1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics
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	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m 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
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's javelin throw event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21 and 23 August.^[1][2] An old specification 600g javelin was used.

Gold	Osleidys Menéndez  Cuba
Silver	Nikolett Szabó  Hungary
Bronze	Bina Ramesh  France

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Osleidys Menéndez	Cuba	54.58	58.14	56.56	60.96	x	52.86	60.96
	Nikolett Szabó	Hungary	56.42	55.76	55.86	58.34	x	x	58.34
	Bina Ramesh	France	55.50	53.46	53.26	55.62	x	57.70	57.70
4	Nora Bicet	Cuba	53.08	53.52	54.52	x	55.52	x	55.52
5	Elizabeta Randjelovic	Slovenia	52.24	50.80	54.72	53.50	54.38	x	54.72
6	Chu Chunxia	China	50.40	49.60	51.52	51.56	52.60	53.86	53.86
7	Sarah Walter	France	50.64	49.00	42.78	51.80	52.86	x	52.86
8	Andrea Gránicz	Hungary	43.36	50.84	48.84	x	52.80	43.58	52.80
9	Laila Bergskas	Norway	50.42	49.66	x				50.42
10	Sabina Moya	Colombia	49.60	48.52	50.40				50.40
11	Veera Oksanen	Finland	x	x	49.98				49.98
12	Yan Guoxiang	China	46.76	49.40	49.82				49.82

21 Aug

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Nikolett Szabó	Hungary	46.68	55.66	-	55.66	Q
2	Osleidys Menéndez	Cuba	x	55.28	-	55.28	Q
3	Sarah Walter	France	51.90	54.34	-	54.34	Q
4	Chu Chunxia	China	48.62	54.34	-	54.34	Q
5	Laila Bergskas	Norway	52.40	49.08	48.96	52.40	q
6	Elizabeta Randjelovic	Slovenia	x	48.72	51.16	51.16	q
7	Åsa Lindberg	Finland	49.50	45.60	x	49.50
8	Esther Eisenlauer	Germany	48.62	x	x	48.62
9	Katarzyna Trojanowska	Poland	48.48	x	47.50	48.48
10	Cecilia McIntosh	Australia	44.18	47.24	44.68	47.24
11	Evguenia Sytcheva	Russia	47.10	46.50	x	47.10

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Nora Bicet	Cuba	x	56.02	-	56.02	Q
2	Sabina Moya	Colombia	55.06	-	-	55.06	Q
3	Veera Oksanen	Finland	54.40	-	-	54.40	Q
4	Bina Ramesh	France	48.98	x	54.22	54.22	Q
5	Yan Guoxiang	China	51.18	51.02	x	51.18	q
6	Andrea Gránicz	Hungary	50.84	49.80	50.06	50.84	q
7	Doreen Günther	Germany	x	49.46	50.54	50.54
8	Monika Kolodziejska	Poland	48.24	48.50	50.08	50.08
9	Moonika Aava	Estonia	46.22	49.44	45.70	49.44
10	Denika Kisty	United States	38.48	42.14	47.02	47.02
11	Park Ho-hyun	South Korea	36.88	41.66	44.42	44.42
12	Lindy Leveaux	Seychelles	36.70	39.06	36.42	39.06

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.