| Final | Distance | Wind | | | 1. Jörg Drehmel |  GDR | 17.16wm | 3.7m/s | | | 2. Viktor Sanejev |  URS | 17.10wm | 3m/s | | | 3. Carol Corbu |  ROU | 16.87m | | | | 4. Michael Sauer |  FRG | 16.58m | 1m/s | | | 5. Václav Fišer |  TCH | 16.39wm | 2.9m/s | | | 6. Heinz-Günter Schenk | GDR | 16.38wm | 2.2m/s | | | 7. Gennadiy Bessonov | URS | 16.26mw | 1.8m/s | | | 8. Gennadiy Salevich | URS | 16.24wm | 3.2m/s | | | 9. Joachim Kugler | FRG | 16.12m | 0.9m/s | | | 10.Luis Felipe Areta |  ESP | 15.81wm | 2.8m/s | | | 11.Józef Szmidt |  POL | 15.62m | 1.1m/s | | | 12.Giuseppe Gentile |  ITA | 14.00m | | |
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Qualification - Saturday 14.08 11:00 | | Mark 16.20m - 9+3 Athletes |
| Group A | Distance | | | 2. Jörg Drehmel | GDR | 16.83m | Q | | 3. Michael Sauer | FRG | 16.50m | Q | | 7. Václav Fišer | TCH | 16.32m | Q | | 10.Gennadiy Bessonov | URS | 16.19m | q | | 11.Carol Corbu | ROU | 16.12m | q | | 12.Gennadiy Salevich | URS | 16.10m | q |
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| Group B | Distance | | | 1. Viktor Sanejev | URS | 16.99m | Q | | 4. Joachim Kugler | FRG | 16.47m | Q | | 5. Giuseppe Gentile | ITA | 16.46m | Q | | 6. Luis Felipe Areta | ESP | 16.41m | Q | | 8. Józef Szmidt | POL | 16.27m | Q | | 9. Heinz-Günter Schenk | GDR | 16.23m | Q |
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| eliminated | | 13.Kristen Fløgstad |  NOR | 15.93m | | | 14.Pentti Kuukasjärvi |  FIN | 15.83m | | | 15.Serge Firca |  FRA | 15.79m | | | 16.Milan Spasojević |  YUG | 15.61m | | | 17.Henrik Kalocsai |  HUN | 15.56m | | | 18.Aşkın Tuna |  TUR | 15.39m | |
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