Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw event at the 1989 Summer Universiade was held at the Wedaustadion in Duisburg on 29 and 30 August 1989.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Silke Renk East Germany	Brigitte Graune West Germany	Päivi Alafrantti Finland

Qualification distance: 52.00 metres

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	?	Silke Renk	East Germany	62.04	Q
2	?	Natalya Cherniyenko	Soviet Union	61.02	Q
3	?	Genowefa Patla	Poland	60.64	Q
4	?	Heike Galle	East Germany	60.00	Q
5	?	Luo Zhonghua	China	59.14	Q
6	?	Ingrid Lammertsma	Netherlands	59.12	Q^[3]
7	?	Brigitte Graune	West Germany	58.98	Q
8	?	Elisabeth Fernández	Cuba	56.62	Q
9	?	Cheryl Coker	Canada	54.94	Q
10	?	Päivi Alafrantti	Finland	54.72	Q
11	?	Kay Nordstrom	New Zealand	54.54	Q
12	?	Kate Farrow	Australia	54.48	Q^[4]
13	?	Marilyn Senz	United States	51.22
14	?	Lee Hui-cheng	Chinese Taipei	51.22
15	?	Natalya Yermolovich	Soviet Union	50.26
16	?	Nikki Nye	United States	49.20

Held on 30 August^[5]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result
	Silke Renk	East Germany	66.09
	Brigitte Graune	West Germany	62.13
	Päivi Alafrantti	Finland	61.75
4	Heike Galle	East Germany	60.45
5	Ingrid Lammertsma	Netherlands	59.26
6	Genowefa Patla	Poland	55.37
7	Kate Farrow	Australia	53.56
8	Luo Zhonghua	China	52.63
9	Natalya Cherniyenko	Soviet Union	52.60
10	Cheryl Coker	Canada	52.53
11	Kay Nordstrom	New Zealand	47.78
	Elisabeth Fernández	Cuba	DNS

^ Schröder, Gustav (7 September 1989). "XV. Universiade: Ein Hauch von Olympia im Ruhrevier" [XV. Universiade: A touch of the Olympics in the Ruhrevier]. Leichtathletik (in German). 36/1989. Bartels & Wernitz: 1134–1139. ISSN 0343-5369.
^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ "Da Silva selt teleur op sprint" (in Dutch). Het Parool. 29 August 1989. p. 10. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
^ Australian results
^ "Final results". The Times. 31 August 1989. p. 16. Retrieved 1 January 2020.