| 1 | Petr Nemsovský | TCH | |
16,57 |
| 2 | Henrik Kalocsai | HUN | |
16,45 |
| 3 | Alexander Solotaryev | URS | |
16,40 |
| 4 | Hans-Jürgen Rückborn | GDR | 16,40 | |
| 5 | Michael Sauer | FRG | 16,37 | |
| 6 | Vladimir Kurkevich | URS | 16,09 |
Einzelversuche
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. |
| Petr Nemsovský | 15,90 | x | 16,19 | 16,57 | x | 16,04 |
| Henrik Kalocsai | x | 15,87 | 16,07 | 16,45 | 15,83 | 16,31 |
| Alexander Solotaryev | 15,95 | 16,15 | 16,32 | 16,40 | 15,86 | x |
| Hans-Jürgen Rückborn | x | 16,14 | 16,40 | 16,31 | x | x |
| Michael Sauer | 16,15 | 15,74 | 16,08 | 16,25 | 16,37 | 16,28 |
| Vladimir Kurkevich | 15,85 | x | x | 16,09 | x | x |