| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union (URS)* |
80 | 69 | 46 | 195 |
| 2 |  East Germany (GDR) |
47 | 37 | 42 | 126 |
| 3 |  Bulgaria (BUL) |
8 | 16 | 17 | 41 |
| 4 |  Cuba (CUB) |
8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 |  Italy (ITA) |
8 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 |  Hungary (HUN) |
7 | 10 | 15 | 32 |
| 7 |  Romania (ROU) |
6 | 6 | 13 | 25 |
| 8 | France (FRA) |
6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Great Britain (GBR) |
5 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 10 |  Poland (POL) |
3 | 14 | 15 | 32 |
| 11 |  Sweden (SWE) |
3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 12 |  Finland (FIN) |
3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
2 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 14 |  Yugoslavia (YUG) |
2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 15 | Australia (AUS) |
2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 16 | Denmark (DEN) |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 |  Brazil (BRA) |
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
 Ethiopia (ETH) |
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 19 | Switzerland (SUI) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 |  Spain (ESP) |
1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 21 |  Austria (AUT) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 |  Greece (GRE) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | Belgium (BEL) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 India (IND) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Zimbabwe (ZIM) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 |  North Korea (PRK) |
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 27 |  Mongolia (MGL) |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 28 |  Tanzania (TAN) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 |  Mexico (MEX) |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 30 | Netherlands (NED) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 31 | Ireland (IRL) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 32 |  Uganda (UGA) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Venezuela (VEN) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 34 |  Jamaica (JAM) |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 35 |  Guyana (GUY) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Lebanon (LIB) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
