| men | Gold | Silver | Bronze | | -48 kg | URS}} Andrey Khodyrev (URS)RUS | MGL}} Dunkhüügiin Tegshee (MGL) | JPN}} Nishi (JPN) |
| -52 kg | URS}} Mukhamed Khallyyev (URS)KGZ | MGL}} Birti (MGL) | BUL|1971}} Georgi Yusev (BUL) |
| -57 kg | URS}} Viktor Astakhov (URS)RUS | BUL|1971}} S. Saladinov (BUL) | VEN}} Ochoa (VEN) |
| -62 kg | URS}} Garnik Ovanesyan (URS)ARM | MGL}} Galdangiin Jamsran (MGL) | JPN}} Ituya (JPN) |
| -68 kg | URS}} Mykhaylo Levitsky (URS)UKR | MGL}} Tsendiin Damdin (MGL) | ESP}} José Campo (ESP) |
| -74 kg | MGL}} Ravdangiin Davaadalay (MGL) | URS}} Nikolay Baranov (URS)RUS | JPN}} Yamada (JPN) |
| -82 kg | ESP}} José Antonio Cecchini (ESP) | URS}} Magomed Ramazanov (URS)BLR | MGL}} Zunduyn Delgerdalay (MGL) |
| -90 kg | MGL}} Dambajavyn Tsend-Ayuush (MGL) | URS}} Aleksandr Pushnitsa (URS)RUS | JPN}} Sakamoto (JPN) |
| -100 kg | URS}} Gennady Malenkin (URS)RUS | ESP}} Santiago Morales (ESP) | NED}} Henk Numan (NED) |
| +100 kg | URS}} Vladimir Sobodyrev (URS)UZB | NED}} Chris Dolman (NED) | JPN}} Yakokura (JPN) |