| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | DETAIL | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Wellman |  BER | 17.72 | CR | ||||||
| 2 | Yoelbi Quesada |  CUB | 17.62 | NR | ||||||
| 3 | Serge Hélan |  FRA | 17.06 | |||||||
| 4 | Lars Hedman |  SWE | 16.86 | |||||||
| 5 | Arne Holm |  SWE | 16.81 | |||||||
| 6 | LaMark Carter |  USA | 16.80 | |||||||
| 7 | Francis Agyepong |  GBR | 16.74 | PB | ||||||
| 8 | Garfield Anselm |  FRA | 16.51 | |||||||
| 9 | Armen Martirosyan |  ARM | 16.37 | |||||||
| 10 | Dmitriy Byzov |  RUS | 16.23 | |||||||
| Edrick Floréal |  CAN | NM | ||||||||
| Stoyko Tsonov |  BUL | DNS |