Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw event at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Cali on 5 August.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Tomasa Núñez	Cuba	54.02	GR
	Sherry Calvert	United States	51.52
	Roberta Brown	United States	50.94
4	Milagros Bayard	Cuba	48.68
5	Rosa Molina	Chile	43.68
6	Celina Surga	Venezuela	42.20
7	Delia Vera	Peru	39.86
8	Julieta Scurzoni	Argentina	37.58
9	María Streber	Nicaragua	32.86
	Ivelisse Gómez	Dominican Republic	NM
	Jay Dahlgren	Canada	DNS