| Final 15:30 | Distance | | | 1. Mikhail Krivonosov |  URS | 63.34m | WR | | 2. Sverre Strandli |  NOR | 61.07m | | | 3. József Csermák |  HUN | 59.72m | | | 4. Tadeusz Rut |  POL | 57.70m | NR | | 5. Miloš Máca |  TCH | 57.05m | | | 6. Imre Németh | HUN | 56.86m | | | 7. Ivan Gubijan |  YUG | 56.75m | | | 8. Nikolay Redkin | URS | 56.35m | | | 9. Jiří Dadák | TCH | 55.66m | | | 10.Teseo Taddia |  ITA | 55.12m | | | 11.Constantin Dumitru |  ROU | 54.59m | | | 12.Hugo Ziermann |  FRG | 54.25m | | | 13.Boris Popov |  BUL | 54.18m | | | 14.Oiva Halmetoja |  FIN | 53.66m | | | 15.Ewan Douglas |  GBR | 53.47m | | | 16.Birger Asplund |  SWE | 52.72m | | | 17.Guy Husson |  FRA | 52.43m | | | 18.Krešimir Račić | YUG | 51.87m | | | 19.Henrik Haest |  BEL | 51.26m | | | 20.Poul Cederqvist |  DEN | 51.19m | | | 21.Pierre Legrain | FRA | 48.97m | | | 22.Karl Storch | FRG | DNS | |
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| History Men Hammer Throw | | European Record: Strandli (NOR) 62.36m | | Championship Record: Hejn (GER) 58.77m |
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Qualification - Saturday 28.08 10:30 | | mark 51.00m - 22 athletes passed the mark. |
| Ranking | Distance | | | 1. József Csermák | HUN | 59.33m | CR Q | | 2. Sverre Strandli | NOR | 58.52m | Q | | 3. Mikhail Krivonosov | URS | 58.41m | Q | | 4. Ivan Gubijan | YUG | 56.30m | Q | | 5. Nikolay Redkin | URS | 56.11m | Q | | 6. Miloš Máca | TCH | 54.93m | Q | | 7. Boris Popov | BUL | 54.49m | Q | | 8. Tadeusz Rut | POL | 54.47m | Q | | 9. Constantin Dumitru | ROU | 54.29m | Q | | 10.Teseo Taddia | ITA | 53.93m | Q | | 11.Oiva Halmetoja | FIN | 53.63m | Q | | 12.Hugo Ziermann | FRG | 53.53m | Q | | 13.Krešimir Račić | YUG | 53.32m | Q | | 14.Guy Husson | FRA | 53.13m | Q | | 15.Birger Asplund | SWE | 52.21m | Q | | 16.Jiří Dadák | TCH | 52.11m | Q | | 17.Poul Cederqvist | DEN | 51.93m | Q | | 18.Imre Németh | HUN | 51.75m | Q | | 19.Ewan Douglas | GBR | 51.49m | Q | | 20.Pierre Legrain | FRA | 51.33m | Q | | 21.Karl Storch | FRG | 51.12m | Q | | 22.Henrik Haest | BEL | 51.06m | Q | | eliminated | | 23.Roger Veeser |  SUI | 49.36m | | | 24.Sigurðsson Þorður |  ISL | 48.98m | | | 25.Willy Druyts | BEL | 47.44m | | | 26.Josef Hirsch | SUI | 46.96m | | | 27.Nicolae Rascanescu | ROU | NM | |
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