2004 African Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

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Events at the 2004 African
Championships in Athletics

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Track events
100 m  men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
20 km walk men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's discus throw event at the 2004 African Championships in Athletics was held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo on July 16.

Discus throw event in track and field athletics

The discus throw is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as demonstrated by the fifth-century-BC Myron statue, Discobolus. Although not part of the modern pentathlon, it was one of the events of the ancient Greek pentathlon, which can be dated back to at least to 708 BC, and is part of the modern decathlon.

The 14th African Championships in Athletics were held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo in July, 2004. Since African Championships is a biennial event, this edition was contested only a month before 2004 Summer Olympics. Thus some top athletes shunned the event. On the other hand, many athletes use the competition to prepare for the Olympics.

Results

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Elizna Naudé Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 57.50
Alifatou Djibril Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 52.62
Heba Moselhy Zoghary Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 50.58
4 Oumou Traoré Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 43.30
5 Lucie Bouala Mboussi Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 29.62

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