| Venue: Empire Stadium, London. |
| Final Ranking | Dist. | Y | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | | 1. Tapio Rautavaara |  FIN | 69.77m | 33 | 69.77 | X | 57.59 | 59.43 | 61.86 | 65.79 | | 2. Steve Seymour |  USA | 67.56m | 27 | X | 62.37 | 67.56 | 61.72 | 63.58 | 61.00 | | 3. József Várszegi |  HUN | 67.03m | 37 | 67.03 | 58.14 | 60.29 | 57.53 | 59.71 | 58.35 | | 4. Pauli Vesterinen | FIN | 65.89m | 24 | 65.44 | 60.96 | 63.01 | 61.76 | 65.89 | 58.95 | | 5. Odd Mæhlum |  NOR | 65.32m | 26 | 65.32 | 62.00 | 65.17 | 59.23 | 60.59 | 59.33 | | 6. Martin Biles | USA | 65.17m | 29 | 58.70 | 65.09 | 61.67 | 59.09 | 64.10 | 65.17 | | 7. Mirko Vujačić |  YUG | 64.89m | 23 | | 8. Bob Likins | USA | 64.51m | 27 | | 9. Gunnar Petersson |  SWE | 62.80m | 32 | | 10.Per-Arne Berglund | SWE | 62.62m | 21 | | 11.Lumír Kiesewetter |  TCH | 60.25m | 28 | | 12.Soini Nikkinen | FIN | 58.05m | 25 |
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Qualification - Wednesday 04.08 | | mark - 64.00m. 4 athletes reached the mark. 8 best were added. |
| Ranking | Dist. | Y | | 1. Martin Biles | USA | 67.68m | 29 | | 2. Per-Arne Berglund | SWE | 67.02m | 21 | | 3. Tapio Rautavaara | FIN | 64.68m | 33 | | 4. Gunnar Petersson | SWE | 64.04m | 32 | | 5. Steve Seymour | USA | 63.83m | 27 | | 6. Lumír Kiesewetter | TCH | 63.25m | 28 | | 7. Odd Mæhlum | NOR | 63.00m | 26 | | 8. Mirko Vujačić | YUG | 62.53m | 23 | | 9. Pauli Vesterinen | FIN | 61.67m | 24 | | 10.József Várszegi | HUN | 61.63m | 37 | | 11.Soini Nikkinen | FIN | 61.21m | 25 | | 12.Bob Likins | USA | 61.00m | 27 | | 13.Ricardo Héber |  ARG | 60.82m | 20 | | 14.Raymond Tissot |  FRA | 58.19m | 28 | | 15.Dušan Vujačić | YUG | 57.62m | 29 | | 16.Nico Lutkeveld |  NED | 56.25m | 31 | | 17.Sigurðsson Jóel |  ISL | 55.69m | 23 | | 18.Pedro Apellániz |  ESP | 54.93m | 24 | | 19.Morville Chote |  GBR | 54.84m | 23 | | 20.Leo Roininen |  CAN | 53.92m | 20 | | 21.Malcolm Dalrymple | GBR | 53.17m | 25 | | 22.Halil Zıraman |  TUR | 53.30m | | | 23.Pierre Sprécher | FRA | 52.30m | 26 |
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