# List of 1956 Summer Olympics medal winners

The 1956 Summer Olympics were held in Melbourne, Australia, from 22 November to 18 December 1956.

## Athletics
### Medal table

* Host nation (Australia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 16 | 10 | 5 | 31 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Australia* | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | United Team of Germany | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | Hungary | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Iceland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 33 | 34 | 33 | 100 |

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Bobby Morrow United States | 10.5 | Thane Baker United States | 10.5 | Hector Hogan Australia | 10.6 |
| 200 metres details | Bobby Morrow United States | 20.6 (OR) | Andy Stanfield United States | 20.7 | Thane Baker United States | 20.9 |
| 400 metres details | Charles Jenkins United States | 46.7 | Karl-Friedrich Haas United Team of Germany | 46.8 | Voitto Hellsten Finland | 47.0 |
| 400 metres details | Charles Jenkins United States | 46.7 | Karl-Friedrich Haas United Team of Germany | 46.8 | Ardalion Ignatyev Soviet Union | 47.0 |
| 800 metres details | Tom Courtney United States | 1:47.7 (OR) | Derek Johnson Great Britain | 1:47.8 | Audun Boysen Norway | 1:48.1 |
| 1500 metres details | Ron Delany Ireland | 3:41.2 (OR) | Klaus Richtzenhain United Team of Germany | 3:42.0 | John Landy Australia | 3:42.0 |
| 5000 metres details | Vladimir Kuts Soviet Union | 13:39.6 (OR) | Gordon Pirie Great Britain | 13:50.6 | Derek Ibbotson Great Britain | 13:54.4 |
| 10,000 metres details | Vladimir Kuts Soviet Union | 28:45.6 (OR) | József Kovács Hungary | 28:52.4 | Al Lawrence Australia | 28:53.6 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Lee Calhoun United States | 13.5 (OR) | Jack Davis United States | 13.5 (OR) | Joel Shankle United States | 14.1 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Glenn Davis United States | 50.1 (=OR) | Eddie Southern United States | 50.8 | Josh Culbreath United States | 51.6 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Chris Brasher Great Britain | 8:41.2 (OR) | Sándor Rozsnyói Hungary | 8:43.6 | Ernst Larsen Norway | 8:44.0 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States (USA) Ira Murchison Leamon King Thane Baker Bobby Morrow | 39.5 (WR) | Soviet Union (URS) Leonid Bartenyev Boris Tokarev Yuriy Konovalov Vladimir Sukharev | 39.8 | United Team of Germany (EUA) Lothar Knörzer Leonhard Pohl Heinz Fütterer Manfred Germar | 40.3 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States (USA) Lou Jones Jesse Mashburn Charles Jenkins Tom Courtney | 3:04.8 | Australia (AUS) Leon Gregory David Lean Graham Gipson Kevan Gosper | 3:06.2 | Great Britain (GBR) John Salisbury Michael Wheeler Peter Higgins Derek Johnson | 3:07.2 |
| Marathon details | Alain Mimoun France | 2:25:00 | Franjo Mihalić Yugoslavia | 2:26:32 | Veikko Karvonen Finland | 2:27:47 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Leonid Spirin Soviet Union | 1:31:27.4 (OR) | Antanas Mikėnas Soviet Union | 1:32:03.0 | Bruno Junk Soviet Union | 1:32:12.0 |
| 50 kilometres walk details | Norman Read New Zealand | 4:30:42.8 | Yevgeny Maskinskov Soviet Union | 4:32:57.0 | John Ljunggren Sweden | 4:35:02.0 |
| High jump details | Charles Dumas United States | 2.12 m (OR) | Chilla Porter Australia | 2.10 m | Igor Kashkarov Soviet Union | 2.08 m |
| Pole vault details | Bob Richards United States | 4.56 m (OR) | Bob Gutowski United States | 4.53 m | Georgios Roubanis Greece | 4.50 m |
| Long jump details | Greg Bell United States | 7.83 m (OR) | John Bennett United States | 7.68 m | Jorma Valkama Finland | 7.48 m |
| Triple jump details | Adhemar Ferreira da Silva Brazil | 16.35 m (OR) | Vilhjálmur Einarsson Iceland | 16.26 m | Vitold Kreyer Soviet Union | 16.02 m |
| Shot put details | Parry O'Brien United States | 18.57 m (OR) | Bill Nieder United States | 18.18 m | Jiří Skobla Czechoslovakia | 17.65 m |
| Discus throw details | Al Oerter United States | 56.36 m (OR) | Fortune Gordien United States | 54.81 m | Des Koch United States | 54.40 m |
| Hammer throw details | Hal Connolly United States | 63.19 m (OR) | Mikhail Krivonosov Soviet Union | 63.03 m | Anatoliy Samotsvetov Soviet Union | 62.56 m |
| Javelin throw details | Egil Danielsen Norway | 85.71 m (WR) | Janusz Sidło Poland | 79.98 m | Viktor Tsybulenko Soviet Union | 79.50 m |
| Decathlon details | Milt Campbell United States | 7937 (OR) | Rafer Johnson United States | 7587 | Vasili Kuznetsov Soviet Union | 7465 |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Betty Cuthbert Australia | 11.5 | Christa Stubnick United Team of Germany | 11.7 | Marlene Mathews Australia | 11.7 |
| 200 metres details | Betty Cuthbert Australia | 23.4 (=OR) | Christa Stubnick United Team of Germany | 23.7 | Marlene Mathews Australia | 23.8 |
| 80 metres hurdles details | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Australia | 10.7 (OR) | Gisela Köhler United Team of Germany | 10.9 | Norma Thrower Australia | 11.0 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Australia (AUS) Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Norma Croker Fleur Mellor Betty Cuthbert | 44.5 (WR) | Great Britain (GBR) Anne Pashley Jean Scrivens June Paul Heather Armitage | 44.7 | United States (USA) Mae Faggs Margaret Matthews Wilma Rudolph Isabelle Daniels | 44.9 |
| High jump details | Mildred McDaniel United States | 1.76 m (WR) | Thelma Hopkins Great Britain Mariya Pisareva Soviet Union | 1.67 m | none awarded (as there was a tie for silver) | |
| Long jump details | Elżbieta Krzesińska Poland | 6.35 m (=WR) | Willye White United States | 6.09 m | Nadezhda Dvalishvili Soviet Union | 6.07 m |
| Shot put details | Tamara Tyshkevich Soviet Union | 16.59 m (OR) | Galina Zybina Soviet Union | 16.53 m | Marianne Werner United Team of Germany | 15.61 m |
| Discus throw details | Olga Fikotová Czechoslovakia | 53.69 m (OR) | Irina Beglyakova Soviet Union | 52.54 m | Nina Ponomaryova Soviet Union | 52.02 m |
| Javelin throw details | Inese Jaunzeme Soviet Union | 53.86 m (OR) | Marlene Ahrens Chile | 50.38 m | Nadezhda Konyayeva Soviet Union | 50.28 m |

## Basketball
### Medal table

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

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's | United States (USA) Carl Cain Bill Hougland K.C. Jones Bill Russell James Walsh William Evans Burdette Haldorsson Ronald Tomsic Dick Boushka Gilbert Ford Robert Jeangerard Charles Darling | Soviet Union (URS) Valdis Muižnieks Maigonis Valdmanis Vladimir Torban Stasys Stonkus Kazys Petkevičius Arkadi Bochkarev Jānis Krūmiņš Mikhail Semyonov Algirdas Lauritenas Yuri Ozerov Viktor Zubkov Mikhail Studenetsky | Uruguay (URU) Carlos Blixen Ramiro Cortes Héctor Costa Nelson Chelle Nelson Demarco Héctor García Otero Carlos Gonzáles Sergio Matto Oscar Moglia Raúl Mera Ariel Olascoaga Milton Scaron |

## Boxing
### Medal table

* Host nation (Australia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Chile (CHI) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Australia (AUS)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight (−51 kg) details | Terence Spinks Great Britain | Mircea Dobrescu Romania | John Caldwell Ireland |
| Flyweight (−51 kg) details | Terence Spinks Great Britain | Mircea Dobrescu Romania | René Libeer France |
| Bantamweight (−54 kg) details | Wolfgang Behrendt United Team of Germany | Song Soon-Chun South Korea | Claudio Barrientos Chile |
| Bantamweight (−54 kg) details | Wolfgang Behrendt United Team of Germany | Song Soon-Chun South Korea | Frederick Gilroy Ireland |
| Featherweight (−57 kg) details | Vladimir Safronov Soviet Union | Thomas Nicholls Great Britain | Henryk Niedźwiedzki Poland |
| Featherweight (−57 kg) details | Vladimir Safronov Soviet Union | Thomas Nicholls Great Britain | Pentti Hämäläinen Finland |
| Lightweight (−60 kg) details | Richard McTaggart Great Britain | Harry Kurschat United Team of Germany | Anatoly Lagetko Soviet Union |
| Lightweight (−60 kg) details | Richard McTaggart Great Britain | Harry Kurschat United Team of Germany | Anthony Byrne Ireland |
| Light welterweight (−63.5 kg) details | Vladimir Yengibaryan Soviet Union | Franco Nenci Italy | Constantin Dumitrescu Romania |
| Light welterweight (−63.5 kg) details | Vladimir Yengibaryan Soviet Union | Franco Nenci Italy | Henry Loubscher South Africa |
| Welterweight (−67 kg) details | Nicolae Linca Romania | Fred Tiedt Ireland | Kevin Hogarth Australia |
| Welterweight (−67 kg) details | Nicolae Linca Romania | Fred Tiedt Ireland | Nicholas Gargano Great Britain |
| Light middleweight (−71 kg) details | László Papp Hungary | José Torres United States | John McCormack Great Britain |
| Light middleweight (−71 kg) details | László Papp Hungary | José Torres United States | Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Poland |
| Middleweight (−75 kg) details | Gennadi Schatkov Soviet Union | Ramón Tapia Chile | Gilbert Chapron France |
| Middleweight (−75 kg) details | Gennadi Schatkov Soviet Union | Ramón Tapia Chile | Victor Zalazar Argentina |
| Light heavyweight (−81 kg) details | James Boyd United States | Gheorghe Negrea Romania | Carlos Lucas Chile |
| Light heavyweight (−81 kg) details | James Boyd United States | Gheorghe Negrea Romania | Romualdas Murauskas Soviet Union |
| Heavyweight (+81 kg) details | Pete Rademacher United States | Lev Mukhin Soviet Union | Daniel Bekker South Africa |
| Heavyweight (+81 kg) details | Pete Rademacher United States | Lev Mukhin Soviet Union | Giacomo Bozzano Italy |

## Canoeing
### Medal table

* Host nation (Australia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Romania (ROU) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Australia (AUS)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 1000 metres details | Leon Rotman Romania | István Hernek Hungary | Gennady Bukharin Soviet Union |
| C-1 10000 metres details | Leon Rotman Romania | János Parti Hungary | Gennady Bukharin Soviet Union |
| C-2 1000 metres details | Romania Alexe Dumitru Simion Ismailciuc | Soviet Union Pavel Kharin Gratsian Botev | Hungary Károly Wieland Ferenc Mohácsi |
| C-2 10000 metres details | Soviet Union Pavel Kharin Gratsian Botev | France Georges Dransart Marcel Renaud | Hungary Imre Farkas József Hunics |
| K-1 1000 metres details | Gert Fredriksson Sweden | Igor Pissarov Soviet Union | Lajos Kiss Hungary |
| K-1 10000 metres details | Gert Fredriksson Sweden | Ferenc Hatlaczky Hungary | Michel Scheuer United Team of Germany |
| K-2 1000 metres details | United Team of Germany Michel Scheuer Meinrad Miltenberger | Soviet Union Mikhail Kaaleste Anatoli Demitkov | Austria Maximilian Raub Herbert Wiedermann |
| K-2 10000 metres details | Hungary János Urányi László Fábián | United Team of Germany Fritz Briel Theodor Kleine | Australia Dennis Green Walter Brown |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 metres details | Yelizaveta Dementyeva Soviet Union | Therese Zenz United Team of Germany | Tove Søby Denmark |

## Cycling
### Medal table

* Host nation (Australia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Australia* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | United Team of Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

### Road cycling

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual road race details | Ercole Baldini Italy | Arnaud Geyre France | Alan Jackson Great Britain |
| Team road race details | France (FRA) Arnaud Geyre Maurice Moucheraud Michel Vermeulin | Great Britain (GBR) Arthur Brittain William Holmes Alan Jackson | United Team of Germany (EUA) Reinhold Pommer Gustav-Adolf Schur Horst Tüller |

### Track cycling

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Pursuit team details | Italy (ITA) Valentino Gasparella Antonio Domenicali Leandro Faggin Franco Gandini Virginio Pizzali | France (FRA) Michel Vermeulin René Bianchi Jean Graczyk Jean-Claude Lecante | Great Britain (GBR) Tom Simpson Donald Burgess Mike Gambrill John Geddes |
| Sprint details | Michel Rousseau France | Guglielmo Pesenti Italy | Dick Ploog Australia |
| Tandem details | Australia Ian Browne Tony Marchant | Czechoslovakia Ladislav Fouček Václav Machek | Italy Giuseppe Ogna Cesare Pinarello |
| Time trial details | Leandro Faggin Italy | Ladislav Fouček Czechoslovakia | Alfred Swift South Africa |

## Diving
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard details | Bob Clotworthy United States | Donald Harper United States | Joaquín Capilla Mexico |
| 10 m platform details | Joaquín Capilla Mexico | Gary Tobian United States | Richard Connor United States |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard details | Pat McCormick United States | Jeanne Stunyo United States | Irene MacDonald Canada |
| 10 m platform details | Pat McCormick United States | Juno Stover-Irwin United States | Paula Jean Myers-Pope United States |

## Equestrian events
### Medal table

* Host nation (Sweden)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Sweden (SWE)* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
Note: the 1956 equestrian events were held in Stockholm, Sweden, due to Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service regulations, which required a six-month quarantine for horses.

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual dressage details | Henri Saint Cyr and Juli (SWE) | Lis Hartel and Jubilee (DEN) | Liselott Linsenhoff and Adular (EUA) |
| Team dressage details | Sweden (SWE) Henri Saint Cyr and Juli Gehnäll Persson and Knaust Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern Jr. and Krest | United Team of Germany (EUA) Liselott Linsenhoff and Adular Hannelore Weygand and Perkunos Anneliese Küppers and Afrika | Switzerland (SUI) Gottfried Trachsel and Kursus Henri Chammartin and Wöhler Gustav Fischer and Vasello |
| Individual eventing details | Petrus Kastenman and Iluster (SWE) | August Lütke-Westhues and Trux von Kamax (EUA) | Francis Weldon and Kilbarry (GBR) |
| Team eventing details | Great Britain (GBR) Francis Weldon and Kilbarry Arthur Rook and Wild Venture Bertie Hill and Countryman III | United Team of Germany (EUA) August Lütke-Westhues and Trux von Kamax Otto Rothe and Sissi Klaus Wagner and Prinzeß | Canada (CAN) John Rumble and Cilroy Jim Elder and Colleen Brian Herbinson and Tara |
| Individual jumping details | Hans Günter Winkler and Halla (EUA) | Raimondo D'Inzeo and Merano (ITA) | Piero D'Inzeo and Uruguay (ITA) |
| Team jumping details | United Team of Germany (EUA) Hans Günter Winkler and Halla Fritz Thiedemann and Meteor Alfons Lütke-Westhues and Ala | Italy (ITA) Raimondo D'Inzeo and Merano Piero D'Inzeo and Uruguay Salvatore Oppes and Pagoro | Great Britain (GBR) Wilfred White and Nizefela Pat Smythe and Flanagan Peter Robeson and Scorchin |

## Fencing
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual épée details | Carlo Pavesi Italy | Giuseppe Delfino Italy | Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy |
| Team épée details | Italy (ITA) Giuseppe Delfino Franco Bertinetti Alberto Pellegrino Giorgio Anglesio Carlo Pavesi Edoardo Mangiarotti | Hungary (HUN) Bela Rerrich Ambrus Nagy Barnabas Berzsenyi Jozsef Marosi Jozsef Sakovics Lajos Balthazár | France (FRA) Yves Dreyfus Rene Queyroux Daniel Dagallier Claude Nigon Armand Mouyal |
| Individual foil details | Christian d'Oriola France | Giancarlo Bergamini Italy | Antonio Spallino Italy |
| Team foil details | Italy (ITA) Vittorio Lucarelli Luigi Arturo Carpaneda Manlio Di Rosa Giancarlo Bergamini Antonio Spallino Edoardo Mangiarotti | France (FRA) Bernard Baudoux Rene Coicaud Claude Netter Roger Closset Christian d'Oriola Jacques Lataste | Hungary (HUN) Lajos Somodi Jozsef Gyuricza Endre Tilli Jozsef Marosi Mihaly Fülöp Jozsef Sakovics |
| Individual sabre details | Rudolf Kárpáti Hungary | Jerzy Pawłowski Poland | Lev Kuznetsov Soviet Union |
| Team sabre details | Hungary (HUN) Attila Keresztes Aladár Gerevich Rudolf Kárpáti Jenö Hamori Pál Kovács Daniel Magay | Poland (POL) Zygmunt Pawlas Jerzy Pawłowski Wojciech Zabłocki Andrzej Ryszard Piątkowski Marian Zygmunt Kuszewski Ryszard Zub | Soviet Union (URS) Yakov Rylsky David Tyshler Lev Kuznetsov Yevgeni Cherepovsky Leonid Bogdanov |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual foil details | Gillian Sheen Great Britain | Olga Orban Romania | Renée Garilhe France |

## Field hockey
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | United Team of Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's | India (IND) Leslie Claudius Ranganathan Francis Haripal Kaushik Amir Kumar Raghbir Lal Shankar Lakshman O. P. Malhotra Govind Perumal Amit Singh Bakshi Raghbir Singh Bhola Balbir Singh Dosanjh Hardyal Singh Garchey Randhir Singh Gentle Balkishan Singh Grewal Gurdev Singh Kullar Udham Singh Kullar Bakshish Singh Charles Stephen | Pakistan (PAK) Zakir Hussain Munir Ahmed Dar Ghulam Rasool Anwar Ahmed Khan Qazi Massarrat Hussain Noor Alam Abdul Hamid Habibur Rehman Ahmed Naseer Bunda Motiullah Latif-ur Rehman Akhtar Hussain Habib Ali Kiddie Manzoor Hussain Atif | United Team of Germany (EUA) Günther Brennecke Hugo Budinger Werner Delmes Hugo Dollheiser Eberhard Ferstl Alfred Lücker Helmut Nonn Wolfgang Nonn Heinz Radzikowski Werner Rosenbaum Günther Ullerich |

## Football
### Medal table

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

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's | Soviet Union (URS) Lev Yashin Nikolai Tishchenko Mikhail Ogonkov Aleksei Paramonov Anatoli Bashashkin Igor Netto Boris Tatushin Anatoli Isayev Eduard Streltsov Valentin Ivanov Vladimir Ryzhkin Boris Kuznetsov Iosif Betsa Sergei Salnikov Boris Razinsky Anatoli Maslenkin Anatoli Ilyin Nikita Simonyan Yury Belyayev Anatoli Porkhunov | Yugoslavia (YUG) Sava Antić Ibrahim Biogradlić Mladen Koščak Dobroslav Krstić Luka Liposinović Muhamed Mujić Zlatko Papec Petar Radenković Nikola Radović Ivan Santek Dragoslav Šekularac Ljubiša Spajić Todor Veselinović Blagoja Vidinić | Bulgaria (BUL) Stefan Bozhkov Todor Diev Georgi Dimitrov Milcho Goranov Ivan Petkov Kolev Nikola Kovachev Manol Manolov Dimitar Milanov Georgi Naydenov Panayot Panayotov Kiril Rakarov Gavril Stoyanov Krum Yanev Yordan Yosifov Pavel Vladimirov Iliya Kirchev |

## Gymnastics
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 11 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 17 | 16 | 17 | 50 |

### Men’s events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual all-around details | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Takashi Ono Japan | Yuri Titov Soviet Union |
| Team all-around details | Soviet Union (URS) Albert Azaryan Viktor Chukarin Valentin Muratov Boris Shakhlin Pavel Stolbov Yuri Titov | Japan (JPN) Nobuyuki Aihara Akira Kono Masami Kubota Takashi Ono Masao Takemoto Shinsaku Tsukawaki | Finland (FIN) Raimo Heinonen Olavi Laimuvirta Onni Lappalainen Berndt Lindfors Martti Mansikka Kalevi Suoniemi |
| Floor exercise details | Valentin Muratov Soviet Union | Nobuyuki Aihara Japan | none awarded (as there was a tie for silver) |
| Floor exercise details | Valentin Muratov Soviet Union | William Thoresson Sweden | none awarded (as there was a tie for silver) |
| Floor exercise details | Valentin Muratov Soviet Union | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | none awarded (as there was a tie for silver) |
| Horizontal bar details | Takashi Ono Japan | Yuri Titov Soviet Union | Masao Takemoto Japan |
| Parallel bars details | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Masumi Kubota Japan | Takashi Ono Japan |
| Parallel bars details | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Masumi Kubota Japan | Masao Takemoto Japan |
| Pommel horse details | Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union | Takashi Ono Japan | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union |
| Rings details | Albert Azaryan Soviet Union | Valentin Muratov Soviet Union | Masao Takemoto Japan |
| Rings details | Albert Azaryan Soviet Union | Valentin Muratov Soviet Union | Masumi Kubota Japan |
| Vault details | Helmut Bantz United Team of Germany | none awarded (as there was a tie for gold) | Yuri Titov Soviet Union |
| Vault details | Valentin Muratov Soviet Union | none awarded (as there was a tie for gold) | Yuri Titov Soviet Union |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual all-around details | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union | Ágnes Keleti Hungary | Sofia Muratova Soviet Union |
| Team all-around details | Soviet Union (URS) Polina Astakhova Lyudmila Yegorova Lidia Kalinina Larisa Latynina Tamara Manina Sofia Muratova | Hungary (HUN) Andrea Molnár-Bodó Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Ágnes Keleti Alice Kertész Margit Korondi Olga Lemhényi-Tass | Romania (ROU) Georgeta Hurmuzachi Sonia Iovan Elena Leușteanu Elena Mărgărit Elena Săcălici Emilia Vătășoiu |
| Balance beam details | Ágnes Keleti Hungary | Eva Bosáková Czechoslovakia | none awarded (as there was a tie for silver) |
| Balance beam details | Ágnes Keleti Hungary | Tamara Manina Soviet Union | none awarded (as there was a tie for silver) |
| Floor exercise details | Ágnes Keleti Hungary | none awarded (as there was a tie for gold) | Elena Leușteanu Romania |
| Floor exercise details | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union | none awarded (as there was a tie for gold) | Elena Leușteanu Romania |
| Uneven bars details | Ágnes Keleti Hungary | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union | Sofia Muratova Soviet Union |
| Vault details | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union | Tamara Manina Soviet Union | Olga Lemhényi-Tass Hungary |
| Vault details | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union | Tamara Manina Soviet Union | Ann-Sofi Pettersson Sweden |
| Team, portable apparatus details | Hungary (HUN) Andrea Molnár-Bodó Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Ágnes Keleti Alice Kertész Margit Korondi Olga Lemhényi-Tass | Sweden (SWE) Karin Lindberg Ann-Sofi Pettersson Eva Rönström Evy Berggren Doris Hedberg Maud Karlén | Soviet Union (URS) Polina Astakhova Lyudmila Yegorova Lidia Kalinina Larisa Latynina Tamara Manina Sofia Muratova |
| Team, portable apparatus details | Hungary (HUN) Andrea Molnár-Bodó Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Ágnes Keleti Alice Kertész Margit Korondi Olga Lemhényi-Tass | Sweden (SWE) Karin Lindberg Ann-Sofi Pettersson Eva Rönström Evy Berggren Doris Hedberg Maud Karlén | Poland (POL) Helena Rakoczy Natalia Kot-Wala Danuta Stachow Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel Barbara Ślizowska Lidia Szczerbińska |

## Modern pentathlon
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual details | Lars Hall Sweden | Olavi Mannonen Finland | Väinö Korhonen Finland |
| Team details | Soviet Union (URS) Igor Novikov Ivan Deryugin Aleksandr Tarasov | United States (USA) William Andre Jack Daniels George Lambert | Finland (FIN) Olavi Mannonen Väinö Korhonen Berndt Katter |

## Rowing
### Medal table

* Host nation (Australia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Australia (AUS)* | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Single sculls details | Vyacheslav Ivanov Soviet Union | Stuart Mackenzie Australia | John B. Kelly Jr. United States |
| Double sculls details | Soviet Union Aleksandr Berkutov Yuriy Tyukalov | United States Pat Costello Jim Gardiner | Australia Murray Riley Mervyn Wood |
| Coxless pair details | United States James Fifer Duvall Hecht | Soviet Union Igor Buldakov Viktor Ivanov | Austria Josef Kloimstein Alfred Sageder |
| Coxed pair details | United States Arthur Ayrault Conn Findlay Kurt Seiffert | United Team of Germany Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck Horst Arndt Rainer Borkowsky | Soviet Union Ihor Yemchuk Heorhiy Zhylin Vladimir Petrov |
| Coxless four details | Canada Archibald MacKinnon Lorne Loomer Walter D'Hondt Donald Arnold | United States John Welchli John McKinlay Art McKinlay James McIntosh | France René Guissart Yves Delacour Gaston Mercier Guy Guillabert |
| Coxed four details | Italy Alberto Winkler Romano Sgheiz Angelo Vanzin Franco Trincavelli Ivo Stefanoni | Sweden Olle Larsson Gösta Eriksson Ivar Aronsson Evert Gunnarsson Bertil Göransson | Finland Kauko Hänninen Reino Poutanen Veli Lehtelä Toimi Pitkänen Matti Niemi |
| Eight details | United States (USA) Thomas Charlton David Wight John Cooke Donald Beer Caldwell Esselstyn Charles Grimes Rusty Wailes Robert Morey William Becklean | Canada (CAN) Philip Kueber Richard McClure Robert Wilson David Helliwell Wayne Pretty Bill McKerlich Douglas McDonald Lawrence West Carlton Ogawa | Australia (AUS) Michael Aikman David Boykett Fred Benfield Jim Howden Garth Manton Walter Howell Adrian Monger Brian Doyle Harold Hewitt |

## Sailing
### Medal table

* Host nation (Australia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Australia (AUS)* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Finn details | Paul Elvstrøm Denmark | André Nelis Belgium | John Marvin United States |
| Star details | United States Herbert Williams Lawrence Low | Italy Agostino Straulino Nicolò Rode | Bahamas Durward Knowles Sloane Farrington |
| 12 m$^2$ sharpie details | New Zealand Peter Mander Jack Cropp | Australia Rolland Tasker John Scott | Great Britain Jasper Blackall Terence Smith |
| Dragon details | Sweden Folke Bohlin Bengt Palmquist Leif Wikström | Denmark Ole Berntsen Cyril Andresen Christian von Bülow | Great Britain Graham Mann Ronald Backus Jonathan Janson |
| 5.5 metre details | Sweden Lars Thörn Hjalmar Karlsson Sture Stork | Great Britain Robert Perry David Bowker John Dillon Neil Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick | Australia Jock Sturrock Douglas Buxton Devereaux Mytton |

## Shooting
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m pistol details | Pentti Linnosvuo Finland | Makhmud Umarov Soviet Union | Offutt Pinion United States |
| 25 m rapid fire pistol details | Ștefan Petrescu Romania | Yevgeny Cherkasov Soviet Union | Gheorghe Lichiardopol Romania |
| 50 m rifle prone details | Gerald Ouellette Canada | Vasily Borisov Soviet Union | Stuart Boa Canada |
| 50 m rifle three positions details | Anatoli Bogdanov Soviet Union | Otakar Hořínek Czechoslovakia | John Sundberg Sweden |
| 300 m free rifle three positions details | Vasily Borisov Soviet Union | Allan Erdman Soviet Union | Vilho Ylönen Finland |
| 100 m running deer details | Vitali Romanenko Soviet Union | Per Olof Sköldberg Sweden | Vladimir Sevryugin Soviet Union |
| Trap details | Galliano Rossini Italy | Adam Smelczyński Poland | Alessandro Ciceri Italy |

## Swimming
### Medal table

* Host nation (Australia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia (AUS)* | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Jon Henricks Australia | 55.4 (WR) | John Devitt Australia | 55.8 | Gary Chapman Australia | 56.7 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Murray Rose Australia | 4:27.3 (WR) | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Japan | 4:30.4 | George Breen United States | 4:32.5 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Murray Rose Australia | 17:58.9 | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Japan | 18:00.3 | George Breen United States | 18:08.2 |
| 100 m backstroke details | David Theile Australia | 1:02.2 (WR) | John Monckton Australia | 1:03.2 | Frank McKinney United States | 1:04.5 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Masaru Furukawa Japan | 2:34.7 | Masahiro Yoshimura Japan | 2:36.7 | Kharis Yunichev Soviet Union | 2:36.8 |
| 200 m butterfly details | William Yorzyk United States | 2:19.3 | Takashi Ishimoto Japan | 2:23.8 | György Tumpek Hungary | 2:23.9 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | Australia (AUS) Kevin O'Halloran John Devitt Murray Rose Jon Henricks | 8:23.6 (WR) | United States (USA) Dick Hanley George Breen Bill Woolsey Ford Konno | 8:31.5 | Soviet Union (URS) Vitaly Sorokin Vladimir Struzhanov Gennady Nikolayev Boris Nikitin | 8:34.7 |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Dawn Fraser Australia | 1:02.0 (WR) | Lorraine Crapp Australia | 1:02.3 | Faith Leech Australia | 1:05.1 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Lorraine Crapp Australia | 4:54.6 (OR) | Dawn Fraser Australia | 5:02.5 | Sylvia Ruuska United States | 5:07.1 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Judy Grinham Great Britain | 1:12.9 (WR) | Carin Cone United States | 1:12.9 (WR) | Margaret Edwards Great Britain | 1:13.1 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Ursula Happe United Team of Germany | 2:53.1 (OR) | Éva Székely Hungary | 2:54.8 | Eva-Maria Elsen United Team of Germany | 2:55.1 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Shelley Mann United States | 1:11.0 (OR) | Nancy Ramey United States | 1:11.9 | Mary Sears United States | 1:14.4 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | Australia (AUS) Dawn Fraser Faith Leech Sandra Morgan Lorraine Crapp | 4:17.1 (WR) | United States (USA) Sylvia Ruuska Shelley Mann Nancy Simons Joan Rosazza | 4:19.2 | South Africa (RSA) Natalie Myburgh Susan Roberts Moira Abernethy Jeanette Myburgh | 4:25.7 |

## Water polo
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary | 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 | Hungary (HUN) Antal Bolvári Ottó Boros Dezső Gyarmati István Hevesi László Jeney Tivadar Kanizsa György Kárpáti Kálmán Markovits Miklos Martin Mihály Mayer István Szivós Ervin Zádor | Yugoslavia (YUG) Ivo Cipci Tomislav Franjković Vladimir Ivković Zdravko Ježić Hrvoje Kačić Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić Lovro Radonjić Marijan Žužej | Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Ageev Pyotr Breus Boris Goykhman Nodar Gvakhariya Vyacheslav Kurennoy Boris Markarov P'et're Mshveniyeradze Valentin Prokopov Mikhail Ryzhak Yury Shlyapin |

## Weightlifting
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 56 kg details | Charles Vinci United States | Vladimir Stogov Soviet Union | Mahmoud Namjoo Iran |
| 60 kg details | Isaac Berger United States | Yevgeni Minaev Soviet Union | Marian Zieliński Poland |
| 67.5 kg details | Igor Rybak Soviet Union | Ravil Khabutdinov Soviet Union | Kim Chang-Hee South Korea |
| 75 kg details | Fyodor Bogdanovsky Soviet Union | Pete George United States | Ermanno Pignatti Italy |
| 82.5 kg details | Tommy Kono United States | Vasili Stepanov Soviet Union | James George United States |
| 90 kg details | Arkadi Vorobyev Soviet Union | David Sheppard United States | Jean Debuf France |
| +90 kg details | Paul Anderson United States | Humberto Selvetti Argentina | Alberto Pigaiani Italy |

## Wrestling
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Iran (IRI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |

### Freestyle

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight details | Mirian Tsalkalamanidze Soviet Union | M. Ali Khojastehpour Iran | Hüseyin Akbaş Turkey |
| Bantamweight details | Mustafa Dağıstanlı Turkey | Mehdi Yaghoubi Iran | Mikhail Shakhov Soviet Union |
| Featherweight details | Shozo Sasahara Japan | Joseph Mewis Belgium | Erkki Penttilä Finland |
| Lightweight details | Emam-Ali Habibi Iran | Shigeru Kasahara Japan | Alimbeg Bestayev Soviet Union |
| Welterweight details | Mitsuo Ikeda Japan | Ibrahim Zengin Turkey | Vakhtang Balavadze Soviet Union |
| Middleweight details | Nikola Stanchev Bulgaria | Danny Hodge United States | Georgi Skhirtladze Soviet Union |
| Light heavyweight details | Gholamreza Takhti Iran | Boris Kulayev Soviet Union | Peter Blair United States |
| Heavyweight details | Hamit Kaplan Turkey | Hussein Mehmedov Bulgaria | Taisto Kangasniemi Finland |

### Greco-Roman

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight details | Nikolai Solovyov Soviet Union | Ignazio Fabra Italy | Dursun Ali Egribas Turkey |
| Bantamweight details | Konstantin Vyrupayev Soviet Union | Edvin Vesterby Sweden | Francisc Horvat Romania |
| Featherweight details | Rauno Mäkinen Finland | Imre Polyák Hungary | Roman Dzeneladze Soviet Union |
| Lightweight details | Kyösti Lehtonen Finland | Riza Dogan Turkey | Gyula Tóth Hungary |
| Welterweight details | Mithat Bayrak Turkey | Vladimir Maneyev Soviet Union | Per Gunnar Berlin Sweden |
| Middleweight details | Givi Kartozia Soviet Union | Dimitar Dobrev Bulgaria | Rune Jansson Sweden |
| Light Heavyweight details | Valentin Nikolayev Soviet Union | Petko Sirakov Bulgaria | Karl-Erik Nilsson Sweden |
| Heavyweight details | Anatoli Parfenov Soviet Union | Wilfried Dietrich United Team of Germany | Adelmo Bulgarelli Italy |