| Group A | Team | Dist. | 1. | 2. | 3. | | 1. Sergey Litvinov | URS | 81.78m | | 2. Walter Ciofani | FRA | 76.12m | | 3. Gunther Rodehau | GDR | 76.06m | | 4. Plamen Minev | BUL | 75.18m | | 5. Juha Tiainen | FIN | 75.10m | | 6. Jud Logan | USA | 74.80m | | 7. Kjell Bystedt | SWE | 74.46m | | 8. Lucio Serrani | ITA | 74.00m | | 9. Jorg Schaefer | FRG | 73.58m | | 10.Viktor Apostolov | BUL | 73.46m | | 11.Michael Beierl | AUT | 72.70m | | 12.Andres Charadia | ARG | 63.70m | | 13.Gary Halpin | IRL | 63.68m |
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| Group B | Team | Dist. | 1. | 2. | 3. | | 1. Ralf Haber | GDR | 79.46m | | 2. Igor Nikulin | URS | 78.60m | | 3. Heinz Weis | FRG | 77.78m | | 4. Tibor Gecsek | HUN | 77.52m | | 5. Juri Tamm | URS | 77.42m | | 6. Christoph Sahner | FRG | 77.02m | | 7. Ivan Tanev | BUL | 76.50m | | 8. Harri Huhtala | FIN | 75.64m | | 9. Tore Gustafsson | SWE | 73.54m | | 10.Ken Flax | USA | 73.36m | | 11.Francisco Fuentes | ESP | 69.54m | | 12.Dave Smith | GBR | 68.56m | | 13.Angus Cooper | NZL | 63.64m |
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