2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

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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.

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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 Flag of Belarus.svg Ellina Zvereva
Belarus (BLR)
Silver Flag of Romania.svg Nicoleta Grasu
Romania (ROU)
Bronze Flag of Greece.svg Anastasia Kelesidou
Greece (GRE)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
09.08.2001 18:20h09.08.2001 20:15h
Final Round
11.08.2001 16:00h

Abbreviations

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 Flag of East Germany.svg  Gabriele Reinsch  (GDR)76.80 m July 9, 1988 Flag of East Germany.svg Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Event Record Flag of East Germany.svg  Martina Hellmann  (GDR)71.62 m August 31, 1987 Flag of Italy.svg Rome, Italy
Season BestFlag of Romania.svg  Nicoleta Grasu  (ROU)68.31 m June 11, 2001 Flag of Greece.svg Athens, Greece

Startlist

OrderAthlete Season Best Personal Best
GROUP A
1850Flag of the United States.svg  Seilala Sua  (USA)65.6465.90
2122Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Tina McDonald  (CAN)59.7659.76
325Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Alison Lever  (AUS)63.2563.73
4189Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová  (CZE)63.2063.20
574Flag of Belarus.svg  Irina Yatchenko  (BLR)66.6568.94
6324Flag of Germany.svg  Franka Dietzsch  (GER)65.8769.51
7615Flag of Poland.svg  Joanna Wiśniewska  (POL)63.7563.97
8840Flag of the United States.svg  Suzy Powell-Roos  (USA)64.5065.30
9706Flag of Russia.svg  Natalya Sadova  (RUS)67.1870.02
10366Flag of Greece.svg  Anastasia Kelesidou  (GRE)65.5267.70
11137Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Qiumei  (CHN)60.9967.50
GROUP B
1624Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Teresa Machado  (POR)63.0165.40
3642Flag of Romania.svg  Nicoleta Grasu  (ROM)68.3168.80
3372Flag of Greece.svg  Stiliani Tsikouna  (GRE)61.0965.13
4281Flag of France.svg  Mélina Robert-Michon  (FRA)63.8763.87
5790Flag of Ukraine.svg  Olena Antonova  (UKR)64.2066.67
6404Flag of India.svg  Neelam Jaswant Singh  (IND)59.1463.02
7190Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Vladimíra Racková  (CZE)65.5065.50
8374Flag of Greece.svg  Ekaterini Voggoli  (GRE)63.4764.82
9347Flag of Germany.svg  Anja Möllenbeck  (GER)63.4264.63
10832Flag of the United States.svg  Kris Kuehl  (USA)65.2865.34
1175Flag of Belarus.svg  Ellina Zvereva  (BLR)62.9271.58

Qualification

Group A

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123
12Flag of Russia.svg  Natalya Sadova  (RUS)61.8564.4364.43 m
24Flag of Germany.svg  Franka Dietzsch  (GER)59.7558.7163.1563.15 m
36Flag of the United States.svg  Seilala Sua  (USA)62.5456.1655.2362.54 m
48Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová  (CZE)62.2758.43X62.27 m
59Flag of Greece.svg  Anastasia Kelesidou  (GRE)62.1262.2661.4762.26 m
610Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Qiumei  (CHN)61.9060.24X61.90 m SB
712Flag of Belarus.svg  Irina Yatchenko  (BLR)60.6758.3156.3960.67 m
817Flag of Poland.svg  Joanna Wiśniewska  (POL)58.5358.05X58.53 m
918Flag of the United States.svg  Suzy Powell-Roos  (USA)57.8157.4958.1958.19 m
1021Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Alison Lever  (AUS)54.3153.54X54.31 m
1122Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Tina McDonald  (CAN)46.98XX46.98 m

Group B

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123
11Flag of Belarus.svg  Ellina Zvereva  (BLR)65.7865.78 m
23Flag of Romania.svg  Nicoleta Grasu  (ROM)59.0563.3763.37 m
35Flag of the United States.svg  Kris Kuehl  (USA)59.8260.9062.6362.63 m
47Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Vladimíra Racková  (CZE)61.2962.3259.3362.32 m
511Flag of Germany.svg  Anja Möllenbeck  (GER)60.8657.3257.7160.86 m
613Flag of Greece.svg  Stiliani Tsikouna  (GRE)58.5360.3256.1360.32 m
714Flag of Greece.svg  Ekaterini Voggoli  (GRE)59.98X59.5859.98 m
815Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Teresa Machado  (POR)59.7457.62X59.74 m
916Flag of Ukraine.svg  Olena Antonova  (UKR)58.55XX58.55 m
1019Flag of India.svg  Neelam Jaswant Singh  (IND)56.3356.5255.4656.52 m
1120Flag of France.svg  Mélina Robert-Michon  (FRA)55.2556.22X56.22 m

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsResultNote
123456
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Belarus.svg  Ellina Zvereva  (BLR)X67.10X64.7065.37X67.10 m
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Romania.svg  Nicoleta Grasu  (ROM)55.7065.3463.74X66.2465.7366.24 m
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Greece.svg  Anastasia Kelesidou  (GRE)61.0265.5062.7063.4762.3765.1465.50 m 4Flag of Germany.svg  Franka Dietzsch  (GER)63.62X63.12X64.6065.3865.38 m 5Flag of the United States.svg  Seilala Sua  (USA)63.74XXXXX63.74 m
6Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová  (CZE)60.7259.46X60.6061.47X61.47 m
7Flag of the United States.svg  Kris Kuehl  (USA)56.9161.04X59.81X59.7961.04 m
8Flag of Germany.svg  Anja Möllenbeck  (GER)60.49XX60.49 m
9Flag of Belarus.svg  Irina Yatchenko  (BLR)57.6457.1259.4559.45 m
10Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Qiumei  (CHN)57.81X57.0257.81 m
11Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Vladimíra Racková  (CZE)X56.43X56.43 m
Flag of Russia.svg  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.