2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, 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.

Ellina Zvereva won the gold medal at 40 years and 269 days old. She is, as of 2017, the oldest World Champion ever.[1]

Medalists

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

Schedule

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
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason 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
1850 Seilala Sua (USA)65.6465.90
2122 Tina McDonald (CAN)59.7659.76
325 Alison Lever (AUS)63.2563.73
4189 Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová (CZE)63.2063.20
574 Irina Yatchenko (BLR)68.94
6324 Franka Dietzsch (GER)64.2169.51
7615 Joanna Wiśniewska (POL)63.7563.97
8840 Suzy Powell-Roos (USA)64.5065.30
9706 Natalya Sadova (RUS)67.1870.02
10366 Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE)63.5067.70
11137 Li Qiumei (CHN)60.9967.50
GROUP B
1624 Teresa Machado (POR)63.0165.40
3642 Nicoleta Grasu (ROM)68.3168.80
3372 Stiliani Tsikouna (GRE)61.0965.13
4281 Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA)63.8763.87
5790 Olena Antonova (UKR)64.2066.67
6404 Neelam Jaswant Singh (IND)59.1463.02
7190 Vladimíra Racková (CZE)65.5065.50
8374 Ekaterini Voggoli (GRE)63.4764.82
9347 Anja Möllenbeck (GER)63.4264.63
10832 Kris Kuehl (USA)65.2765.34
1175 Ellina Zvereva (BLR)71.58

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
12 Natalya Sadova (RUS)61.8564.4364.43 m
24 Franka Dietzsch (GER)59.7558.7163.1563.15 m
35 Seilala Sua (USA)62.5456.1655.2362.54 m
48 Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová (CZE)62.2758.43X62.27 m
59 Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE)62.1262.2661.4762.26 m
610 Li Qiumei (CHN)61.9060.24X61.90 mSB
712 Irina Yatchenko (BLR)60.6758.3156.3960.67 m
817 Joanna Wiśniewska (POL)58.5358.05X58.53 m
918 Suzy Powell-Roos (USA)57.8157.4958.1958.19 m
1021 Alison Lever (AUS)54.3153.54X54.31 m
1122 Tina McDonald (CAN)46.98XX46.98 m

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
11 Ellina Zvereva (BLR)65.7865.78 m
23 Nicoleta Grasu (ROM)59.0563.3763.37 m
36 Kris Kuehl (USA)59.8260.9062.6362.63 m
47 Vladimíra Racková (CZE)61.2962.3259.3362.32 m
511 Anja Möllenbeck (GER)60.8657.3257.7160.86 m
613 Stiliani Tsikouna (GRE)58.5360.3256.1360.32 m
714 Ekaterini Voggoli (GRE)59.98X59.5859.98 m
815 Teresa Machado (POR)59.7457.62X59.74 m
916 Olena Antonova (UKR)58.55XX58.55 m
1019 Neelam Jaswant Singh (IND)56.3356.5255.4656.52 m
1120 Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA)55.2556.22X56.22 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Result Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Ellina Zvereva (BLR)X67.10X64.7065.37X67.10 m
 Nicoleta Grasu (ROM)55.7065.3463.74X66.2465.7366.24 m
 Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE)61.0265.5062.7063.4762.3765.1465.50 m SB
4 Franka Dietzsch (GER)63.62X63.12X64.6065.3865.38 m SB
5 Seilala Sua (USA)63.74XXXXX63.74 m
6 Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová (CZE)60.7259.46X60.6061.47X61.47 m
7 Kris Kuehl (USA)56.9161.04X59.81X59.7961.04 m
8 Anja Möllenbeck (GER)60.49XX60.49 m
9 Irina Yatchenko (BLR)57.6457.1259.4559.45 m
10 Li Qiumei (CHN)57.81X57.0257.81 m
11 Vladimíra Racková (CZE)X56.43X56.43 m
 Natalya Sadova (RUS)65.2466.8766.3668.5767.8067.18DSQ [2]

References

  1. "World Championship Statistics Handbook" (Press release). IAAF. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  2. She originally won the gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, but lost it due to a positive drugs test for caffeine.
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