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| 1 | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | 21,57 | q |
| 2 | Ulf Timmermann | GDR | 21,11 | q |
| 3 | Vyacheslav Lykho | URS | 20,99 | q |
| 4 | Werner Günthör | SUI | 20,66 | q |
| 5 | Helmut Krieger | POL | 19,73 | q |
| 6 | Karsten Stolz | FRG | 19,69 | q |
| 7 | Gregg Tafralis | USA | 19,62 | |
| 8 | Georgi Todorov | BUL | 19,43 | |
| 9 | Ron Backes | USA | 19,34 | |
| 10 | Dimitrios Koutsoukis | GRE | 19,05 | |
| Jan Sagedal | NOR | DNS |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Alessandro Andrei | |||
| Ulf Timmermann | |||
| Vyacheslav Lykho | |||
| Werner Günthör | |||
| Helmut Krieger | |||
| Karsten Stolz | |||
| Gregg Tafralis | |||
| Georgi Todorov | |||
| Ron Backes | |||
| Dimitrios Koutsoukis | |||
| Jan Sagedal |
| 1 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 20,95 | q |
| 2 | John Brenner | USA | 20,28 | q |
| 3 | Remigius Machura | TCH | 20,27 | q |
| 4 | Klaus Bodenmüller | AUT | 19,96 | q |
| 5 | Sergey Gavryushin | URS | 19,96 | q |
| 6 | Gert Weil | CHI | 19,76 | q |
| 7 | Udo Gelhausen | FRG | 19,10 | |
| 8 | Janne Ronkainen | FIN | 18,36 | |
| 9 | Lars Sundin | SWE | 17,25 | |
| Arne Pedersen | NOR | DNS |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Udo Beyer | |||
| John Brenner | |||
| Remigius Machura | |||
| Klaus Bodenmüller | |||
| Sergey Gavryushin | |||
| Gert Weil | |||
| Udo Gelhausen | |||
| Janne Ronkainen | |||
| Lars Sundin | |||
| Arne Pedersen |