Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
100 m freestyle | David McCagg (USA) | Jim Montgomery (USA) | Klaus Steinbach (FRG) |
200 m freestyle | Bill Forrester (USA) | Rowdy Gaines (USA) | Sergey Kopliakov (URS) |
400 m freestyle | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | Jeff Float (USA) | Bill Forrester (USA) |
1500 m freestyle | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | Borut Petrič (YUG) | Bobby Hackett (USA) |
100 m backstroke | Bob Jackson (USA) | Peter Rocca (USA) | Romulo Arantes (BRA) |
200 m backstroke | Jesse Vassallo (USA) | Gary Hurring (NZL) | Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) |
100 m breaststroke | Walter Kusch (FRG) | Graham Smith (CAN) | Gerald Mörken (FRG) |
200 m breaststroke | Nick Nevid (USA) | Arsens Miskarovs (URS) | Walter Kusch (FRG) |
100 m butterfly | Joe Bottom (USA) | Greg Jagenburg (USA) | Pär Arvidsson (SWE) |
200 m butterfly | Mike Bruner (USA) | Steve Gregg (USA) | Roger Pyttel (GDR) |
200 m individual medley | Graham Smith (CAN) | Jesse Vassallo (USA) | Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS) |
400 m individual medley | Jesse Vassallo (USA) | Sergey Fesenko (URS) | András Hargitay (HUN) |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay | United States (USA) Jack Babashoff Rowdy Gaines Jim Montgomery David McCagg | West Germany (FRG) Andreas Schmidt Ulrich Temps Peter Knust Klaus Steinbach | Sweden (SWE) Per Holmertz Dan Larsson Per-Ola Quist Per-Alvar Magnusson |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay | United States (USA) Bruce Furniss Bill Forrester Bobby Hackett Rowdy Gaines | Soviet Union (URS) Sergey Rusin Andrey Krylov Vladimir Salnikov Sergey Kopliakov | West Germany (FRG) Andreas Schmidt Peter Knust Karsten Lippmann Frank Wennmann |
4 × 100 m medley relay | United States (USA) Bob Jackson Nick Nevid Joe Bottom David McCagg | West Germany (FRG) Klaus Steinbach Walter Kusch Michael Kraus Andreas Schmidt | Great Britain (GBR) Gary Abraham Duncan Goodhew John Mills Martin Smith |