1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Road events
20 km	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's javelin throw event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 10 and 11 August.^[1][2] An old specification 600g javelin was used.

Gold	Tanja Damaske  East Germany
Silver	Oksana Ovchinnikova  Soviet Union
Bronze	Mandy Liverton  United Kingdom

11 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Tanja Damaske	East Germany	61.06	56.60	x	54.76	55.98	x	61.06
	Oksana Ovchinnikova	Soviet Union	57.26	56.28	x	x	54.90	54.66	57.26
	Mandy Liverton	United Kingdom	53.90	54.78	56.68	55.72	54.60	54.30	56.68
4	Hou Lili	China	54.24	53.60	55.96	52.86	50.76	55.44	55.96
5	Claudia Isaila	Romania	52.46	x	54.74	53.58	52.12	52.94	54.74
6	Odelmys Palma	Cuba	x	52.82	51.86	53.94	53.74	49.36	53.94
7	Yvonne Reichardt	East Germany	50.94	49.30	52.76	51.36	50.96	52.16	52.76
8	Khrysoula Maguina	Greece	50.30	52.42	49.60	51.20	51.78	51.50	52.42
9	Natalya Tilkova	Soviet Union	51.92	50.46	51.36				51.92
10	Nathalie Teppe	France	49.88	49.76	-				49.88
11	Sonia Bisset	Cuba	49.04	49.46	x				49.46
12	Ágnes Preisinger	Hungary	44.78	45.50	47.36				47.36

10 Aug

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Hou Lili	China	56.58	-	-	56.58	Q
2	Oksana Ovchinnikova	Soviet Union	56.12	-	-	56.12	Q
3	Nathalie Teppe	France	52.88	-	-	52.88	Q
4	Mandy Liverton	United Kingdom	52.24	-	-	52.24	Q
5	Tanja Damaske	East Germany	49.48	x	52.14	52.14	Q
6	Sonia Bisset	Cuba	50.50	48.12	51.98	51.98	Q
7	Yvonne Reichardt	East Germany	51.52	-	-	51.52	Q
8	Khrysoula Maguina	Greece	51.14	-	-	51.14	Q
9	Natalya Tilkova	Soviet Union	50.52	x	49.46	50.52	q
10	Claudia Isaila	Romania	49.34	x	50.08	50.08	q
11	Ágnes Preisinger	Hungary	47.80	46.26	49.36	49.36	q
12	Odelmys Palma	Cuba	42.28	46.48	49.02	49.02	q
13	Nicola Emblem	United Kingdom	48.48	47.22	47.96	48.48
14	Helena Gouvela	Portugal	42.96	41.70	47.36	47.36
15	Khristina Georgieva	Bulgaria	45.42	47.10	46.52	47.10
16	Gloria Crippa	Italy	46.16	46.12	x	46.16
17	Krasimira Bosinakova	Bulgaria	43.82	45.98	45.90	45.98
18	Liao Shu-hao	Chinese Taipei	x	44.42	44.06	44.42
19	Daleen Botha	Namibia	x	44.20	x	44.20
20	Tomomi Oneyama	Japan	43.94	43.30	44.10	44.10
21	Nina Dubowski	Norway	43.44	43.16	x	43.44
22	Renata Strašek	Yugoslavia	42.98	x	x	42.98

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.