Athletics at the 1977 Summer Universiade – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on 19 and 20 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nadezhda Yakubovich Soviet Union	Ivanka Vancheva Bulgaria	Aranka Vágási Hungary

Results

Qualification

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	?	Nadezhda Yakubovich	Soviet Union	56.74	Q
2	?	Sabine Sebrowski	East Germany	56.20	Q
3	?	Aranka Vágási	Hungary	54.98	Q
4	?	Bernadetta Blechacz	Poland	54.28	Q
5	?	Ivanka Vancheva	Bulgaria	54.10	Q
6	?	Yao Ruiying	China	53.76	Q
7	?	Pam Matthews	Australia	53.14	Q
8	?	María Beltrán	Cuba	53.10	Q
9	?	Éva Zörgő	Romania	52.80	Q
10	?	Karin Smith	United States	52.28	Q
11	?	Sofia Sakorafa	Greece	51.76	Q
12	?	Yordanka Peeva	Bulgaria	51.54	Q
13	?	Barbara Latko	Poland	51.52	Q
14	?	Anne Gro Harby	Norway	50.60
15	?	Giuliana Amici	Italy	50.24
16	?	Guadalupe López	Mexico	50.14
17	?	Anne Sophie Hunstad	Norway	45.50
18	?	Jennifer Pace	Malta	44.46

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Nadezhda Yakubovich	Soviet Union	61.42
	Ivanka Vancheva	Bulgaria	61.12
	Aranka Vágási	Hungary	61.12
4	Sabine Sebrowski	East Germany	57.78
5	Éva Zörgő	Romania	56.70
6	Karin Smith	United States	55.02
7	Yordanka Peeva	Bulgaria	54.20
8	Pam Matthews	Australia	53.00
9	Sofia Sakorafa	Greece	53.00
10	Bernadetta Blechacz	Poland	52.62
11	María Beltrán	Cuba	52.20
12	Yao Ruiying	China	52.06
13	Barbara Latko	Poland	49.28