| 1 | Ulf Timmermann | GDR | |
22,24 | NR |
| 2 | Werner Günthör | SUI | |
21,61 | |
| 3 | Sergey Smirnov | URS | |
20,67 | |
| 4 | Gregory Tafralis | USA | 20,26 | ||
| 5 | Lars Arvid Nilsen | NOR | 20,09 | ||
| 6 | Ron Backes | USA | 20,02 | ||
| 7 | Udo Gelhausen | FRG | 19,80 | ||
| 8 | Karsten Stolz | FRG | 19,60 | ||
| 9 | Gert Weil | CHI | 18,90 | ||
| 10 | Klaus Bodenmüller | AUT | 18,84 | ||
| 11 | Dimitrios Koutsoukis | GRE | 18,01 | ||
| 12 | Mohamed Achouche | EGY | 17,87 | ||
| 13 | Eggert Bogason | ISL | 17,35 |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. |
| Ulf Timmermann | 21,72 | 21,31 | 22,11 | 21,25 | x | 22,24 |
| Werner Günthör | 21,47 | x | x | x | 21,61 | 20,94 |
| Sergey Smirnov | 20,40 | 20,29 | 20,54 | 20,67 | x | x |
| Gregory Tafralis | 19,38 | 19,65 | x | 19,57 | 20,08 | 20,26 |
| Lars Arvid Nilsen | 19,57 | 19,52 | 20,09 | 19,84 | 19,59 | 19,50 |
| Ron Backes | 19,52 | 19,98 | x | x | 20,02 | 20,02 |
| Udo Gelhausen | 19,50 | 19,21 | 19,60 | 19,71 | 19,80 | 19,44 |
| Karsten Stolz | 19,43 | 19,60 | 19,19 | 19,31 | 19,54 | x |
| Gert Weil | 18,90 | 18,59 | 18,65 | |||
| Klaus Bodenmüller | 18,59 | 18,84 | 18,36 | |||
| Dimitrios Koutsoukis | x | 18,01 | x | |||
| Mohamed Achouche | 16,99 | 17,33 | 17,87 | |||
| Eggert Bogason | 17,35 | x | x |