| Women's javelin throw at the Commonwealth Games |
|---|
| 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 | |
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]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tessa Sanderson | 61.34 | GR | ||
| Alison Hayward | 54.52 | |||
| Laurie Kern | 53.60 | |||
| 4 | Eunice Nekesa | 51.46 | ||
| 5 | Margaret Phillpot | 50.08 | ||
| 6 | Fatima Whitbread | 49.16 | ||
| 7 | Shara Spragg | 49.02 | ||
| 8 | Diane Williams | 46.02 | ||
| 9 | Bev Francis | 45.52 | ||
| 10 | Jacqueline Zaslona | 41.08 | ||
| 11 | Sonia Smith | 39.34 | ||
| 12 | Elizabeth Twyford | 29.62 | ||
| Jeanette Kieboom | NM |