Qualifikationsweite 73,50 m
| 1 | Zdzislaw Kwasny | POL | 75,78 | Q |
| 2 | Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 75,52 | Q |
| 3 | Juha Tiainen | FIN | 75,02 | Q |
| 4 | Emanuil Dyulgerov | BUL | 74,74 | Q |
| 5 | Klaus Ploghaus | FRG | 74,46 | Q |
| 6 | Igor Nikulin | URS | 74,06 | Q |
| 7 | Roland Steuk | GDR | 73,68 | Q |
| 8 | František Vrbka | TCH | 71,72 | |
| 9 | Robert Weir | GBR | 71,62 | |
| 10 | Shigenobu Murofushi | JPN | 71,42 | |
| 11 | Ed Burke | USA | 69,12 | |
| 12 | Matthew Mileham | GBR | 67,12 | |
| 13 | Kjell Bystedt | SWE | 65,86 | |
| 14 | Hakim Toumi | ALG | 65,54 | |
| 15 | Yingqi Xie | CHN | 65,54 | |
| 16 | Declan Hegarty | IRL | 65,46 | |
| Henryk Krolak | POL | NM |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Zdzislaw Kwasny | 73,28 | 73,36 | 75,78 |
| Yuriy Sedykh | 75,52 | - | - |
| Juha Tiainen | 72,66 | 75,02 | - |
| Emanuil Dyulgerov | 74,74 | - | - |
| Klaus Ploghaus | 74,46 | - | - |
| Igor Nikulin | 74,06 | - | - |
| Roland Steuk | 73,68 | - | - |
| František Vrbka | 68,06 | 71,72 | 70,34 |
| Robert Weir | 71,62 | 70,72 | 68,24 |
| Shigenobu Murofushi | 71,42 | x | x |
| Ed Burke | 67,72 | 69,12 | 68,70 |
| Matthew Mileham | x | 67,12 | x |
| Kjell Bystedt | 65,84 | 64,72 | 65,86 |
| Hakim Toumi | 65,54 | 63,92 | 63,98 |
| Yingqi Xie | 62,54 | 65,54 | 63,04 |
| Declan Hegarty | 65,46 | x | 64,12 |
| Henryk Krolak | x | x | x |
| 1 | Sergey Litvinov | URS | 78,50 | Q |
| 2 | Gunther Rodehau | GDR | 74,86 | Q |
| 3 | Karl-Hans Riehm | FRG | 74,56 | Q |
| 4 | Harri Huhtala | FIN | 74,28 | Q |
| 5 | Christoph Sahner | FRG | 73,44 | q |
| 6 | Giampaolo Urlando | ITA | 72,06 | |
| 7 | Christopher Black | GBR | 71,18 | |
| 8 | Mariusz Tomaszewski | POL | 70,62 | |
| 9 | Dave McKenzie | USA | 69,94 | |
| 10 | Richard Olsen | NOR | 68,58 | |
| 11 | John McArdle | USA | 66,18 | |
| 12 | Hans Lotz | AUS | 66,14 | |
| 13 | Fatmir Bajraktari | ALB | 64,48 | |
| Jiri Chamrad | TCH | NM | ||
| Ralf Haber | GDR | NM | ||
| Johann Lindner | AUT | NM |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Sergey Litvinov | 78,50 | - | - |
| Gunther Rodehau | 71,28 | 74,86 | - |
| Karl-Hans Riehm | 74,56 | - | - |
| Harri Huhtala | 73,22 | 74,28 | - |
| Christoph Sahner | 73,44 | x | 72,42 |
| Giampaolo Urlando | 72,06 | 69,86 | x |
| Christopher Black | x | 71,18 | x |
| Mariusz Tomaszewski | 70,62 | x | 69,44 |
| Dave McKenzie | 69,24 | 67,22 | 69,94 |
| Richard Olsen | 67,62 | 68,58 | x |
| John McArdle | x | 64,44 | 66,18 |
| Hans Lotz | x | 66,14 | 65,42 |
| Fatmir Bajraktari | 61,22 | 61,72 | 64,48 |
| Jiri Chamrad | x | x | x |
| Ralf Haber | x | x | x |
| Johann Lindner | x | x | x |