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Date: 3 August 1948
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Arne Ahman | SWE | 15.40m [50' 6 ¼"] |
| 2 | Gordon Avery | AUS | 15.37m [50' 5"] |
| 3 | Ruhi Sarialp | TUR | 15.03m [49' 3 ½"] |
| 4 | Preben Larsen | DEN | 14.83m [48' 7 ¾"] |
| 5 | Geraldo de Oliveira | BRA | 14.82m [48' 7 ¾"] |
| 6 | Valle Rautio | FIN | 14.70m [48' 2 ¾"] |
| 7 | Les McKeand | AUS | 14.53m [47' 8"] |
| 8 | Adhemar da Silva | BRA | 14.49m [47' 6 ½"] |
| 9 | Ake Hallgren | SWE | 14.48m [47' 6 ¼"] |
| 10 | William Albans | USA | 14.33m [47' ¼"] |
| 11 | Helio da Silva | BRA | 14.31m [46' 11 ½"] |
| 12 | Kim Wun-Kwun | KOR | 14.25m [46' 9"] |
| 13 | Lennart Moberg | SWE | 14.21m [46' 7 ¾"] |
| 14 | Henry Rebello | IND | |
| Did not qualify for final (Mark unknown) | |||
| Jorge Aguirre | MEX | ||
| Luis Garcia | POR | ||
| Robert Beckus | USA | ||
| Robert Bobin | FRA | ||
| Sidney Cross | GBR | ||
| Charles Epalle | FRA | ||
| Robert Hawkey | GBR | ||
| Erkki Koutonen | USA | ||
| Allan Lindsay | GBR | ||
| G.D.? Peiris | SRI | ||
| Maximo Reyes | PER | ||
| Joao Vieira | POR | ||
| Stefan Sorensson | ISL | ||
| Carlos Vera | CHI | ||
| Felix Wurth | AUT | ||