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! Medalje
! Land
! Bokser
|- align=”left” valign="top" bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
! Guld 
| {{flag|Jugoslavien}}
| align="left" | [[Mate Parlov]]
|- align=”left” valign="top" bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
! Sølv
| {{flag|Cuba}}
| align="left" | [[Gilberte Carillo]]
|- align=”left” valign="top" bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
! Bronze 
| {{flag|Polen}}
| align="left" | [[Janusz Gortat]]
|- align=”left” valign="top" bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
! Bronze
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| align="left" | [[Isaak Ikhouria]]
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=== Første runde ===
* [[Isaac Ikhouria]] (NGR) def. [[Anton Schaer]] (SUI), 3:2
 
* [[Valdemar Paulino Oliveira]] (BRA) def. [[Nghivav Mehtab Singh]] (IND), 5:0
 
* [[Nikolay Anfimov]] (URS) def. [[Georgi Stankov]] (BUL), 5:0
 
* [[Mahmoud Ahmed Ali]] (EGY) def. [[Gombo Zorig]] (MGL), 5:0
 
* [[Janusz Gortat]] (POL) def. [[Jaroslav Kral]] (TCH), 5:0
 
* [[Raymond Russell (boxer)|Raymond Russell]] (USA) def. [[Stephen Thega]] (KEN), TKO-2
* [[Rudi Hornig]] (FRG) def. [[Henri Moreau]] (FRA), 5:0
* [[Guglielmo Spinello]] (ITA) def. [[Samson Laizer]] (TNZ), KO-2
* [[Marin Culineac]] (ROU) def. [[Dinsdale Wright]] (JAM), 5:0
* [[Miguel Angel Cuello]] (ARG) def. [[Ottomar Sachse]] (GDR), 4:
* [[Mate Parlov]] (YUG) def. [[Noureddine Aman Hasan]] (CHA), TKO-2
* [[Imre Tóth (boxer)|Imre Tóth]] (HUN) def. [[Matthias Ouma]] (UGA), 3:2
Sport Kultur