| 1 | Mike Conley | USA | 17,54 | |
| 2 | Oleg Protsenko | URS | 17,26 | |
| 3 | Frank Rutherford | BAH | 17,02 | |
| 4 | Khristo Markov | BUL | 16,96 | |
| 5 | Al Joyner | USA | 16,92 | |
| 6 | Joseph Taiwo | NGR | 16,65 | |
| 7 | Māris Bružiks | URS | 16,61 | |
| 8 | Didier Falise | BEL | 16,53 | |
| 9 | Norifumi Yamashita | JPN | 16,43 | |
| 10 | Ján Čado | TCH | 16,33 | |
| 11 | Stephen Hannah | BAH | 16,09 | |
| 12 | Đorđe Kožul | YUG | 15,59 |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. |
| Mike Conley | 16,56 | 17,01 | 17,15 | 17,13 | 16,07 | 17,54 |
| Oleg Protsenko | 15,52 | 17,23 | 16,85 | 17,26 | 17,20 | x |
| Frank Rutherford | 14,78 | 16,31 | 17,02 | x | x | x |
| Khristo Markov | 16,87 | 16,96 | 16,87 | 16,70 | 16,68 | - |
| Al Joyner | 16,61 | 16,36 | 16,62 | - | 16,25 | 16,92 |
| Joseph Taiwo | 16,48 | 16,63 | 16,65 | 16,41 | 16,48 | 16,50 |
| Māris Bružiks | 16,12 | 16,55 | 15,91 | 16,34 | 16,61 | 15,82 |
| Didier Falise | 16,40 | 16,53 | 16,26 | 16,27 | 16,20 | 16,27 |
| Norifumi Yamashita | 15,49 | 16,22 | 16,43 | |||
| Ján Čado | 16,33 | 14,23 | 16,19 | |||
| Stephen Hannah | 15,61 | 16,09 | x | |||
| Đorđe Kožul | 15,59 | - | 15,53 |