| Pos | Band | Conductor | Dr | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Dyke Mills | P. Parkes | 15 | 196 |
| 2 | Fairey Engineering | R. Newsome | 11 | 195 |
| 3 | GUS | B. Tovey | 16 | 193 |
| 4 | Britannia Building Society Foden | H. Snell | 7 | 192 |
| 5 | Desford Colliery Dowty | H. Snell | 17 | 189 |
| 6 | Brighouse & Rastrick | A. Leaper | 4 | 188 |
| 7 | Sun Life | C. Adey | 20 | 187 |
| - | Besses o' th' Barn | R. Farr | 6 | - |
| - | British Aerospace Wingates | J. Scott | 19 | - |
| - | Cory | A. Kenney | 9 | - |
| - | Ever Ready | E. Cunningham | 10 | - |
| - | Grimethorpe Colliery | G. Brand | 2 | - |
| - | Jaguar Cars (City of Coventry) | D. Wick | 3 | - |
| - | Lewington Yamaha | D. Carr | 14 | - |
| - | Leyland Vehicles | R. Evans | 5 | - |
| - | Point of Ayr (EIMCO) | D. Stephens | 1 | - |
| - | Solent Concert | W. Garner | 12 | - |
| - | William Davis Construction | K. Wilkinson | 8 | - |
| - | Woodfalls | D. Greenwood | 13 | - |
| - | Yorkshire Imperial IMI | J. Pryce Jones | 18 | - |
Prizes:
1st: £2,000 plus the British Open Gold Trophy.
2nd: £1,250 plus the Frank Parker Memorial Cup.
3rd: £600 plus the Harry Mortimer Trophy.
4th: £400 plus the Edrich Siebert Memorial Trophy.
5th: £300
6th: £200
The Iles Medal was awarded to Richard Evans.
Only two adjudicators were used at the contest, the first time since 1957.
Woodfalls and Solent Concert were relegated.
The first two movements from "An Epic Symphony" Plus "Fusions" were used together. "Fusions" was cut in two places due to time constraints.
