| Final | time | | 1. Harold Connolly | USA | 63.19m | | 2. Mikhail Krivonosov | URS | 63.03m | | 3. Anatoliy Samotsvetov | URS | 62.56m | | 4. Al Hall | USA | 61.96m | | 5. Jozsef Csermak | HUN | 60.70m | | 6. Kresimir Racic | YUG | 60.36m | | 7. Dmitry Egorov | URS | 60.22m | | 8. Sverre Strandli | NOR | 59.21m | | 9. Peter Allday | GBR | 58.00m | | 10.Alfons Niklas | POL | 57.70m | | 11.Muhamad Iqbal | PAK | 56.97m | | 12.Donald Anthony | GBR | 56.72m | | 13.Guy Husson | FRA | 55.02m | | 14.Tadeusz Rut | POL | 53.43m |
| Qualification Round | mark 54.00m | | Not Qualified | | -. Birger Asplund | SWE | | -. Charles Morris | AUS | | -. Alejandro Diaz | CHI | | -. Martin Crowe | AUS | | -. Fumio Kamamoto | JPN | | -. Kyo-Sik Song | KOR | | -. Neville Gadsen | AUS | | -. Yoshio Kojima | JPN |
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