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Athletics at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
440 yd hurdles	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men	women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
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The women's javelin throw event at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 6 July at the Empire Stadium in Vancouver, Canada.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Magdalena Swanepoel	South Africa	143 ft 9+1⁄2 in (43.83 m)	GR
	Pearline Thornhill-Fisher	Northern Rhodesia	137 ft 8+1⁄2 in (41.97 m)
	Shirley Couzens	Canada	127 ft 10+1⁄2 in (38.98 m)
4	Mary Lawrence	Canada	115 ft 5 in (35.18 m)
5	Dorothy Tyler	England	108 ft 0+1⁄2 in (32.93 m)
6	Suzanne Allday	England	92 ft 10 in (28.30 m)
	Helen Metchuck	Canada	DNS
	Thelma Hopkins	Northern Ireland	DNS

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
2. "Wilmshurst's long jump record". The Manchester Guardian. 7 August 1954. p. 2. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

• Athletics at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
• Javelin throw at the Commonwealth Games