| Final | Dist | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. |  | 1. Yuriy Sedyh |  URS | 77.52m | 75.64 | 77.52 | X | X | 75.58 | 76.40 |  | 2. Alexey Spiridonov |  URS | 76.08m | 75.74 | 73.94 | 75.28 | 75.60 | X | 76.08 |  | 3. Anatoliy Bondarchuk |  URS | 75.48m | 75.48 | X | 74.64 | 74.16 | X | 75.46 |  | 4. Karl-Hans Riehm |  FRG | 75.46m | 75.00 | 73.08 | X | 75.46 | 75.42 | 74.62 |  | 5. Walter Schmidt |  FRG | 74.72m | 72.58 | 74.72 | 74.36 | 73.52 | 74.72 | 72.42 |  | 6. Jochen Sachse |  GDR | 74.30m | 71.90 | 72.84 | 72.80 | 73.14 | 74.30 | 73.70 |  | 7. Chris Black |  GBR | 73.18m | 70.56 | 72.38 | 73.18 | X | 69.54 | X |  | 8. Edwin Klein |  FRG | 71.34m | 68.14 | 70.52 | 70.32 | 70.36 | 69.76 | 71.34 |  | 9. Jacques Accambray |  FRA | 70.44m | X | 67.52 | 70.44 |   |  | 10.Manfred Seidel |  GDR | 70.02m | 69.66 | X | 70.02 |   |  | 11.Shigeno Murofushi |  JPN | 68.88m | X | 68.62 | 68.88 |   |  | 12.Peter Farmer |  AUS | 68.00m | 67.98 | 67.92 | 68.00 |   |   
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| Group 1 | Dist. | 1. | 2. | 3. |  | 1. Karl-H. Riehm |  FRG | 74.46m | 74.46 |   |  | 2. Yuriy Sedyh |  URS | 71.46m | 71.46 |   |  | 3. Anatoliy Bondarchuk |  URS | 71.08m | 71.08 |   |  | 4. Manfred Seidel |  GDR | 70.84m | 70.84 |   |  | 5. Walter Schmidt |  FRG | 70.76m | 70.76 |   |  | 6. Jochen Sachse |  GDR | 70.64m | X | 70.64 |   |  | 6. Alexey Spiridonov |  URS | 70.64m | 70.64 |   |  | 8. Peter Farmer |  AUS | 69.92m | 67.50 | 68.94 | 69.92 |  | 9. Edwin Klein |  FRG | 68.72m | 68.68 | 68.36 | 68.72 |  | 10.Paul Dickenson |  GBR | 68.52m | 67.52 | X | 68.52 |   
| Group 2 | Dist. | 1. | 2. | 3. |  | 1. Chris Black |  GBR | 70.76m | 70.76 |   |  | 2. Jacques Accambray |  FRA | 70.72m | 70.72 |   |  | 3. Shigeno Murofushi |  JPN | 68.84m | 66.22 | 68.84 | 68.24 |  | 4. G. Paolo Urlando |  ITA | 68.54m | X | 66.18 | 68.54 |  | 5. Lawrence Hart |  USA | 67.74m | 67.74 | 65.74 | X |  | 6. Murray Cheater |  NZL | 67.38m | 66.30 | 67.38 | X |  | 7. Edoardo Podberschek |  ITA | 66.56m | 66.56 | 66.28 | X |  | 8. Peter Sternad |  AUT | 66.14m | 65.80 | 66.08 | 66.14 |  | 9. Murray Keating |  CAN | 65.68m | 65.00 | 65.28 | 65.68 |  | 10.Kleanth Ierissiotis |  GRE | 65.50m | 65.50 | X | X |   
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