2001 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw event at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Olympisch Stadion on 14 and 15 July. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Medalists

Gold	Mélina Robert-Michon   France
Silver	Ileana Brindusoiu   Romania
Bronze	Olga Goncharenko   Belarus

Results

Final

15 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Mélina Robert-Michon	France	51.92	x	55.47	x	58.52	58.02	58.52	CR
	Ileana Brindusoiu	Romania	54.77	58.25	57.38	55.41	x	54.46	58.25
	Olga Goncharenko	Belarus	57.71	53.39	x	55.38	54.77	56.88	57.71
4	Lăcrămioara Ionescu	Romania	57.43	56.23	57.15	54.89	53.64	54.61	57.43
5	Wioletta Potępa	Poland	56.55	54.01	54.12	52.70	x	x	56.55
6	Jana Tucholke	Germany	53.17	52.56	54.58	56.19	55.43	51.37	56.19
7	Ilona Rutjes	Netherlands	51.05	52.22	54.80	53.06	55.15	50.79	55.15
8	Adina Mocanu	Romania	51.59	x	54.42	49.74	52.68	x	54.42
9	Katja Krol	Germany	51.12	52.73	54.36				54.36
10	Amélie Perrin	France	47.74	52.07	53.23				53.23
11	Ina Reiber	Germany	x	52.99	52.61				52.99
12	Dace Ruskule	Latvia	49.41	47.81	52.79				52.79

Qualifications

14 July
Qualifying 55.00 or 12 best to the Final

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Wioletta Potępa	Poland	54.27	q
2	Dace Ruskule	Latvia	52.73	q
3	Ina Reiber	Germany	51.71	q
4	Amélie Perrin	France	51.18	q
5	Adina Mocanu	Romania	50.85	q
6	Niina Kelo	Finland	50.19
7	Ildikó Varga	Hungary	48.28

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Mélina Robert-Michon	France	57.56	Q
2	Ileana Brindusoiu	Romania	55.91	Q
3	Lăcrămioara Ionescu	Romania	55.78	Q
4	Jana Tucholke	Germany	55.13	Q
5	Katja Krol	Germany	54.86	q
6	Olga Goncharenko	Belarus	53.97	q
7	Ilona Rutjes	Netherlands	52.88	q
8	Rebecca Roles	Great Britain	48.52

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

•   Belarus (1)
•   Finland (1)
•   France (2)
•   Germany (3)
•   Great Britain (1)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Latvia (1)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Romania (3)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 3rd European Athletics U23 Championships - Amsterdam, Netherlands - 12.-15.7.2001 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 30–42, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. European Championships U23 - Amsterdam/NED - 12.-15.07.01 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-01, retrieved 31 October 2014
3. Discus WOMEN Final 15/07/01 - 16:00 Official Results, European Athletics Association, 15 July 2001, archived from the original on 29 December 2004, retrieved 31 October 2014
4. Discus WOMEN QualifyingGr.A 14/07/01 - 10:30 Official Results, European Athletics Association, 14 July 2001, archived from the original on 5 November 2004, retrieved 31 October 2014
5. Discus WOMEN QualifyingGr.B 14/07/01 - 11:45 Official Results, European Athletics Association, 14 July 2001, archived from the original on 5 November 2004, retrieved 31 October 2014