- General information
- Romania, Bucharest, July 1 – July 10,
- Number of participating countries: 10
- Number of competing students: 40
- Awards
- Gold medals: 0
- Silver medals: 0
- Bronze medals: 0
- Honorable mentions: 8
- Participants: 19
- Qualified: 0
| Contestant | Original script | Country | Rank | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Sokolov | Виктор Соколов | Soviet Union | 1 | 1st Prize |
| Angela Corpade | Angela Corpade | Romania | 2 | 1st Prize |
| Sergej Panov | Сергей Панов | Soviet Union | 3 | 1st Prize |
| Gheorghe Maria | Gheorghe Maria | Romania | 4 | 1st Prize |
| Igor Kučera | Igor Kučera | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 2nd Prize |
| Sergej Krasakov | Сергей Крашаков | Soviet Union | 6 | 2nd Prize |
| Csaba Lendvay | Lendvay Csaba | Hungary | 7 | 3rd Prize |
| Thomas König | Thomas König | German Democratic Republic | 8 | 3rd Prize |
| Victor David | Victor David | Romania | 9 | 3rd Prize |
| Paweł Pawłowicz | Paweł Pawłowicz | Poland | 10 | 3rd Prize |
| Halina Pietras | Halina Pietras | Poland | 10 | 3rd Prize |
| Doina Dinci | Doina Dinci | Romania | 10 | 3rd Prize |
| Stefan Rohr | Stefan Rohr | German Democratic Republic | 10 | 3rd Prize |
| Włodzimierz Kuśmierczuk | Włodzimierz Kuśmierczuk | Poland | 14 |  Honorable mention |
| Jozef Noga | Jozef Noga | Czechoslovakia | 15 | Honorable mention |
| Attila Demeter | Demeter Attila | Hungary | 16 | Honorable mention |
| Tatiana Suhomlin | Татьяна Сухомлин | Soviet Union | 17 | Honorable mention |
| György Bánhegyi | Bánhegyi György | Hungary | 18 | Honorable mention |
| Tamás Korányi | Korányi Tamás | Hungary | 18 | Honorable mention |
| Stefan Boiadjiev | Стефан Бояджиев | Bulgaria | 18 | Honorable mention |
| Tomas Vondrak | Tomas Vondrak | Czechoslovakia | 21 | Honorable mention |
| Jan Ondracek | Jan Ondracek | Czechoslovakia | Participant | |
| Marek Kosmulski | Marek Kosmulski | Poland | Participant | |
| Carsten Taschierske | Carsten Taschierske | German Democratic Republic | Participant | |
| Michael Köhler | Michael Köhler | German Democratic Republic | Participant | |
| Branislava Veljković | Branislava Veljković; Бранислава Вељковић | Yugoslavia | Participant | |
| Miodrag Lazić | Miodrag Lazić; Миодраг Лазић | Yugoslavia | Participant | |
| Margarita Todorova | Маргарита Тодорова | Bulgaria | Participant | |
| Dragan Marincić | Dragan Marincić; Драган Маринчић | Yugoslavia | Participant | |
| Veselin Petrov | Веселин Петров | Bulgaria | Participant | |
| Michael Welsh | Michael Welsh | Sweden | Participant | |
| Cecilia Fagerberg | Cecilia Fagerberg | Sweden | Participant | |
| Elena Mileva | Елена Милева | Bulgaria | Participant | |
| Mats Rudling | Mats Rudling | Sweden | Participant | |
| Per Erdegren | Per Erdegren | Sweden | Participant | |
| Ljubodrag Atanasković | Ljubodrag Atanasković; Љубодраг Атанасковић | Yugoslavia | Participant | |
| Friedhelm Adam | Friedhelm Adam | Germany, Federal Republic of | Participant | |
| Olaf Brönsen | Olaf Brönsen | Germany, Federal Republic of | Participant | |
| Peter Koschar | Peter Koscher | Germany, Federal Republic of | Participant | |
| Alexander Kud | Alexander Kud | Germany, Federal Republic of | Participant |