Athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 1985 Summer Universiade was held at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe on 1 and 2 September 1985.^[1] It was the last time the old model javelin was used by men at the Games.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Dumitru Negoiță Romania	Wolfram Gambke West Germany	Jean-Paul Lakafia France

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	?	Sejad Krdžalić	Yugoslavia	79.76
2	?	Wolfram Gambke	West Germany	79.38
3	?	Jean-Paul Lakafia	France	79.16
4	?	Kazuhiro Mizoguchi	Japan	78.92
5	?	Dumitru Negoiţă	Romania	77.50
6	?	Mike Mahovlich	Canada	77.20
7	?	Ramon González	Cuba	76.86
8	?	Fabio Michielon	Italy	74.44
9	?	Aleksey Gritskevich	Soviet Union	74.16
10	?	Carlos Cunha	Portugal	73.58	^[3]
11	?	Michael Collins	United States	72.94
12	?	Peter Blank	West Germany	71.12
13	?	Craig Christianson	United States	71.08
14	?	Zhao Ming	China	69.80
15	?	Masaji Okada	Japan	67.76
16	?	Mike Brennan	Canada	62.06
17	?	Erastus Mogoa	Kenya	57.98
18	?	Ariful Hoque	Bangladesh	52.90

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Dumitru Negoiţă	Romania	84.62
	Wolfram Gambke	West Germany	84.46
	Jean-Paul Lakafia	France	82.96
4	Sejad Krdžalić	Yugoslavia	82.24
5	Ramon González	Cuba	82.16
6	Kazuhiro Mizoguchi	Japan	81.14
7	Aleksey Gritskevich	Soviet Union	78.92	^[5]
8	Mike Mahovlich	Canada	78.02
9	Michael Collins	United States	75.92
10	Peter Blank	West Germany	71.80
11	Fabio Michielon	Italy	68.58
12	Carlos Cunha	Portugal	68.26	^[3]

^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ "Results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 September 1985. p. 47. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b Portuguese results
^ "Results". The Ottawa Citizen. 3 September 1985. p. 25. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
^ Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p107)