- General information
- Soviet Union, Leningrad, July 2 – July 11,
- Number of participating countries: 11
- Number of competing students: 44
- Awards
- Gold medals: 6
- Silver medals: 10
- Bronze medals: 15
- Honorable mentions: 0
- Participants: 13
- Qualified: 0
| Contestant | Original script | Country | Rank | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfgang Schwabl | Wolfgang Schwabl | Austria | 1 |  Gold medal |
| Wiesław Kaźmierski | Wiesław Kaźmierski | Poland | 2 | Gold medal |
| Jerzy Kosiński | Jerzy Kosiński | Poland | 3 | Gold medal |
| Torbjörn Tambour | Torbjörn Tambour | Sweden | 4 | Gold medal |
| Valerij Grinin | Валерий Гринин | Soviet Union | 5 | Gold medal |
| Ryszard Kantor | Ryszard Kantor | Czechoslovakia | 5 | Gold medal |
| Jacek Wojtkiewicz | Jacek Wojtkiewicz | Poland | 7 |  Silver medal |
| Igor Stirkov | Штырков Игорь | Soviet Union | 8 | Silver medal |
| Annemarie Schmoltner | Annemarie Schmoltner | Austria | 9 | Silver medal |
| Adriana Ionescu | Adriana Ionescu | Romania | 10 | Silver medal |
| János Varga | Varga János | Hungary | 11 | Silver medal |
| Alexander Lichy | Alexander Lichy | Czechoslovakia | 11 | Silver medal |
| Jurij Kholin | Юрий Холин | Soviet Union | 13 | Silver medal |
| Matthias Niemeyer | Matthias Niemeyer | Germany, Federal Republic of | 13 | Silver medal |
| Gavrila Lucian | Gavrila Lucian | Romania | 15 | Silver medal |
| Liviu Burzan | Liviu Burzan | Romania | 16 | Silver medal |
| Christian Foidl | Christian Foidl | Austria | 17 |  Bronze medal |
| Ivan Krakovsky | Ivan Krakovsky | Czechoslovakia | 18 | Bronze medal |
| Bernd Lamatsch | Bernd Lamatsch | Germany, Federal Republic of | 19 | Bronze medal |
| Antti Karlalainen | Antti Karlalainen | Finland | 20 | Bronze medal |
| Dorin Toader | Dorin Toader | Romania | 21 | Bronze medal |
| Reinhard Henschel | Reinhard Henschel | German Democratic Republic | 22 | Bronze medal |
| Igor Baskin | Басков Игорь | Soviet Union | 23 | Bronze medal |
| Csaba Koncz | Koncz Csaba | Hungary | 24 | Bronze medal |
| Michal Pawlak | Michal Pawlak | Poland | 25 | Bronze medal |
| Zsolt Böcskei | Böcskei Zsolt | Hungary | 26 | Bronze medal |
| Magnus Larson | Magnus Larson | Sweden | 27 | Bronze medal |
| Markku Salkola | Markku Salkola | Finland | 28 | Bronze medal |
| Mikael Landgren | Mikael Landgren | Sweden | 29 | Bronze medal |
| Hermann Tenor | Hermann Tenor | German Democratic Republic | 30 | Bronze medal |
| Luchezar Hristov | Лучезар Христов | Bulgaria | 31 | Bronze medal |
| Teodor Gurkov | Тодор Гурков | Bulgaria | Participant | |
| Georgi Saraivanov | Георги Симеонов Сараиванов | Bulgaria | Participant | |
| Anders Westerlid | Anders Westerlid | Sweden | Participant | |
| Noémi Nagy | Nagy Noémi | Hungary | Participant | |
| Roman Kisilka | Roman Kisilka | Czechoslovakia | Participant | |
| Vladimir Kafedzhijski | Владимир Кафеджийски | Bulgaria | Participant | |
| Holger Gleiske | Holger Gleiske | German Democratic Republic | Participant | |
| Christian Griesinger | Christian Griesinger | Germany, Federal Republic of | Participant | |
| Werner Staringer | Werner Staringer | Austria | Participant | |
| Siegfried Labeit | Siegfried Labeit | Germany, Federal Republic of | Participant | |
| Lauri Tunkeli | Lauri Tunkeli | Finland | Participant | |
| Arto Raassinna | Arto Raassinna | Finland | Participant | |
| Georg Franke | Georg Franke | German Democratic Republic | Participant |