Medal Table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 9 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | West Germany (FRG) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Finland (FIN) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Kenya (KEN) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Uganda (UGA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 15 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ethiopia (ETH) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 20 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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