| 1 | Werner Günthör | SUI | 21,17 | |
| 2 | Klaus Bodenmüller | AUT | 20,42 | |
| 3 | Ron Backes | USA | 20,06 | |
| 4 | Petur Gudmundsson | ISL | 19,81 | |
| 5 | Lars Arvid Nilsen | NOR | 19,69 | |
| 6 | Gert Weil | CHI | 19,56 | |
| 7 | Oliver-Sven Buder | GER | 19,41 | |
| 8 | Art McDermott | USA | 19,03 | |
| 9 | Sergey Smirnov | URS | 18,87 | |
| 10 | Paul Edwards | GBR | 18,65 | |
| 11 | Helmut Krieger | POL | 18,59 | |
| 12 | Paul Ruiz | CUB | 18,57 | |
| 13 | Jan Sagedal | NOR | 18,38 | |
| 14 | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | 18,29 | |
| 15 | Gheorghe Guset | ROM | 18,07 | |
| 16 | Igor Avrunin | URS | 17,54 |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. |
| Werner Günthör | 20,74 | x | 20,70 | 21,17 | x | 20,22 |
| Klaus Bodenmüller | 19,82 | 20,42 | 20,01 | 19,97 | 20,12 | 19,80 |
| Ron Backes | 19,02 | 19,49 | 20,06 | 19,49 | x | 19,45 |
| Petur Gudmundsson | 19,30 | 19,66 | 18,73 | 19,71 | 19,81 | 19,64 |
| Lars Arvid Nilsen | 19,45 | x | 18,63 | 19,69 | x | x |
| Gert Weil | 19,35 | 18,92 | 19,56 | x | x | x |
| Oliver-Sven Buder | 19,41 | 19,38 | x | 19,08 | 18,79 | x |
| Art McDermott | 18,96 | 18,99 | 19,03 | x | x | x |
| Sergey Smirnov | 18,87 | 18,84 | 18,83 | |||
| Paul Edwards | 17,62 | 18,17 | 18,65 | |||
| Helmut Krieger | 18,59 | 18,28 | 18,47 | |||
| Paul Ruiz | x | 18,57 | x | |||
| Jan Sagedal | 18,38 | 17,98 | x | |||
| Alessandro Andrei | 18,29 | 18,11 | 18,21 | |||
| Gheorghe Guset | 17,71 | 18,00 | 18,07 | |||
| Igor Avrunin | 17,54 | x | 17,18 |