| Final | dist. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | age |  | 1. Gyula Zsivotzky |  HUN | 73.36m | 72.26 | 72.46 | 72.54 | X | 73.36 | 72.22 |  | 2. Romuald Klim |  URS | 73.28m | 72.24 | 68.96 | 72.82 | 73.28 | 71.16 | 71.64 |  | 3. Lazar Lovasz |  HUN | 69.78m | 64.76 | X | 69.78 | X | 69.38 | X |  | 4. Takeo Sugawara |  JPN | 69.78m | 67.24 | 68.12 | X | 69.06 | 69.78 | 61.40 |  | 5. Sandor Eckschmidt |  HUN | 69.46m | 67.84 | 68.50 | 69.46 | X | 67.64 | 68.08 |  | 6. Gennadiy Kondrashov |  URS | 69.08m | 69.08 | 67.00 | 68.64 | 67.10 | 67.98 | 67.70 |  | 7. Reinhard Theimer |  GDR | 68.84m | 68.82 | X | 66.16 | 68.84 | 67.86 | 63.54 |  | 8. Helmut Baumann |  GDR | 68.26m | 65.94 | 66.98 | 68.26 | X | 63.76 | X |  | 9. Anatoly Shchupliakov |  URS | 67.74m | 67.58 | 67.74 | 66.90 |  | 10.Andrew Payne |  GBR | 67.62m | 65.98 | 67.62 | 66.58 |  | 11.Hans Fahsl |  FRG | 66.36m | X | 64.00 | 66.36 |  | 12.Edward Burke |  USA | 65.72m | X | 65.72 | 65.46 |  | 13.Yoshihisa Ishida |  JPN | 65.04m | 65.04 | 63.72 | X |   
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 Qualification - Wednesday 16.10 |  | mark 66.00m 13 Athletes |   
| Group A | Dist. | 1 | 2 | 3 |  | 1. Gyula Zsivotzky |  HUN | 72.60m | 72.60 |   |   |  | 2. Lazar Lovasz |  HUN | 68.96m | 68.96 |   |   |  | 3. Helmut Baumann |  GDR | 68.24m | 68.24 |   |   |  | 4. Reinhard Theimer |  GDR | 68.12m | 65.78 | 68.12 |   |  | 5. Hans Fahsl |  FRG | 67.90m | 65.80 | 67.90 |   |  | 6. Takeo Sugawara |  JPN | 67.76m | 67.76 |   |   |  | 7. Gennadiy Kondrashov |  URS | 67.56m | 67.56 |   |   |  | 8. Edward Burke |  USA | 67.36m | 67.36 |   |   |  | 9. Romuald Klim |  URS | 66.82m | 66.82 |   |   |  | 10.Anatoly Shchupliakov |  URS | 66.56m | 64.78 | 66.56 |   |  | 11.Uwe Beyer |  FRG | 65.44m | 65.02 | 64.88 | 65.44 |  | 12.Ernst Ammann |  SUI | 62.40m | X | 61.48 | 62.40 |   
| Group B | Dist. | 1 | 2 | 3 |  | 1. Sandor Eckschmide |  HUN | 68.60m | 68.60 |   |   |  | 2. Andrew Payne |  GBR | 68.06m | 65.52 | 64.80 | 68.06 |  | 3. Yoshihisa Ishida |  JPN | 67.16m | 67.16 |   |   |  | 4. Albert Hall |  USA | 65.70m | X | 65.70 | 58.28 |  | 5. Harold Connolly |  USA | 65.00m | X | x | 65.00 |  | 6. Praveen Kumar |  IND | 60.84m | X | 59.80 | 60.84 |  | 7. Gustavo Morales |  NIC | 45.76m | X | 43.88 | 45.76 |  | 8. Carlos Hasbun |  SAL | 37.46m | X | 37.02 | 37.46 |  | -. Frangiskos Politis |  GRE | DNS |   |   |   |   
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