| Final 18:45h |   | Distance | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. |  | 1. Yoelbi Quesada |  CUB | 17.85m | 17.60 | 17.85 | 17.60 | X | X | X |  | 2. Jonathan Edwards |  GBR | 17.69m | 17.33 | X | 16.80 | 17.66 | 17.57 | 17.69 |  | 3. Aliecer Urrutia |  CUB | 17.64m | 17.23 | 17.64 | 17.25 | 15.67 | X | X |  | 4. Denis Kapustin |  RUS | 17.59m | X | X | 17.29 | 17.19 | 17.59 | X |  | 5. Brian Wellman |  BER | 17.22m | X | 17.22 | 16.90 | X | X | X |  | 6. Jerome Romain |  DMN | 17.17m | 16.75 | 17.17 | 16.85 | 16.87 | 16.62 | 16.63 |  | 7. Christos Meletoglou |  GRE | 17.12m | 16.75 | X | 17.12 | X | 16.48 | 16.85 |  | 8. Andrew Owusu |  GHA | 17.11m | 17.11 | 16.74 | 15.33 | X | 16.82 | 16.38 |  | 9. Kenny Harrison |  USA | 17.05m | X | 17.05 | 17.04 |  | 10.Serge Helan |  FRA | 16.97m | 16.89 | X | 16.97 |  | 11.Charles Michael Friedek |  GER | 16.86m | 16.83 | X | 16.86 |  | 12.Armen Martirosyan |  ARM | 16.70m | 16.46 | X | 16.70 |   
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| World Record: Jonathan Edwards: Great Britain 18.29m Gotteborg, Sweden 7th August 1995 |  Qualification - Wednesday 06.08 08:15 |  | mark 17.00m 8+4 Athletes |   
| Group A | Team | Dist. | 1 | 2 | 3 |  | 1. Yoelbi Quesada |  CUB | 17.47m | 17.47 |   |  | 2. Jonathan Edwards |  GBR | 17.28m | 17.28 |   |  | 3. Kenny Harrison |  USA | 17.11m | 17.11 |   |  | 4. Christos Meletoglou |  GRE | 17.04m | 15.93 | 17.04 |   |  | 5. Jerome Romain |  DMN | 17.03m | 16.96 | 17.03 |   |  | 6. Charles Michael Friedek |  GER | 16.98m | X | 16.98 | X |  | 7. Brian Wellman |  BER | 16.84m | X | 16.68 | 16.84 |  | 8. Yoel Garcia |  CUB | 16.79m | 16.52 | 16.79 | 16.51 |  | 9. Nikolay Raev |  BUL | 16.72m | 16.00 | 16.72 | X |  | 10.Andrey Kurennoy |  RUS | 16.59m | 16.59 | 16.59 | X |  | 11.Zoran Djurdjevic |  YUG | 16.49m | 16.49 | 16.32 | 16.40 |  | 12.Ketill Hanstveit |  NOR | 16.45m | 16.23 | 16.38 | 16.45 |  | 13.Avi Tayari |  ISR | 16.45m | 16.38 | 16.45 |  | 14.Tibor Ordina |  HUN | 16.38m | 16.30 | 15.51 | 16.38 |  | 15.Sergey Arzamasov |  KZK | 16.37m | 16.26 | 16.25 | 16.37 |  | 16.Georges Sainte-Rose |  FRA | 16.32m | X | 16.32 | X |  | 17.Vladimir Kravchenko |  UKR | 16.24m | X | 16.24 | X |  | 18.Audrius Raizgys |  LIT | 16.21m | 16.12 | 16.10 | 16.21 |  | 19.Xavier Montane |  AND | 14.58m | 14.58 |  | -. Aleksandr Tumanov |  TKM | NM | X | X | X |   
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| Group B | Team | Dist. | 1 | 2 | 3 |  | 1. Aliecer Urrutia |  CUB | 17.11m | 17.11 |   |  | 2. Andrew Owusu |  GHA | 17.05m | 17.05 |   |  | 3. Serge Helan |  FRA | 17.01m | 16.73 | 16.42 | 17.01 |  | 4. Armen Martirosyan |  ARM | 16.98m | 16.90 | 16.42 | 16.98 |  | 5. Denis Kapustin |  RUS | 16.96m | 16.57 | 16.96 | X |  | 6. Francis Agyepong |  GBR | 16.83m | 16.83 | X | X |  | 7. Raul Chapado |  ESP | 16.80m | X | X | 16.80 |  | 8. Robert Howard |  USA | 16.63m | 16.24 | 16.63 | 16.58 |  | 9. Rostislav Dimitrov |  BUL | 16.62m | 16.55 | 16.62 | X |  | 10.Ndabezinhle Mdhlongwa |  ZIM | 16.56m | 16.20 | 16.56 | 16.41 |  | 11.Vasiliy Sokov |  RUS | 16.42m | 16.20 | 16.42 | X |  | 12.Maris Bruziks |  LAT | 16.35m | 16.35 | 16.14 | 14.42 |  | 13.Oluyemi Sule |  NGR | 16.16m | 15.88 | 16.16 |  | 14.Eugeni Petin |  UZB | 16.13m | 16.13 | 16.05 |  | 15.Yuriy Osipenko |  UKR | 16.13m | 16.04 | 16.13 | X |  | 16.Zsolt Czingler |  HUN | 16.04m | 14.30 | 15.73 | 16.04 |  | 17.Paul Nioze |  SEY | 15.79m | 15.64 | 15.67 | 15.79 |  | -. Majed Jabbar |  IRQ | NM | X | X | X |  | -. Paolo Camossi |  ITA | NM | X | X | X |  | -. Jianfeng Lao |  CHN | DNS |   
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