| 1 | Michael Stulce | USA | 20,56 | Q |
| 2 | Aleksandr Bagach | UKR | 20,21 | Q |
| 3 | Aleksandr Klimenko | UKR | 19,74 | Q |
| 4 | Sergey Smirnov | RUS | 19,64 | Q |
| 5 | Jim Doehring | USA | 19,56 | Q |
| 6 | Paolo Dal Soglio | ITA | 19,49 | Q |
| 7 | Luciano Zerbini | ITA | 19,32 | Q |
| 8 | Oliver-Sven Buder | GER | 19,12 | Q |
| 9 | Paul Edwards | GBR | 18,23 | Q |
| 10 | Markus Koistinen | FIN | 18,20 | Q |
| 11 | Viktor Bulat | BLR | 18,18 | Q |
| 12 | Gheorghe Guset | ROM | 18,09 | Q |
| 13 | John Minns | AUS | 18,08 | |
| 14 | Kent Larsson | SWE | 18,05 | |
| 15 | Rob Venier | CAN | 17,36 |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Michael Stulce | 20,56 | - | - |
| Aleksandr Bagach | x | 20,21 | - |
| Aleksandr Klimenko | 19,74 | - | - |
| Sergey Smirnov | 19,38 | 19,64 | - |
| Jim Doehring | 19,21 | 19,56 | - |
| Paolo Dal Soglio | x | 18,37 | 19,49 |
| Luciano Zerbini | 19,32 | 19,09 | x |
| Oliver-Sven Buder | 19,12 | 18,57 | x |
| Paul Edwards | 17,63 | 18,23 | 18,11 |
| Markus Koistinen | 17,90 | 18,20 | x |
| Viktor Bulat | 18,18 | 17,74 | 18,01 |
| Gheorghe Guset | 17,84 | 18,09 | x |
| John Minns | 17,96 | 17,88 | 18,08 |
| Kent Larsson | 17,51 | 17,70 | 18,05 |
| Rob Venier | 17,14 | 17,36 | x |