| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vitaliy Sidorov |  UKR | 63.78 | 62.82 | 
| 2 | Jason Tunks |  CAN | 65.20 | 65.20 | 
| 3 | Igor Primc |  SLO | 63.74 | 63.74 | 
| 4 | Dashdendev Makhashiri |  MGL | 60.14 | 60.14 | 
| 5 | Jo Van Daele |  BEL | 62.26 | 62.26 | 
| 6 | Wenge Yu |  CHN | 65.02 | |
| 7 | Duke Uperesa |  ASA | ||
| 8 | Alexis Elizalde |  CUB | 63.28 | 62.18 | 
| 9 | Aleksander Tammert |  EST | 64.80 | 64.78 | 
| 10 | Andreas Seelig |  GER | 66.00 | 66.00 | 
| 11 | Costel Grasu |  ROU | 67.08 | 55.94 | 
| 12 | Vasili Kaptyukh |  BLR | 66.92 | 65.52 | 
| 13 | Andy Bloom |  USA | 65.30 | 65.30 | 
| 14 | ChrÃstos Papadópoulos |  GRE | ||
| 15 | Shakti Singh |  IND | 61.72 | |
| 16 | Olav Jenssen |  NOR | 66.28 | |
| 17 | Ian Winchester |  NZL | 52.30 | |
| 18 | Glen Smith |  GBR | 54.88 | |
| 19 | Aleksandr Borichevskiy |  RUS | 60.04 | 60.04 | 
| 20 | Jürgen Schult |  GER | 74.08 | 64.66 | 
| 21 | Vaclovas Kidykas |  LTU | 68.44 | 60.38 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Godina |  USA | 67.40 | 67.40 | 
| 2 | Diego Fortuna |  ITA | 63.66 | 59.54 | 
| 3 | Frits Potgieter |  RSA | 60.76 | 60.76 | 
| 4 | Vladimir Dubrovshchik |  BLR | 67.90 | |
| 5 | Lars Riedel |  GER | 71.50 | 71.50 | 
| 6 | Leonid Cherevko |  BLR | 64.94 | 64.94 | 
| 7 | Marcelo Pugliese |  ARG | 59.70 | |
| 8 | Attila Horváth |  HUN | 68.58 | 58.58 | 
| 9 | Jean Pons |  FRA | 64.74 | 64.74 | 
| 10 | Pieter van der Kruk |  NED | 58.06 | 58.06 | 
| 11 | Shaojie Li |  CHN | 65.16 | |
| 12 | Kjell Ove Hauge |  NOR | 59.78 | 59.78 | 
| 13 | Virgilijus Alekna |  LTU | 67.82 | 66.18 | 
| 14 | Robert Weir |  GBR | 64.60 | 64.60 | 
| 15 | Sergey Lyakhov |  RUS | 66.78 | 61.78 | 
| 16 | Ramón Jiménez Gaona |  PAR | 64.28 | 56.16 | 
| 17 | Libor Malina |  CZE | 63.22 | 62.92 | 
| 18 | Mickaël Conjungo |  CAF | 63.78 | |
| 19 | Wansawang Sawasdee |  THA | 50.20 | |
| 20 | Adam Setliff |  USA | 66.86 | 64.02 | 
| 21 | Robert McNabb |  COK |