| Venue: Empire Stadium, London. |
| Event Ranking | time | pts | 1984 | Y | | 1. Enrique Kistenmacher |  ARG | 50.5s | 845 | 785 | 25 | | 2. Ignace Heinrich |  FRA | 51.6s | 785 | 736 | 22 | | 2. Irving Mondschein |  USA | 51.6s | 785 | 736 | 24 | | 4. Bob Mathias | USA | 51.7s | 780 | 732 | 17 | | 5. Pierre Sprécher | FRA | 51.8s | 775 | 727 | 26 | | 6. Floyd Simmons | USA | 51.9s | 770 | 723 | 25 | | 7. Erik Andersson |  SWE | 52.0s | 765 | 719 | 26 | | 8. Per Eriksson | SWE | 52.5s | 740 | 697 | 23 | | 8. Edward Adamczyk |  POL | 52.5s | 740 | 697 | 26 | | 10.Azcune Hércules |  URU | 52.7s | 730 | 688 | 19 | | 11.Godtfred Holmvang |  NOR | 52.9s | 720 | 680 | 30 | | 12.Peter Mullins |  AUS | 53.2s | 706 | 667 | 22 | | 13.Eduardo Julve |  PER | 53.5s | 692 | 655 | 24 | | 14.Fritz Nussbaum |  SUI | 53.6s | 687 | 650 | 24 | | 15.Mario Recordón |  CHI | 53.9s | 674 | 638 | 26 | | 16.Yrjö Mäkelä |  FIN | 54.3s | 656 | 622 | 21 | | 16.Wacław Kuźmicki | POL | 54.3s | 656 | 622 | 27 | | 16.Hernán Figueroa | CHI | 54.3s | 656 | 622 | 20 | | 19.Davorin Marčelja |  YUG | 54.4s | 652 | 617 | 24 | | 20.Kjell Tånnander | SWE | 54.5s | 647 | 613 | 21 | | 20.Lionel Fournier |  CAN | 54.5s | 647 | 613 | 31 | | 22.Clausen Örn |  ISL | 54.7s | 639 | 605 | 19 | | 23.Jacques Crétaine | FRA | 54.8s | 635 | 601 | | | 23.Oskar Gerber | SUI | 54.8s | 635 | 601 | | | 23.Sayed Moukhtar |  EGY | 54.8s | 635 | 601 | | | 26.Hannes Sonck | FIN | 55.2s | 618 | 585 | 28 | | 27.Oto Rebula | YUG | 55.3s | 614 | 581 | 26 | | 28.Witold Gerutto | POL | 55.4s | 610 | 577 | 35 | | 29.Josef Seger |  LIE | 55.7s | 597 | 565 | | | 30.Per Stavem | NOR | 56.0s | 585 | 554 | 22 | | 31.René Kremer |  LUX | 56.5s | 566 | 535 | 23 | | 32.Albert Dayer |  BEL | 57.1s | 543 | 512 | 22 | | 32.Baldev Singh |  IND | 57.1s | 543 | 512 | |
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