| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoel GarcÃa |  CUB | 17.30 Q | 
| 2 | Aliecer Urrutia |  CUB | 17.27 Q | 
| 3 | Aleksandr Aseledchenko |  RUS | 17.22 Q PB | 
| 4 | Charles Michael Friedek |  GER | 17.16 Q SB | 
| 5 | Andrew Murphy |  AUS | 16.96 Q | 
| 6 | Rogel Nachum |  ISR | 16.81 Q | 
| 7 | Sigurd Njerve |  NOR | 16.81 Q | 
| 8 | Tibor Ordina |  HUN | 16.65 Q | 
| 9 | Jérôme Romain |  DMA | 16.52 | 
| 10 | Georges Sainte-Rose |  FRA | 16.41 | 
| 11 | Gennadiy Glushenko |  UKR | 16.41 | 
| Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa |  ZIM | NM |