Qualifikationsweite: 16,60 m
| 1 | Vladimir Inosemzev | URS | 16,96 | Q |
| 2 | Milan Mikulas | TCH | 16,89 | Q |
| 3 | Mike Conley | USA | 16,88 | Q |
| 4 | Juan Lopez | CUB | 16,76 | Q |
| 5 | Jorge Reyna | CUB | 16,71 | Q |
| 6 | Serge Helan | FRA | 16,59 | q |
| 7 | John Herbert | GBR | 16,57 | q |
| 8 | Toussaint Rabenala | MAD | 16,49 | q |
| 9 | Alfred Stummer | AUT | 16,46 | q |
| 10 | Mikola Mussiyenko | URS | 16,43 | q |
| 11 | Charles Simpkins | USA | 16,43 | q |
| 12 | Andrzej Grabarczyk | POL | 16,40 | q |
| 13 | Pierre Camara | FRA | 16,27 | |
| 14 | Patterson Johnson | BAH | 16,19 | |
| 15 | Bela Bakosi | HUN | 16,05 | |
| 16 | Wendell Lawrence | BAH | 15,94 |