| 1 | Werner Günthör | SUI | |
22,23 |
| 2 | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | |
21,88 |
| 3 | John Brenner | USA | |
21,75 |
| 4 | Remigius Machura | TCH | 21,39 | |
| 5 | Ulf Timmermann | GDR | 21,35 | |
| 6 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 21,13 | |
| 7 | Klaus Bodenmüller | AUT | 20,41 | |
| 8 | Sergey Gavryushin | URS | 20,15 | |
| 9 | Vyacheslav Lykho | URS | 19,98 | |
| 10 | Gert Weil | CHI | 19,71 | |
| 11 | Karsten Stolz | FRG | 19,22 | |
| 12 | Helmut Krieger | POL | 19,15 |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. |
| Werner Günthör | ||||||
| Alessandro Andrei | ||||||
| John Brenner | ||||||
| Remigius Machura | ||||||
| Ulf Timmermann | ||||||
| Udo Beyer | ||||||
| Klaus Bodenmüller | ||||||
| Sergey Gavryushin | ||||||
| Vyacheslav Lykho | ||||||
| Gert Weil | ||||||
| Karsten Stolz | ||||||
| Helmut Krieger |