| 1 | Hreinn Halldorsson | ISL | |
20,59 |
| 2 | Geoffrey Capes | GBR | |
20,46 |
| 3 | Wladyslaw Komar | POL | |
20,17 |
| 4 | Reijo Ståhlberg | FIN | 19,83 | |
| 5 | Yevgeniy Mironov | URS | 19,57 | |
| 6 | Ralf Reichenbach | FRG | 19,43 | |
| 7 | Alexander Nossenko | URS | 19,00 | |
| 8 | Gerhard Steines | FRG | 18,98 | |
| 9 | Marco Montelatici | ITA | 18,62 | |
| 10 | Markku Tuokko | FIN | 18,53 | |
| 11 | Michael Winch | GBR | 18,41 | |
| 12 | Nikola Christov | BUL | 18,37 |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. |
| Hreinn Halldorsson | 20,59 | 19,09 | 19,98 | 18,72 | x | 20,27 |
| Geoffrey Capes | 19,98 | 20,46 | x | x | 20,30 | 20,00 |
| Wladyslaw Komar | 18,93 | x | 19,49 | x | x | 20,17 |
| Reijo Ståhlberg | 19,79 | x | x | 19,31 | x | 19,83 |
| Yevgeniy Mironov | 19,11 | x | x | x | 19,57 | 19,26 |
| Ralf Reichenbach | 19,19 | 19,43 | x | x | x | x |
| Alexander Nossenko | 18,98 | 18,68 | x | x | 18,80 | 19,00 |
| Gerhard Steines | 18,23 | 18,98 | x | x | x | 18,32 |
| Marco Montelatici | x | 18,15 | 18,62 | |||
| Markku Tuokko | 17,93 | 18,20 | 18,53 | |||
| Michael Winch | 18,41 | 18,39 | x | |||
| Nikola Christov | 18,37 | 18,22 | 18,31 |