Final 15:00 | Distance | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 1. Parry O'Brien | USA | 17.41m | 17.41 | 17.21 | 16.79 | 16.87 | 17.12 | 16.53 | 2. Darrow Hooper | USA | 17.39m | 17.02 | 16.59 | 17.08 | 16.90 | 16.93 | 17.39 | 3. James Fuchs | USA | 17.06m | 16.93 | X | X | X | 17.06 | X | 4. Otto Grigalka | URS | 16.78m | 16.53 | 16.78 | 15.91 | 16.27 | 16.29 | 16.33 | 5. Roland Nilsson | SWE | 16.55m | 16.55 | 16.08 | 16.33 | X | X | X | 6. John Savidge | GBR | 16.19m | 16.17 | 16.18 | X | 16.19 | 16.03 | X | 7. Georgy Fedorov | URS | 16.06m | 15.98 | 16.01 | 16.06 | | | | 8. Per Stavem | NOR | 16.02m | 15.14 | 16.02 | 15.31 | | | | 9. Jiri Skobla | TCH | 15.92m | 15.73 | 15.60 | 15.92 | | | | 10.Tadeusz Krzyzanowski | POL | 15.08m | 15.08 | 14.57 | 14.32 | | | | 11.Lucien Guillier | FRA | 14.84m | 13.94 | 14.46 | 14.84 | | | | 12.Aangiolo Profeti | ITA | 14.74m | 14.59 | 14.00 | 14.74 | | | | 13.Alois Schwabl | AUT | 14.45m | 14.43 | 14.20 | 14.45 | | | |
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Qualification | mark 14.60 13 Athletes | Monday 21.07 | 10:00 |
Athlete | Team | Dist. | 1. Patty O'Brien | USA | 16.05m | 2. Otto Grigalka | URS | 15.90m | 3. Roland Nilsson | SWE | 15.81m | 4. Darrow Hooper | USA | 15.48m | 5. James Fuchs | USA | 15.29m | 6. Jiri Skobla | TCH | 15.29m | 7. Georgy Fedorov | URS | 15.16m | 8. Per Stavem | NOR | 15.12m | 9. Alois Schwabl | AUT | 15.00m | 10.Angiolo Profeti | ITA | 14.93m | 11.Tadeusz Krzyzanowski | POL | 14.90m | 12.John Savidge | GBR | 14.89m | 13.Lucien Guillier | FRA | 14.62m | 14.Aapo Perko | FIN | 14.50m | 15.Toivo Telén | FIN | 14.30m | 16.Ramon Rosario Rodríguez | PUR | 14.21m | 17.Kaarto Rask | FIN | 14.08m | 18.Constantinos Giataganas | GRE | 14.05m | 19.John Giles | GBR | 13.73m | 20.Nuri Turan | TUR | 13.00m |
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| Venue: Helsingin Olympiastadion. Capp.: 70,000. | 20 competitors from -- nations. |
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