Final | Distance | 1. Arto Harkonen | Finland | 86.76m | 2. David Ottley | Great Britain | 85.74m | 3. Kenth Eldebrink | Sweden | 83.72m | 4. Wolfram Gambke | West Germany | 82.46m | 5. Masami Yoshida | Japan | 81.98m | 6. Einar Vilhjamsson | Iceland | 81.58m | 7. Roald Bradstock | Great Britain | 81.22m | 8. Laslo Babits | Canada | 80.68m |
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| Venue: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 93,607. | -- competitors from -- nations. | Qualification |
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