| Group A 10:00 | Team | Dist. | N: | 1. | 2. | 3. | | 1. Klaus Tafelmeier | FRG | 88.86m | 7. | X | 88.86 | | | 2. Tom Petranoff | USA | 85.68m | 6. | 85.68 | | | | 3. Esa Utriainen | FIN | 84.22m | 5. | 76.18 | 84.22 | | | 4. Dainis Kula | URS | 83.16m | 2. | 78.58 | X | 83.16 | | 5. Rod Ewaliko | USA | 82.68m | 9. | 82.68 | 79.38 | 76.46 | | 6. Aimo Aho | FIN | 81.92m | 4. | 72.60 | 81.92 | 79.66 | | 7. Einar Vilhjalmsson | ISL | 81.72m | 8. | 81.72 | 77.08 | X | | 8. Zakayo Malekwa | TAN | 72.92m | 1. | 72.92 | X | 72.80 | | 9. Trevor Modeste | GRN | 51.84m | 3. | X | 51.84 | X |
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| Group B 11:40 | Team | Dist. | N: | 1. | 2. | 3. | | 1. Detlef Michel | GDR | 90.40m | 8. | 90.40 | | | | 2. Bob Roggy | USA | 86.16m | 4. | 73.30 | 86.16 | | | 3. Heino Puuste | URS | 85.86m | 2. | 82.18 | 85.86 | | | 4. Kenth Eldebrink | SWE | 85.64m | 1. | 85.64 | | | | 5. Zdenek Adamec | TCH | 84.54m | 7. | 83.42 | 84.54 | | | 6. Per Erling Olsen | NOR | 83.10m | 3. | 82.72 | X | 83.10 | | 7. Arto Harkonen | FIN | 81.42m | 9. | 81.42 | 80.22 | 77.76 | | 8. Mike O'Rourke | NZL | 75.32m | 6. | 75.32 | X | X | | 9. Laslo Babits | CAN | 74.16m | 5. | 74.16 | X | X |
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