| 1 | Heinfried Birlenbach | FRG | |
18,65 |
| 2 | Wladyslaw Komar | POL | |
18,40 |
| 3 | Nikolay Karasev | URS | |
18,35 |
| 4 | Traugott Glockler | FRG | 18,33 | |
| 5 | Edy Hubacher | SUI | 18,33 | |
| 6 | Arnjolt Beer | FRA | 18,12 | |
| 7 | Pierre Colnard | FRA | 18,02 | |
| 8 | Eduard Gushchin | URS | 18,00 | |
| 9 | Bjørn Bang Andersen | NOR | 17,90 | |
| 10 | Tomo Suker | YUG | 17,74 | |
| 11 | Thord Carlsson | SWE | 17,20 |