2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw event at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 19 and 20 July. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Medalists

Gold	Nataliya Fokina   Ukraine
Silver	Jana Tucholke   Germany
Bronze	Olga Chernogorova   Belarus

Results

Final

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Nataliya Fokina	Ukraine	54.57	x	58.66	58.01	59.30	x	59.30	CR
	Jana Tucholke	Germany	x	56.11	57.90	58.24	x	57.81	58.24
	Olga Chernogorova	Belarus	56.05	54.20	56.57	54.00	54.59	x	56.57
4	Vera Begić	Croatia	52.57	x	48.83	53.34	x	51.45	53.34
5	Laura Bordignon	Italy	49.83	51.77	47.37	52.83	x	52.97	52.97
6	Dace Ruskule	Latvia	51.24	52.31	49.67	49.04	46.02	x	52.31
7	Sabine Rumpf	Germany	52.30	51.68	51.68	48.65	51.71	49.49	52.30
8	Claire Smithson	Great Britain	50.26	51.97	x	51.26	47.86	49.07	51.97
9	Marija Kurtović	Croatia	48.95	51.44	x				51.44
10	Ildikó Varga	Hungary	49.87	51.38	51.40				51.40
11	Dragana Tomašević	Serbia and Montenegro	x	x	51.27				51.27
12	Hanna Golub	Belarus	x	x	49.48				49.48

Qualifications

19 July
Qualifying 54.50 or 12 best to the Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Jana Tucholke	Germany	56.00	Q
2	Nataliya Fokina	Ukraine	54.65	Q
3	Vera Begić	Croatia	54.62	Q
4	Olga Chernogorova	Belarus	54.44	q
5	Dragana Tomašević	Serbia and Montenegro	54.44	q
6	Dace Ruskule	Latvia	53.12	q
7	Laura Bordignon	Italy	52.10	q
8	Sabine Rumpf	Germany	51.80	q
9	Ildikó Varga	Hungary	51.36	q
10	Claire Smithson	Great Britain	50.30	q
11	Marija Kurtović	Croatia	49.80	q
12	Hanna Golub	Belarus	49.77	q
13	Agnieszka Krawczuk	Poland	48.93
14	Volha Hancharenka	Belarus	48.47
15	Katja Strandman	Finland	46.52
16	Claudia Villeneuve	France	45.53
17	Reetta Laitinen	Finland	44.15

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

•   Belarus (3)
•   Croatia (2)
•   Finland (2)
•   France (1)
•   Germany (2)
•   Great Britain (1)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Latvia (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Serbia and Montenegro (1)
•   Ukraine (1)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 4th European Athletics U23 Championships - Bydgoszcz, Poland 17.-20. 7. 2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 43–55, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. European Championships U23 - Bydgoszcz/POL - 17.-20.07.03 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-05, retrieved 4 November 2014
3. European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 19/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 19 July 2003, archived from the original on 7 December 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014
4. European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 20/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 20 July 2003, archived from the original on 7 December 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014