Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 10 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^[1]

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Tessa Sanderson	England	61.34	GR
	Alison Hayward	Canada	54.52
	Laurie Kern	Canada	53.60
4	Eunice Nekesa	Kenya	51.46
5	Margaret Phillpot	Australia	50.08
6	Fatima Whitbread	England	49.16
7	Shara Spragg	England	49.02
8	Diane Williams	Scotland	46.02
9	Bev Francis	Australia	45.52
10	Jacqueline Zaslona	Wales	41.08
11	Sonia Smith	Bermuda	39.34
12	Elizabeth Twyford	Saint Lucia	29.62
	Jeanette Kieboom	Australia	NM

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Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

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
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
30 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
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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