| Final | time | | 1. Alfred Oerter | USA | 56.36m | | 2. Fortune Gordien | USA | 54.81m | | 3. Desmond Koch | USA | 54.40m | | 4. Mark Pharaoh | GBR | 54.27m | | 5. Otto Grigalka | URS | 52.37m | | 6. Adolfo Consolini | ITA | 52.21m | | 7. Ferenc Klics | HUN | 51.82m | | 8. Dako Radosevic | YUG | 51.69m | | 9. Boris Matveev | URS | 51.38m | | 10.Gerard Carr | GBR | 50.72m | | 11.Gunter Kruse | ARG | 49.89m | | 12.Kim Boukhantsov | USR | 48.58m | | 13.Stephanus du Plessis | SAF | 48.49m | | 14.Erik Uddebom | SWE | 48.28m | | 15.Mesulame Rakura | FIJ | 47.24m | | 16.Hernen Haddad | CHI | 46.00m |
| Qualification Round | mark 47.00m | | Not Qualified | | -. Vesmonis Balodis | AUS | | -. Muhamad Ayub | PAK | | -. Pierre Alard | FRA | | -. Tadeusz Rut | POL |
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| | | Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground. Capp.: 120,000. | | -- competitors from -- nations. | | Qualification |
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