Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade – Men's javelin throw
# Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 1999 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Son Moix in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on 11 and 13 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Ēriks Rags Latvia | Gregor Högler Austria | Isbel Luaces Cuba |

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification: 76.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final

| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Emeterio González | Cuba | 82.76 | Q, SB |
| 2 | A | Ēriks Rags | Latvia | 80.04 | Q |
| 3 | B | Gregor Högler | Austria | 79.20 | Q |
| 4 | A | Esko Mikkola | Finland | 76.37 | Q |
| 5 | B | Isbel Luaces | Cuba | 76.24 | Q |
| 6 | B | Johan Vosloo | South Africa | 75.44 | q |
| 7 | A | Johannes van Eck | South Africa | 75.09 | q |
| 8 | A | Alberto Desiderio | Italy | 74.40 | q |
| 9 | B | Nick Nieland | Great Britain | 73.44 | q |
| 10 | A | Christian Fusenig | Germany | 73.28 | q |
| 11 | B | Diego Moraga | Chile | 71.21 | q |
| 12 | B | Yu Nam-sung | South Korea | 71.13 | q |
| 13 | A | Breaux Greer | United States | 70.86 | |
| 14 | B | Daniel Gustavsson | Sweden | 70.41 | |
| 15 | A | Daniel Ragnvaldsson | Sweden | 70.34 | |
| 16 | B | Heiko Väät | Estonia | 70.20 | |
| 17 | B | Zanis Silarajs | Latvia | 70.01 | |
| 18 | A | Richard Knudsen | Denmark | 68.93 | |
| 19 | B | Darin File | United States | 67.35 | |
| 20 | B | Yoji Kinose | Japan | 66.73 | |
| 21 | A | Dmitriy Shnayder | Kyrgyzstan | 65.94 | |
| 22 | A | Thomas Madibela | Botswana | 60.78 | |
| 23 | B | Bogdan Vrhovec | Slovenia | 60.17 | |
| 24 | A | Charlie Saad | Lebanon | 50.97 | |
| | B | Gergely Horváth | Hungary | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ēriks Rags | Latvia | 79.61 | 83.78 | x | 75.68 | x | x | 83.79 | PB |
| | Gregor Högler | Austria | | | | | | | 82.63 | SB |
| | Isbel Luaces | Cuba | | | | | | | 82.18 | PB |
| 4 | Emeterio González | Cuba | | | | | | | 80.73 | |
| 5 | Nick Nieland | Great Britain | | | | | | | 80.16 | SB |
| 6 | Johan Vosloo | South Africa | | | | | | | 77.91 | |
| 7 | Alberto Desiderio | Italy | | | | | | | 77.07 | |
| 8 | Esko Mikkola | Finland | | | | | | | 75.30 | |
| 9 | Johannes van Eck | South Africa | | | | | | | 74.27 | |
| 10 | Christian Fusenig | Germany | | | | | | | 74.03 | |
| 11 | Diego Moraga | Chile | | | | | | | 67.79 | |
| 12 | Yu Nam-sung | South Korea | | | | | | | 66.27 | |
