| Group A | Team | Dist. | 1. | 2. | 3. | | 1. Andrey Abduvaliyev | URS | 80.36m | | 2. Igor Astapkovich | URS | 79.06m | | 3. Tibor Gecsek | HUN | 75.68m | | 4. Raphael Piolanti | FRA | 74.92m | | 5. Sean Carlin | AUS | 74.90m | | 6. Claus Dethloff | GER | 73.54m | | 7. Lance Deal | USA | 72.90m | | 8. Ivan Tanev | BUL | 72.52m | | 9. Enrico Sgrulletti | ITA | 72.40m | | 10.Paul Head | GBR | 68.52m | | 11.Kjell Bystedt | SWE | 67.20m | | 12.Guillermo Guzman | MEX | 66.80m | | 13.Andres Charadia | ARG | 66.52m |
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| Group B | Team | Dist. | 1. | 2. | 3. | | 1. Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 77.96m | | 2. Plamen Minev | BUL | 75.08m | | 3. Walter Ciofani | FRA | 74.74m | | 4. Heinz Weis | GER | 74.40m | | 5. Ken Flax | USA | 73.26m | | 6. Zhong Bi | CHN | 73.24m | | 7. Johann Lindner | AUT | 72.90m | | 8. Imre Szitas | HUN | 71.92m | | 9. Savas Saritzoglou | GRE | 70.60m | | 10.Jud Logan | USA | 70.04m | | 11.Angus Cooper | NZL | 68.48m | | 12.Ajet Toska | ALB | 67.26m | | 13.Cherif El Hennawi | EGY | 57.26m | | 14.Tuck Yim Wong | SIN | 46.04m |
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