title: Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's javelin throw
text: # Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's javelin throw
  
  The men's javelin throw event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 19 and 20 August.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Jānis Zirnis Soviet Union | Dmitriy Sitnikov Soviet Union | Anthony Hall United States |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualification
  
  | Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | ? | Anthony Hall | United States | 77.60 |
  | 2 | ? | Jānis Zirnis | Soviet Union | 76.58 |
  | 3 | ? | Dmitriy Sitnikov | Soviet Union | 75.00 |
  | 4 | ? | Raùl Fernández | Cuba | 72.98 |
  | 5 | ? | Reinhard Lange | West Germany | 72.70 |
  | 6 | ? | Pekka Lappalainen | Finland | 72.54 |
  | 7 | ? | Bernard Werner | Poland | 72.52 |
  | 8 | ? | Miklós Németh | Hungary | 72.14 |
  | 9 | ? | Richard Dowswell | Canada | 71.68 |
  | 10 | ? | Renzo Cramerotti | Italy | 71.32 |
  | 11 | ? | Stefan Stoykov | Bulgaria | 68.14 |
  | 12 | ? | Jujhar Singh | India | 58.40 |
  | 13 | ? | Héctor Castro | Chile | 53.62 |
  | 14 | ? | Eleazer Degbohr | Ghana | 53.10 |
  | 15 | ? | Nimal Jayawickrema | Sri Lanka | 45.84 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Jānis Zirnis | Soviet Union | 80.08 |
  | | Dmitriy Sitnikov | Soviet Union | 79.65 |
  | | Anthony Hall | United States | 78.36 |
  | 4 | Miklós Németh | Hungary | 78.10 |
  | 5 | Raùl Fernández | Cuba | 75.16 |
  | 6 | Bernard Werner | Poland | 73.78 |
  | 7 | Pekka Lappalainen | Finland | 71.62 |
  | 8 | Renzo Cramerotti | Italy | 70.24 |
  | 9 | Stefan Stoykov | Bulgaria | 69.84 |
  | 10 | Reinhard Lange | West Germany | 69.00 |
  | 11 | Richard Dowswell | Canada | 68.12 |
  | 12 | Jujhar Singh | India | 60.64 |
  