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Date: 2 September 1972 / 3 September 1972
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Klaus Wolfermann | FRG | 90.48m [296' 10 ¼"] |
| 2 | Ianis Lusis | URS | 90.46m [296' 9 ½"] |
| 3 | William Schmidt | USA | 84.42m [276' 11 ½"] |
| 4 | Hannu Siitonen | FIN | 84.32m [276' 7 ¾"] |
| 5 | Bjorn Grimnes | NOR | 83.08m [272' 6 ¾"] |
| 6 | Jorma Kinnunen | FIN | 82.08m [269' 3 ½"] |
| 7 | Miklos Nemeth | HUN | 81.98m [268' 11 ½"] |
| 8 | Fredrick Luke | USA | 80.06m [262' 8"] |
| 9 | Manfred Stolle | GDR | 79.32m [260' 2 ¾"] |
| 10 | Milton Sonsky | USA | 77.94m [255' 8 ½"] |
| 11 | Lolesio Tuita | FRA | 76.34m [250' 5 ½"] |
| 12 | Jozsef Csik | HUN | 76.14m [249' 9 ¾"] |
| Qualifying | |||
| 13 | Richard Dowswell | CAN | 77.42m [254' 0"] |
| 14 | Gergely Kulcsar | HUN | 77.24m [253' 5"] |
| 15 | Urs von Wartburg | SUI | 76.36m [250' 6 ¼"] |
| 16 | Andre Claude | CAN | 75.56m [247' 10 ¾"] |
| 17 | David Travis | GBR | 74.68m [245' ¼"] |
| 18 | Gunther Glasauer | FRG | 73.12m [239' 10 ¾"] |
| 19 | Jacques Abehi | CIV | 72.20m [236' 10 ½"] |
| 20 | Renzo Cramerotti | ITA | 71.12m [233' 4"] |
| 21 | Donald Velez | NCA | 63.74m [209' 1 ½"] |
| 22 | Seif Abdelat Alkahtani | KSA | 53.06m [174' 1"] |
| Did not start | |||
| Edmund Jaworski | POL | ||
| Did not qualify for final (No mark set) | |||
| Leo Pusa | FIN | ||