| men | Gold | Silver | Bronze | | -48 kg | URS}} Andrey Khodyrev (URS)RUS | MGL}} D. Delgerbayar (MGL) | BUL|1971}} Dimitar Dimitrov (BUL) |
| -52 kg | URS}} Babamurat Fayziyev (URS)UZB | FRA}} D. Suarez (FRA) | MAR}} M. Kumori (MAR) |
| -57 kg | URS}} Anton Novikov (URS)RUS | BUL|1971}} Georgi Yusev (BUL) | MGL}} B. Terbij (MGL) |
| -62 kg | URS}} Aleksandr Aksenov (URS)RUS | JPN}} A. Kuboi (JPN) | MGL}} S. Ganbaatar (MGL) |
| -68 kg | MGL}} Galdangiin Jamsran (MGL) | URS}} Vladimir Yaprintsev (URS)BLR | BUL|1971}} Ivan Netov (BUL) |
| -74 kg | BUL|1971}} Vasil Sokolov (BUL) | FRA}} B. Bear (FRA) | URS}} Erkin Khalikov (URS)UZB |
| -82 kg | URS}} Jemal Mchedlishvili (URS)GEO | ESP}} Jon Idarreta (ESP) | BUL|1971}} A. Zhelyazkov (BUL) |
| -90 kg | MGL}} Zunduyn Delgerdalay (MGL) | URS}} Khamid Khapay (URS)RUS | BUL|1971}} I. Yorgov (BUL) |
| -100 kg | URS}} Vladimir Gurin (URS)RUS | MGL}} Badmaanyambuugiin Bat-Erdene (MGL) | BUL|1971}} S. Stoyanov (BUL) |
| +100 kg | URS}} Vladimir Shkalov (URS)RUS | BUL|1971}} Mincho Petkov (BUL) | USA}} M. Tatum (USA) |