Qualifikationsweite 20,00 m
| 1 | Randy Barnes | USA | 20,21 | Q |
| 2 | Yevgeniy Palchikov | RUS | 19,91 | q |
| 3 | Oliver-Sven Buder | GER | 19,88 | q |
| 4 | Kevin Toth | USA | 19,63 | q |
| 5 | Kent Larsson | SWE | 19,56 | q |
| 6 | Gert Weil | CHI | 19,52 | q |
| 7 | Aleksandr Klimenko | UKR | 19,37 | |
| 8 | Markus Koistinen | FIN | 19,29 | |
| 9 | Courtney Ireland | NZL | 19,08 | |
| 10 | Gheorghe Guset | ROM | 18,95 | |
| 11 | Sergey Rubtsov | KZK | 18,84 | |
| 12 | Jeno Koczian | HUN | 18,45 | |
| 13 | Chima Ugwu | NGR | 18,19 | |
| 14 | Klaus Bodenmüller | AUT | 18,07 | |
| 15 | Paul Quirke | IRL | 17,05 | |
| 16 | Jaime Comandari | ESA | 14,97 |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Randy Barnes | |||
| Yevgeniy Palchikov | |||
| Oliver-Sven Buder | |||
| Kevin Toth | |||
| Kent Larsson | |||
| Gert Weil | |||
| Aleksandr Klimenko | |||
| Markus Koistinen | |||
| Courtney Ireland | |||
| Gheorghe Guset | |||
| Sergey Rubtsov | |||
| Jeno Koczian | |||
| Chima Ugwu | |||
| Klaus Bodenmüller | |||
| Paul Quirke | |||
| Jaime Comandari |
| 1 | Werner Günthör | SUI | 20,56 | Q | |
| 2 | Mike Stulce | USA | 20,53 | Q | |
| 3 | Aleksandr Bagach | UKR | 19,89 | q | |
| 4 | Dragan Peric | YUG | 19,77 | q | |
| 5 | Jonny Reinhardt | GER | 19,76 | q | |
| 6 | Manuel Martínez | ESP | 19,53 | q | NR |
| 7 | Antero Paljakka | FIN | 19,31 | ||
| 8 | Aleksandr Klimov | BLR | 19,07 | ||
| 9 | Paul Edwards | GBR | 19,00 | ||
| 10 | Paolo Dal Soglio | ITA | 18,68 | ||
| 11 | Andrey Nemchaninov | UKR | 18,28 | ||
| 12 | Sergey Kot | UZB | 18,22 | ||
| 13 | Mika Halvari | FIN | 18,19 | ||
| 14 | Merab Kurashvili | GEO | 18,18 | ||
| 15 | Pétur Gudmundsson | ISL | 18,11 | ||
| 16 | Dashdendev Makhashiri | MGL | 14,87 | NR |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Werner Günthör | |||
| Mike Stulce | |||
| Aleksandr Bagach | |||
| Dragan Peric | |||
| Jonny Reinhardt | |||
| Manuel Martínez | |||
| Antero Paljakka | |||
| Aleksandr Klimov | |||
| Paul Edwards | |||
| Paolo Dal Soglio | |||
| Andrey Nemchaninov | |||
| Sergey Kot | |||
| Mika Halvari | |||
| Merab Kurashvili | |||
| Pétur Gudmundsson | |||
| Dashdendev Makhashiri |