| Final | | Distance | | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | | 1. Juergen Schult |  East Germany | 64.58m | | X | 61.62 | 63.32 | 62.08 | 63.70 | 64.58 | | 2. Erik de Bruin |  Netherlands | 64.46m | | | 3. Wolfgang Schmidt |  West Germany | 64.10m | | | 4. Vasily Kaptyukh |  Soviet Union | 63.72m | | | 5. Romas Ubartas | Soviet Union | 63.70m | | | 6. Rolf Danneberg | West Germany | 63.08m | | | 7. Imrich Bugar |  Czechoslovakia | 62.36m | | | 8. Attila Horvath |  Hungary | 62.08m | | | 9. Gejza Valent | Czechoslovakia | 60.30m | | | 10.Alois Hannecker | West Germany | 60.04m | | | 11.Stefan Fernholm |  Sweden | 59.18m | | | 12.V. Hafsteinsson |  Iceland | 57.36m | |
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| Group A | Distance | | 1. Attila Horvath | $HUN Hungary | 62.90m | | 2. Rolf Danneberg | West Germany | 62.86m | | 3. Romas Ubartas | Soviet Union | 62.70m | | 4. Imrich Bugar | Czechoslovakia | 61.68m | | 5. Stefan Fernholm | Sweden | 61.52m | | 6. V. Hafsteinsson | Iceland | 60.40m | | 7. Svein-Inge Valvik |  Norway | 60.34m | | 8. Lars Riedel | East Germany | 59.28m | | 9. Marco Martino |  Italy | 59.02m | | 10.Raimo Vento |  Finland | 57.32m | | 11.Kamen Dimitrov |  Bulgaria | 56.56m |
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| Group B | Distance | | 1. Wolfgang Schmidt | West Germany | 64.84m | | 2. Alois Hannecker | West Germany | 64.14m | | 3. Erik de Bruin | Netherlands | 63.76m | | 4. Juergen Schult | East Germany | 62.50m | | 5. Gejza Valent | Czechoslovakia | 61.52m | | 6. Vasily Kaptyukh | Soviet Union | 61.04m | | 7. Luciano Zerbini | Italy | 59.94m | | 8. Mika Muuka | Finland | 58.40m | | 9. Nikolay Kolev | Bulgaria | 58.02m | | 10.Marcel Tirle |  Romania | 56.00m | | 11.Abi Ekoku |  Great Britain | 53.80m |
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