Qualifikationsweite 16,60 m
| 1 | Ajayi Agbebaku | NGR | 16,80 | Q |
| 2 | Zdzislaw Hoffmann | POL | 16,72 | Q |
| 3 | Al Joyner | USA | 16,65 | Q |
| 4 | Gennadiy Valyukevich | URS | 16,64 | Q |
| 5 | Willie Banks | USA | 16,58 | q |
| 6 | Ján Cado | TCH | 16,50 | q |
| 7 | Bedros Bedrosian | ROM | 16,43 | q |
| 8 | Bela Bakosi | HUN | 16,41 | q |
| 9 | Zhenxian Zou | CHN | 16,17 | |
| 10 | John Herbert | GBR | 16,12 | |
| 11 | Esa Viitasalo | FIN | 16,03 | |
| 12 | Wolfgang Knabe | FRG | 15,61 | |
| 13 | Oswald Phillip | MNT | 13,96 | |
| 14 | Adnan Abou Laoui | JOR | 13,53 |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Ajayi Agbebaku | |||
| Zdzislaw Hoffmann | |||
| Al Joyner | |||
| Gennadiy Valyukevich | |||
| Willie Banks | |||
| Ján Cado | |||
| Bedros Bedrosian | |||
| Bela Bakosi | |||
| Zhenxian Zou | |||
| John Herbert | |||
| Esa Viitasalo | |||
| Wolfgang Knabe | |||
| Oswald Phillip | |||
| Adnan Abou Laoui |
| 1 | Mike Conley | USA | 16,90 | Q |
| 2 | Steve Hanna | BAH | 16,76 | Q |
| 3 | Peter Bouschen | FRG | 16,71 | Q |
| 4 | Vlastimil Marinec | TCH | 16,57 | q |
| 5 | Vasiliy Grishchenkov | URS | 16,29 | |
| 6 | Khristo Markov | BUL | 16,25 | |
| 7 | Keith Connor | GBR | 16,18 | |
| 8 | Claes Rahm | SWE | 16,07 | |
| 9 | Dan Simion | ROM | 15,96 | |
| 10 | Mamadou Diallo | SEN | 15,67 | |
| 11 | José Quinaliza | ECU | 15,18 | |
| Dimitrios Mihas | GRE | NM | ||
| José Salazar | VEN | DNS |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Mike Conley | |||
| Steve Hanna | |||
| Peter Bouschen | |||
| Vlastimil Marinec | |||
| Vasiliy Grishchenkov | |||
| Khristo Markov | |||
| Keith Connor | |||
| Claes Rahm | |||
| Dan Simion | |||
| Mamadou Diallo | |||
| José Quinaliza | |||
| Dimitrios Mihas | |||
| José Salazar |