Qualifikationsweite: 20,00 (?)
| 1 | Sven-Oliver Buder | GER | 20,51 | Q |
| 2 | Manuel Martinez | ESP | 19,99 | q |
| 3 | Dragan Peric | YUG | 19,93 | q |
| 4 | Miroslav Menc | CZE | 19,87 | q |
| 5 | Mika Halvari | FIN | 19,74 | q |
| 6 | Roman Virastyuk | UKR | 19,72 | q |
| 7 | Paolo Dal Saglio | ITA | 19,72 | q |
| 8 | Arsi Harju | FIN | 19,50 | q |
| 9 | Alexandr Bagach | UKR | 19,46 | q |
| 10 | Pavel Chumachenko | RUS | 19,44 | q |
| 11 | Michael Mertens | GER | 19,22 | q |
| 12 | Corrado Fantini | ITA | 18,98 | q |
| 13 | Oliver Dück | GER | 18,84 | |
| 14 | Shaun Pickering | GBR | 18,82 | |
| 15 | Yuriy Belonog | UKR | 18,69 | |
| 16 | Mark Proctor | GBR | 18,66 | |
| 17 | Andrey Michnyevich | BLR | 18,54 | |
| 18 | Gheorghe Guset | ROM | 18,22 | |
| 19 | Jean Lebon | FRA | 17,68 | |
| 20 | Rocky Vaitanaki | FRA | 17,36 | |
| Kristian Pettersson | SWE | DNS | ||
| Stephane Vial | FRA | DNS | ||
| Margus Tammaru | EST | DNS |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Sven-Oliver Buder | 20,51 | - | - |
| Manuel Martinez | 19,99 | 18,38 | - |
| Dragan Peric | 19,93 | - | - |
| Miroslav Menc | 19,87 | 19,09 | - |
| Mika Halvari | 19,74 | 19,60 | - |
| Roman Virastyuk | 19,55 | 19,72 | x |
| Paolo Dal Soglio | 19,72 | 19,52 | x |
| Arsi Harju | 18,79 | 19,50 | 19,37 |
| Alexandr Bagach | 19,46 | 19,15 | 19,25 |
| Pavel Chumachenko | 18,79 | x | 19,44 |
| Michael Mertens | 19,22 | 18,93 | 18,95 |
| Corrado Fantini | x | 18,83 | 18,98 |
| Oliver Dück | 18,02 | 18,84 | 18,59 |
| Shaun Pickering | x | x | 18,82 |
| Yuriy Belonog | 18,69 | 17,93 | x |
| Mark Proctor | x | 18,66 | x |
| Andrey Michnyevich | 18,54 | x | 17,81 |
| Gheorghe Guset | 17,95 | 18,22 | x |
| Jean Lebon | 17,49 | x | 17,68 |
| Rocky Vaitanaki | 17,36 | 16,90 | x |
| Kristian Pettersson | - | - | - |
| Stephane Vial | - | - | - |
| Margus Tammaru | - | - | - |