Qualifikationsweite 84,00 m
| 1 | Klaus Tafelmeier | FRG | 88,86 | Q |
| 2 | Tom Petranoff | USA | 85,68 | Q |
| 3 | Esa Utriainen | FIN | 84,22 | Q |
| 4 | Dainis Kula | URS | 83,16 | q |
| 5 | Rod Ewaliko | USA | 82,68 | q |
| 6 | Aimo Aho | FIN | 81,92 | q |
| 7 | Einar Vilhjálmsson | ISL | 81,72 | |
| 8 | Zakayo Malekwa | TAN | 72,92 | |
| 9 | Trevor Modeste | GRN | 51,84 |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Klaus Tafelmeier | x | 88,86 | - |
| Tom Petranoff | 85,68 | - | - |
| Esa Utriainen | 76,18 | 84,22 | - |
| Dainis Kula | 78,58 | x | 83,16 |
| Rod Ewaliko | 82,68 | 79,38 | 76,46 |
| Aimo Aho | 72,60 | 81,92 | 79,66 |
| Einar Vilhjálmsson | 81,72 | 77,08 | x |
| Zakayo Malekwa | 72,92 | x | 72,80 |
| Trevor Modeste | x | 51,84 | x |
| 1 | Detlef Michel | GDR | 90,40 | Q |
| 2 | Bob Roggy | USA | 86,16 | Q |
| 3 | Heino Puuste | URS | 85,86 | Q |
| 4 | Kenth Eldebrink | SWE | 85,64 | Q |
| 5 | Zdenek Adamec | TCH | 84,54 | Q |
| 6 | Per Erling Olsen | NOR | 83,10 | q |
| 7 | Arto Härkönen | FIN | 81,42 | |
| 8 | Mike O'Rourke | NZL | 75,32 | |
| 9 | Laslo Babits | CAN | 74,16 |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Detlef Michel | 90,40 | - | - |
| Bob Roggy | 73,30 | 86,16 | - |
| Heino Puuste | 82,18 | 85,86 | - |
| Kenth Eldebrink | 85,64 | - | - |
| Zdenek Adamec | 83,42 | 84,54 | - |
| Per Erling Olsen | 82,72 | x | 83,10 |
| Arto Härkönen | 81,42 | 80,20 | 77,76 |
| Mike O'Rourke | 75,32 | x | x |
| Laslo Babits | 74,16 | x | x |