| Final | Team | Distm | 1. | 2. | 3 | 4. | 5. | 6. | | 1. Serguei Litvinov | URS | 84.80m | 84.76 | 83.82 | 83.86 | 83.98 | 84.80 | 83.80 | | 2. Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 83.76m | 80.96 | 83.62 | 83.44 | 83.44 | X | 83.76 | | 3. Iouri Tamm | URS | 81.16m | 80.94 | 81.16 | X | X | X | X | | 4. Ralf Haber | GDR | 80.44m | 78.92 | 78.72 | 79.18 | X | 78.88 | 80.44 | | 5. Heinz Weis | FRG | 79.16m | 78.50 | 76.80 | X | 77.70 | 78.98 | 79.16 | | 6. Tibor Gecsek | HUN | 78.36m | 78.18 | 76.52 | 74.36 | 77.82 | X | 78.36 | | 7. Imre Szitas | HUN | 77.04m | 76.00 | 76.40 | 76.20 | 75.66 | 76.10 | 77.04 | | 8. Ivan Tanev | BUL | 76.08m | 75.56 | 75.76 | X | 75.28 | 75.54 | 76.08 | | 9. Harri Huhtala | FIN | 75.38m | 75.26 | 75.38 | 75.08 | | | 10.Johann Lindner | AUT | 75.36m | 75.36 | 75.14 | 75.28 | | | 11.Tore Gustafsson | SWE | 74.24m | 74.24 | 73.32 | X | | | 12.Gunther Rodehau | GDR | 72.36m | X | X | 72.36 | |
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| | | Venue: Centennial Olympic Stadium, Seoul. Capp.: 69,950. | | -- competitors from -- nations. |
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| Qualifying - Sunday 25.09 |
| Group A | Team | Dist | 1. | 2. | 3. | | 1. Iouri Tamm | URS | 69.68m | 79.68 | | | | 2. Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 78.48m | 78.48 | | | | 3. Ralf Haber | GDR | 78.16m | 75.64 | 78.16 | | | 4. Gunther Rodehau | GDR | 78.12m | X | 78.12 | | | 5. Harri Huhtala | FIN | 77.34m | 75.98 | 77.34 | | | 6. Tibor Gecsek | HUN | 77.12m | X | 77.12 | | | 7. Imre Szitas | HUN | 76.24m | 74.98 | 76.24 | 73.82 | | 8. Juha Tiainen | FIN | 73.24m | 72.44 | 73.74 | X | | 9. Viktor Apostolov | BUL | 71.10m | X | X | 71.10 | | 10.David Smith | GBR | 69.12m | X | X | 69.12 | | 11.Hakim Toumi | ALG | 65.78m | 65.78 | 65.72 | X | | 12.Matt Milleham | GBR | 62.42m | 59.94 | 62.42 | X | | 13.Joo-Hyong Lee | KOR | 55.98m | X | X | 55.98 | | -. Kjell Bystedt | SWE | NM | X | X | X |
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| Group B | Team | Dist | 1. | 2. | 3. | | 1. Serguei Litvinov | URS | 81.24m | 81.24 | | | | 2. Heinz Weis | FRG | 77.24m | 76.40 | 76.70 | 77.24 | | 3. Ivan Tanev | BUL | 76.24m | 76.84 | X | X | | 4. Johann Lindner | AUT | 76.60m | 76.60 | 74.54 | X | | 5. Tore Gustafsson | SWE | 76.44m | 72.90 | 73.14 | 76.44 | | 6. Christoph Sahner | FRG | 75.84m | 75.84 | 72.42 | 72.46 | | 7. Plamen Minev | BUL | 74.46m | 74.46 | 70.22 | X | | 8. Jozsef Vida | HUN | 74.30m | 70.60 | 74.30 | 72.50 | | 9. Lance Deal | USA | 73.66m | X | 71.72 | 73.66 | | 10.Kenneth Flax | USA | 72.70m | X | 72.70 | 72.24 | | 11.Jud Logan | USA | 72.64m | 69.46 | 72.46 | 72.64 | | 12.Lucio Serrani | ITA | 70.50m | 70.50 | X | 70.00 | | 13.Michael Jones | GBR | 70.38m | 70.38 | X | 68.94 | | 14.Conor Mccullagh | IRL | 68.66m | X | X | 68.66 | | 15.Andres Charadia | ARG | 68.26m | 66.86 | 66.02 | 68.26 | | 16.Waleed Albakheet | KUW | 63.86m | 62.78 | 60.14 | 63.86 |
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