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Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Date Started: September 25, 1988
Date Finished: September 25, 1988
Format: Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 77.00 metres advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Sergey Litvinov |
| Silver: | Yuriy Siedykh |
| Bronze: | Jüri Tamm |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergey Litvinov | 30 | Soviet Union | URS | 81.24 | QU |
| 2 | Jüri Tamm | 31 | Soviet Union | URS | 79.68 | QU |
| 3 | Yuriy Siedykh | 33 | Soviet Union | URS | 78.48 | QU |
| 4 | Ralf Haber | 26 | East Germany | GDR | 78.16 | QU |
| 5 | Gunther Rodehau | 29 | East Germany | GDR | 78.12 | QU |
| 6 | Harri Huhtala | 36 | Finland | FIN | 77.34 | QU |
| 7 | Heinz Weis | 25 | West Germany | FRG | 77.24 | QU |
| 8 | Tibor Gécsek | 23 | Hungary | HUN | 77.12 | QU |
| 9 | Ivan Tanev | 31 | Bulgaria | BUL | 76.84 | QC |
| 10 | Hans Lindner | 29 | Austria | AUT | 76.60 | QC |
| 11 | Tore Gustafsson | 26 | Sweden | SWE | 76.44 | QC |
| 12 | Imre Szitás | 27 | Hungary | HUN | 76.24 | QC |
| 13 | Christoph Sahner | 24 | West Germany | FRG | 75.84 | |
| 14 | Plamen Minev | 23 | Bulgaria | BUL | 74.46 | |
| 15 | József Vida | 25 | Hungary | HUN | 74.30 | |
| 16 | Juha Tiainen | 32 | Finland | FIN | 73.74 | |
| 17 | Lance Deal | 27 | United States | USA | 73.66 | |
| 18 | Ken Flax | 25 | United States | USA | 72,70 | |
| 19 | Jud Logan | 29 | United States | USA | 72.64 | |
| 20 | Viktor Apostolov | 25 | Bulgaria | BUL | 71.10 | |
| 21 | Lucio Serrani | 27 | Italy | ITA | 70.50 | |
| 22 | Mick Jones | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | 70.38 | |
| 23 | Dave Smith | 26 | Great Britain | GBR | 69.12 | |
| 24 | Conor McCullough | 27 | Ireland | IRL | 68.66 | |
| 25 | Andrés Charadia | 22 | Argentina | ARG | 68.26 | |
| 26 | Hakim Toumi | 27 | Algeria | ALG | 65.78 | |
| 27 | Waleed Al-Bekheet | 23 | Kuwait | KUW | 63.86 | |
| 28 | Matt Mileham | 31 | Great Britain | GBR | 62.42 | |
| 29 | Lee Ju-Hyeong | 23 | South Korea | KOR | 55.98 | |
| AC | Kjell Bystedt | 28 | Sweden | SWE | NM |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jüri Tamm | 31 | Soviet Union | URS | 79.68 | |
| 2 | Yuriy Siedykh | 33 | Soviet Union | URS | 78.48 | |
| 3 | Ralf Haber | 26 | East Germany | GDR | 78.16 | |
| 4 | Gunther Rodehau | 29 | East Germany | GDR | 78.12 | |
| 5 | Harri Huhtala | 36 | Finland | FIN | 77.34 | |
| 6 | Tibor Gécsek | 23 | Hungary | HUN | 77.12 | |
| 7 | Imre Szitás | 27 | Hungary | HUN | 76.24 | |
| 8 | Juha Tiainen | 32 | Finland | FIN | 73.74 | |
| 9 | Viktor Apostolov | 25 | Bulgaria | BUL | 71.10 | |
| 10 | Dave Smith | 26 | Great Britain | GBR | 69.12 | |
| 11 | Hakim Toumi | 27 | Algeria | ALG | 65.78 | |
| 12 | Matt Mileham | 31 | Great Britain | GBR | 62.42 | |
| 13 | Lee Ju-Hyeong | 23 | South Korea | KOR | 55.98 | |
| AC | Kjell Bystedt | 28 | Sweden | SWE | NM |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergey Litvinov | 30 | Soviet Union | URS | 81.24 | |
| 2 | Heinz Weis | 25 | West Germany | FRG | 77.24 | |
| 3 | Ivan Tanev | 31 | Bulgaria | BUL | 76.84 | |
| 4 | Hans Lindner | 29 | Austria | AUT | 76.60 | |
| 5 | Tore Gustafsson | 26 | Sweden | SWE | 76.44 | |
| 6 | Christoph Sahner | 24 | West Germany | FRG | 75.84 | |
| 7 | Plamen Minev | 23 | Bulgaria | BUL | 74.46 | |
| 8 | József Vida | 25 | Hungary | HUN | 74.30 | |
| 9 | Lance Deal | 27 | United States | USA | 73.66 | |
| 10 | Ken Flax | 25 | United States | USA | 72,70 | |
| 11 | Jud Logan | 29 | United States | USA | 72.64 | |
| 12 | Lucio Serrani | 27 | Italy | ITA | 70.50 | |
| 13 | Mick Jones | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | 70.38 | |
| 14 | Conor McCullough | 27 | Ireland | IRL | 68.66 | |
| 15 | Andrés Charadia | 22 | Argentina | ARG | 68.26 | |
| 16 | Waleed Al-Bekheet | 23 | Kuwait | KUW | 63.86 |