| Final | Distance | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | | 1. Adhemar Ferreira da Silva |  BRA | 16.35m | 15.69 | 16.04 | 15.90 | 16.35 | 16.26 | 16.21 | | 2. Vilhjalmur Einarsson |  ISL | 16.26m | X | 16.26 | 15.81 | X | 15.61 | - | | 3. Vitold Kreyer |  URS | 16.02m | 15.83 | X | 16.02 | 15.51 | X | X | | 4. William Sharpe |  USA | 15.88m | 15.88 | X | 14.15 | - | - | - | | 5. Martin Rehak |  TCH | 15.85m | 15.58 | X | 15.85 | X | 15.10 | 15.63 | | 6. Leonid Shcherbakov | URS | 15.80m | 15.72 | X | 15.58 | X | 15.80 | 15.12 | | 7. Koji Sakurai |  JPN | 15.73m | 15.73 | 15.59 | 15.29 | | 8. Teruji Kogake | JPN | 15.64m | 15.64 | 14.71 | 15.01 | | 9. Kenneth Wilmshurst |  GBR | 15.54m | 15.42 | 15.54 | 15.09 | | 10.Ryszard Malcherczyk |  POL | 15.54m | 15.54 | 15.26 | 15.41 | | 11.Ira Davis | USA | 15.40m | 14.16 | X | 15.40 | | 12.George Shaw | USA | 15.33m | 15.33 | X | X | | 13.Hiroshi Shibata | JPN | 15.25m | 15.25 | 14.85 | X | | 14.Kari Rahkamo |  FIN | 15.21m | 15.21 | X | X | | 15.Mohinder Singh |  IND | 15.20m | 15.20 | X | X | | 16.Eric Battista |  FRA | 15.15m | 15.15 | 15.03 | X | | 17.Paul Bamela Engo |  NGR | 15.03m | 14.98 | 15.03 | 14.87 | | 18.Tapio Lehto | FIN | 14.91m | 14.63 | 14.91 | X | | 19.Hannu Rantala | FIN | 14.87m | 14.65 | 14.87 | 14.87 | | 20.Lawrence Ogwang |  UGA | 14.72m | 14.19 | 14.72 | 14.15 | | 21.Choi Yong-Kee |  KOR | 14.65m | 14.65 | X | X | | -. Peter Esiri | NGR | NM | X | X | - |
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| Not Qualified | | -. Muhamad Rashid |  PAK | | -. Chun-Tsai Wu |  TWN | | -. Ronald Gray |  AUS | | -. Gabuh Bin Pinding |  BRN | | -. Walter Herssens |  BEL | | -. Maurice Rich | AUS | | -. Eng-Yoon Tian |  SIN | | -. Brian Oliver | AUS | | -. Muhammad Ramzan Ali | PAK | | -. Bin Diau Sium | BRN |
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