| Group A | Dist | N: | 1. | 2. | 3. |  | 1. Arto Härkönen |  FIN | 86.58m | 6 | 71.24 | X | 86.58 |  | 2. Heino Puuste |  URS | 82.76m | 2 | 74.16 | 82.76 |   |  | 3. Per Erling Olsen |  NOR | 82.30m | 7 | X | 79.80 | 82.30 |  | 4. Detlef Michel |  GDR | 81.66m | 4 | 81.66 |   |   |  | 5. Agostino Ghesini |  ITA | 80.62m | 1 | 78.38 | 80.62 |   |  | 6. Dariusz Adamus |  POL | 76.08m | 9 | 76.08 | X | X |  | 7. Jan Olof Damgen |  SWE | 73.46m | 3 | 73.46 | X | 73.36 |  | 8. Pentti Sinersaari |  FIN | 71.66m | 10 | 71.66 | X | X |  | 9. Jorgen Jelstrom |  DEN | 70.84m | 11 | 70.84 | X | 69.30 |  | 10.Stephen Pearson |  GBR | 69.56m | 8 | X | X | 69.56 |  | -. Jari Keihas |  SWE | NM | 5 | X | X | X |   
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| Group B | Dist | N: | 1. | 2. | 3. |  | 1. Dainis Kula |  URS | 84.18m | 1 | 84.18 |   |   |  | 2. Uwe Hohn |  GDR | 84.14m | 8 | 84.14 |   |   |  | 3. Kenth Eldebrink |  SWE | 83.76m | 3 | X | 83.76 |   |  | 4. Antero Toivonen |  FIN | 82.30m | 7 | 82.30 |   |   |  | 5. David Ottley |  GBR | 81.24m | 9 | X | X | 81.24 |  | 6. Klaus Tafelmeier |  FRG | 81.14 | 10 | 77.56 | X | 81.14 |  | 7. Aleksandr Makarov |  URS | 80.74m | 2 | 79.76 | 80.74 |   |  | 8. Reidar Lorentzen |  NOR | 80.22m | 4 | 72.10 | 80.22 |   |  | 9. Einar Vilhjalmsson |  ISL | 72.26m | 5 | 68.56 | 72.26 | 67.40 |  | -. Stefan Stoikov |  BUL | NM | 6 | X | X | X |   
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