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

The men's javelin throw event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 11 and 13 September 1979.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Helmut Schreiber West Germany	Arto Härkönen Finland	Heino Puuste Soviet Union

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	?	Heino Puuste	Soviet Union	81.28
2	?	Antero Puranen	Finland	81.12
3	?	Arto Härkönen	Finland	80.60
4	?	Helmut Schreiber	West Germany	79.62
5	?	Denes Pajtas	Canada	79.36
6	?	Toshihiko Takeda	Japan	79.30
7	?	Ioannis Peristeris	Greece	78.34
8	?	Reinaldo Patterson	Cuba	77.62
9	?	Valentin Dzonev	Bulgaria	75.72
10	?	Dionisio Quintana	Cuba	75.08
11	?	Ding Penglin	China	73.16
12	?	Peter Yates	Great Britain	73.12
13	?	Steve Kreider	United States	72.16
14	?	Stefan Stoykov	Bulgaria	70.50
15	?	Dainis Kūla	Soviet Union	68.96	^[3]
16	?	Juan Puriel	Mexico	65.00
17	?	Tom Sinclair	United States	63.66
18	?	Inoussa Dangou	Benin	60.84
19	?	Enazi Al-Nasser	Kuwait	49.28

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Helmut Schreiber	West Germany	88.68	UR
	Arto Härkönen	Finland	87.10
	Heino Puuste	Soviet Union	82.62
4	Antero Puranen	Finland	81.94
5	Peter Yates	Great Britain	80.26
6	Toshihiko Takeda	Japan	77.86
7	Denes Pajtas	Canada	77.58
8	Reinaldo Patterson	Cuba	77.32
9	Ding Penglin	China	75.42
10	Valentin Dzhonev	Bulgaria	74.48
11	Dionisio Quintana	Cuba	74.10
	Ioannis Peristeris	Greece	DNS

^ Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). 39/1979. Bartels & Wernitz: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p106)
^ "Final results". El Paso Times. 14 September 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^ "Final results". Hartford Courant. 14 September 1979. p. 40. Retrieved 22 March 2020.