Shane Gould Australia | 4:19.04 (WR) | Novella Calligaris Italy | 4:22.44 | Gudrun Wegner East Germany | 4:23.11 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Keena Rothhammer United States | 8:53.68 (WR) | Shane Gould Australia | 8:56.39 | Novella Calligaris Italy | 8:57.46 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Melissa Belote United States | 1:05.78 (OR) | Andrea Gyarmati Hungary | 1:06.26 | Susie Atwood United States | 1:06.34 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Melissa Belote United States | 2:19.19 (WR) | Susie Atwood United States | 2:20.38 | Donna Gurr Canada | 2:23.22 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Cathy Carr United States | 1:13.58 (WR) | Galina Prozumenshchikova Soviet Union | 1:14.99 | Beverley Whitfield Australia | 1:15.73 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Beverley Whitfield Australia | 2:41.05 (OR) | Dana Schoenfield United States | 2:42.05 | Galina Prozumenshchikova Soviet Union | 2:42.36 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Mayumi Aoki Japan | 1:03.34 (WR) | Roswitha Beier East Germany | 1:03.61 | Andrea Gyarmati Hungary | 1:03.73 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Karen Moe United States | 2:15.57 (WR) | Lynn Colella United States | 2:16.34 | Ellie Daniel United States | 2:16.74 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Shane Gould Australia | 2:23.07 (WR) | Kornelia Ender East Germany | 2:23.59 | Lynn Vidali United States | 2:24.06 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Gail Neall Australia | 5:02.97 (WR) | Leslie Cliff Canada | 5:03.57 | Novella Calligaris Italy | 5:03.99 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | United States (USA) Shirley Babashoff Jane Barkman Jenny Kemp Sandy Neilson | 3:55.19 (WR) | East Germany (GDR) Andrea Eife Kornelia Ender Elke Sehmisch Gabriele Wetzko | 3:55.55 | West Germany (FRG) Gudrun Beckmann Heidemarie Reineck Angela Steinbach Jutta Weber | 3:57.93 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | United States (USA) Melissa Belote Cathy Carr Deena Deardurff Sandy Neilson | 4:20.75 (WR) | East Germany (GDR) Christine Herbst Renate Vogel Roswitha Beier Kornelia Ender | 4:24.91 | West Germany (FRG) Gudrun Beckmann Vreni Eberle Silke Pielen Heidemarie Reineck | 4:26.46 |

## Volleyball
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | North Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's details | Japan (JPN) Masayuki Minami Katsutoshi Nekoda Yūzo Nakamura Tetsuo Nishimoto Kenji Kimura Yoshihide Fukao Yasuhiro Noguchi Jungo Morita Tadayoshi Yokota Seiji Oko Tetsuo Satō Kenji Shimaoka | East Germany (GDR) Horst Peter Horst Hagen Siegfried Schneider Wolfgang Löwe Rainer Tscharke Eckehard Pietzsch Arnold Schulz Wolfgang Maibohm Wolfgang Weise Jürgen Maune Rudi Schumann Wolfgang Webner | Soviet Union (URS) Yuriy Poyarkov Valeri Kravchenko Yefim Chulak Yevhen Lapinsky Vladimir Putyatov Viktor Borshch Vladimir Patkin Leonid Zayko Aleksandr Saprykin Yuri Starunsky Vyacheslav Domani Vladimir Kondra |
| Women's details | Soviet Union (URS) Lyudmila Buldakova Lyubov Tyurina Vera Galushka-Duyunova Lyudmila Borozna Tatyana Sarycheva Nina Smoleyeva Tatyana Ponyayeva-Tretyakova Rosa Salikhova Inna Ryskal Nataliya Kudreva Galina Leontyeva Tatyana Gonobobleva | Japan (JPN) Katsumi Matsumura Noriko Yamashita Toyoko Iwahara Takako Iida Sumie Oinuma Makiko Furukawa Keiko Hama Seiko Shimakage Yaeko Yamazaki Michiko Shiokawa Mariko Okamoto Takako Shirai | North Korea (PRK) Ryom Chun-ja Kim Su-dae Ri Chun-ok Paek Myong-suk Jong Ok-jin Kim Myong-suk Jang Ok-rim Kim Yeun-ja Kim Zung-bok Kang Ok-sun Hwang He-Suk |

## Water polo
### Medal table

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

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's | Soviet Union (URS) Anatoli Akimov Aleksei Barkalov Vadim Gulyaev Aleksandr Dolgushin Aleksandr Dreval Vladimir Shmudski Aleksandr Kabanov Leonid Osipov Viacheslav Sobtschenko Nikolai Melnikov Aleksandr Schidlovski | Hungary (HUN) András Bodnár Tibor Cservenyák István Görgényi Tamás Faragó Zoltán Kásás Ferenc Konrád István Magas Dénes Pócsik László Sárosi Endre Molnár István Szívós, Jr. | United States (USA) Peter Asch Steven Barnett Bruce Bradley Stanley Cole James Ferguson Eric Lindroth John Parker Gary Sheerer James Slatton Russell Webb Barry Weitzenberg |

## Weightlifting
### Medal table

* Host nation (West Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | West Germany (FRG)* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 52 kg details | Zygmunt Smalcerz Poland | Lajos Szűcs Hungary | Sándor Holczreiter Hungary |
| 56 kg details | Imre Földi Hungary | Mohammad Nassiri Iran | Gennadi Chetin Soviet Union |
| 60 kg details | Norair Nurikyan Bulgaria | Dito Shanidze Soviet Union | János Benedek Hungary |
| 67.5 kg details | Mukharby Kirzhinov Soviet Union | Mladen Kutchev Bulgaria | Zbigniew Kaczmarek Poland |
| 75 kg details | Yordan Bikov Bulgaria | Mohamed Traboulsi Lebanon | Anselmo Silvino Italy |
| 82.5 kg details | Leif Jenssen Norway | Norbert Ozimek Poland | György Horváth Hungary |
| 90 kg details | Andon Nikolov Bulgaria | Atanas Shopov Bulgaria | Hans Bettembourg Sweden |
| 110 kg details | Jaan Talts Soviet Union | Aleksandr Kraichev Bulgaria | Stefan Grützner East Germany |
| +110 kg details | Vasiliy Alekseyev Soviet Union | Rudolf Mang West Germany | Gerd Bonk East Germany |

## Wrestling
### Medal table

* Host nation (West Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | West Germany (FRG)* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |

### Freestyle

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Roman Dmitriyev Soviet Union | Ognyan Nikolov Bulgaria | Ebrahim Javadi Iran |
| 52 kg details | Kiyomi Kato Japan | Arsen Alakhverdiyev Soviet Union | Kim Gwong-Hyong North Korea |
| 57 kg details | Hideaki Yanagida Japan | Richard Sanders United States | László Klinga Hungary |
| 62 kg details | Zagalav Abdulbekov Soviet Union | Vehbi Akdağ Turkey | Ivan Krastev Bulgaria |
| 68 kg details | Dan Gable United States | Kikuo Wada Japan | Ruslan Ashuraliyev Soviet Union |
| 74 kg details | Wayne Wells United States | Jan Karlsson Sweden | Adolf Seger West Germany |
| 82 kg details | Levan Tediashvili Soviet Union | John Peterson United States | Vasile Iorga Romania |
| 90 kg details | Ben Peterson United States | Gennadi Strakhov Soviet Union | Károly Bajkó Hungary |
| 100 kg details | Ivan Yarygin Soviet Union | Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh Mongolia | József Csatári Hungary |
| +100 kg details | Aleksandr Medved Soviet Union | Osman Duraliev Bulgaria | Chris Taylor United States |

### Greco-Roman

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Gheorghe Berceanu Romania | Rahim Aliabadi Iran | Stefan Angelov Bulgaria |
| 52 kg details | Petar Kirov Bulgaria | Koichiro Hirayama Japan | Giuseppe Bognanni Italy |
| 57 kg details | Rustam Kazakov Soviet Union | Hans-Jürgen Veil West Germany | Risto Björlin Finland |
| 62 kg details | Georgi Markov Bulgaria | Heinz-Helmut Wehling East Germany | Kazimierz Lipień Poland |
| 68 kg details | Shamil Khisamutdinov Soviet Union | Stoyan Apostolov Bulgaria | Gian Matteo Ranzi Italy |
| 74 kg details | Vítězslav Mácha Czechoslovakia | Petros Galaktopoulos Greece | Jan Karlsson Sweden |
| 82 kg details | Csaba Hegedűs Hungary | Anatoly Nazarenko Soviet Union | Milan Nenadić Yugoslavia |
| 90 kg details | Valery Rezantsev Soviet Union | Josip Čorak Yugoslavia | Czesław Kwieciński Poland |
| 100 kg details | Nicolae Martinescu Romania | Nikolay Yakovenko Soviet Union | Ferenc Kiss Hungary |
| +100 kg details | Anatoly Roshchin Soviet Union | Aleksandar Tomov Bulgaria | Victor Dolipschi Romania |