| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1983 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Øystein Bjørbaek |  NOR | |||
| Rickard Bruch |  SWE | |||
| Luis DelÃs |  CUB | 71.06 | 71.06 | |
| Igor Duginyets |  URS | 68.52 | ||
| Robert Gray |  CAN | |||
| Vésteinn Hafsteinsson |  ISL | |||
| Georgiy Kolnootchenko |  URS | 69.44 | ||
| Weinan Li |  CHN | |||
| John Powell |  USA | 69.98 | ||
| Gejza Valent |  TCH | |||
| Alwin Wagner |  FRG | |||
| Mac Wilkins |  USA | 70.98 | 70.36 | |
| Ion Zamfirache |  ROU | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1983 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imrich Bugár |  TCH | 70.72 | 70.72 | |
| Art Burns |  USA | 71.18 | 71.18 | |
| Bradley Cooper |  BAH | |||
| Yuriy Dumchev |  URS | 71.86 | 71.86 | |
| Konstantinos Georgakopoulos |  GRE | |||
| Werner Hartmann |  FRG | 67.54 | ||
| Knut Hjeltnes |  NOR | 69.50 | ||
| Adnan Houry |  SYR | |||
| Ari Huumonen |  FIN | |||
| Juan MartÃnez |  CUB | 70.00 | 70.00 | |
| Mohamed Naguib Hamed |  EGY | |||
| Iosif Nagy |  ROU | 68.12 | 68.12 | |
| Jürgen Schult |  GDR | 66.78 | 66.78 |