2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

Events at the 2001 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
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
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. There were a total number of 22 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday 11 August 2001. The qualification mark was set at 63.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Ellina Zvereva Belarus (BLR)
Silver	Nicoleta Grasu Romania (ROU)
Bronze	Anastasia Kelesidou Greece (GRE)

Schedule

All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
09.08.2001 – 18:20h	09.08.2001 – 20:15h
Final Round
11.08.2001 – 16:00h

Abbreviations

All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Gabriele Reinsch (GDR)	76.80 m	July 9, 1988	Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Event Record	Martina Hellmann (GDR)	71.62 m	August 31, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Nicoleta Grasu (ROU)	68.31 m	June 11, 2001	Athens, Greece

Startlist

Order	№	Athlete	Season Best	Personal Best
GROUP A
1	850	Seilala Sua (USA)	65.64	65.90
2	122	Tina McDonald (CAN)	59.76	59.76
3	25	Alison Lever (AUS)	63.25	63.73
4	189	Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová (CZE)	63.20	63.20
5	74	Irina Yatchenko (BLR)	—	68.94
6	324	Franka Dietzsch (GER)	64.21	69.51
7	615	Joanna Wiśniewska (POL)	63.75	63.97
8	840	Suzy Powell-Roos (USA)	64.50	65.30
9	706	Natalya Sadova (RUS)	67.18	70.02
10	366	Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE)	63.50	67.70
11	137	Li Qiumei (CHN)	60.99	67.50
GROUP B
1	624	Teresa Machado (POR)	63.01	65.40
3	642	Nicoleta Grasu (ROM)	68.31	68.80
3	372	Stiliani Tsikouna (GRE)	61.09	65.13
4	281	Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA)	63.87	63.87
5	790	Olena Antonova (UKR)	64.20	66.67
6	404	Neelam Jaswant Singh (IND)	59.14	63.02
7	190	Vladimíra Racková (CZE)	65.50	65.50
8	374	Ekaterini Voggoli (GRE)	63.47	64.82
9	347	Anja Möllenbeck (GER)	63.42	64.63
10	832	Kris Kuehl (USA)	65.27	65.34
11	75	Ellina Zvereva (BLR)	—	71.58

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	2	Natalya Sadova (RUS)	61.85	64.43	—	64.43 m
2	4	Franka Dietzsch (GER)	59.75	58.71	63.15	63.15 m
3	5	Seilala Sua (USA)	62.54	56.16	55.23	62.54 m
4	8	Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová (CZE)	62.27	58.43	X	62.27 m
5	9	Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE)	62.12	62.26	61.47	62.26 m
6	10	Li Qiumei (CHN)	61.90	60.24	X	61.90 m	SB
7	12	Irina Yatchenko (BLR)	60.67	58.31	56.39	60.67 m
8	17	Joanna Wiśniewska (POL)	58.53	58.05	X	58.53 m
9	18	Suzy Powell-Roos (USA)	57.81	57.49	58.19	58.19 m
10	21	Alison Lever (AUS)	54.31	53.54	X	54.31 m
11	22	Tina McDonald (CAN)	46.98	X	X	46.98 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	1	Ellina Zvereva (BLR)	65.78	—	—	65.78 m
2	3	Nicoleta Grasu (ROM)	59.05	63.37	—	63.37 m
3	6	Kris Kuehl (USA)	59.82	60.90	62.63	62.63 m
4	7	Vladimíra Racková (CZE)	61.29	62.32	59.33	62.32 m
5	11	Anja Möllenbeck (GER)	60.86	57.32	57.71	60.86 m
6	13	Stiliani Tsikouna (GRE)	58.53	60.32	56.13	60.32 m
7	14	Ekaterini Voggoli (GRE)	59.98	X	59.58	59.98 m
8	15	Teresa Machado (POR)	59.74	57.62	X	59.74 m
9	16	Olena Antonova (UKR)	58.55	X	X	58.55 m
10	19	Neelam Jaswant Singh (IND)	56.33	56.52	55.46	56.52 m
11	20	Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA)	55.25	56.22	X	56.22 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Note
01 !	Ellina Zvereva (BLR)	X	67.10	X	64.70	65.37	X	67.10 m
02 !	Nicoleta Grasu (ROM)	55.70	65.34	63.74	X	66.24	65.73	66.24 m
03 !	Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE)	61.02	65.50	62.70	63.47	62.37	65.14	65.50 m	SB
4	Franka Dietzsch (GER)	63.62	X	63.12	X	64.60	65.38	65.38 m	SB
5	Seilala Sua (USA)	63.74	X	X	X	X	X	63.74 m
6	Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová (CZE)	60.72	59.46	X	60.60	61.47	X	61.47 m
7	Kris Kuehl (USA)	56.91	61.04	X	59.81	X	59.79	61.04 m

8	Anja Möllenbeck (GER)	60.49	X	X				60.49 m
9	Irina Yatchenko (BLR)	57.64	57.12	59.45				59.45 m
10	Li Qiumei (CHN)	57.81	X	57.02				57.81 m
11	Vladimíra Racková (CZE)	X	56.43	X				56.43 m

—	Natalya Sadova (RUS)	65.24	66.87	66.36	68.57	67.80	67.18	DSQ	^[1]

↑ She originally won the gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, but lost it due to a positive drugs test for caffeine.

References

Results
IAAF

Discus throw at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics

Summary

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