Men under 56kg | 1. Ivan Udodov | Soviet Union | 315kg | 2. Maurice Megennis | Great Britain | 280kg | 3. Karel Saitl | Czechoslovakia | 272.5kg |
Men under 60kg | 1. Rafael Tchimiskian | Soviet Union | 337.5kg | 2. Nikolai Saksonov | Soviet Union | 332.5kg | 3. Balint Nagy | Hungary | 307.5kg |
Men under 67.5kg | 1. Evgennij Lopatin | Soviet Union | 350kg | 2. Johann Runge | Denmark | 330kg | 3. Ermano Pignatti | Italy | 325kg |
Men under 75kg | 1. Ake Hedberg | Sweden | 357.5kg | 2. Franck Teraskari | Finland | 352.5kg | 3. Andre Dochy | France | 350kg |
Men under 82.5kg | 1. Trofim Lomakin | Soviet Union | 417.5kg | 2. Arkadi Vorobiev | Soviet Union | 407.5kg | 3. Jean Debuf | France | 400kg |
Men under 90kg | 1. Grigorij Novak | Soviet Union | 410kg | 2. Luciano Zardi | Italy | 367.5kg | 3. Kai Outa | Finland | 365kg |
Men over 90kg | 1. Heinz Schattner | West Germany | 422.5kg | 2. Franz Holbl | Austria | 387.5kg | 3. Lage Andersson | Sweden | 380kg |
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| Medals | G | S | B | All | 1. | Soviet Union | 5 | 2 | | 7 | 2. | Sweden | 1 | | 1 | 2 | 3. | West Germany | 1 | | | 1 | 4. | Finland | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4. | Italy | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6. | Austria | | 1 | | 1 | 6. | Denmark | | 1 | | 1 | 6. | Great Britain | | 1 | | 1 | 9. | France | | | 2 | 2 | 10. | Czechoslovakia | | | 1 | 1 | 10. | Hungary | | | 1 | 1 |
Venus: Messuhalli Hall. | 74 athletes from 14 nations. |
| Points Ranking | points | ath | 1. | Soviet Union | 31 | 7 | 2. | Sweden | 6 | 7 | 3. | West Germany | 5 | 5 | 4. | Finland | 4 | 7 | 4. | Italy | 4 | 6 | 6. | Austria | 3 | 4 | 6. | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 6. | Great Britain | 3 | 5 | 9. | France | 2 | 5 | 10. | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 4 | 10. | Hungary | 1 | 2 | -. | Poland | | 4 | -. | Romania | | 4 | -. | Switzerland | | 4 | -. | Norway | | 3 | -. | Belgium | | 2 | -. | Netherlands | | 2 |
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