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Date: 8 September 1972 / 9 September 1972
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Wladyslaw Komar | POL | 21.18m [69' 5 ¾"] |
| 2 | George Woods | USA | 21.17m [69' 5 ½"] |
| 3 | Hartmut Briesenick | GDR | 21.14m [69' 4 ¼"] |
| 4 | Hans-Peter Gies | GDR | 21.14m [69' 4 ¼"] |
| 5 | Allan Feuerbach | USA | 21.01m [68' 11 ¼"] |
| 6 | Brian Oldfield | USA | 20.91m [68' 7 ¼"] |
| 7 | Heinfried Birlenbach | FRG | 20.37m [66' 10"] |
| 8 | Vilmos Varju | HUN | 20.10m [65' 11 ¼"] |
| 9 | Jaromir Vlk | TCH | 20.09m [65' 11"] |
| 10 | Jaroslav Brabec | TCH | 19.86m [65' 2"] |
| 11 | Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg | GDR | 19.74m [64' 9 ¼"] |
| 12 | Yves Brouzet | FRA | 19.61m [64' 4"] |
| 13 | Ralf Reichenbach | FRG | 19.48m [63' 11"] |
| 14 | Rimantas Plunge | URS | 19.30m [63' 3 ¾"] |
| 15 | Lahcen Samsam Akka | MAR | 19.11m [62' 8 ¼"] |
| 16 | Seppo Simola | FIN | 19.06m [62' 6 ½"] |
| 17 | Bruce Pirnie | CAN | 18.90m [62' 0"] |
| 18 | Traugott Glockler | FRG | 18.85m [61' 10 ¼"] |
| Qualifying | |||
| 19 | Ivan Ivanoic | YUG | 18.95m [62' 2"] |
| 20 | Geoff Capes | GBR | 18.94m [62' 1 ¾"] |
| 21 | Arnljot Beer | FRA | 18.74m [61' 5 ¾"] |
| 22 | Alexandr Baryshnikov | URS | 18.65m [61' 2 ¼"] |
| 23 | Les Mills | NZL | 18.38m [60' 3 ½"] |
| 24 | Bo Grahn | FIN | 18.20m [59' 8 ½"] |
| 25 | Loukas Louka | GRE | 17.48m [57' 4 ¼"] |
| 26 | Jagraj Singh | IND | 17.15m [56' 3 ¼"] |
| 27 | Philip Conway | IRL | 16.69m [54' 9"] |
| 28 | Cyril Okonkwo | NGR | 16.51m [54' 2"] |
| 29 | Hussein Al-Taib Makki | KSA | 11.57m [37' 11 ½"] |
| Did not start | |||
| Youssef Nagui Assaad | EGY | ||
| Bjorn Bang Andersen | NOR | ||
| William Tancred | GBR | ||
| Aristides Lanier | CUB | ||
| Salvatore Morale | ITA | ||
| Vassil Kroumov | BUL | ||