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| 1 | Sergey Litvinov | URS | 81,78 | q |
| 2 | Walter Ciofani | FRA | 76,12 | q |
| 3 | Gunther Rodehau | GDR | 76,06 | q |
| 4 | Plamen Minev | BUL | 75,18 | q |
| 5 | Juha Tiainen | FIN | 75,10 | |
| 6 | Jud Logan | USA | 74,80 | |
| 7 | Kjell Bystedt | SWE | 74,46 | |
| 8 | Lucio Serrani | ITA | 74,00 | |
| 9 | Jörg Schaefer | FRG | 73,58 | |
| 10 | Viktor Apostolov | BUL | 73,46 | |
| 11 | Michael Beierl | AUT | 72,70 | |
| 12 | Andrés Charadia | ARG | 63,70 | |
| 13 | Gary Halpin | IRL | 63,68 |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Sergey Litvinov | |||
| Walter Ciofani | |||
| Gunther Rodehau | |||
| Plamen Minev | |||
| Juha Tiainen | |||
| Jud Logan | |||
| Kjell Bystedt | |||
| Lucio Serrani | |||
| Jörg Schaefer | |||
| Viktor Apostolov | |||
| Michael Beierl | |||
| Andrés Charadia | |||
| Gary Halpin |
| 1 | Ralf Haber | GDR | 79,46 | q |
| 2 | Igor Nikulin | URS | 78,60 | q |
| 3 | Heinz Weis | FRG | 77,78 | q |
| 4 | Tibor Gécsek | HUN | 77,52 | q |
| 5 | Jüri Tamm | URS | 77,42 | q |
| 6 | Christoph Sahner | FRG | 77,02 | q |
| 7 | Ivan Tanev | BUL | 76,50 | q |
| 8 | Harri Huhtala | FIN | 75,64 | q |
| 9 | Tore Gustafsson | SWE | 73,54 | |
| 10 | Ken Flax | USA | 73,36 | |
| 11 | Francisco Fuentes | ESP | 69,54 | |
| 12 | Dave Smith | GBR | 68,56 | |
| 13 | Angus Cooper | NZL | 63,64 |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Ralf Haber | |||
| Igor Nikulin | |||
| Heinz Weis | |||
| Tibor Gécsek | |||
| Jüri Tamm | |||
| Christoph Sahner | |||
| Ivan Tanev | |||
| Harri Huhtala | |||
| Tore Gustafsson | |||
| Ken Flax | |||
| Francisco Fuentes | |||
| Dave Smith | |||
| Angus Cooper |