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Although their victory margin wasn’t as big as two years before, they still won comfortably, with Yugoslavia and Hungary taking home the silver and bronze medals, respectively.Table of ContentsResults[edit]Preliminaries[edit]Final[edit]Individual medals[edit]References[edit]Results[edit]Preliminaries[edit]A total of 34 teams entered the competition and were divided into four preliminary groups of eight or nine teams. The top three from each group advanced to Final A, the teams placed 4th\u20136th to Final B, and the rest to Final C. All groups and finals were played as round-robin tournaments.Group 1 was won by the Soviet hosts, well ahead of Bulgaria and Switzerland. Poland, Sweden, and Norway took the places 4\u20136, while Puerto Rico and Saar finished at the bottom of the group.Yugoslavia took first place in group 2, ahead of Israel and Denmark. Netherlands, Austria, and France made up the middle part of the group, while Mongolia and Scotland had to settle for the bottom.Group 3 was won by Argentina, ahead of West Germany and England. Iceland, Chile, and Finland took the places 4\u20136, while India, Luxembourg, and Ireland finished at the bottom of the group.Hungary clinched group 4, ahead of Romania and Czechoslovakia. East Germany, Colombia, and Belgium made up the middle part of the group, while the Philippines, Greece, and Iran completed the field.Final[edit]Final A#CountryPlayersPointsMP1\u00a0Soviet UnionBotvinnik, Smyslov, Keres, Bronstein, Taimanov, Geller312\u00a0YugoslaviaGligori\u0107, Matanovi\u0107, Ivkov, Karaklaji\u0107, Mili\u0107, \u0110ura\u0161evi\u010726\u00bd173\u00a0HungarySzab\u00f3, Barcza, Benk\u0151, Szil\u00e1gyi, B\u00e9ly, Portisch26\u00bd164\u00a0ArgentinaNajdorf, Bolboch\u00e1n, Panno, Pilnik, Sanguineti, Wexler235\u00a0West GermanyUnzicker, Schmid, Darga, Pfeiffer, Niephaus, Teschner22126\u00a0BulgariaPadevsky, Minev, Kolarov, Tringov, Tsvetkov, Milev22107\u00a0CzechoslovakiaFilip, Pachman, \u0160efc, Rejf\u00ed\u0159, Alster, Je\u017eek20\u00bd8\u00a0EnglandGolombek, Penrose, Wade, Milner-Barry, Clarke, Phillips209\u00a0SwitzerlandBlau, Bhend, Walther, Keller, Johner19910\u00a0DenmarkLarsen, Poulsen, Pedersen, Ingerslev, Nielsen, Enevoldsen19811\u00a0RomaniaB\u0103l\u0103nel, Cioc\u00e2ltea, Troianescu, So\u00f3s, Ghi\u021bescu, R\u0103dulescu19712\u00a0IsraelCzerniak, Porat, Aloni, Oren, Dobkin, Smiltiner15\u00bdFinal B#CountryPlayersPointsMP13\u00a0AustriaRobatsch, D\u00fcckstein, Kinzel, Prameshuber, Lokvenc, Busek2814\u00a0Iceland\u00d3lafsson, J\u00f3hannsson, M\u00f6ller, Thorbergsson, G\u00edslason, Gu\u00f0mundsson2715\u00a0SwedenSt\u00e5hlberg, Stenborg, Sk\u00f6ld, Backlund, Joffe, Ljungqvist26\u00bd16\u00a0BelgiumO’Kelly, Dunkelblum, Limbos, Thibaut, Boey, Van den Broeck23\u00bd17\u00a0FinlandOjanen, Salo, Rantanen, Fred, H\u00e4nninen, Niemel\u00e422\u00bd18\u00a0ColombiaCu\u00e9llar,  S\u00e1nchez, De Greiff, Velandia, Restrepo, Reyes Larenas211119\u00a0NetherlandsPrins, Kramer, Bouwmeester, M\u00fchring, Van Steenis211020\u00a0East GermanyUhlmann, Dittmann, Herrmann, Fuchs, Koch, Platz20\u00bd21\u00a0FranceMuffang, Boutteville, Burstein, Noradounguian, Catozzi19\u00bd22\u00a0ChileFlores, Letelier, Hausman, J\u00e1uregui, Jim\u00e9nez Rojas, Mallett19923\u00a0Poland\u015aliwa, Plater, Dworzy\u0144ski, Gromek, Szapiro, Balcarek19724\u00a0NorwayVest\u00f8l, Morcken, Lindblom, Johannessen, Barda, Rojahn16\u00bdFinal C#CountryPlayersPointsMP25\u00a0PhilippinesBadilles, Campomanes, Ben\u00edtez, Cardoso2426\u00a0SaarBenkner, Lorson, Weichselbaumer, Folz V., Both G., Schmidt P.2327\u00a0IndiaSapre, Gupta, Mhaiskar, Venkatraman S.20\u00bd28\u00a0IranSafvat, Mostafavi-Kachani, Navabi, Lotfy, Assar, Nazarian1929\u00a0Puerto RicoCol\u00f3n Romero A., Col\u00f3n Romero M., Pla, Ben\u00edtez, Borr\u00e1s, Reissmann18\u00bd1130\u00a0MongoliaZhugder, Zhamsaran, M\u00f6\u00f6m\u00f6\u00f6, Tumurbator, Tserendagva, Namzhil18\u00bd931\u00a0ScotlandFairhurst, Fallone, McGowan, Thomson, Middleton, Rose M.17\u00bd32\u00a0GreeceSiaperas, Angos, Loverdos, Anastasopoulos, Mastihiadis, Pavlatos1733\u00a0IrelandMaher, Reilly, Walsh, Dunphy, Grogan, O’Riordan1334\u00a0LuxembourgWantz, Conrady, Schneider, Schmitz F., Philippe, Kremer9Final AFinal BFinal CIndividual medals[edit]Due to a special rule for the top board at Olympiads, Larsen’s result automatically earned him the GM title (the rule has since been abolished).References[edit]^ Although commonly referred to as the men’s division, this section is open to both male and female players.  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