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Host City: Montréal, Canada
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Montréal, Québec
Date Started: July 29, 1976
Date Finished: July 29, 1976
Format: Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 16.30 metres advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Viktor Saneyev |
| Silver: | James Butts |
| Bronze: | João Carlos de Oliveira |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | João Carlos de Oliveira | 22 | Brazil | BRA | 16.81 | QU |
| 2 | Viktor Saneyev | 30 | Soviet Union | URS | 16.77 | QU |
| 3 | Wolfgang Kolmsee | 21 | West Germany | FRG | 16.68 | QU |
| 4 | Tommy Haynes | 24 | United States | USA | 16.62 | QU |
| 5 | James Butts | 26 | United States | USA | 16.55 | QU |
| 6 | Jiří Vyčichlo | 30 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 16.54 | QU |
| 7 | Pedro Pérez | 24 | Cuba | CUB | 16.51 | QU |
| 8 | Rayfield Dupree | 23 | United States | USA | 16.50 | QU |
| 9 | Eugeniusz Biskupski | 28 | Poland | POL | 16.46 | QU |
| 10 | Bernard Lamitié | 30 | France | FRA | 16.39 | QU |
| 11 | Pentti Kuukasjärvi | 29 | Finland | FIN | 16.31 | QU |
| 12 | Carol Corbu | 30 | Romania | ROU | 16.30 | QU |
| 13 | Michał Joachimowski | 25 | Poland | POL | 16.29 | |
| 14 | Nélson Prudêncio | 32 | Brazil | BRA | 16.22 | |
| 15 | Valentyn Shevchenko | 28 | Soviet Union | URS | 16.15 | |
| 16 | Toshiaki Inoue | 25 | Japan | JPN | 16.06 | |
| 17 | Janoš Hegediš | 21 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 16.03 | |
| 18 | Ramón Cid | 21 | Spain | ESP | 16.00 | |
| 19 | Armando Herrera | 21 | Cuba | CUB | 15.98 | |
| 20 | Andrzej Sontag | 25 | Poland | POL | 15.82 | |
| 21 | Maxwell Peters | 20 | Antigua and Barbuda | ANT | 14.94 | |
| 22 | Apostolos Kathiniotis | 24 | Greece | GRE | 14.13 | |
| 23 | Mohamed Al-Bouhairi | 24 | Saudi Arabia | KSA | 13.85 | |
| AC | Aston Moore | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | NM | |
| AC | Phil Robins | 21 | Bahamas | BAH | NM |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | João Carlos de Oliveira | 22 | Brazil | BRA | 16.81 | |
| 2 | Viktor Saneyev | 30 | Soviet Union | URS | 16.77 | |
| 3 | Tommy Haynes | 24 | United States | USA | 16.62 | |
| 4 | James Butts | 26 | United States | USA | 16.55 | |
| 5 | Jiří Vyčichlo | 30 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 16.54 | |
| 6 | Rayfield Dupree | 23 | United States | USA | 16.50 | |
| 7 | Bernard Lamitié | 30 | France | FRA | 16.39 | |
| 8 | Pentti Kuukasjärvi | 29 | Finland | FIN | 16.31 | |
| 9 | Michał Joachimowski | 25 | Poland | POL | 16.29 | |
| 10 | Nélson Prudêncio | 32 | Brazil | BRA | 16.22 | |
| 11 | Armando Herrera | 21 | Cuba | CUB | 15.98 | |
| 12 | Andrzej Sontag | 25 | Poland | POL | 15.82 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolfgang Kolmsee | 21 | West Germany | FRG | 16.68 | |
| 2 | Pedro Pérez | 24 | Cuba | CUB | 16.51 | |
| 3 | Eugeniusz Biskupski | 28 | Poland | POL | 16.46 | |
| 4 | Carol Corbu | 30 | Romania | ROU | 16.30 | |
| 5 | Valentyn Shevchenko | 28 | Soviet Union | URS | 16.15 | |
| 6 | Toshiaki Inoue | 25 | Japan | JPN | 16.06 | |
| 7 | Janoš Hegediš | 21 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 16.03 | |
| 8 | Ramón Cid | 21 | Spain | ESP | 16.00 | |
| 9 | Maxwell Peters | 20 | Antigua and Barbuda | ANT | 14.94 | |
| 10 | Apostolos Kathiniotis | 24 | Greece | GRE | 14.13 | |
| 11 | Mohamed Al-Bouhairi | 24 | Saudi Arabia | KSA | 13.85 | |
| AC | Aston Moore | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | NM | |
| AC | Phil Robins | 21 | Bahamas | BAH | NM |