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Ranking by Big (Total result) medals
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 |  Bulgaria | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 |  Poland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  East Germany | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
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