Snatch only
| Final Rank |
Athlete | Country | Snatch | Cl.&J | Total |
| 1 | Leonid Taranenko | USSR | 182.5 | 240.0 | 422.5 (WR,OR) |
| 2 | Valentin Khristov | Bulgaria | 185.0 | 220.0 | 405.0 |
| 3 | Gyorgy Szalai | Hungary | 172.5 | 217.5 | 390.0 |
| 4 | Leif Nilsson | Sweden | 167.5 | 212.5 | 380.0 |
| 5 | Vinzenz Hortnagl | Austria | 170.0 | 202.5 | 372.5 |
| 6 | Stefan Tasnadi | Romania | 165.0 | 195.0 | 360.0 |
