| Final 18:00 | Distance | | | 1. Anatoliy Bondarchuk |  URS | 74.68m | WR | | 2. Romuald Klim | URS | 72.74m | | | 3. Reinhard Theimer |  GDR | 72.02m | | | 4. Gyula Zsivótzky |  HUN | 69.68m | | | 5. Jochen Sachse | GDR | 68.60m | | | 6. Lázár Lovász | HUN | 66.90m | | | 7. Sándor Eckschmiedt | HUN | 66.02m | | | 8. Howard Payne |  GBR | 65.90m | | | 9. Kauko Harlos |  FIN | 65.16m | | | 10.Johann Pötsch |  AUT | 64.00m | | | 11.Dimitar Mindov |  BUL | 61.48m | | | 12.Lars-Inge Ström |  SWE | 61.44m | |
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Qualification Friday 19.09 10:00 | | mark 66.00m - 7 Athletes passed the mark. 5 next were added. |
| Ranking | Dist | | 1. Reinhard Theimer | GDR | 71.06m | CR Q | | 2. Gyula Zsivótzky | HUN | 69.98m | Q | | 3. Anatoliy Bondarchuk | URS | 69.06m | Q | | 4. Romuald Klim | URS | 68.50m | Q | | 5. Lázár Lovász | HUN | 66.86m | Q | | 6. Jochen Sachse | GDR | 66.72m | Q | | 7. Sándor Eckschmiedt | HUN | 66.68m | Q | | 8. Kauko Harlos | FIN | 64.74m | Q | | 9. Howard Payne | GBR | 64.58m | Q | | 10.Johann Pötsch | AUT | 63.20m | Q | | 11.Lars-Inge Ström | SWE | 62.70m | Q | | 12.Dimitar Mindov | BUL | 62.08m | Q | | eliminated | | 13.Georgios Babaniotis |  GRE | 61.98m | | | 14.Ernst Ammann |  SUI | 60.88m | | | 15.Jacques Accambray |  FRA | 60.76m | | | 16.Carlos Sustelo |  POR | 60.54m | | | 17.Stanisław Lubiejewski |  POL | 59.50m | | | 18.Gérard Chadefaux | FRA | 59.42m | | | 19.Erlendur Valdimarsson |  ISL | 51.04m | |
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