| Final | Team | Dist. |  | 1. Gregory Bell | USA | 7.83m |  | 2. John Bennett | USA | 7.68m |  | 3. Jorma Valkama | FIN | 7.48m |  | 4. Dmitriy Bondarenko | URS | 7.44m |  | 5. Karim Olowu | NGR | 7.36m |  | 6. Kazimierz Kropidlowski | URS | 7.30m |  | 7. Neville Price | SAF | 7.28m |  | 8. Oleg Fedosseev | URS | 7.27m |  | 9. Arthur Gruttenden | GBR | 7.15m |  | 10.Henryk Grabowski | POL | 7.15m |  | 11.Kenneth Wilmshurst | GBR | 7.14m |  | 12.Fermin Donazar | URU | 6.57m |   
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| Qualification Round | mark 7.15m  |  | Not Qualified |  | -. Igor Ter-Ovanesian | URS |  | -. Ian Bruce | AUS |  | -. Masaji Tajima | JPN |  | -. Torgny Wahlander | SWE |  | -. Odon Foldessy | HUN |  | -. Ary Facanha de Sa | BRA |  | -. Michael Moroney | AUS |  | -. Muhamad Rashid | PAK |  | -. Yong-Joo Suh | KOR |  | -. Fred Hammer | LUX |  | -. Hugh Jack | AUS |  | -. Wilhelm Porrasalmi | FIN |  | -. Rafio Adio Oluwa | NGR |  | -. Ram Mehar | IND |  | -. Te-Sheng Ling | TPE |  | -. Lawrence Ogwang | UGA |  | -. Yoshiro Sonoda | JPN |  | -. Muhammad Ramzan Ali | PAK |  | -. David Kushnir | ISR |  | -. Edward Matins | LBR |   
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