60 teams took part, who determined the teams for the final groups A to E in six preliminary groups. 360 players (including 35 Grand Masters and 66 International Masters) took part in the competition. Round tournaments were held both in the opening groups and in the final groups . The first two teams in each opening group qualified for final group A. The tournament director was Willi Fohl from Germany. Harry de Graaf from the Netherlands acted as the main referee . The Chess Olympiad took place in the Siegerlandhalle . The thinking time was 40 moves in 150 minutes, then one hour for 16 moves each time. The placement was determined based on the board points (BP) and team points (MP). For the first time, teams from Japan, New Zealand and Rhodesia as well as from the Faroe Islands and the island of Guernsey were represented at a Chess Olympiad.
Results
Preliminary round
Preliminary group 1
Rg
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
BP
MP
+
=
-
1
Soviet Union
●
3
3
3
3
3
4th
4th
4th
4th
31
18th
9
0
0
2
Spain
1
●
2
2½
3½
4th
3½
4th
4th
4th
28½
15th
7th
1
1
3
Poland
1
2
●
3
2
1½
3½
3
4th
4th
24
12
5
2
2
4th
Australia
1
1½
1
●
3
3½
2
3
4th
4th
23
11
5
1
3
5
Tunisia
1
½
2
1
●
1
2
4th
3
3½
18th
08th
3
2
4th
6th
Greece
1
0
2½
½
3
●
1½
2½
2½
4th
17½
10
5
0
4th
7th
Peru
0
½
½
2
2
2½
●
2
4th
4th
17½
09
3
3
3
8th
Dominican Republic
0
0
1
1
0
1½
2
●
2
3½
11
04th
1
2
8th
9
Faroe Islands
0
0
0
0
1
1½
0
2
●
4th
08½
03
1
1
7th
10
Monaco
0
0
0
0
½
0
0
½
0
●
01
00
0
0
9
Preliminary group 2
Rg
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
BP
MP
+
=
-
1
Yugoslavia
●
2½
3½
4th
2½
3½
3½
4th
4th
4th
31½
18th
9
0
0
2
Canada
1½
●
1
2
3
2½
2½
3
3½
4th
23
13
6th
1
2
3
Indonesia
½
3
●
1½
1
3½
2½
4th
2½
4th
22½
12
6th
0
3
4th
Mongolia
0
2
2½
●
2
2½
2½
4th
3½
3
22nd
14th
6th
2
1
5
England
1½
1
3
2
●
2
2
3
3
4th
21½
11
4th
3
2
6th
Iran
½
1½
½
1½
2
●
2
4th
4th
3½
19½
08th
3
2
4th
7th
Switzerland
½
1½
1½
1½
2
2
●
2½
3
4th
18½
08th
3
2
4th
8th
Luxembourg
0
1
0
0
1
0
1½
●
3
2
08½
03
1
1
7th
9
Andorra
0
½
1½
½
1
0
1
1
●
2
07½
01
0
1
8th
10
Hong Kong
0
0
0
1
0
½
0
2
2
●
05½
02
0
2
7th
Preliminary group 3
Rg
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
BP
MP
+
=
-
1
GDR
●
2½
3
3
2½
3½
4th
4th
4th
4th
30½
18th
9
0
0
2
United States
1½
●
2
3
2½
4th
4th
4th
3½
4th
28½
15th
7th
1
1
3
Netherlands
1
2
●
2
3½
4th
3½
4th
4th
4th
28
14th
6th
2
1
4th
Finland
1
1
2
●
1
2
4th
4th
3½
4th
22½
10
4th
2
3
5
Belgium
1½
1½
½
3
●
2
1½
3
2½
3½
19th
09
4th
1
4th
6th
Brazil
½
0
0
2
2
●
2½
2½
3½
4th
17th
10
4th
2
3
7th
Mexico
0
0
½
0
2½
1½
●
2
2
3½
12
06th
2
2
5
8th
Japan
0
0
0
0
1
1½
2
●
3½
4th
12
05
2
1
6th
9
Turkey
0
½
0
½
1½
½
2
½
●
3
08½
03
1
1
7th
10
Virgin Islands
0
0
0
0
½
0
½
0
1
●
02
00
0
0
9
Preliminary group 4
Rg
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
BP
MP
+
=
-
1
Romania
●
1½
1½
3
2½
2½
3½
4th
4th
4th
26½
14th
7th
0
2
2
Hungary
2½
●
2½
2½
2
2½
2½
3½
4th
4th
26th
17th
8th
1
0
3
Denmark
2½
1½
●
2
3½
2½
2
3½
4th
4th
25½
14th
6th
2
1
4th
Sweden
1
1½
2
●
2½
1½
2
3½
4th
4th
22nd
10
4th
2
3
5
Philippines
1½
2
½
1½
●
2½
2½
3½
3½
4th
21½
11
5
1
3
6th
Italy
1½
1½
1½
2½
1½
●
2
3½
4th
3½
21½
09
4th
1
4th
7th
Ireland
½
1½
2
2
1½
2
●
3
3
3½
19th
09
3
3
3
8th
Lebanon
0
½
½
½
½
½
1
●
1½
3
08th
02
1
0
8th
9
Morocco
0
0
0
0
½
0
1
2½
●
3½
07½
04th
2
0
7th
10
guernsey
0
0
0
0
0
½
½
1
½
●
02½
00
0
0
9
Preliminary group 5
Rg
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
BP
MP
+
=
-
1
Argentina
●
2
2½
2
2½
3½
3½
3½
4th
3½
26th
16
7th
2
0
2
Czechoslovakia
2
●
2½
2
2
3½
2
4th
4th
3½
25½
14th
5
4th
0
3
Israel
1½
1½
●
2
2½
3½
2½
3½
4th
3½
24½
13
6th
1
2
4th
Cuba
2
2
2
●
2½
3
3
2½
3
2½
22½
10
4th
2
3
5
Norway
1½
2
1½
1½
●
2
4th
3
3
3½
22nd
10
4th
2
3
6th
Scotland
½
½
½
1
2
●
4th
3
3
4th
18½
09
4th
1
4th
7th
Singapore
½
2
1½
1
0
0
●
2
3½
3½
14th
06th
2
2
5
8th
Portugal
1½
0
½
1½
1
1
2
●
2½
4th
14th
05
2
1
6th
9
Malta
0
0
0
1
1
1
½
1½
●
3
08th
02
1
0
8th
10
Rhodesia
½
½
½
1½
½
0
½
0
1
●
05
00
0
0
9
Preliminary group 6
Rg
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
BP
MP
+
=
-
1
BR Germany
●
2
3½
3
3
4th
3½
3
3½
4th
29½
17th
8th
1
0
2
Bulgaria
2
●
2½
3½
2
3
3½
4th
3½
4th
28
16
7th
2
0
3
Austria
½
1½
●
2
2½
4th
4th
1½
2½
3
21½
11
5
1
3
4th
Colombia
1
½
2
●
2½
2½
3½
2
3
3
20½
12
5
2
2
5
Iceland
1
2
1½
1½
●
2
2½
3
1½
4th
19th
08th
3
2
4th
6th
Puerto Rico
0
1
0
1½
2
●
2½
2½
3
3½
16
09
4th
1
4th
7th
South Africa
½
½
0
½
1½
1½
●
4th
1½
4th
14th
04th
2
0
7th
8th
Albania
1
0
2½
2
1
1½
0
●
2½
3
13½
07th
3
1
5
9
New Zealand
½
½
1½
½
2½
1
2½
1½
●
3
13½
06th
3
0
6th
10
Cyprus
0
0
1
1
0
½
0
1
1
●
04½
00
0
0
9
Albania did not face South Africa because of political reservations. The game was rated 4-0 for the South Africans without a fight.