| Venue: Empire Stadium, Wembley. |
| Final Ranking | Dist. | Y | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | | 1. Wilbur Thompson |  USA | 17.120m | 27 | 16.470 | 17.120 | 16.970 | 16.670 | 16.800 | X | | 2. Jim Delaney | USA | 16.680m | 27 | 16.140 | 16.680 | 15.880 | 16.030 | 16.030 | 16.280 | | 3. Jim Fuchs | USA | 16.420m | 20 | 16.320 | 16.420 | 15.600 | 15.560 | 14.820 | 16.280 | | 4. Mieczysław Łomowski |  POL | 15.430m | 33 | | 5. Arvidsson Gösta |  SWE | 15.370m | 22 | | 6. Yrjö Lehtilä |  FIN | 15.050m | 31 | | 7. Jaakko Jouppila | FIN | 14.590m | 24 | | 8. Kalina Čestmír |  TCH | 14.550m | 26 | | 9. Konstantinos Giataganas |  GRE | 14.540m | 27 | | 10.Witold Gerutto | POL | 14.370m | 35 | | 11.John Giles |  GBR | 13.730m | 21 | | 12.Sigfús Sigurðsson |  ISL | 13.660m | 26 |
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Qualification - Tuesday 02.08 | | mark - 14.60m. 9 athletes reached the mark. 3 next were added. |
| Ranking | Dist. | Y | | 1. Jim Fuchs | USA | 15.870m | 20 | | 2. Wilbur Thompson | USA | 15.090m | 27 | | 3. Jim Delaney | USA | 14.970m | 27 | | 4. Yrjö Lehtilä | FIN | 14.850m | 31 | | 5. John Giles | GBR | 14.795m | 21 | | 6. Jaakko Jouppila | FIN | 14.720m | 24 | | 7. Mieczysław Łomowski | POL | 14.700m | 33 | | 7. Arvidsson Gösta | SWE | 14.700m | 22 | | 9. Konstantinos Giataganas | GRE | 14.630m | 27 | | 10.Kalina Čestmír | TCH | 14.540m | 26 | | 11.Sigfús Sigurðsson | ISL | 14.480m | 26 | | 12.Witold Gerutto | POL | 14.450m | 35 | | -. Willy Senn |  SUI | 14.450m | 28 | | -. Roland Nilsson | SWE | 14.360m | 23 | | -. Eric Coy |  CAN | 14.150m | 34 | | -. David Guiney |  IRL | 14.010m | 27 | | -. Vilhjálmur Vilmundarson | ISL | 13.990m | 19 | | -. Harold Moody | GBR | 13.400m? | 32 | | -. Roger Verhaes |  BEL | 13.540m | 28 | | -. Emilio Malchiodi |  ARG | | 26 | | -. Juan Kahnert | ARG | | 20 | | -. Leonello Patiño |  PER | | | | -. Nazar Muhammad Khan Malik |  PAK | | | | -. Ahmed Zahur Khan | PAK | | |
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