| Venue: Empire Stadium, Wembley. |
| Final Ranking | Dist. | Y | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | | 1. Arne Åhman |  SWE | 15.400m | 23 | 15.400 | 14.680 | 14.890 | 14.580 | X | X | | 2. George Avery |  AUS | 15.365m | 23 | 15.365 | X | 14.670 | 14.320 | 14.780 | | 3. Ruhi Sarıalp |  TUR | 15.025m | 23 | 14.230 | 15.020 | 14.910 | 15.025 | X | | 4. Preben Larsen |  DEN | 14.830m | 25 | | 5. Geraldo de Oliveira |  BRA | 14.825m | 28 | | 6. Valle Rautio |  FIN | 14.700m | 26 | | 7. Les McKeand | AUS | 14.530m | 23 | | 8. Adhemar da Silva | BRA | 14.490m | 20 | | 9. Hallgren Åke | SWE | 14.485m | 29 | | 10.Bill Albans |  USA | 14.330m | 22 | | 11.Silva Hélio da | BRA | 14.310m | 24 | | 12.Kim Won-Gwon |  KOR | 14.250m | 29 | | 13.Lennart Moberg | SWE | 14.215m | 29 | | -. Henry Rebello |  IND | &m | 19 | X | - | - | |
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Qualification - Wednesday 03.08 | | mark - 14.50m. 14 athletes reached the mark. |
| Ranking | Dist. | Y | | 1. George Avery | AUS | 15.335m | 23 | | 2. Valle Rautio | FIN | 14.860m | 26 | | 3. Hallgren Åke | SWE | 14.770m | 29 | | 4. Adhemar da Silva | BRA | 14.690m | 20 | | 5. Henry Rebello | IND | 14.650m | 19 | | 6. Hélio da Silva | BRA | 14.640m | 24 | | 7. Arne Åhman | SWE | 14.600m | 23 | | 7. Kim Won-Gwon | KOR | 14.600m | 29 | | 9. Geraldo de Oliveira | BRA | 14.590m | 28 | | 10.Lennart Moberg | SWE | 14.570m | 29 | | 11.Les McKeand | AUS | 14.550m | 23 | | 12.Bill Albans | USA | 14.550m | 22 | | 13.Ruhi Sarıalp | TUR | 14.530m | 23 | | 14.Preben Larsen | DEN | 14.520m | 25 | | 15.Reyes Máximo |  PER | 14.380m | 19 | | 16.Erik Koutonen | USA | 14.370m | 22 | | 17.João Vieira |  POR | 14.280m | 29 | | 18.Robert Bobin |  FRA | 14.130m | 27 | | 19.Bob Beckus | USA | 14.030m | 28 | | 20.Charles Épalle | FRA | 14.020m | 24 | | 21.Felix Würth |  AUT | 13.920m | 24 | | 22.Luís García | POR | 13.920m | 25 | | 23.Carlos Vera |  CHI | 13.850m | 19 | | 24.Allan Lindsay |  GBR | 13.700m | 22 | | 25.Sidney Cross | GBR | 13.455m | 23 | | -. Robert Hawkey | GBR | | 33 | | -. Peiris G. D. |  SRI | | | | -. Jorge Aguirre |  MEX | | |
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