| Group A | Team | Dist. | 1 | 2 | 3 |  | 1. Ian Campbell | AUS | 17.02m | 17.02 |   |   |  | 2. Yaak Uudmae | URS | 16.69m | 16.03 | 16.69 |   |  | 3. Viktor Saneev | URS | 16.57m | 16.57 |   |   |  | 4. Bela Bakosi | HUN | 16.45m | 15.99 | 16.45 | 16.22 |  | 5. Atanas Chochev | BUL | 16.42m | 16.20 | 16.42 | 16.17 |  | 6. Ramon Cid | ESP | 16.20m | 16.20 | X | 16.04 |  | 7. Mujhid Fahad Khalifa | IRQ | 15.86m | X | 15.77 | 15.86 |  | 8. Abdoulaye Samba Diallo | SEN | 15.68m | X | 15.51 | 15.68 |  | 9. Bogger Musaanga | ZAM | 14.79m | 14.79 |   |   |  | -. Olli Pousi | FIN | DNF | X |  | -. Alejandro Herrera | CUB | DNF | X |   
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| Group B | Team | Dist. | 1 | 2 | 3 |  | 1. Kenneth Lorraway | AUS | 16.80m | 15.84 | 16.29 | 16.80 |  | 2. Evgeni Anikin | URS | 16.77m | 16.77 |   |   |  | 3. Joao Carlos de Oliveira | BRA | 16.62m | X | 16.62 |   |  | 4. Keith Connor | GBR | 16.57m | 16.57 |   |   |  | 5. Armando Herrera | CUB | 16.49m | 16.26 | X | 16.49 |  | 6. Milan Spasojevic | YUG | 16.48m | 16.21 | 16.48 |   |  | 7. Christian Valetudie | FRA | 16.43m | 15.99 | 16.43 | 16.39 |  | 8. Zdzislaw Hoffman | POL | 15.35m | X | 15.35 | 15.28 |  | 9. Henri Dagba | BEN | 14.71m | X | 13.64 | 14.71 |  | 10.Duc Thuy Duong | VIE | 14.59m | 14.51 | 14.19 | 14.59 |  | 11.Arthure Agathine | SEY | 14.21m | X | 13.99 | 14.21 |  | 12.Yadessa Kuma | ETH | 13.60m | 13.49 | 13.60 | X |   
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