| 1979 | 02-04.11.Dayton | ||||||||
| 52 kg | |||||||||
| 1 | Inaba | Hideaki | 44 | JPN | 220,0 | 120,0 | 225,0 | 565,0 | 12 |
| 2 | Dunbar | Chuck | 38 | USA | 220,0 | 137,5 | 162,5 | 520,0 | 9 |
| 3 | Bhairo | Narendra | 50 | GBR | 190,0 | 115,0 | 195,0 | 500,0 | 8 |
| 4 | McVicar | Don | CAN | 182,5 | 117,5 | 180,0 | 480,0 | 7 | |
| 5 | Skeen | Len | AUS | 145,0 | 92,5 | 197,5 | 435,0 | 6 | |
| 6 | Yesodhara | P | IND | 150,0 | 90,0 | 192,5 | 432,5 | 5 | |
| 7 | Bhushan | Brij | IND | 162,5 | 105,0 | 165,0 | 432,5 | 4 | |
| 8 | Godiyi | Neptali | BOL | 135,0 | 80,0 | 175,0 | 390,0 | 3 | |
| 56 kg | |||||||||
| 1 | Gant | Lamar | 57 | USA | 190,0 | 140,0 | 280,0 | 610,0 | 12 |
| 2 | McKenzie | Precious | 36 | NZL | 230,0 | 130,0 | 250,0 | 610,0 | 9 |
| 3 | Niemi | Juhani | FIN | 200,0 | 115,0 | 217,5 | 532,5 | 8 | |
| 4 | Zappia | Tony | AUS | 190,0 | 115,0 | 212,5 | 517,5 | 7 | |
| 5 | Stringer | Phil | GBR | 205,0 | 80,0 | 185,0 | 470,0 | 6 | |
| 6 | Isagawa | Hiroyuki | 53 | JPN | 170,0 | 130,0 | 200,0 | 500,0 | 5 |
| 7 | Finateri | Stefano | CAN | 182,5 | 97,5 | 205,0 | 485,0 | 4 | |
| 8 | Dutta | Subrata | IND | 170,0 | 97,5 | 215,0 | 482,5 | 3 | |
| 9 | Joseph | P.J | IND | 175,0 | 97,5 | 192,5 | 465,0 | 2 | |
| 10 | Marumoto | Hidetoshi | JPN | 160,0 | 97,5 | 180,0 | 437,5 | 1 | |
| 60 kg | |||||||||
| 1 | Pengelly | Eddie | 49 | GBR | 237,5 | 135,0 | 235,0 | 607,5 | 12 |
| 2 | Koykka | Antero | FIN | 215,0 | 130,0 | 245,0 | 590,0 | 9 | |
| 3 | Lampela | Kullervo | FIN | 200,0 | 110,0 | 250,0 | 560,0 | 8 | |
| 4 | Labbe | Dennis | CAN | 185,0 | 115,0 | 240,0 | 540,0 | 7 | |
| 5 | Catterson | Gordon | CAN | 205,0 | 130,0 | 205,0 | 540,0 | 6 | |
| 6 | Waskeil | G | AUS | 215,0 | 107,5 | 205,0 | 527,5 | 5 | |
| 7 | Jayappa | P | IND | 165,0 | 107,5 | 185,0 | 457,5 | 4 | |
| 8 | Gajanana | R | IND | 162,5 | 110,0 | 185,0 | 457,5 | 3 | |
| 9 | Torisawa | Hideo | JPN | 175,0 | 90,0 | 180,0 | 445,0 | 2 | |
| 67,5 kg | |||||||||
| 1 | Moir | James | 30 | CAN | 265,0 | 170,0 | 260,0 | 695,0 | 12 |
| 2 | Salih | Hassan | GBR | 260,0 | 162,5 | 252,5 | 675,0 | 9 | |
| 3 | Garner | Des | GBR | 242,5 | 140,0 | 245,0 | 627,5 | 8 | |
| 4 | Quelch | Irwin | AUS | 225,0 | 120,0 | 240,0 | 585,0 | 7 | |
| 5 | Holmsen | B | ` | NOR | 205,0 | 115,0 | 230,0 | 550,0 | 6 |
| 6 | Wiken | Oddvar | NOR | 215,0 | 127,5 | 217,5 | 560,0 | 5 | |
| 7 | vanLook | Robert | BEL | 200,0 | 125,0 | 220,0 | 545,0 | 4 | |
| 8 | Mombert | Jonny | 62 | BEL | 215,0 | 110,0 | 215,0 | 540,0 | 3 |
| 9 | Das | B | IND | 185,0 | 130,0 | 200,0 | 515,0 | 2 | |
| 10 | Kristjansson | Kristjan | ISL | 150,0 | 90,0 | 180,0 | 420,0 | 1 | |
| 75 kg | |||||||||
| 1 | Bridges | Mike | 57 | USA | 325,0 | 205,0 | 300,0 | 830,0 | 12 |
| 2 | DiPasquale | Mauro | CAN | 292,5 | 170,0 | 287,5 | 750,0 | 9 | |
| 3 | Backlund | Lars | 47 | SWE | 265,0 | 195,0 | 280,0 | 740,0 | 8 |
| 4 | Waddell | Bruce | AUS | 275,0 | 157,5 | 285,0 | 717,5 | 7 | |
| 5 | Valineva | Reijo | FIN | 250,0 | 132,5 | 280,0 | 662,5 | 6 | |
| 6 | Nakao | T | JPN | 230,0 | 145,0 | 265,0 | 640,0 | 5 | |
| 7 | Skybak | Kjell | 29 | NOR | 225,0 | 145,0 | 270,0 | 640,0 | 4 |
| 8 | Stamm | Max | FRG | 230,0 | 145,0 | 255,0 | 630,0 | 3 | |
| 9 | Wautermartens | Pol | BEL | 215,0 | 125,0 | 247,5 | 587,5 | 2 | |
| 10 | Ueda | E | JPN | 205,0 | 140,0 | 200,0 | 545,0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Oskarsson | S | ISL | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||||
| 12 | Fiore | Peter | 40 | GBR | 0,0 | ||||
| 82,5 kg | |||||||||
| 1 | Collins | Ron | 34 | GBR | 332,5 | 167,5 | 315,0 | 815,0 | 12 |
| 2 | Thomas | Walter | 45 | USA | 317,5 | 195,0 | 300,0 | 812,5 | 9 |
| 3 | Mattsson | Kenneth | 54 | SWE | 290,0 | 197,5 | 287,5 | 775,0 | 8 |
| 4 | Kumpuniemi | Veli | 34 | FIN | 255,0 | 135,0 | 330,0 | 720,0 | 7 |
| 5 | Tahtinen | Jari | 55 | FIN | 245,0 | 182,5 | 292,5 | 720,0 | 6 |
| 6 | Hjaltason | S | ISL | 260,0 | 155,0 | 300,0 | 715,0 | 5 | |
| 7 | Paris | E | NED | 245,0 | 135,0 | 290,0 | 670,0 | 4 | |
| 8 | Loncke | Luis | 40 | BEL | 260,0 | 137,5 | 265,0 | 662,5 | 3 |
| 9 | Oberhauser | H | FRG | 222,5 | 135,0 | 260,0 | 617,5 | 2 | |
| 10 | Mombert | Albert | 39 | BEL | 220,0 | 142,5 | 252,5 | 615,0 | 1 |
| 11 | Suzuki | M | JPN | 212,5 | 180,0 | 220,0 | 612,5 | ||
| 12 | Kendall | F | AUS | 225,0 | 150,0 | 235,0 | 610,0 | ||
| 13 | Romagnolli | L | BRA | 210,0 | 160,0 | 230,0 | 600,0 | ||
| 14 | Kawaguchi | K | JPN | 200,0 | 130,0 | 230,0 | 560,0 | ||
| 90 kg | |||||||||
| 1 | Campbell | Tom | CAN | 335,0 | 215,0 | 320,0 | 870,0 | 12 | |
| 2 | Estep | Roger | USA | 325,0 | 220,0 | 297,5 | 842,5 | 9 | |
| 3 | Anello | Vince | 47 | USA | 297,5 | 200,0 | 327,5 | 825,0 | 8 |
| 4 | Honkonen | Unto | FIN | 300,0 | 210,0 | 305,0 | 815,0 | 7 | |
| 5 | Steingrimson | Gunnar | 60 | ISL | 300,0 | 180,0 | 330,0 | 810,0 | 6 |
| 6 | Perry | Peter | CAN | 285,0 | 177,5 | 307,5 | 770,0 | 5 | |
| 7 | Cappola | J | AUS | 302,5 | 165,0 | 300,0 | 767,5 | 4 | |
| 8 | Singh | Locknir | IND | 225,0 | 150,0 | 235,0 | 610,0 | 3 | |
| 9 | Hirtreiter | Karl | FRG | 205,0 | 195,0 | 210,0 | 610,0 | 2 | |
| 10 | Henke | S | FRG | 200,0 | 125,0 | 220,0 | 545,0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Bunt | G | NZL | 115,0 | 155,0 | 150,0 | 420,0 | ||
| 100 kg | |||||||||
| 1 | Pacifico | Larry | 46 | USA | 347,5 | 242,5 | 315,0 | 905,0 | 12 |
| 2 | Yvander | Ray | SWE | 347,5 | 195,0 | 335,0 | 877,5 | 9 | |
| 3 | Kiviranta | Reijo | FIN | 335,0 | 202,5 | 340,0 | 877,5 | 8 | |
| 4 | Nobile | Ray | GBR | 345,0 | 215,0 | 315,0 | 875,0 | 7 | |
| 5 | Hult | Karl | CAN | 305,0 | 215,0 | 260,0 | 780,0 | 6 | |
| 6 | Kalleberg | Jan | NOR | 280,0 | 165,0 | 305,0 | 750,0 | 5 | |
| 7 | Merkel | Dieter | FRG | 230,0 | 180,0 | 270,0 | 680,0 | 4 | |
| 8 | Fink | Klaus | FRG | 245,0 | 150,0 | 240,0 | 635,0 | 3 | |
| 9 | Vare | Marcel | SUI | 197,5 | 162,5 | 225,0 | 585,0 | 2 | |
| 110 kg | |||||||||
| 1 | Kuc | John | 47 | USA | 352,5 | 222,5 | 390,0 | 965,0 | 12 |
| 2 | Saarelainen | Hannu | 44 | FIN | 335,0 | 240,0 | 312,5 | 887,5 | 9 |
| 4 | Morin | Ulf | SWE | 330,0 | 185,0 | 340,0 | 855,0 | 8 | |
| 4 | White | Arthur | 51 | GBR | 327,5 | 217,5 | 310,0 | 855,0 | 7 |
| 5 | Meikle | Mal | AUS | 330,0 | 182,5 | 340,0 | 852,5 | 6 | |
| 6 | Sigurpalsson | Olaf | ISL | 310,0 | 175,0 | 310,0 | 795,0 | 5 | |
| 7 | Darby | John | AUS | 290,0 | 175,0 | 310,0 | 775,0 | 4 | |
| 8 | Bolar | Loknoth | IND | 222,5 | 157,5 | 230,0 | 610,0 | 3 | |
| 110+ kg | |||||||||
| 1 | Kazmaier | William | 53 | USA | 395,0 | 282,5 | 362,5 | 1040,0 | 12 |
| 2 | Wrenn | Paul | 47 | USA | 412,5 | 217,5 | 365,0 | 995,0 | 9 |
| 3 | Hedlund | Lars | 49 | SWE | 380,0 | 272,5 | 310,0 | 962,5 | 8 |
| 4 | Zetolofsky | Steve | GBR | 360,0 | 200,0 | 327,5 | 887,5 | 7 | |
| 5 | Kapica | Alex | AUS | 345,0 | 222,5 | 317,5 | 885,0 | 6 | |
| 6 | Bogason | Arthur | ISL | 310,0 | 215,0 | 342,5 | 867,5 | 5 | |
| 7 | Gosselin | Michel | CAN | 310,0 | 232,5 | 272,5 | 815,0 | 4 | |
| 8 | Chaim | Thamer | 45 | BRA | 277,5 | 175,0 | 305,0 | 757,5 | 3 |
| 9 | Seese | Fritz | FRG | 310,0 | 160,0 | 285,0 | 755,0 | 2 | |
| 10 | Bultinck | Gino | BEL | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||||
| 102 | |||||||||
| 1 | Inaba | 1 | USA | 104 | (12-12 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | GBR | 76 | (12-12 | 84 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | CAN | 72 | (12-12 | |||||
| 4 | FIN | 68 | (9-9-8 | 77 | |||||
| 5 | AUS | 51 | (7-7-7 | 52 | |||||
| 6 | SWE | 41 | (9-8-8 | 40 | |||||
| 7 | IND | 29 | (5-4-4 | ||||||
| 8 | JPN | 26 | (12-5- | 27 | |||||
| 9 | ISL | 22 | (6-5-5 | 24 | |||||
| 10 | NOR | 20 | (6-5-5 | 16 | |||||
| 11 | FRG | 17 | (4-3-3 | 18 | |||||
| 12 | BEL | 13 | (4-3-3 | ||||||
| 13 | NZL | 9 | |||||||
| 14 | NED | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| 15 | BRA | 3 | |||||||
| 16 | BOL | 3 | |||||||
| 17 | SUI | 2 | |||||||