| Final 16:00 | Distance | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. |  | 1. Vasily Rudenkov |  URS | 67.10m | 65.60 | 64.98 | 67.10 | 66.62 | 64.58 | 66.23 |  | 2. Gyula Zsivotzky |  HUN | 65.79m | 60.83 | 63.83 | 64.87 | 65.79 | X | 65.11 |  | 3. Tadeusz Rut |  POL | 65.64m | 64.51 | 65.64 | 64.95 | X | 64.85 | 63.54 |  | 4. John Lawlor |  IRL | 64.95m | X | 62.59 | 64.09 | 64.95 | X | X |  | 5. Olgierd Cieply |  POL | 64.57m | 60.03 | 64.07 | 62.27 | 64.57 | 62.48 | 62.06 |  | 6. Zvonko Bezjak |  YUG | 64.21m | 61.96 | 64.21 | 63.54 | 63.95 | 62.86 | X |  | 7. Anatoly Samocvetov |  URS | 63.60m | X | 63.60 | X |   |  | 8. Harold Connolly |  USA | 63.59m | 63.05 | 62.57 | 63.59 |   |  | 9. Heinrich Thun |  AUT | 63.53m | 62.23 | X | 63.53 |   |  | 10.Yury Nikulin |  URS | 63.10m | 61.56 | 63.10 | 62.23 |   |  | 11.Sverre Strandli |  NOR | 63.05m | X | 62.02 | 63.05 |   |  | 12.Muhamad Iqbal |  PAK | 61.79m | 60.55 | 61.79 | 60.80 |   |  | 13.Noboru Okamoto |  JPN | 60.08m | X | 60.08 | X |   |  | 14.Albert Hall |  USA | 59.76m | 59.64 | X | 59.76 |   |  | 15.Michael Ellis |  GBR | 54.22m | X | 54.22 | X |   |   
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| Qualification group | Team | Dist. | 1. | 2. | 3. |  | 1. Vasily Rudenkov |  URS | 67.03m | 67.03 |   |   |  | 2. Gyula Zsivotzky |  HUN | 64.80m | 64.80 |   |   |  | 3. Anatoly Samocvetov |  URS | 64.67m | 64.67 |   |   |  | 4. Michael Ellis |  GBR | 63.21m | 63.21 |   |   |  | 5. Harald Connolly |  USA | 63.02m | 63.02 |   |   |  | 6. Heinrich Thun |  AUT | 62.73m | 62.73 |   |   |  | 7. John Lawlor |  IRL | 62.10m | X | 62.10 |   |  | 8. Nobotu Okamoto |  JPN | 61.95m | X | X | 61.95 |  | 9. Sverre Strandli |  NOR | 61.41m | 58.67 | 61.41 |   |  | 10.Zvonko Bezjak |  JUG | 60.90m | 60.90 |   |   |  | 11.Muhamad Iqbal |  PAK | 60.86m | 57.84 | 60.86 |   |  | 12.Albert Hall |  USA | 60.76m | 57.43 | X | 60.76 |  | 13.Tadeusz Rut |  POL | 60.73m | 60.73 |   |   |  | 14.Olgierd Cieply |  POL | 60.61m | 60.61 |   |   |  | 15.Yury Nikulin |  URS | 60.40m | 60.40 |   |   |  |  eliminated |  | 16.Guy Husson |  FRA | 59.31m | 59.31 | X | 59.83 |  | 17.Klaus Peter |  GER | 59.83m | X | 59.83 | X |  | 18.Jozsef Csermak |  HUN | 59.72m | X | X | 59.72 |  | 19.Edward Bagdonas |  USA | 59.48m | X | 59.48 | X |  | 20.Manfred Losch |  GER | 59.38m | X | 58.85 | 59.38 |  | 21.Takeo Sugahara |  JPN | 59.32m | 58.40 | 59.32 | 57.66 |  | 22.Hans Jost |  SUI | 59.12m | 55.09 | 57.07 | 59.12 |  | 23.Siegfried Lorenz |  GER | 59.06m | X | 59.06 | X |  | 24.Karl Asplund |  SWE | 57.27m | 57.27 | X | X |  | 24.Kresimir Racic |  YUG | 57.27m | 57.27 | X | X |  | 26.Jose Luis Falcon |  ESP | 57.24m | 51.56 | 57.24 | X |  | 27.Andreas Kouveloyannis |  GRE | 55.18m | 53.43 | X | 55.18 |  | 28.Eduardo Martins |  POR | 54.92m | 53.26 | 54.31 | 54.92 |  | -.Bastian |  IND | DNS |   |   
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