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Date: 3 September 1972 / 4 September 1972
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Victor Saneev | URS | 17.35m [56' 11"] |
| 2 | Jorg Drehmel | GDR | 17.31m [56' 9 ½"] |
| 3 | Nelson Prudencio | BRA | 17.05m [55' 11 ¼"] |
| 4 | Carol Corbu | ROU | 16.85m [55' 3 ½"] |
| 5 | John Craft | USA | 16.83m [55' 2 ½"] |
| 6 | Mansour Mamadou Dia | SEN | 16.83m [55' 2 ½"] |
| 7 | Michal Joachimowski | POL | 16.69m [54' 9"] |
| 8 | Kristen Flogstad | NOR | 16.44m [53' 11 ¼"] |
| 9 | Micheil Bariban | URS | 16.30m [53' 5 ¾"] |
| 10 | Bernard Lamitie | FRA | 16.27m [53' 4 ½"] |
| 11 | Samuel Igun | NGR | 16.03m [52' 7"] |
| 12 | Toshiaki Inoue | JPN | 15.88m [52' 1 ¼"] |
| Qualifying | |||
| 13 | Gabor Katona | HUN | 16.19m [53' 1 ½"] |
| 13 | Kosei Gushiken | JPN | 16.19m [53' 1 ½"] |
| 15 | Gennadi Bessonov | URS | 16.18m [53' 1"] |
| 16 | Giuseppe Gentile | ITA | 16.04m [52' 7 ½"] |
| 17 | Esa Rinne | FIN | 15.98m [52' 5 ¼"] |
| 18 | Vaclav Fiser | TCH | 15.96m [52' 4 ¼"] |
| 19 | Heinz-Gunter Schenk | GDR | 15.91m [52' 2 ½"] |
| 20 | Michael McGrath | AUS | 15.90m [52' 2"] |
| 21 | Johnson Amoah | GHA | 15.84m [51' 11 ½"] |
| 22 | Abraham Munabi | UGA | 15.82m [51' 10 ¾"] |
| 23 | Moise Pomaney | GHA | 15.72m [51' 7"] |
| 23 | Pedro Perez | CUB | 15.72m [51' 7"] |
| 25 | Milan Spasojevic | YUG | 15.69m [51' 5 ¾"] |
| 26 | Yukito Muraki | JPN | 15.59m [51' 1 ¾"] |
| 27 | Timothy Barrett | BAH | 15.51m [50' 10 ¾"] |
| 28 | Wilfredo Maisonaue | PUR | 15.38m [50' 5 ½"] |
| 29 | Art Walker | USA | 15.29m [50' 2"] |
| 30 | Patrich Onyango | KEN | 14.74m [48' 4 ¼"] |
| 31 | Chen Ming-Chih | TPE | 14.73m [48' 4"] |
| 32 | David Smith | USA | 14.55m [47' 8 ¾"] |
| 33 | Gazi Marzouk | KSA | 13.82m [45' 4"] |
| 34 | Martin Matupi | MAW | 13.57m [44' 6 ¼"] |
| Did not start | |||
| Martin Adouna | TOG | ||
| ? Chodoton | BEN | ||
| Did not qualify for final (No mark set) | |||
| Henry Jackson | JAM | ||
| Gill Mohinder Singh | IND | ||