| Final | Distance | SO | 1. | 2 | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | | 1. Mike Stulce |  United States | 21.70m | | | 2. Jim Doehring | United States | 20.96m | | | 3. Vyacheslav Lykho |  United Team | 20.94m | | | 4. Werner Günthör |  Switzerland | 20.91m | | | 5. Ulf Timmermann |  Germany | 20.49m | | | 6. Klaus Bodenmüller |  Austria | 20.48m | | | 7. Dragan Perić |  individual | 20.32m | | | 8. Aleksandr Klimenko | United Team | 20.23m | | | 9. Luciano Zerbini |  Italy | 19.88m | | | 10.Ron Backes | United States | 19.75m | | | 11.Alessandro Andrei | Italy | 19.62m | | | 12.Tallhem Sören |  Sweden | 19.32m | |
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| | | Venue: Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 67,007. | | -- competitors from -- nations. | | Qualification |
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| Group A | Distance | | Rk. | 1. | 2 | 3. | | 1. Werner Günthör | Switzerland | 20.50m | | 2. | | 2. Luciano Zerbini | Italy | 20.25m | | 3. | | 3. Dragan Perić | individual | 20.24m | | 4. | | 4. Vyacheslav Lykho | United Team | 20.24m | | 5. | | 5. Mike Stulce | United States | 20.18m | | 6. | | 6. Ron Backes | United States | 19.71m | | 11. | | 7. Gert Weil |  Chile | 19.41m | | 12. | | 8. Paul Edwards |  Great Britain | 19.03m | | 15. | | 9. Kent Larsson | Sweden | 18.56m | | 18. | | 10.Udo Beyer | Germany | 18.47m | | 19. | | 11.Victor Costello |  Ireland | 17.15m | | 22. | | 12.Zlatan Saračević |  Bosnia Herzegovina | 16.38m | | 26. | | 13.Kalman Konya | Germany | DNS | | |
| Group B | Distance | | Rk. | 1. | 2 | 3. | | 1. Jim Doehring | United States | 20.53m | | 1. | | 2. Aleksandr Klimenko | United Team | 20.16m | | 7. | | 3. Alessandro Andrei | Italy | 20.14m | | 8. | | 4. Ulf Timmermann | Germany | 19.93m | | 9. | | 5. Klaus Bodenmüller | Austria | 19.86m | | 10. | | 6. Tallhem Sören | Sweden | 19.65m | | 13. | | 7. Guðmundsson Pétur |  Iceland | 19.15m | | 14. | | 8. Andriy Nemchaninov | United Team | 18.98m | | 16. | | 9. Gheorghe Guşet |  Romania | 18.96m | | 17. | | 10.Antero Paljakka |  Finland | 18.42m | | 20. | | 11.Khaled Al-Khalidi |  Saudi Arabia | 17.72m | | 21. | | 12.Paul Quirke | Ireland | 17.01m | | 23. | | 13.Bilal Saad Mubarak |  Qatar | 16.98m | | 24. | | 14.Peter Dajia |  Canada | 16.81m | | 25. |
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