Qualifikationsweite ???
| 1 | Luis Delís | CUB | 66,06 | q |
| 2 | Rolf Danneberg | FRG | 64,90 | q |
| 3 | Romas Ubartas | URS | 64,48 | q |
| 4 | John Powell | USA | 63,62 | q |
| 5 | Imrich Bugár | TCH | 62,68 | q |
| 6 | Bradley Cooper | BAH | 61,70 | q |
| 7 | Knut Hjeltnes | NOR | 61,64 | |
| 8 | Dariusz Juzyszyn | POL | 61,38 | |
| 9 | Stefan Fernholm | SWE | 61,36 | |
| 10 | Vésteinn Hafsteinsson | ISL | 59,32 | |
| 11 | Georgi D. Georgiev | BUL | 58,80 | |
| 12 | John Brenner | USA | 58,44 | |
| 13 | Patrick Journoud | FRA | 57,84 | |
| Konstantinos Georgakopoulos | GRE | NM |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Luis Delís | |||
| Rolf Danneberg | |||
| Romas Ubartas | |||
| John Powell | |||
| Imrich Bugár | |||
| Bradley Cooper | |||
| Knut Hjeltnes | |||
| Dariusz Juzyszyn | |||
| Stefan Fernholm | |||
| Vésteinn Hafsteinsson | |||
| Georgi D. Georgiev | |||
| John Brenner | |||
| Patrick Journoud | |||
| Konstantinos Georgakopoulos |
| 1 | Jürgen Schult | GDR | 66,04 | q |
| 2 | Vaclavas Kidykas | URS | 64,60 | q |
| 3 | Vladimir Zinchenko | URS | 64,30 | q |
| 4 | Gejza Valent | TCH | 63,66 | q |
| 5 | Alois Hannecker | FRG | 63,34 | q |
| 6 | Marco Martino | ITA | 62,26 | q |
| 7 | Svein Inge Valvik | NOR | 59,76 | |
| 8 | Lars Sundin | SWE | 59,44 | |
| 9 | Ray Lazdins | CAN | 59,16 | |
| 10 | Randy Heisler | USA | 59,02 | |
| 11 | Kamen Dimitrov | BUL | 58,90 | |
| Werner Hartmann | FRG | DNS | ||
| Göran Svensson | SWE | NM |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Jürgen Schult | |||
| Vaclavas Kidykas | |||
| Vladimir Zinchenko | |||
| Gejza Valent | |||
| Alois Hannecker | |||
| Marco Martino | |||
| Svein Inge Valvik | |||
| Lars Sundin | |||
| Ray Lazdins | |||
| Randy Heisler | |||
| Kamen Dimitrov | |||
| Werner Hartmann | |||
| Göran Svensson |