Qualifikationsweite 63,00 m
| 1 | Luis Delís | CUB | 64,20 | Q |
| 2 | Gejza Valent | TCH | 63,98 | Q |
| 3 | Georgiy Kolnootchenko | URS | 63,46 | Q |
| 4 | Mac Wilkins | USA | 62,58 | q |
| 5 | Igor Duginyets | URS | 62,42 | q |
| 6 | Rickard Bruch | SWE | 59,28 | |
| 7 | John Powell | USA | 58,96 | |
| 8 | Alwin Wagner | FRG | 58,96 | |
| 9 | Robert Gray | CAN | 57,92 | |
| 10 | Ion Zamfirache | ROM | 57,54 | |
| 11 | Øystein Bjørbaek | NOR | 55,40 | |
| 12 | Vésteinn Hafsteinsson | ISL | 55,20 | |
| 13 | Weinan Li | CHN | 51,72 |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Luis Delís | 61,66 | 64,20 | - |
| Gejza Valent | 59,38 | 63,98 | - |
| Georgiy Kolnootchenko | x | x | 63,46 |
| Mac Wilkins | x | 57,48 | 62,58 |
| Igor Duginyets | 60,56 | 61,98 | 62,42 |
| Rickard Bruch | 59,28 | x | x |
| John Powell | x | 58,96 | 56,24 |
| Alwin Wagner | x | x | 58,96 |
| Robert Gray | x | 56,50 | 57,92 |
| Ion Zamfirache | 57,54 | x | x |
| Øystein Bjørbaek | 54,78 | 52,58 | 55,40 |
| Vésteinn Hafsteinsson | x | x | 55,20 |
| Weinan Li | 46,94 | 51,64 | 51,72 |
| 1 | Imrich Bugár | TCH | 65,00 | Q |
| 2 | Ari Huumonen | FIN | 63,76 | Q |
| 3 | Jürgen Schult | GDR | 62,80 | q |
| 4 | Bradley Cooper | BAH | 62,72 | q |
| 5 | Art Burns | USA | 61,88 | q |
| 6 | Juan Martínez | CUB | 60,92 | q |
| 7 | Knut Hjeltnes | NOR | 60,10 | q |
| 8 | Konstantinos Georgakopoulos | GRE | 59,54 | |
| 9 | Yuriy Dumchev | URS | 58,84 | |
| 10 | Werner Hartmann | FRG | 58,48 | |
| 11 | Iosif Nagy | ROM | 58,34 | |
| 12 | Mohamed Naguib Hamed | EGY | 56,62 | |
| 13 | Adnan Houry | SYR | 48,34 |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Imrich Bugár | 62,28 | 65,00 | - |
| Ari Huumonen | 61,02 | 62,32 | 63,76 |
| Jürgen Schult | 61,70 | 60,38 | 62,80 |
| Bradley Cooper | 62,72 | 60,84 | 57,84 |
| Art Burns | 58,66 | 60,00 | 61,88 |
| Juan Martínez | 59,36 | 60,92 | x |
| Knut Hjeltnes | 58,42 | 60,10 | x |
| Konstantinos Georgakopoulos | 57,44 | 58,06 | 59,54 |
| Yuriy Dumchev | 58,84 | x | 56,66 |
| Werner Hartmann | 53,92 | 58,48 | 56,52 |
| Iosif Nagy | 57,58 | 58,34 | x |
| Mohamed Naguib Hamed | 56,62 | 56,38 | x |
| Adnan Houry | 46,50 | 46,60 | 48,34 |