Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's javelin throw

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.[1][2]

Medalists

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

Results

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Qualification

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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 [3]
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

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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

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  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.