Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's javelin throw
# 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 |
