| 1 | John Godina | USA | |
21,87 |
| 2 | Adam Nelson | USA | |
21,24 |
| 3 | Arsi Harju | FIN | |
20,93 |
| 4 | Manuel Martínez | ESP | 20,91 | |
| 5 | Dragan Peric | YUG | 20,91 | |
| 6 | Yuriy Bilonog | UKR | 20,83 | |
| 7 | Conny Karlsson | FIN | 20,78 | |
| 8 | Bradley Snyder | CAN | 20,63 | |
| 9 | Ville Tiisanoja | FIN | 20,45 | |
| 10 | Joachim Olsen | DEN | 20,38 | |
| 11 | Janus Robberts | RSA | 20,18 | |
| Andrey Mikhnevich (*) | BLR | DQ |
| Athlet | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. |
| John Godina | 21,87 | 21,80 | x | x | x | x |
| Adam Nelson | 19,92 | 20,86 | 20,19 | 21,24 | x | x |
| Arsi Harju | 20,28 | 20,01 | 20,59 | 20,93 | 20,10 | 20,79 |
| Manuel Martínez | 20,78 | x | x | 20,91 | x | x |
| Dragan Peric | 20,91 | x | 20,67 | x | x | x |
| Yuriy Bilonog | 20,56 | 20,74 | x | 20,83 | 20,83 | x |
| Conny Karlsson | 20,07 | x | 20,78 | x | 19,96 | x |
| Bradley Snyder | 20,63 | x | x | x | x | 20,34 |
| Ville Tiisanoja | 20,37 | 19,95 | 20,45 | - | - | - |
| Joachim Olsen | 18,94 | 20,38 | 20,24 | - | - | - |
| Janus Robberts | 20,12 | x | 20,18 | - | - | - |
| Andrey Mikhnevich |
* ... Ergebnis von Andrei Mikhnevich (BLR) (10. mit 20,42) nachträglich wegen Dopings gestrichen