Spjutkastning för damer vid olympiska sommarspelen 1972 i München avgjordes 31 augusti-1 september.
Medaljörer SpjutkastningRuth Fuchs 63,88 m(OR)Jacqueline Todten 62,54 mKate Schmidt 59,94 m
Resultta Kval {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Placering !! Namn !! Nationalitet !! Märke !! Kast 1 !! Kast 2 !! Kast 3 |-bgcolor=lightblue | 1 ||align=left|Ruth Fuchs || align=left| || 60.88 || x || 60.88 || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 2 ||align=left|Jacqueline Todten || align=left| || 59.62 || 59.62 || p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 3 ||align=left|Kate Schmidt || align=left| || 58.84 || 52.26 || 58.84 || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 4 ||align=left|Nataša Urbančič || align=left| || 57.02 || 57.02 || p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 5 ||align=left|Mária Kucserka || align=left| || 56.72 || 56.72 || p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 6 ||align=left|Lyutvian Mollova || align=left| || 56.30 || 56.30 || p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 7 ||align=left|Eva Janko || align=left| || 56.18 || 56.18 || p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 8 ||align=left|Svetlana Korolyova || align=left| || 55.90 || 55.90 || p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 9 ||align=left|Anneliese Gerhards || align=left| || 55.24 || 55.24 || p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 10 ||align=left|Ileana Zörgö || align=left| || 54.34 || 54.34 || p ||p |-bgcolor=lightgreen | 11 ||align=left|Ewa Gryziecka || align=left| || 53.68 || 53.68 || x || 51.56 |-bgcolor=lightgreen | 12 ||align=left|Magda Paulányi || align=left| || 53.62 || 53.62 || 52.87 || 52.78 |- | 13 ||align=left|Angéla Ránkyné Németh || align=left| || 53.48 || 53.48 || x || 51.40 |- | 14 ||align=left|Daniela Jaworska || align=left| || 52.40 || 44.68 || 52.40 || 50.16 |- | 15 ||align=left|Sherry Calvert || align=left| || 51.38 || x || 51.38 || 51.00 |- | 16 ||align=left|Nina Marakina || align=left| || 51.06 || 51.06 || 41.64 || x |- | 17 ||align=left|Marion Becker || align=left| || 50.74 || x || 48.70 || 50.74 |- | 18 ||align=left|Amelie Koloska || align=left| || 48.42 || 48.42 || x || x |- | 19 ||align=left|Roberta Brown || align=left| || 47.88 || x || 47.88 || x |- | – ||align=left|Rosa Molina || align=left| || DNS
Final
Placering Namn Nationalitet Placering Kast 1 Kast 2 Kast 3 Kast 4 Kast 5 Kast 6 Ruth Fuchs 63.88OR 57.44 60.20 50.20 61.16 63.88 || 59.16 |- | ||align=left|Jacqueline Todten || align=left| || 62.54 || x || 55.44 || 57.18 || 59.70 || 56.92 || 62.54 Kate Schmidt 59.94 59.94 || 58.32 || 59.84 || x || 48.80 || 56.10 |- | 4 ||align=left|Lyutvian Mollova || align=left| || 59.36 || 56.46 || 59.36 55.10 x 56.00 58.44 5 Nataša Urbančič 59.06 x x 56.48 56.38 59.06 || x |- | 6 ||align=left|Eva Janko || align=left| || 58.56 || x || 58.50 || x || x || 58.56 2.06 7 Ewa Gryziecka 57.00 44.40 47.34 57.00 || 55.88 || 54.86 || x |- | 8 ||align=left|Svetlana Korolyova || align=left| || 56.36 || 56.30 || 55.08 || x || x || 56.36 x 9 Anneliese Gerhards 55.84 54.84 55.84 || 54.72 |- | 10 ||align=left|Mária Kucserka || align=left| || 54.40 || x || x || 54.40 11 Magda Paulányi 52.36 x x 52.36 |- | – ||align=left|Ileana Zörgö || align=left| || NM || x x x Key''': OR = Olympiskt rekord; p = giltigt; x = ogiltigt; NM = ingen notering
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