| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Laut |  USA | 21.08 | 
| 2 | Remigius Machura |  TCH | 20.67 | 
| 3 | Ulf Timmermann |  GDR | 20.10 | 
| 4 | Janis Bojars |  URS | 20.04 | 
| 5 | Vladimir Milic |  YUG | 19.66 | 
| 6 | Aulis Akonniemi |  FIN | 19.65 | 
| 7 | Alessandro Andrei |  ITA | 19.57 | 
| 8 | Bishop Dolegiewicz |  CAN | 18.68 | 
| 9 | Ahmed Kamel Shatta |  EGY | 16.73 | 
| Adnan Houry |  SYR | NM | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edward Sarul |  POL | 20.82 | 
| 2 | Udo Beyer |  GDR | 20.29 | 
| 3 | Mike Lehmann |  USA | 19.88 | 
| 4 | Ivan Ivancic |  YUG | 19.74 | 
| 5 | Josef Kubeš |  TCH | 19.73 | 
| 6 | Kevin Akins |  USA | 19.48 | 
| 7 | Erwin Weitzl |  AUT | 19.23 | 
| 8 | Werner Günthör |  SUI | 19.18 | 
| 9 | Bruno Pauletto |  CAN | 18.32 | 
| 10 | Sergey Smirnov |  URS | 18.03 |