| Date | 24 July 1976 — 15:00 |
|---|---|
| Location | Stade olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec |
| Olympic Record | 21.32 / Aleksandr Baryshnikov  URS / 23 July 1976 / Details |
| Pos | Start Order | Competitor | NOC | Distance | Round #1 Distance | Round #2 Distance | Round #3 Distance | Round #4 Distance | Round #5 Distance | Round #6 Distance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Udo Beyer |  GDR | 21.05 | 20.38 | 20.50 | 20.49 | x | 21.05 | 20.45 | |||
| 2 | 10 | Yevgeny Mironov | URS | 21.03 | 19.67 | 20.38 | 20.14 | 20.17 | 21.03 | 20.66 | |||
| 3 | 6 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | URS | 21.00 | 20.53 | 20.27 | 21.00 | 20.96 | 20.58 | x | |||
| 4 | 12 | Al Feuerbach |  USA | 20.55 | 19.74 | 20.55 | 20.07 | 20.21 | 20.10 | 20.32 | |||
| 5 | 8 | Hans-Peter Gies | GDR | 20.47 | 19.98 | 20.19 | 20.47 | 20.45 | 20.11 | 20.13 | |||
| 6 | 5 | Geoff Capes |  GBR | 20.36 | 20.15 | 20.21 | 20.36 | 20.32 | 20.31 | x | |||
| 7 | 7 | George Woods | USA | 20.26 | 20.13 | 19.97 | 20.20 | 20.26 | x | 19.87 | |||
| 8 | 11 | Hans Höglund |  SWE | 20.17 | 20.17 | 20.10 | 19.85 | 19.61 | x | x | |||
| 9 | 9 | Pete Shmock | USA | 19.89 | 19.77 | 19.89 | 19.26 | – | – | – | |||
| 10 | 1 | Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg | GDR | 19.79 | 19.26 | 19.79 | x | – | – | – | |||
| 11 | 4 | Jaroslav Brabec |  TCH | 19.62 | 19.53 | 19.62 | x | – | – | – | |||
| 12 | 2 | Reijo Ståhlberg |  FIN | 18.99 | 18.78 | 18.99 | 18.82 | – | – | – |
