| Final Ranking | Points | 1984 | Y |  | 1. Bob Mathias |  USA | 7.139 | 6.628 | 17 |  | 2. Ignace Heinrich |  FRA | 6.974 | 6.559 | 22 |  | 3. Floyd Simmons |  USA | 6.950 | 6.531 | 25 |  | 4. Enrique Kistenmacher |  ARG | 6.929 | 6.542 | 25 |  | 5. Erik Andersson |  SWE | 6.877 | 6.486 | 26 |  | 6. Peter Mullins |  AUS | 6.739 | 6.334 | 22 |  | 7. Per Eriksson |  SWE | 6.731 | 6.391 | 23 |  | 8. Irving Mondschein |  USA | 6.715 | 6.331 | 24 |  | 9. Edward Adamczyk |  POL | 6.712 | 6.336 | 26 |  | 10.Godtfred Holmvang |  NOR | 6.663 | 6.324 | 30 |  | 11.Per Stavem |  NOR | 6.552 | 6.153 | 22 |  | 12.Clausen Örn |  ISL | 6.444 | 6.110 | 19 |  | 13.Yrjö Mäkelä |  FIN | 6.421 | 6.064 | 21 |  | 14.Pierre Sprécher |  FRA | 6.401 | 6.136 | 26 |  | 15.Kjell Tånnander |  SWE | 6.325 | 6.017 | 21 |  | 16.Wacław Kuźmicki |  POL | 6.153 | 5.898 | 27 |  | 17.Hannes Sonck |  FIN | 6.142 | 5.883 | 28 |  | 18.Davorin Marčelja |  YUG | 6.141 | 5.851 | 24 |  | 19.Witold Gerutto |  POL | 6.106 | 5.756 | 35 |  | 20.Hernán Figueroa |  CHI | 6.026 | 5.786 | 20 |  | 20.Azcune Hércules |  URU | 6.026 | 5.781 | 19 |  | 22.Jacques Crétaine |  FRA | 5.829 | 5.604 |   |  | 23.Fritz Nussbaum |  SUI | 5.808 | 5.641 | 24 |  | 24.Mario Recordón |  CHI | 5.730 | 5.582 | 26 |  | 25.Lionel Fournier |  CAN | 5.590 | 5.453 | 31 |  | 26.Albert Dayer |  BEL | 5.586 | 5.349 | 22 |  | 27.Oskar Gerber |  SUI | 5.558 | 5.403 |   |  | 28.Sayed Moukhtar |  EGY | 5.031 | 5.000 |   |  | -. Baldev Singh |  IND | DNF |   |   |  | -. Josef Seger |  LIE | DNF |   |   |  | -. Oto Rebula |  YUG | DNF |   | 26 |  | -. Eduardo Julve |  PER | DNF |   | 24 |  | -. René Kremer |  LUX | DNF |   | 23 |  | -. Gebhard Büchel |  LIE | DNF |   | 27 |  | -. Armin Scheurer |  SUI | DNF |   | 30 |   
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