Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

The Women's Discus Throw event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Monday, 25 September and Wednesday, 27 September.[1]

Women's discus throw
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueStadium Australia
Dates25 September 2000 (qualification)
27 September 2000 (final)
Competitors32 from 20 nations
Winning distance64.81
Medalists
Ellina Zvereva
 Belarus
Anastasia Kelesidou
 Greece
Irina Yatchenko
 Belarus

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was set at 63.00 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Medalists

GoldEllina Zvereva
 Belarus
SilverAnastasia Kelesidou
 Greece
BronzeIrina Yatchenko
 Belarus

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
25.09.2000 10:00h 25.09.2000 11:40h
Final Round
27.09.2000 20:30h

Abbreviations

Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record Gabriele Reinsch (GDR)76.80 m 9 July 1988 Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Olympic Record Martina Hellmann (GDR)72.30 m 29 September 1988 Seoul, South Korea

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Country Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
11Ellina Zvereva Belarus61.2664.8164.81 m
24Ilke Wyludda Germany62.97X60.8362.97 m
37Seilala Sua United States56.1961.8859.0661.88 m
48Stiliani Tsikouna Greece59.5861.5956.3361.59 m
511Yu Xin China59.7961.0060.1261.00 m
613Olena Antonova Ukraine60.7360.2859.8560.73 m
714Vladimíra Racková Czech RepublicX60.2455.3260.24 m
817Oksana Yesipchuk Russia59.5157.1458.6459.51 m
919Nicoleta Grasu RomaniaXX58.8758.87 m
1020Larisa Korotkevich Russia58.8156.90X58.81 m
1121Qi Cao China57.8857.0158.0358.03 m
1223Monia Kari Tunisia56.3252.6154.0156.32 m
1329Melina Robert-Michon FranceX54.11X54.11 m
1430Renata Gustaitytė LithuaniaX53.64X53.64 m
1531Daniela Costian AustraliaX51.96X51.96 m
1632Mariana Canillas ParaguayX32.31X32.31 m

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Country Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
12Natalya Sadova Russia64.6264.62 m
23Anastasia Kelesidou Greece63.6463.64 m
35Irina Yatchenko Belarus62.7258.9460.8962.72 m
46Lisa-Marie Vizaniari Australia60.3959.3962.4762.47 m
59Beatrice Faumuina New Zealand61.3357.8858.5561.33 m
610Aikaterini Vongoli Greece61.29XX61.29 m
712Franka Dietzsch Germany59.7860.7459.2960.74 m
815Suzy Powell-Roos United StatesXX59.6859.68 m
916Alison Lever AustraliaX54.4559.5859.58 m
1018Kris Kuehl United States59.4554.0257.5459.45 m
1122Li Qiumei China56.2856.5955.0156.59 m
1224Anna Söderberg Sweden54.9455.8956.1156.11 m
1325Teresa Machado PortugalXX55.8655.86 m
1426Neelam Jaswant Singh India55.2255.26X55.26 m
1527Oksana Mert Turkey54.1854.7455.0255.02 m
1628Alice Matejková Spain54.1953.12X54.19 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Extra
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Ellina Zvereva (BLR)67.0066.1268.4065.80XX68.40 mSB
 Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE)65.7163.2062.5964.5863.0761.8565.71 m
 Irina Yatchenko (BLR)X62.9361.0963.1565.20X65.20 m
4 Natalya Sadova (RUS)65.0061.6461.9262.86X60.4765.00 m
5 Styliani Tsikouna (GRE)61.8560.66XX59.9164.0864.08 m
6 Franka Dietzsch (GER)X61.6558.1760.3663.18X63.18 m
7 Ilke Wyludda (GER)63.1661.9162.2259.8661.7262.3363.16 m
8 Lisa-Marie Vizaniari (AUS)60.7862.4362.57X62.24X62.57 m
9 Ekaterini Voggoli (GRE)60.7261.5760.4561.57 m
10 Seilala Sua (USA)58.0356.2459.8559.85 m
11 Teresa Machado (POR)54.4859.5056.8459.50 m
12 Beatrice Faumuina (NZL)56.86X58.6958.69 m
13 Yu Xin (CHN)57.9558.3457.8958.34 m

References

  1. "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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