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Date: 31 July 1948
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Imre Nemeth | HUN | 56.07m [183' 11 ½"] |
| 2 | Ivan Gubjian | YUG | 54.27m [178' ½"] |
| 3 | Robert Bennett | USA | 53.73m [176' 3 ¼"] |
| 4 | Samuel Felton | USA | 53.66m [176' ½"] |
| 5 | Lauri Tamminen | FIN | 53.08m [174' 1 ¾"] |
| 6 | Bo Ericsson | SWE | 52.98m [173' 9 ¾"] |
| 7 | Teseo Taddia | ITA | 51.74m [169' 9"] |
| 8 | Einar Soderqvist | SWE | 51.48m [168' 10 ¾"] |
| 9 | Henry Dreyer | USA | 51.37m [168' 6 ½"] |
| 10 | Svend Aage Fredriksen | DEN | 50.07m [164' 3 ¼"] |
| 11 | Duncan Clark | GBR | 48.35m [158' 7 ½"] |
| 12 | Johan Houtzager | NED | 45.69m [149' 10 ¾"] |
| 13 | Kang Whan-In | KOR | 43.93m [144' 1 ½"] |
| Did not qualify for final (Mark unknown) | |||
| Poul Cederquist | DEN | ||
| Dan Coyle | IRL | ||
| Ewan Douglas | GBR | ||
| Norman Drake | GBR | ||
| Juan Fuse | ARG | ||
| Edmundo Zuniga | CHI | ||
| Francisco Gonzalez | MEX | ||
| Reino Kuivamaki | FIN | ||
| Pierre Legrain | FRA | ||
| Nat Singh Somnath | IND | ||
| Jaroslav Knotek | TCH | ||