Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade
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
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
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km 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
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's javelin throw event at the 1983 Summer Universiade was held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada on 9 July 1983.^[1][2][3]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Beate Peters	West Germany	66.86
	Fausta Quintavalla	Italy	63.06
	Mayra Vila	Cuba	62.34
4	Szada Kirkwidre	Soviet Union	58.04
5	Ding Fenghua	China	56.70
6	Emi Matsui	Japan	56.20
7	Patty Kearney	United States	53.32
8	Sue Gibson	Canada	51.40
9	Céline Chartrand	Canada	50.84
10	Sonia Smith	Bermuda	49.58
11	Dianne Carr	United States	44.18
12	Margaret Nasike	Uganda	35.72
13	Leila Alameddine	Lebanon	32.52