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Date: 3 August 1948
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Wilbur Thompson | USA | 17.12m [56' 2"] |
| 2 | James Delaney | USA | 16.68m [54' 8 ¾"] |
| 3 | James Fuchs | USA | 16.42m [53' 10 ½"] |
| 4 | Mieczyslaw Lomowski | POL | 15.43m [50' 7 ½"] |
| 5 | Gosta Arvidsson | SWE | 15.37m [50' 5"] |
| 6 | Yrjo Lehtila | FIN | 15.05m [49' 4 ½"] |
| 7 | Jaakko Jouppila | FIN | 14.59m [47' 10 ½"] |
| 8 | Cenck Kalina | TCH | 14.55m [47' 8 ¾"] |
| 9 | Konstantinos Giataganas | GRE | 14.54m [47' 8 ½"] |
| 10 | Witold Gerutto | POL | 14.37m [47' 1 ¾"] |
| 11 | John Giles | GBR | 13.73m [45' ½"] |
| 12 | Sigfus Sigurdsson | ISL | 13.66m [44' 9 ¾"] |
| Did not qualify for final (Mark unknown) | |||
| Eric Coy | CAN | ||
| David Guiney | IRL | ||
| Juan Kahnert | ARG | ||
| Alal Zahur Khan | PAK | ||
| Emilio Malchiodi | ARG | ||
| Nazar Muhamad Khan Malik | PAK | ||
| Harold Moody | GBR | ||
| Roland Fritz Nilsson | SWE | ||
| Leonello Patoni | PER | ||
| Willy Senn | SUI | ||
| Roger Verhaes | BEL | ||
| Vilhjalmur Vilmundarsson | ISL | ||