Qualifikationsweite 20,00 m
| 1 | Dave Laut | USA | 21,08 | Q |
| 2 | Remigius Machura | TCH | 20,67 | Q |
| 3 | Ulf Timmermann | GDR | 20,10 | Q |
| 4 | Janis Bojars | URS | 20,04 | Q |
| 5 | Vladimir Milic | YUG | 19,66 | q |
| 6 | Aulis Akonniemi | FIN | 19,65 | q |
| 7 | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | 19,57 | q |
| 8 | Bishop Dolegiewicz | CAN | 18,68 | |
| 9 | Ahmed Kamel Shatta | EGY | 16,73 | |
| Adnan Houry | SYR | NM |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Dave Laut | 21,08 | - | - |
| Remigius Machura | 20,67 | - | - |
| Ulf Timmermann | 20,10 | - | - |
| Janis Bojars | 19,78 | 20,04 | - |
| Vladimir Milic | 19,66 | x | x |
| Aulis Akonniemi | 19,65 | x | 18,44 |
| Alessandro Andrei | x | 19,57 | 19,24 |
| Bishop Dolegiewicz | 18,68 | x | x |
| Ahmed Kamel Shatta | 16,66 | 16,47 | 16,73 |
| Adnan Houry | x | x | x |
| 1 | Edward Sarul | POL | 20,82 | Q |
| 2 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 20,29 | Q |
| 3 | Mike Lehmann | USA | 19,88 | q |
| 4 | Ivan Ivancic | YUG | 19,74 | q |
| 5 | Josef Kubeš | TCH | 19,73 | q |
| 6 | Kevin Akins | USA | 19,48 | |
| 7 | Erwin Weitzl | AUT | 19,23 | |
| 8 | Werner Günthör | SUI | 19,18 | |
| 9 | Bruno Pauletto | CAN | 18,32 | |
| 10 | Sergey Smirnov | URS | 18,03 |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Edward Sarul | 20,82 | - | - |
| Udo Beyer | 20,29 | - | - |
| Mike Lehmann | 19,24 | 19,28 | 19,88 |
| Ivan Ivancic | 19,51 | 19,74 | 19,39 |
| Josef Kubeš | 19,38 | 19,73 | 19,54 |
| Kevin Akins | 19,15 | 19,48 | 19,10 |
| Erwin Weitzl | 18,91 | 19,23 | 18,53 |
| Werner Günthör | 19,18 | x | 18,92 |
| Bruno Pauletto | 17,46 | 17,22 | 18,32 |
| Sergey Smirnov | x | x | 18,03 |