| Group A | Team | Dist. | 1. | 2. | 3. | | 1. Oleg Sakirkin | URS | 17.35m | | 2. Oleg Protsenko | URS | 17.08m | | 3. Mike Conley | USA | 17.06m | | 4. Zdzislaw Hoffmann | POL | 16.73m | | 5. Dario Badinelli | ITA | 16.64m | | 6. Ivan Slanar | TCH | 16.57m | | 7. Norifumi Yamashita | JPN | 16.57m | | 8. Didier Falise | BEL | 16.51m | | 9. Jose Leitao | POR | 16.17m | | 10.Frank Rutherford | BAH | 15.99m | | 11.Francisco Dos Santos | BRA | 15.85m | | 12.Arne Holm | SWE | 15.76m | | 13.Jose Salazar | VEN | 15.76m | | 14.Ajayi Agbebaku | NGR | 15.66m | | 15.Toussaint Rabenala | MAD | 15.53m | | 16.Paulo Franco Noronha | MOZ | 14.62m |
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| Group B | Team | Dist. | | 1. Khristo Markov | BUL | 17.20m | | 2. Aleksandr Kovalenko | URS | 17.16m | | 3. Peter Bouschen | FRG | 17.01m | | 4. Jacek Pastusinski | POL | 17.00m | | 5. Norbert Elliott | BAH | 16.65m | | 6. Joseph Taiwo | NGR | 16.63m | | 7. Georgi Pomashki | BUL | 16.49m | | 8. Francis Dodoo | GHA | 16.48m | | 9. Serge Helan | FRA | 16.41m | | 10.Charles Simpkins | USA | 16.40m | | 11.Willie Banks | USA | 16.37m | | 12.Djordje Kozul | YUG | 16.37m | | 13.Edrick Floreal | CAN | 16.33m | | 14.Edward Cruden | SUR | 15.32m | | 15.Marios Hadjiandreou | CYP | 14.78m | | -. Mohamed Zaki Sadri | MAS | NM |
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