| Final 16:00 | Distance | | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | | 1. Viktor Saneyev |  URS | 17.34m | | 17.34 | 16.30 | 16.61 | 16.85 | 16.94 | 16.94 | | 2. Zoltán Cziffra |  HUN | 16.85m | | | 3. Klaus Neumann |  GDR | 16.68m | | | 4. Carol Corbu |  ROU | 16.56m | | | 5. Nikolay Dudkin | URS | 16.46m | | | 6. Jörg Drehmel | GDR | 16.23m | | | 7. Giuseppe Gentile |  ITA | 16.03m | | | 8. Serge Firca |  FRA | 15.94m | | | 9. Tony Wadhams |  GBR | 15.90m | | | 10.Henrik Kalocsai | HUN | 15.79m | | | 11.Kristen Fløgstad |  NOR | 15.71m | | | 12.Georgi Stoykovski |  BUL | 15.14m | |
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| Group A | Distance | | | 1. Klaus Neumann | GDR | 16.78m | CR Q | | 2. Carol Corbu | ROU | 16.76m | Q | | 4. Nikolay Dudkin | URS | 16.65m | Q | | 5. Tony Wadhams | GBR | 16.49m | Q | | 6. Serge Firca | FRA | 16.40m | Q | | 7. Georgi Stoykovski | BUL | 16.39m | Q | | 9. Zoltán Cziffra | HUN | 16.15m | Q | | eliminated | | 16.Raymond Privé | FRA | 15.52m | |
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| Group B | Distance | | | 3. Viktor Saneyev | URS | 16.66m | Q | | 8. Henrik Kalocsai | HUN | 16.21m | Q | | 10.Jörg Drehmel | GDR | 16.15m | Q | | 11.Giuseppe Gentile | ITA | 16.11m | Q | | 12.Kristen Fløgstad | NOR | 16.04m | Q | | eliminated | | 13.Andrzej Lasocki |  POL | 16.00m | | | 14.Birger Nyberg |  SWE | 15.85m | | | 15.Evangelos Vlasis |  GRE | 15.78m | |
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