| Final 16:30 | Distance | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | | 1. Naoto Tajima |  Japan | 16.00m | 15.76 | X | 15.44 | 16.00 | 15.65 | X | | 2. Masao Harada | Japan | 15.66m | 15.39 | 15.45 | 15.42 | 15.50 | 15.27 | 15.66 | | 3. Jack Metcalfe |  Australia | 15.50m | 15.50 | X | 14.67 | 14.83 | X | 15.20 | | 4. Heinz Wöllner |  Germany | 15.27m | 15.27 | X | X | 14.53 | X | 14.23 | | 5. Rolland Romero |  United States | 15.08m | 14.68 | X | 14.90 | X | 15.08 | 15.04 | | 6. Kenkichi Oshima | Japan | 15.07m | 15.07 | X | X | X | X | X | | 7. Erich Joch | Germany | 14.88m | 14.88 | 14.54 | 14.88 | | | 8. Dudley Wilkins | United States | 14.83m | 14.83 | X | 14.83 | | | 9. Olavi Suomela |  Finland | 14.72m | 13.98 | 14.72 | 14.53 | | | 10.Ludwig Long | Germany | 14.62m | 14.31 | 14.62 | X | | | 11.Edward Luckhaus |  Poland | 14.61m | 14.61 | 14.13 | 13.88 | | | 12.Lajos Somló |  Hungary | 14.60m | X | 14.12 | 14.60 | | | 13.Onni Rajasaari | Finland | 14.59m | 14.16 | X | 14.59 | | | 14.Eugen Haugland |  Norway | 14.56m | X | 14.56 | 14.43 | | | 15.Marten Klasema |  Netherlands | 14.55m | X | 14.43 | 14.55 | | | 16.Basil Dickinson | Australia | 14.48m | 14.48 | 14.18 | X | | | 17.Billy Brown | United States | 14.36m | 14.20 | 14.08 | 14.36 | | | 18.Bo Ljungberg |  Sweden | 14.35m | 14.35 | 13.62 | 14.28 | | | 19.Lennart Andersson | Sweden | 14.26m | X | 14.26 | X | | | 20.Sam Richardson |  Canada | 14.21m | 14.21 | X | X | | | 21.Jovan Mikić |  Yugoslavia | 13.90m | 13.71 | 13.45 | 13.90 | | | 22.Sigurður Sigurðsson |  Iceland | 13.58m | 13.55 | 13.58 | 13.14 | | | 23.Karl Kotratschek |  Austria | 13.15m | 12.87 | 13.14 | 13.15 | |
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| | | Venue: Olympiastadion, Charlottenburg, Berlin. Capp.: 100,000. | | -- competitors from -- nations. | | Elimination |
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