Finland won its third team title in the men's points classification with 161 points and dethroned Sweden in the women's team competition with a total of 77 points. Iceland took part in the men's competition only and had its first and only champion at this edition – Valbjörn Thorláksson in the decathlon. Among the athletes in attendance were 1962 European Athletics Championships medalists Stig Pettersson, Rainer Stenius and Pentti Eskola.[1]
Future European champion Juha Väätäinen won the 800 m to help Finland to a third men's titleKarin Wallgren of Sweden was runner-up in the short sprints and in the women's competition with Sweden