Final 16:00 | Distance | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 1. Vasily Rudenkov | URS | 67.10m | 65.60 | 64.98 | 67.10 | 66.62 | 64.58 | 66.23 | 2. Gyula Zsivotzky | HUN | 65.79m | 60.83 | 63.83 | 64.87 | 65.79 | X | 65.11 | 3. Tadeusz Rut | POL | 65.64m | 64.51 | 65.64 | 64.95 | X | 64.85 | 63.54 | 4. John Lawlor | IRL | 64.95m | X | 62.59 | 64.09 | 64.95 | X | X | 5. Olgierd Cieply | POL | 64.57m | 60.03 | 64.07 | 62.27 | 64.57 | 62.48 | 62.06 | 6. Zvonko Bezjak | YUG | 64.21m | 61.96 | 64.21 | 63.54 | 63.95 | 62.86 | X | 7. Anatoly Samocvetov | URS | 63.60m | X | 63.60 | X | | 8. Harold Connolly | USA | 63.59m | 63.05 | 62.57 | 63.59 | | 9. Heinrich Thun | AUT | 63.53m | 62.23 | X | 63.53 | | 10.Yury Nikulin | URS | 63.10m | 61.56 | 63.10 | 62.23 | | 11.Sverre Strandli | NOR | 63.05m | X | 62.02 | 63.05 | | 12.Muhamad Iqbal | PAK | 61.79m | 60.55 | 61.79 | 60.80 | | 13.Noboru Okamoto | JPN | 60.08m | X | 60.08 | X | | 14.Albert Hall | USA | 59.76m | 59.64 | X | 59.76 | | 15.Michael Ellis | GBR | 54.22m | X | 54.22 | X | |
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| Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Roma. Capp.: 65,000. | -- competitors from -- nations. |
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Qualification group | Team | Dist. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 1. Vasily Rudenkov | URS | 67.03m | 67.03 | | | 2. Gyula Zsivotzky | HUN | 64.80m | 64.80 | | | 3. Anatoly Samocvetov | URS | 64.67m | 64.67 | | | 4. Michael Ellis | GBR | 63.21m | 63.21 | | | 5. Harald Connolly | USA | 63.02m | 63.02 | | | 6. Heinrich Thun | AUT | 62.73m | 62.73 | | | 7. John Lawlor | IRL | 62.10m | X | 62.10 | | 8. Nobotu Okamoto | JPN | 61.95m | X | X | 61.95 | 9. Sverre Strandli | NOR | 61.41m | 58.67 | 61.41 | | 10.Zvonko Bezjak | JUG | 60.90m | 60.90 | | | 11.Muhamad Iqbal | PAK | 60.86m | 57.84 | 60.86 | | 12.Albert Hall | USA | 60.76m | 57.43 | X | 60.76 | 13.Tadeusz Rut | POL | 60.73m | 60.73 | | | 14.Olgierd Cieply | POL | 60.61m | 60.61 | | | 15.Yury Nikulin | URS | 60.40m | 60.40 | | | eliminated | 16.Guy Husson | FRA | 59.31m | 59.31 | X | 59.83 | 17.Klaus Peter | GER | 59.83m | X | 59.83 | X | 18.Jozsef Csermak | HUN | 59.72m | X | X | 59.72 | 19.Edward Bagdonas | USA | 59.48m | X | 59.48 | X | 20.Manfred Losch | GER | 59.38m | X | 58.85 | 59.38 | 21.Takeo Sugahara | JPN | 59.32m | 58.40 | 59.32 | 57.66 | 22.Hans Jost | SUI | 59.12m | 55.09 | 57.07 | 59.12 | 23.Siegfried Lorenz | GER | 59.06m | X | 59.06 | X | 24.Karl Asplund | SWE | 57.27m | 57.27 | X | X | 24.Kresimir Racic | YUG | 57.27m | 57.27 | X | X | 26.Jose Luis Falcon | ESP | 57.24m | 51.56 | 57.24 | X | 27.Andreas Kouveloyannis | GRE | 55.18m | 53.43 | X | 55.18 | 28.Eduardo Martins | POR | 54.92m | 53.26 | 54.31 | 54.92 | -.Bastian | IND | DNS | |
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