title: Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Women's javelin throw
text: # Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Women's javelin throw
  
  The women's javelin throw event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 19 July 1987.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Irina Kostyuchenkova Soviet Union | Susanne Jung East Germany | Brigitte Graune West Germany |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualification
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Susanne Jung | East Germany | 65.38 |
  | 2 | Irina Kostyuchenkova | Soviet Union | 62.02 |
  | 3 | Beate Peters | West Germany | 58.22 |
  | 4 | Nóra Rockenbauer | Hungary | 56.42 |
  | 5 | Nadine Auzeil | France | 55.38 |
  | 5 | Brigitte Graune | West Germany | 55.38 |
  | 7 | Teresė Nekrošaitė | Soviet Union | 54.80 |
  | 8 | Kristiana Jazbinski | Yugoslavia | 52.72 |
  | 9 | Xin Xiaoli | China | 52.04 |
  | 9 | Liz Mueller | United States | 52.04 |
  | 11 | Päivi Alafrantti | Finland | 51.70 |
  | 12 | Carmen González | Puerto Rico | 50.16 |
  | 13 | Jeanne Villegas | United States | 47.36 |
  | 14 | Ana María Valle | Nicaragua | 45.40 |
  | 15 | Jeanette Beck | Liechtenstein | 42.92 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Irina Kostyuchenkova | Soviet Union | 66.72 |
  | | Susanne Jung | East Germany | 65.36 |
  | | Brigitte Graune | West Germany | 61.24 |
  | 4 | Kristiana Jazbinski | Yugoslavia | 59.74 |
  | 5 | Beate Peters | West Germany | 58.64 |
  | 6 | Xin Xiaoli | China | 58.56 |
  | 7 | Nóra Rockenbauer | Hungary | 57.14 |
  | 8 | Teresė Nekrošaitė | Soviet Union | 56.06 |
  | 9 | Nadine Auzeil | France | 52.40 |
  | 10 | Liz Mueller | United States | 51.38 |
  | 11 | Carmen González | Puerto Rico | 45.92 |
  | | Päivi Alafrantti | Finland | NM |
  