Final | time | 1. Alfred Oerter | USA | 56.36m | 2. Fortune Gordien | USA | 54.81m | 3. Desmond Koch | USA | 54.40m | 4. Mark Pharaoh | GBR | 54.27m | 5. Otto Grigalka | URS | 52.37m | 6. Adolfo Consolini | ITA | 52.21m | 7. Ferenc Klics | HUN | 51.82m | 8. Dako Radosevic | YUG | 51.69m | 9. Boris Matveev | URS | 51.38m | 10.Gerard Carr | GBR | 50.72m | 11.Gunter Kruse | ARG | 49.89m | 12.Kim Boukhantsov | USR | 48.58m | 13.Stephanus du Plessis | SAF | 48.49m | 14.Erik Uddebom | SWE | 48.28m | 15.Mesulame Rakura | FIJ | 47.24m | 16.Hernen Haddad | CHI | 46.00m |
Qualification Round | mark 47.00m | Not Qualified | -. Vesmonis Balodis | AUS | -. Muhamad Ayub | PAK | -. Pierre Alard | FRA | -. Tadeusz Rut | POL |
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| Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground. Capp.: 120,000. | -- competitors from -- nations. | Qualification |
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