Final | Distance | 1. Rolf Danneberg | FRG | 66.60m | 2. Mac Wilkins | USA | 66.30m | 3. John Powell | USA | 65.46m | 4. Knut Hjeltnes | NOR | 65.28m | 5. Art Burns | USA | 64.98m | 6. Alwin Wagner | FRG | 64.72m | 7. Luciano Zerbini | ITA | 63.50m | 8. Stefan Fernholm | SWE | 63.22m |
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| Venue: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 93,607. | -- competitors from -- nations. | Qualification |
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