| WINNER | METHOD | OPPONENT |
|---|---|---|
| Final | ||
| Stoyan Apostolov BUL | DEC | Manfred Schöndorfer FRG |
| Shamil Khisamutdinov | ||
| 1 |
| 14 | West Germany | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Italy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DEC |
| Gian Matteo Ranzi ITA |
| Dan Gable USA | DEC | Ruslan Ashuraliyev URS |
| Kikuo Wada JPN | DEC | Ruslan Ashuraliyev URS |
| Round 5 | ||
| Gian Matteo Ranzi ITA | DEC | Takashi Tanoue JPN |
| Manfred Schöndorfer FRG | BYE | — |
| Shamil Khisamutdinov URS | DEC | Stoyan Apostolov BUL |
| Ali Şahin TUR | DEC | Ruslan Ashuraliyev URS |
| Kikuo Wada JPN | BYE | — |
| Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj MGL | DEC | Udo Schröder GDR |
| Dan Gable USA | PIN | Włodzimierz Cieślak POL |
| Round 4 | ||
| Antal Steer HUN | DEC | Manfred Schöndorfer FRG |
| Gian Matteo Ranzi ITA | DEC | Seyyit Hışırlı TUR |
| Włodzimierz Cieślak POL | DRAW | Stefanos Ioannidis GRE |
| Dan Gable USA | DEC | Kikuo Wada JPN |
| Takashi Tanoue JPN | PIN | Sreten Damjanović YUG |
| Stoyan Apostolov BUL | PIN | Tage Juhl Weirum DEN |
| Shamil Khisamutdinov URS | PIN | Andrzej Supron POL |
| Ruslan Ashuraliyev URS | PIN | Petre Poalelungi ROU |
| Udo Schröder GDR | PIN | Georges Carbasse FRA |
| Ali Şahin TUR | PIN | Ismail Yuseinov BUL |
| Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj MGL | PIN | József Rusznyák HUN |
| Round 3 | ||
| Shamil Khisamutdinov URS | DEC | Seyyit Hışırlı TUR |
| Antal Steer HUN | DEC | Takashi Tanoue JPN |
| Tage Juhl Weirum DEN | BYE | — |
| Kikuo Wada JPN | DEC | Klaus Rost FRG |
| Petre Poalelungi ROU | DEC | Udo Schröder GDR |
| Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj MGL | DEC | Ali Şahin TUR |
| Sreten Damjanović YUG | PIN | Mohamed Bahamou MAR |
| Ruslan Ashuraliyev URS | PIN | Josef Engel TCH |
| Dan Gable USA | PIN | Stefanos Ioannidis GRE |
| Georges Carbasse FRA | PIN | Ronald Ouellet CAN |
| József Rusznyák HUN | PIN | Eliezer Halfin ISR |
| Włodzimierz Cieślak POL | PIN | Joe Gilligan GBR |
| Andrzej Supron POL | PIN | Mohammad Dalirian IRI |
| Stoyan Apostolov BUL | PIN | Klaus-Peter Göpfert GDR |
| Manfred Schöndorfer FRG | PIN | Djan-Aka Djan AFG |
| Gian Matteo Ranzi ITA | PIN | Heinz Rhyn SUI |
| Ismail Yuseinov BUL | PIN | Eduardo Quintero CUB |
| Round 2 | ||
| Sreten Damjanović YUG | DEC | Antal Steer HUN |
| Gian Matteo Ranzi ITA | DEC | Josef Brötzner AUT |
| Joe Gilligan GBR | DEC | André Chardonnens SUI |
| Eliezer Halfin ISR | DEC | Jagrup Singh IND |
| Dan Gable USA | DEC | Klaus Rost FRG |
| Ruslan Ashuraliyev URS | DEC | Segundo Olmedo PAN |
| Ronald Ouellet CAN | DEC | Safer Sali YUG |
| Stefanos Ioannidis GRE | DEC | Udo Schröder GDR |
| Ali Şahin TUR | DEC | József Rusznyák HUN |
| Ismail Yuseinov BUL | DEC | Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj MGL |
| Kikuo Wada JPN | DEC | Włodzimierz Cieślak POL |
| Andrzej Supron POL | PIN | Sotirios Nakos GRE |
| Klaus-Peter Göpfert GDR | DQ (BOTH PASSIVITY) | Veikko Lavonen FIN |
| Takashi Tanoue JPN | PIN | Heinz Rhyn SUI |
| Mohamed Bahamou MAR | PIN | Ole Sorensen CAN |
| Shamil Khisamutdinov URS | PIN | Simion Popescu ROU |
| Manfred Schöndorfer FRG | PIN | Tage Juhl Weirum DEN |
| Josef Engel TCH | PIN | Eduardo Quintero CUB |
| Petre Poalelungi ROU | PIN | Gabriel Ruz MEX |
| Djan-Aka Djan AFG | PIN | Alberto Bremauntz MEX |
| Seyyit Hışırlı TUR | PIN | Bob Buzzard USA |
| Stoyan Apostolov BUL | PIN | Mohammad Dalirian IRI |
| Georges Carbasse FRA | PIN | Arona Mané SEN |
| Round 1 | ||
| Klaus-Peter Göpfert GDR | BYE | — |
| Tage Juhl Weirum DEN | DEC | Djan-Aka Djan AFG |
| Mohammad Dalirian IRI | DEC | Sotirios Nakos GRE |
| Sreten Damjanović YUG | DRAW | Manfred Schöndorfer FRG |
| Stoyan Apostolov BUL | DEC | Veikko Lavonen FIN |
| Petre Poalelungi ROU | DEC | Josef Engel TCH |
| Eduardo Quintero CUB | DEC | Gabriel Ruz MEX |
| Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj MGL | DEC | Jagrup Singh IND |
| Ali Şahin TUR | DEC | Eliezer Halfin ISR |
| Abdullah Movahed IRI | DEC | Segundo Olmedo PAN |
| Ruslan Ashuraliyev URS | DEC | Ismail Yuseinov BUL |
| József Rusznyák HUN | BYE | — |
| Włodzimierz Cieślak POL | DEC | André Chardonnens SUI |
| Seyyit Hışırlı TUR | PIN | Josef Brötzner AUT |
| Andrzej Supron POL | DQ (BOTH) | Simion Popescu ROU |
| Heinz Rhyn SUI | PIN | Ole Sorensen CAN |
| Antal Steer HUN | PIN | Alberto Bremauntz MEX |
| Dan Gable USA | PIN | Safer Sali YUG |
| Klaus Rost FRG | PIN | Ronald Ouellet CAN |
| Kikuo Wada JPN | PIN | Joe Gilligan GBR |
| Udo Schröder GDR | PIN | Arona Mané SEN |
| Stefanos Ioannidis GRE | PIN | Georges Carbasse FRA |
| Takashi Tanoue JPN | PIN | Mohamed Bahamou MAR |
| Shamil Khisamutdinov URS | PIN | Mohamed Gaber EGY |
| Gian Matteo Ranzi ITA | PIN | Bob Buzzard USA |