| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | DETAIL | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ulf Timmermann |
GDR
|
22.24 | NR | ||||||
| 2 | Werner Günthör |
SUI
|
21.61 | |||||||
| 3 | Sergey Smirnov |
URS
|
20.67 | |||||||
| 4 | Gregg Tafralis |
USA
|
20.26 | |||||||
| 5 | Lars Arvid Nilsen |
NOR
|
20.09 | |||||||
| 6 | Ron Backes |
USA
|
20.02 | |||||||
| 7 | Udo Gelhausen |
FRG
|
19.80 | |||||||
| 8 | Karsten Stolz |
FRG
|
19.60 | |||||||
| 9 | Gert Weil |
CHI
|
18.90 | |||||||
| 10 | Klaus Bodenmüller |
AUT
|
18.84 | |||||||
| 11 | Dimitrios Koutsoukis |
GRE
|
18.01 | |||||||
| 12 | Mohamed Achouche |
EGY
|
17.87 | |||||||
| 13 | Eggert Bogason |
ISL
|
17.35 |