Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 21 and 22 July 1981.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Petra Felke East Germany	Karin Smith United States	Mayra Vila Cuba

Results

Qualification

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Petra Felke	East Germany	64.80
2	Mayra Vila	Cuba	61.78
3	Corina Gîrbea	Romania	59.96
4	Karin Smith	United States	58.94
5	Ingrid Thyssen	West Germany	57.50
6	María Beltrán	Cuba	56.70
7	Rositha Potreck	East Germany	56.22
8	Leolita Blodniece	Soviet Union	55.76
9	Anna Verouli	Greece	55.24
10	Fausta Quintavalla	Italy	54.88
11	Tang Guoli	China	54.82
12	Marli Santos	Brazil	52.30
13	Aranka Vágási	Hungary	49.82
14	Lynda Hughes	United States	48.84
15	Tatyana Yermolayeva	Soviet Union	48.82
16	Cristina Dobrinoiu	Romania	48.72

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Petra Felke	East Germany	65.20
	Karin Smith	United States	64.12
	Mayra Vila	Cuba	63.88
4	Ingrid Thyssen	West Germany	62.30
5	Rositha Potreck	East Germany	62.08
6	Tang Guoli	China	61.58
7	Corina Gîrbea	Romania	58.94
8	María Beltrán	Cuba	58.62
9	Leolita Blodniece	Soviet Union	57.10
10	Fausta Quintavalla	Italy	56.78
11	Anna Verouli	Greece	54.70
	Marli Santos	Brazil	DNS