| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | A | Werner Günthör |
SUI |
20.97 Q |
| 2 | 2 | A | Sergey Nikolayev |
URS |
20.16 Q |
| 3 | 1 | B | Oleksandr Klymenko |
URS |
19.79 Q |
| 3 | 3 | A | Lars Arvid Nilsen |
NOR |
19.79 Q |
| 5 | 4 | A | Gert Weil |
CHI |
19.51 q |
| 6 | 5 | A | Oliver-Sven Buder |
GER |
19.44 q |
| 7 | 6 | A | Paul Edwards |
GBR |
19.28 q |
| 8 | 7 | A | Dragan Peric |
YUG |
19.21 q |
| 9 | 2 | B | Kent Larsson |
SWE |
19.20 q |
| 10 | 3 | B | Ron Backes |
USA |
19.05 q |
| 11 | 4 | B | Alessandro Andrei |
ITA |
19.00 q |
| 12 | 5 | B | Jan Sagedal |
NOR |
18.90 |
| 13 | 8 | A | Gheorghe Guset |
ROU |
18.55 |
| 14 | 6 | B | Pétur Gudmundsson |
ISL |
18.51 |
| 15 | 9 | A | Luc Viudes |
FRA |
18.43 |
| 16 | 7 | B | Karel Å ula |
TCH |
18.30 |
| 17 | 8 | B | Kalman Konya |
GER |
18.26 |
| 18 | 10 | A | Cottrell J. Hunter |
USA |
17.97 |
| 19 | 9 | B | Khaled Suliman Al-Khalidi |
KSA |
16.38 |
| 20 | 10 | B | Chee-Wee Lim |
BRU |
13.49 |
| B | Georg Andersen |
NOR |
DQ | ||
| B | Dimitrios Koutsoukis |
GRE |
NM | ||
| A | Sören Tallhem |
SWE |
NM |