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Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	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
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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.

Medalists

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

Results

Qualification

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
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

Final

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

References

1. 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.
2. Results at Tilastopaja
3. Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p106)
4. "Final results". El Paso Times. 14 September 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
5. "Final results". Hartford Courant. 14 September 1979. p. 40. Retrieved 22 March 2020.

• Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade
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