| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Wind | DETAIL | Attempt 1 | Attempt 2 | Attempt 3 | Attempt 4 | Attempt 5 | Attempt 6 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoelbi Quesada |  CUB | 17.85 | +0.9 | WL Q | 17.60 -0.3 | 17.85 +0.9 | 17.60 +0.4 | - | - | - | 
| 2 | Jonathan Edwards |  GBR | 17.69 | +0.3 | Q | 17.33 +0.0 | - | 16.80 -0.5 | 17.66 -0.8 | 17.57 +0.3 | 17.69 +0.3 | 
| 3 | Aliecer Urrutia |  CUB | 17.64 | 0.0 | SB Q | 17.23 +0.0 | 17.64 +0.0 | 17.25 -0.2 | 15.67 -1.3 | - | - | 
| 4 | Denis Kapustin |  RUS | 17.59 | -0.2 | SB Q | - | - | 17.29 +0.0 | 17.19 -0.4 | 17.59 -0.2 | - | 
| 5 | Brian Wellman |  BER | 17.22 | 0.0 | SB Q | - | 17.22 +0.0 | 16.90 +0.3 | - | - | - | 
| 6 | Jérôme Romain |  DMA | 17.17 | -0.4 | SB Q | 16.75 -1.2 | 17.17 -0.4 | 16.85 +0.0 | 16.87 -0.2 | 16.62 +0.0 | 16.63 +0.1 | 
| 7 | HrÃstos Melétoglou |  GRE | 17.12 | -0.2 | NR Q | 16.75 -0.7 | - | 17.12 -0.2 | - | 16.48 -0.5 | 16.85 -0.3 | 
| 8 | Andrew Owusu |  GHA | 17.11 | +0.4 | PB Q | 17.11 +0.4 | 16.74 +0.1 | 15.33 -1.6 | - | 16.82 -0.1 | 16.38 -0.5 | 
| 9 | Kenny Harrison |  USA | 17.05 | -1.6 | - | 17.05 -1.6 | 17.04 +0.8 | - | - | - | |
| 10 | Serge Hélan |  FRA | 16.97 | -0.6 | 16.89 +0.3 | - | 16.97 -0.6 | - | - | - | |
| 11 | Charles Michael Friedek |  GER | 16.86 | 0.0 | 16.83 -0.2 | - | 16.86 +0.0 | - | - | - | |
| 12 | Armen Martirosyan |  ARM | 16.70 | -0.2 | 16.46 +0.8 | - | 16.70 -0.2 | - | - | - |