Athletics at the 1957 World University Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
10,000 m walk	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
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The women's javelin throw event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 5 September 1957.^[1][2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Maria Diţi	Romania	50.63	49.50	52.38	52.38	52.07	50.79	52.38	NR
	Inese Jaunzeme	Soviet Union	45.96	46.41	48.13	42.15	52.19	47.99	52.19
	Almut Brömmel	West Germany	47.12	51.76	47.85	45.02	45.19	50.78	51.76
4	Urszula Figwer	Poland	48.69	49.30	48.53	49.22	45.30	46.58	49.30
5	Galina Zybina	Soviet Union	x	44.55	45.74	44.49	46.53	44.95	46.53
6	Cmiljka Kalušević	Yugoslavia	x	44.65	40.46	41.80	43.16	37.35	44.65
7	Edith Schiller	West Germany							42.30
8	Podmore	Great Britain							35.12