- General information
- German Democratic Republic, Halle, July 10 – July 19,
- Number of participating countries: 12
- Number of competing students: 46
- Awards
- Gold medals: 0
- Silver medals: 0
- Bronze medals: 0
- Honorable mentions: 13
- Participants: 5
- Qualified: 0
| Contestant | Original script | Country | Rank | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamás Jankó | Jankó Tamás | Hungary | 1 | 1st Prize |
| Tomasz Grzybowski | Tomasz Grzybowski | Poland | 2 | 1st Prize |
| Jens Haupt | Jens Haupt | German Democratic Republic | 3 | 1st Prize |
| Detlef Klimm | Detlef Klimm | German Democratic Republic | 4 | 1st Prize |
| Viktor Karasjov | Виктор Карасёв | Soviet Union | 5 | 1st Prize |
| János Rohonczy | Rohonczy János | Hungary | 6 | 1st Prize |
| Birgit Kruschel | Birgit Kruschel | German Democratic Republic | 7 | 2nd Prize |
| Ryszard Świeboda | Ryszard Świeboda | Poland | 8 | 2nd Prize |
| Leonyid Vavilin | Леонид Вавилин | Soviet Union | 9 | 2nd Prize |
| Mircea Teodorescu | Mircea Teodorescu | Romania | 9 | 2nd Prize |
| Razvan Cimpoia | Razvan Cimpoia | Romania | 11 | 2nd Prize |
| Péter Csermely | Csermely Péter | Hungary | 12 | 2nd Prize |
| Konstantin Gomon | Константин Гоман | Soviet Union | 13 | 2nd Prize |
| Georg Casari | Georg Casari | Austria | 13 | 2nd Prize |
| Witold Mizerski | Witold Mizerski | Poland | 15 | 2nd Prize |
| Vladimir Belov | Владимир Белов | Soviet Union | 16 | 2nd Prize |
| Bror Sven-Erik Berggren | Bror Sven-Erik Berggren | Sweden | 17 | 3rd Prize |
| Per Lincoln | Per Lincoln | Sweden | 18 | 3rd Prize |
| Karl Svardal | Karl Svardal | Austria | 19 | 3rd Prize |
| Pavel Vondrák | Pavel Vondrák | Czechoslovakia | 19 | 3rd Prize |
| Jürgen Becker | Jürgen Becker | German Democratic Republic | 21 | 3rd Prize |
| Wolfgang Tomischko | Wolfgang Tomischko | Austria | 22 | 3rd Prize |
| Ljubomir Kostadinov | Любомир Костадинов | Bulgaria | 23 | 3rd Prize |
| Branislav Musicki | Branislav Musicki; Бранислав Мушицки | Yugoslavia | 24 | 3rd Prize |
| Spas Kolev | Спас Колев | Bulgaria | 25 | 3rd Prize |
| Peter Karadakov | Петър Карадаков | Bulgaria | 26 | 3rd Prize |
| Andrei Nicolau | Andrei Nicolau | Romania | 27 | 3rd Prize |
| Zdenek Weiss | Zdenek Weiss | Czechoslovakia | 28 | 3rd Prize |
| Frank Thalacker | Frank Thalacker | Germany, Federal Republic of | 29 |  Honorable mention |
| Zoltán Hórvölgyi | Hórvölgyi Zoltán | Hungary | 30 | Honorable mention |
| Luděk Matyska | Luděk Matyska | Czechoslovakia | 31 | Honorable mention |
| Snezhanka Bakalova | Снежанка Бакалова | Bulgaria | 32 | Honorable mention |
| Dusan Sladic | Dusan Sladić; Душан Сладић | Yugoslavia | 33 | Honorable mention |
| Hans-Joachim Weissen | Hans-Joachim Weißen | Germany, Federal Republic of | 34 | Honorable mention |
| Wolf Dieter Aichberger | Wolf Dieter Aichberger | Austria | 34 | Honorable mention |
| Mats Carlsson | Mats Carlsson | Sweden | 34 | Honorable mention |
| Eckhard Kaufmann | Eckhard Kaufmann | Germany, Federal Republic of | 37 | Honorable mention |
| Lazar Ranin | Lazar Ranin; Лазар Ранин | Yugoslavia | 38 | Honorable mention |
| Gerhard Sextl | Gerhard Sextl | Germany, Federal Republic of | 39 | Honorable mention |
| Florica Stoica | Florica Stoica | Romania | 40 | Honorable mention |
| Dušan Uhrin | Dušan Uhrin | Czechoslovakia | 40 | Honorable mention |
| Branko Kolundzija | Branko Kolundžija; Бранко Колунџија | Yugoslavia | Participant | |
| Dirk Michiels | Dirk Michiels | Belgium | Participant | |
| Tiit Mathiesen | Tiit Mathiesen | Sweden | Participant | |
| Stanislaw Pikul | Stanislaw Pikul | Poland | Participant | |
| Christian Vinoke | Christian Vinoke | Belgium | Participant |