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Date: 1 September 1972 / 2 September 1972
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Ludvik Danek | TCH | 64.40m [211' 3 ½"] |
| 2 | Jay Silvester | USA | 63.50m [208' 4"] |
| 3 | Richard Bruch | SWE | 63.40m [208' 0"] |
| 4 | John Powell | USA | 62.82m [206' 1 ¼"] |
| 5 | Geza Fejer | HUN | 62.62m [205' 5 ¼"] |
| 6 | Detlef Thorith | GDR | 62.42m [204' 9 ½"] |
| 7 | Ferenc Tegla | HUN | 60.60m [198' 9 ¾"] |
| 8 | Tim Vollmer | USA | 60.24m [197' 7 ¾"] |
| 9 | Pentti Kahma | FIN | 59.66m [195' 8 ¾"] |
| 10 | Silvano Simeon | ITA | 59.34m [194' 8 ¼"] |
| 11 | Jorma Rinne | FIN | 59.22m [194' 3 ½"] |
| 12 | Janos Muranyi | HUN | 57.92m [190' ¼"] |
| 13 | Namakoro Niare | MLI | 56.48m [185' 3 ½"] |
| 14 | Les Mills | NZL | 55.86m [183' 3 ¼"] |
| Qualifying | |||
| 15 | Klaus Peter Henning | FRG | 58.64m [192' 4 ¾"] |
| 16 | Hein-Direk Neu | FRG | 58.10m [190' 7 ½"] |
| 16 | Dirk Wippermann | FRG | 58.10m [190' 7 ½"] |
| 18 | Zdravko Pecar | YUG | 57.84m [189' 9 ¼"] |
| 19 | William Tancred | GBR | 57.24m [187' 9 ½"] |
| 20 | Robin Tait | NZL | 56.60m [185' 8 ¼"] |
| 21 | Ain Roost | CAN | 56.58m [185' 7 ½"] |
| 22 | Hartmut Losch | GDR | 56.54m [185' 6"] |
| 23 | Erlendyr Valdimarsson | ISL | 55.38m [181' 8 ¼"] |
| 24 | John Watts | GBR | 53.86m [176' 8 ½"] |
| 25 | Kaj Andersen | DEN | 53.52m [175' 7"] |
| 26 | Praveen Kumar | IND | 53.12m [174' 3 ¼"] |
| 27 | Heimo Reinitzer | AUT | 52.56m [172' 5 ¼"] |
| 28 | Said Farouk Tourkey | KSA | 33.78m [110' 10"] |
| Did not start | |||
| Stoyan Slavkov | BUL | ||
| Julio Bequer | CUB | ||
| Youssef Nagui Assaad | EGY | ||
| Noel Matouba | CGO | ||
| Did not qualify for final (No mark set) | |||
| Armando de Vincentis | ITA | ||