Qualifikationsweite 17,00 m
| 1 | Yoelvis Quesada | CUB | 17,47 | Q | |
| 2 | Jonathan Edwards | GBR | 17,28 | Q | |
| 3 | Kenny Harrison | USA | 17,11 | Q | |
| 4 | Christos Meletoglou | GRE | 17,04 | Q | NR |
| 5 | Jerome Romain | DMN | 17,03 | Q | |
| 6 | Charles Friedek | GER | 16,98 | q | |
| 7 | Brian Wellman | BER | 16,84 | q | |
| 8 | Joel Garcia | CUB | 16,79 | ||
| 9 | Nikolay Raev | BUL | 16,72 | ||
| 10 | Andrey Kurennoy | RUS | 16,59 | ||
| 11 | Zoran Djurdjevic | YUG | 16,49 | ||
| 12 | Ketill Hanstveit | NOR | 16,45 | ||
| 13 | Avi Tayari | ISR | 16,45 | ||
| 14 | Tibor Ordina | HUN | 16,38 | ||
| 15 | Sergey Arzamasov | KZK | 16,37 | ||
| 16 | Georges Sainte-Rose | FRA | 16,32 | ||
| 17 | Vladimir Kravchenko | UKR | 16,24 | ||
| 18 | Andrius Raizgys | LIT | 16,21 | ||
| 19 | Xavier Montane | AND | 14,58 | ||
| Aleksandr Tumanov | TKM | NM |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Yoelvis Quesada | 17,47 | - | - |
| Jonathan Edwards | 17,28 | - | - |
| Kenny Harrison | 17,11 | - | - |
| Christos Meletoglou | 15,93 | 17,04 | - |
| Jerome Romain | 16,96 | 17,03 | - |
| Charles Friedek | x | 16,98 | - |
| Brian Wellman | x | 16,68 | 16,84 |
| Joel Garcia | 16,52 | 16,79 | 16,51 |
| Nikolay Raev | 16,00 | 16,72 | x |
| Andrey Kurennoy | 16,59 | 16,59 | x |
| Zoran Djurdjevic | 16,49 | 16,32 | 16,40 |
| Ketill Hanstveit | 16,23 | 16,38 | 16,45 |
| Avi Tayari | 16,38 | x | 16,45 |
| Tibor Ordina | 16,30 | 15,51 | 16,38 |
| Sergey Arzamasov | 16,26 | 16,25 | 16,37 |
| Georges Sainte-Rose | x | 16,32 | x |
| Vladimir Kravchenko | x | 16,24 | x |
| Andrius Raizgys | 16,12 | 16,10 | 16,21 |
| Xavier Montane | x | 14,58 | x |
| Aleksandr Tumanov | x | x | x |
| 1 | Eliecer Urrutia | CUB | 17,11 | Q |
| 2 | Andrew Owusu | GHA | 17,05 | Q |
| 3 | Serge Helan | FRA | 17,01 | Q |
| 4 | Armen Martirosyan | ARM | 16,98 | q |
| 5 | Denis Kapustin | RUS | 16,96 | q |
| 6 | Francis Agyepong | GBR | 16,83 | |
| 7 | Raul Chapado | ESP | 16,80 | |
| 8 | Robert Howard | USA | 16,63 | |
| 9 | Rostislav Dimitrov | BUL | 16,62 | |
| 10 | Ndabezinhle Mdhlongwa | ZIM | 16,56 | |
| 11 | Vasiliy Sokov | RUS | 16,42 | |
| 12 | Maris Bruziks | LAT | 16,35 | |
| 13 | Oluyemi Sule | NGR | 16,16 | |
| 14 | Eugeni Petin | UZB | 16,13 | |
| 15 | Yuriy Osipenko | UKR | 16,13 | |
| 16 | Zsolt Czingler | HUN | 16,04 | |
| 17 | Paul Nioze | SEY | 15,79 | |
| Paolo Camossi | ITA | NM | ||
| Majed Jabbar | IRQ | NM | ||
| Lao Jianfeng | CHN | DNS |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Eliecer Urrutia | 17,11 | - | - |
| Andrew Owusu | 17,05 | - | - |
| Serge Helan | 16,73 | 16,42 | 17,01 |
| Armen Martirosyan | 16,90 | 16,42 | 16,98 |
| Denis Kapustin | 16,57 | 16,96 | x |
| Francis Agyepong | 16,83 | x | x |
| Raul Chapado | x | x | 16,80 |
| Robert Howard | 16,24 | 16,63 | 16,58 |
| Rostislav Dimitrov | 16,55 | 16,62 | x |
| Ndabezinhle Mdhlongwa | 16,20 | 16,56 | 16,41 |
| Vasiliy Sokov | 16,20 | 16,42 | x |
| Maris Bruziks | 16,35 | 16,14 | 14,42 |
| Oluyemi Sule | x | 15,88 | 16,16 |
| Eugeni Petin | 16,13 | 16,05 | x |
| Yuriy Osipenko | 16,04 | 16,13 | x |
| Zsolt Czingler | 14,30 | 15,73 | 16,04 |
| Paul Nioze | 15,64 | 15,67 | 15,79 |
| Paolo Camossi | x | x | x |
| Majed Jabbar | x | x | x |
| Lao Jianfeng | - | - | - |