Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 9 September 1979.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő	Romania	67.20
	Ivanka Vancheva	Bulgaria	63.04
	Mayra Vila	Cuba	60.98
4	Natalya Sipova	Soviet Union	58.70
5	Tatyana Biryulina	Soviet Union	57.60
6	Ana González	Cuba	57.34
7	Marli dos Santos	Brazil	56.04
8	Corina Girbea	Romania	55.68
9	Fausta Quintavalla	Italy	54.96
10	Pam Matthews	Australia	53.26
11	Ingrid Thyssen	West Germany	51.60
12	Zhang Li	China	49.22
13	Laurie Kern	Canada	41.12