| 1 | Ulf Timmermann | GDR | |
22,24 | NR |
| 2 | Werner Günthör | SUI | |
21,61 | |
| 3 | Sergey Smirnov | URS | |
20,67 | |
| 4 | Greg Tafralis | USA | 20,26 | ||
| 5 | Arvid Lars Nilsen | NOR | 20,09 | ||
| 6 | Ron Backes | USA | 20,02 | ||
| 7 | Udo Gelhausen | FRG | 19,80 | ||
| 8 | Karsten Stolz | FRG | 19,60 | ||
| 9 | Gert Eil | CHI | 18,90 | ||
| 10 | Klaus Bodenmüller | AUT | 18,84 | ||
| 11 | Dimitris 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 |