Since the first World Games in 1981, this event comes around only every four years. This time, the president of the International Olympic Commottee, Juan Antonio Samaranch, attended the event, along with IFBB President Ben Weider.
| Class | Place | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heavyweights | 1 | Walter Lettner | Austria |
| (over 198 pounds) | 2 | Peter Keranen | Finland |
| 3 | Istvan Horvath | Hungary | |
| 4 | Olegas Zuras | Lithuania | |
| 5 | Tomas Koller | Germany | |
| 6 | Maluafita Fata | Norfolk Island | |
| 7 | El Boukhari | Morocco | |
| 8 | Christian Billinger | Switzerland | |
| Light-Heavyweights | 1 | Milton Holloway | USA |
| (under 198 pounds) | 2 | Ingo Fischer | Germany |
| 3 | Janos Lantos | Hungary | |
| 4 | Marko Heikkinen | Finland | |
| Middleweights | 1 | Kester Paschke | Germany |
| (under 176 pounds) | 2 | Johnny Stewart | USA |
| 3 | Yrjo Jokela | Finland | |
| 4 | Jin Ho Lee | South Korea | |
| 5 | Ivan Bucher | Switzerland | |
| Welterweights | 1 | Jun Ho Kim | South Korea |
| (under 165 pounds) | 2 | Juha Hakala | Finland |
| 3 | Ahmed El-Sayed | Egypt | |
| 4 | Joseph Duenas | Guam | |
| Lightweights | 1 | Toshiko Hirota | Japan |
| (under 154 pounds) | 2 | Chris Faildo | USA |
| Bantamweights | 1 | Anwar El-Ammawi | Egypt |
| (under 143 pounds) | 2 | Mohammed Aziz | Egypt |
| 3 | Jose Santos | Brazil | |
| 4 | Sazali Samad | Malaysia | |
| 5 | Dino Fumagalli | Italy | |
| 6 | Jevgenijus Gorelikas | Lithuania |