| Venue: Empire Stadium, Wembley. |
| Final Ranking | Dist. | Y | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | | 1. Adolfo Consolini |  ITA | 52.78m | 31 | 49.67 | 52.78 | 47.94 | X | 50.51 | 50.43 | | 2. Giuseppe Tosi | ITA | 51.78m | 32 | 51.78 | 48.81 | 50.11 | 50.09 | X | 51.18 | | 3. Fortune Gordien |  USA | 50.77m | 25 | 47.95 | 49.20 | 50.77 | X | 48.74 | X | | 4. Ivar Ramstad |  NOR | 49.21m | 24 | | 5. Ferenc Klics |  HUN | 48.21m | 24 | | 6. Veikko Nyqvist |  FIN | 47.33m | 31 | | 7. Nikolaos Syllas |  GRE | 47.25m | 33 | | 8. Stein Johnson | NOR | 46.54m | 26 | | 9. Arvo Huutoniemi | FIN | 45.28m | 34 | | 10.Uno Fransson |  SWE | 45.25m | 20 | | 11.Hermann Tunner |  AUT | 44.43m | 35 | | 12.Eduardo Julve |  PER | 44.05m | 24 |
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Qualification - Monday 02.08 | | mark - 46.00m. 8 athletes reached the mark. 4 next were added. |
| Ranking | Dist. | Y | 1. | 2. | 3. | | 1. Adolfo Consolini | ITA | 51.08m | 31 | 51.08 | - | - | | 2. Giuseppe Tosi | ITA | 50.56m | 32 | 50.56 | - | - | | 3. Fortune Gordien | USA | 48.40m | 25 | | 4. Veikko Nyqvist | FIN | 47.75m | 31 | | 5. Ivar Ramstad | NOR | 47.34m | 24 | | 6. Nikolaos Syllas | GRE | 47.03m | 33 | | 7. Ferenc Klics | HUN | 46.65m | 24 | | 8. Stein Johnson | NOR | 46.54m | 26 | | 9. Uno Fransson | SWE | 45.99m | 20 | | 10.Hermann Tunner | AUT | 45.92m | 35 | | 11.Eduardo Julve | PER | 45.86m | 24 | | 12.Arvo Huutoniemi | FIN | 44.77m | 34 | | 13.Bill Burton | USA | 43.78m | 33 | | 14.Erauzquin Félix |  ESP | 43.66m | 40 | | 15.Giorgio Oberweger | ITA | 43.13m | 34 | | 16.Danilo Žerjal |  YUG | 43.07m | 29 | | 17.Manuel Consiglieri | PER | 43.01m | 32 | | 18.Emilio Malchiodi |  ARG | 42.98m | 26 | | 19.James Nesbitt |  GBR | 42.09m | 34 | | 20.Vic Frank | USA | 42.00m | 21 | X | 42.00 | X | | 21.Jack Brewer | GBR | 41.95m | 33 | | 22.Cummin Clancy |  IRL | 40.73m | 25 | | 23.Eric Coy |  CAN | 39.53m | 34 | | 24.Roger Verhaes |  BEL | 39.14m | 28 | | 25.Laurence Reavell-Carter | GBR | 38.04m | 33 | | 26.Nazar Muhammad Khan Malik |  PAK | 36.23m | | | 26.Ahmed Zahur Khan | PAK | 36.23m | | | -. An Yeong-Han |  KOR | NM | 30 | X | X | X |
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