| Final | Dist | | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | | 1. Sverre Strandli |  NOR | 55.71m | | | 2. Teseo Taddia |  ITA | 54.73m | | | 3. Jiří Dadák |  CZE | 53.64m | | 52.99 | 52.86 | 51.71 | 51.18 | X | 53.64 | | 4. Ivan Gubijan |  YUG | 53.44m | | | 5. Aleksandr Kanaki |  URS | 53.09m | | | 6. Duncan McDougall Clark |  GBR | 52.83m | | | 7. Svend-Aage Frederiksen |  DEN | 50.01m | | | 8. Ewan Douglas | GBR | 49.18m | | | 9. Rudolf Galin | YUG | 49.01m | |
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Qualification Friday 25.08 |
| Ranking | Dist. | | 1. Teseo Taddia | ITA | 55.05m | Q | | 2. Sverre Strandli | NOR | 54.17m | Q | | 3. Aleksandr Kanaki | URS | 53.73m | Q | | 4. Ivan Gubijan | YUG | 52.29m | Q | | 5. Jiří Dadák | CZE | 52.27m | Q | | 6. Duncan McDougall Clark | GBR | 52.25m | Q | | 7. Svend-Aage Frederiksen | DEN | 50.87m | Q | | 8. Rudolf Galin | YUG | 48.54m | Q | | 9. Ewan Douglas | GBR | 47.31m | Q | | 10.Henri Haest |  BEL | 47.22m | | | 11.Toma Balcı |  TUR | 46.63m | | | 12.André Osterberger |  FRA | 46.45m | | | 13.Pierre Legrain | FRA | 46.21m | |
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