| Final 15:00 | Distance | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | | 1. Karl Hein |  Germany | 56.49m | 52.13 | 52.44 | X | 54.70 | 54.85 | 56.49 | | 2. Erwin Blask | Germany | 55.04m | 52.55 | 55.04 | X | 54.10 | 54.48 | X | | 3. Alfred Warngård |  Sweden | 54.83m | 52.05 | 52.98 | 54.03 | 54.83 | 53.30 | 50.61 | | 4. Gustaf Alfons Koutonen |  Finland | 51.90m | X | 50.01 | 51.90 | 49.11 | 49.91 | X | | 5. William Rowe |  United States | 51.66m | 51.53 | 51.04 | 49.29 | 50.32 | 51.66 | X | | 6. Donald Favor | United States | 51.01m | 50.78 | 50.02 | 51.01 | 48.48 | 50.33 | 47.71 | | 7. Bernhard Greulich | Germany | 50.61m | 50.19 | X | 50.61 | | | 8. Koit Annamaa |  Estonia | 50.46m | 48.77 | 49.54 | 50.46 | | | 9. Henry Dreyer | United States | 50.42m | 49.81 | X | 50.42 | | | 10.Sulo Heino | Finland | 49.93m | 49.93 | 47.15 | 48.30 | | | 11.Ville Pörhölä | Finland | 49.89m | 45.35 | X | 49.89 | | | 12.Gunnar Jansson | Sweden | 49.28m | 49.21 | 48.49 | 49.28 | | | 13.Isao Abe |  Japan | 49.01m | 47.40 | 41.83 | 49.01 | | | 14.Evert Linné | Sweden | 47.61m | X | 47.25 | 47.61 | | | 15.Giovanni Cantagalli |  Italy | 47.42m | 45.21 | 47.42 | 45.08 | | | 16.Joseph Wirtz |  France | 45.69m | X | 44.82 | 45.69 | | | 17.Anton Barticevic |  Chile | 45.23m | X | 43.02 | 45.23 | |
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| | | Venue: Olympiastadion, Charlottenburg, Berlin. Capp.: 100,000. | | -- competitors from -- nations. | | Elimination |
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