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.Results at Tilastopaja

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeHelmut SchreiberArto HärkönenHeino Puuste

Results Qualification Rank Group Athlete Nationality Result Notes 1 ? Heino Puuste 81.28 2 ? Antero Puranen 81.12 3 ? Arto Härkönen 80.60 4 ? Helmut Schreiber 79.62 5 ? Denes Pajtas 79.36 6 ? Toshihiko Takeda 79.30 7 ? Ioannis Peristeris 78.34 8 ? Reinaldo Patterson 77.62 9 ? Valentin Dzonev 75.72 10 ? Dionisio Quintana 75.08 11 ? Ding Penglin 73.16 12 ? Peter Yates 73.12 13 ? Steve Kreider 72.16 14 ? Stefan Stoykov 70.50 15 ? Dainis Kūla 68.96 Soviet results (p106) 16 ? Juan Puriel 65.00 17 ? Tom Sinclair 63.66 18 ? Inoussa Dangou 60.84 19 ? Enazi Al-Nasser 49.28

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality Result Notes Helmut Schreiber 88.68 UR Arto Härkönen 87.10 Heino Puuste 82.62 Antero Puranen 81.94 Peter Yates 80.26 Toshihiko Takeda 77.86 Denes Pajtas 77.58 Reinaldo Patterson 77.32 Ding Penglin 75.42 10 Valentin Dzhonev 74.48 11 Dionisio Quintana 74.10 Ioannis Peristeris

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