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Date: 13 October 1968 / 14 October 1968
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Randy Matson | USA | 20.54m [67' 4 ¾"] |
| 2 | George Woods | USA | 20.12m [66' ¼"] |
| 3 | Eduard Gushchin | URS | 20.09m [65' 11"] |
| 4 | Dieter Hoffmann | GDR | 20.00m [65' 7 ½"] |
| 5 | David Maggard | USA | 19.43m [63' 9"] |
| 6 | Wladyslaw Komar | POL | 19.28m [63' 3"] |
| 7 | Uwe Grabe | FRG | 19.03m [62' 5 ¼"] |
| 8 | Heinfried Birlenbach | FRG | 18.80m [61' 8 ¼"] |
| 9 | Pierre Colnard | FRA | 18.79m [61' 7 ¾"] |
| 10 | Jeffrey Teale | GBR | 18.65m [61' 2 ¼"] |
| 11 | Leslie Mills | NZL | 18.18m [59' 7 ¾"] |
| 12 | Traugott Glockler | FRG | 18.14m [59' 6 ¼"] |
| Qualifying | |||
| 13 | Vilmos Varju | HUN | 18.86m [61' 10 ½"] |
| 14 | Arnljot Beer | FRA | 18.72m [61' 5"] |
| 15 | Edy Hubacher | SUI | 18.54m [60' 10"] |
| 16 | Gudmundur Hermannsson | ISL | 17.35m [56' 11"] |
| 17 | Georgios Lemonis | GRE | 16.43m [53' 10 ¾"] |
| 18 | Rolando Mendoza | NCA | 13.33m [43' 8 ¾"] |
| 19 | Mauricio Jubis | ESA | 12.92m [42' 4 ¾"] |
| Did not start | |||
| Dieter Prollius | GDR | ||
| George Puce | CAN | ||
| Samsam Akka | MAR | ||
| Jalal Keshmiri | IRI | ||
| Bjorn Bruch | SWE | ||