2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 20 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday 25 August 2003.

Medalists

Gold	Iryna Yatchenko Belarus (BLR)
Silver	Anastasia Kelesidou Greece (GRE)
Bronze	Ekaterini Voggoli Greece (GRE)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
23.08.2003 – 16:10h	23.08.2003 – 17:55h
Final Round
25.08.2003 – 20:35h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Qualification

RANK	FINAL	GROUP A
1.	Song Aimin  (CHN)	62.20 m
2.	Olena Antonova  (UKR)	62.14 m
3.	Vera Pospíšilová  (CZE)	60.64 m
4.	Mélina Robert-Michon  (FRA)	60.47 m
5.	Franka Dietzsch  (GER)	59.77 m
6.	Stiliani Tsikouna  (GRE)	59.39 m
7.	Kristin Kuehl  (USA)	58.07 m
8.	Marzena Wysocka  (POL)	57.80 m
9.	Elisângela Adriano  (BRA)	57.69 m
10.	Aretha Thurmond  (USA)	50.79 m

RANK	FINAL	GROUP B
1.	Natalya Sadova  (RUS)	63.47 m
2.	Ekaterini Voggoli  (GRE)	63.13 m
3.	Beatrice Faumuina  (NZL)	63.12 m
4.	Suzanne Powell  (USA)	61.83 m
5.	Iryna Yatchenko  (BLR)	61.79 m
6.	Anastasia Kelesidou  (GRE)	61.23 m
7.	Neelam Jaswant Singh  (IND)	60.33 m
8.	Teresa Machado  (POR)	59.87 m
9.	Anna Söderberg  (SWE)	59.66 m
10.	Shelley Newman  (GBR)	57.65 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Iryna Yatchenko  (BLR)	67.32	62.57	66.12	X	X	X	67.32 m	SB
	Anastasia Kelesidou  (GRE)	65.76	63.93	67.13	65.18	X	67.14	67.14 m	SB
	Ekaterini Voggoli  (GRE)	X	63.39	66.04	66.73	64.75	65.64	66.73 m	PB
4	Olena Antonova  (UKR)	64.51	60.56	X	60.70	65.90	61.72	65.90 m	SB
5	Vera Pospíšilová  (CZE)	62.04	61.12	63.23	64.01	65.55	61.96	65.55 m
6	Natalya Sadova  (RUS)	65.22	X	X	63.94	65.07	X	65.22 m
7	Song Aimin  (CHN)	59.71	62.08	63.84	63.20	X	57.53	63.84 m
8	Anna Söderberg  (SWE)	59.81	56.73	61.61	59.32	X	X	61.61 m	SB
9	Suzanne Powell  (USA)	58.38	59.86	X				59.86 m
10	Teresa Machado  (POR)	X	57.86	59.46				59.46 m
11	Mélina Robert-Michon  (FRA)	58.52	52.99	54.84				58.52 m
12	Neelam Jaswant Singh  (IND)	X	54.42	57.92				57.92 m
13	Beatrice Faumuina  (NZL)	54.68	X	56.86				56.86 m

References

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