Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
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
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's javelin throw event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held in Kuala Lumpur on 19 September 1998.

This was the last time that the old model of javelin was used in the women's competition at the Commonwealth Games. The winning margin was 9.14 metres which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's javelin throw was won by more than 9 metres at these games.

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Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Louise McPaul	Australia	65.37	65.90					66.96	PB
	Karen Martin	England	53.88	50.39	55.39				57.82	PB
	Kirsty Morrison	England	54.09	48.53	56.34				56.34	SB
4	Lorna Jackson	Scotland							52.97
5	Shelley Holroyd	England							50.64
6	Iloai Suaniu	Samoa							43.51
7	Lindy Leveaux	Seychelles							42.94