Nine teams competed in a first round-robin competition, with Brazil defending the title.

[2] Brazil won their third gold medal after beating Cuba in the final.

[3] 1 – Solitinho 2 – Luís Cláudio 3 – Wagner Basílio 4 – Valdoir 5 – Vítor 6 – João Luiz 7 – Mica 8 – Cléo 9 – Silva 10 – Jackson 11 – Silvinho 12 – Luís Henrique 13 – Oswaldo 14 – Édson Boaro 15 – Gilcimar 16 – Rogério 17 – Cristovão 18 – Jérson

(HC – Mário Travaglini) 1 – José Francisco Reinoso 2 – Francisco López Ríos 3 – Raimundo Frometa 4 – Luis Sánchez 7 – Andrés Roldán 8 – Amado Povea 9 – Dagoberto Lara 10 – Ramón Núñez 11 – Jorge Maya 12 – Luis Dreke 13 – Pedro Fenton 14 – Regino Delgado 15 – Jorge Massó 17 – Carlos Loredo 18 – Guillermo Mestre 19 – Roberto Pereira 20 – Fermín Hugo Madera 21 – Calixto Martínez

(HC – Roberto Hernández) 1 – Oscar Rogélio Quiroga 2 – José Omar Beccerica 3 – Victorio Ocaño 4 – Lucio Del Mul 5 – Juan Cabrera 6 – Víctor Binello 7 – Héctor Boccanelli 8 – Eusebio Roldán 9 – Víctor Sosa 10 – Salvador Mastrosimone 11 – Antonio Alderete 12 – Guillermo Bosio 13 – Enrique Veloso 14 – Luis Rolfo 15 – Roberto Gasparini 16 – Marcelo Fredes 17 – Luis Amuchástegui 18 – Osvaldo Coloccini