| Final | Distance |  | 1. Dietmar Haaf |   West Germany | 8.25m |  | 2. Angel Hernandez |   Spain | 8.15m |  | 3. Borut Bilac |   Yugoslavia | 8.09m |  | 4. Frans Maas |   Netherlands | 8.00m |  | 5. Vladimir Ratushkov |   Soviet Union | 7.99m |  | 6. Jarmo Karna |   Finland | 7.95m |  | 7. Giovanni Evangelisti |   Italy | 7.93m |  | 8. Bogdan Tudor |   Romania | 7.86m |  | 9. Sinisa Ergotic |   Yugoslavia | 7.83m |  | 10.K. Koukodimos |   Greece | 7.79m |  | 11.Mark Forsythe |   Great Britain | 7.79m |  | 12.Christian Thomas |   West Germany | 7.74m |   
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| Borut Bilac (YUG) was disqulified for suspected infringement of IAAF doping rules, but was later cleared of the charges and reinstated. |   
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| Group A | Distance | W |  | 1. Sinisa Ergotic |   Yugoslavia | 7.99m | +2.4 |  | 2. Mark Forsythe |   Great Britain | 7.91m | +1.4 |  | 3. Christian Thomas |   West Germany | 7.90m | +1.5 |  | 4. K. Koukodimos |   Greece | 7.90m | +2.2 |  | 5. Andre Mueller |   East Germany | 7.85m | +1.4 |  | 6. Juha Kivi |   Finland | 7.70m | -?.8 |  | 7. Jean-Louis Rapnouil |   France | 7.68m | +1.7 |  | 8. Fausto Frigerio |   Italy | 7.62m | +1.3 |  | 9. Milko Campus |   Italy | 7.57m | +1.8 |   
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| Group B | Distance | W |  | 1. Jarmo Karna |   Finland | 8.13m | +1.6 |  | 2. Frans Maas |   Netherlands | 8.04m | +1.3 |  | 3. Dietmar Haaf |   West Germany | 8.04m | +0.6 |  | 4. Borut Bilac |   Yugoslavia | 8.02m | +1.1 |  | 5. Bogdan Tudor |   Romania | 8.02m | +1.8 |  | 6. Angel Hernandez |   Spain | 8.00m | +1.5 |  | 7. Vladimir Ratushkov |   Soviet Union | 7.93m | +1.1 |  | 8. Giovanni Evangelisti |   Italy | 7.91m | +0.9 |  | 9. Stewart Faulkner |   Great Britain | 7.48m | +2.4 |  | 10.Daniel Ivanov |   Bulgaria | 7.41m | +1.5 |  | 11.Carlos Castilbranco |   Portugal | 6.96m | -0.3 |   
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