Qualifikationsweite 19,75 m (?)
| 1 | Werner Günthör | SUI | 20,97 | Q |
| 2 | Sergey Nikolayev | URS | 20,16 | Q |
| 3 | Lars Arvid Nilsen | NOR | 19,79 | Q |
| 4 | Gert Weil | CHI | 19,51 | q |
| 5 | Oliver-Sven Buder | GER | 19,44 | q |
| 6 | Paul Edwards | GBR | 19,28 | q |
| 7 | Dragan Peric | YUG | 19,21 | q |
| 8 | Gheorghe Guset | ROM | 18,55 | |
| 9 | Luc Viudes | FRA | 18,43 | |
| 10 | C.J. Hunter | USA | 17,97 | |
| Sören Tallhem | SWE | NM |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Werner Günthör | |||
| Sergey Nikolayev | |||
| Lars Arvid Nilsen | |||
| Gert Weil | |||
| Oliver-Sven Buder | |||
| Paul Edwards | |||
| Dragan Peric | |||
| Gheorghe Guset | |||
| Luc Viudes | |||
| C.J. Hunter | |||
| Sören Tallhem |
| 1 | Georg Andersen | NOR | 20,41 | Q |
| 2 | Aleksandr Klimenko | URS | 19,79 | Q |
| 3 | Kent Larsson | SWE | 19,20 | q |
| 4 | Ron Backes | USA | 19,05 | q |
| 5 | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | 19,00 | q |
| 6 | Jan Sagedal | NOR | 18,90 | |
| 7 | Pétur Gudmundsson | ISL | 18,51 | |
| 8 | Karel Šula | TCH | 18,30 | |
| 9 | Kalman Konya | GER | 18,26 | |
| 10 | Khaled Sulim Al Khalidi | SAU | 16,38 | |
| 11 | Chee-Wee Lim | BRU | 13,49 | |
| Dimitrios Koutsoukis | GRE | NM |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Georg Andersen | |||
| Aleksandr Klimenko | |||
| Kent Larsson | |||
| Ron Backes | |||
| Alessandro Andrei | |||
| Jan Sagedal | |||
| Pétur Gudmundsson | |||
| Karel Šula | |||
| Kalman Konya | |||
| Khaled Sulim Al Khalidi | |||
| Chee-Wee Lim | |||
| Dimitrios Koutsoukis |