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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 women's discus throw event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 11 September 1979.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Svetlana Melnikova	Soviet Union	63.54
	Evelin Jahl	East Germany	63.00
	Florenţa Ţacu	Romania	59.28
4	Nadezhda Yerokha	Soviet Union	58.94
5	Ingra Manecke	West Germany	57.34
6	Salvadora Vargas	Cuba	53.92
7	Jiao Yunxiang	China	53.64
8	Salminen Sidikka	Finland	49.26
9	Lorna Griffin	United States	48.52
10	Maristella Bano	Italy	47.18
11	Laura Aguiñaga	Mexico	39.52

References

1. "Results". The San Bernardino County Sun. 12 September 1979. p. 22. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
2. "Results". Democrat and Chronicle. 12 September 1979. p. 49. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
3. 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.
4. Results at Tilastopaja

• Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade
• Discus throw at the Summer World University Games