| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raphaël Piolanti |  FRA | 68.26 | |
| 2 | Enrico Sgrulletti |  ITA | ||
| 3 | Igor Astapkovich |  URS | 84.26 | 84.26 | 
| 4 | Andrey Abduvaliyev |  URS | 83.46 | 82.80 | 
| 5 | Ivan Tanev |  BUL | 82.08 | |
| 6 | Guillermo Guzmán |  MEX | ||
| 7 | Tibor Gécsek |  HUN | 81.68 | 80.72 | 
| 8 | Claus Dethloff |  GER | ||
| 9 | Andrés Charadia |  ARG | 63.70 | |
| 10 | Paul Head |  GBR | 74.02 | |
| 11 | Sean Carlin |  AUS | 68.98 | |
| 12 | Lance Deal |  USA | 78.44 | 78.44 | 
| 13 | Kjell Bystedt |  SWE | 78.64 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajet Toska |  ALB | 75.92 | |
| 2 | Yuriy Sedykh |  URS | 86.74 | 82.62 | 
| 3 | Zhong Bi |  CHN | 77.04 | |
| 4 | Johann Lindner |  AUT | 79.70 | |
| 5 | Cherif El Hennawi |  EGY | 69.60 | |
| 6 | Angus Cooper |  NZL | 63.64 | |
| 7 | Imre Szitás |  HUN | 80.60 | |
| 8 | Savas Saritzoglou |  GRE | 70.32 | |
| 9 | Plamen Minev |  BUL | 82.40 | 82.40 | 
| 10 | Heinz Weis |  GER | 82.84 | |
| 11 | Ken Flax |  USA | 80.02 | |
| 12 | Walter Ciofani |  FRA | 78.50 | |
| 13 | Jud Logan |  USA | 81.88 | |
| 14 | James Wong |  SGP | 32.88 |