| 1 | Serban Ciochina | ROM | |
16,43 |
| 2 | Michael Sauer | FRG | |
16,35 |
| 3 | Petr Nemsovský | TCH | |
16,28 |
| 4 | Giuseppe Gentile | ITA | 16,25 | |
| 5 | Hans-Jürgen Rückborn | GDR | 15,96 | |
| 6 | Henrik Kalocsai | HUN | 15,84 |
Einzelversuche
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. |
| Serban Ciochina | 15,92 | 16,29 | 16,37 | 16,43 | x | 16,20 |
| Michael Sauer | 16,24 | x | x | x | 16,35 | x |
| Petr Nemsovský | x | 16,28 | 16,21 | 16,07 | 15,73 | 15,71 |
| Giuseppe Gentile | 16,17 | 15,98 | 15,84 | 16,25 | 16,00 | 16,07 |
| Hans-Jürgen Rückborn | 15,47 | 15,87 | 14,21 | x | x | 15,96 |
| Henrik Kalocsai | 15,84 | x | x | x | x | x |