2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

Template:AthleticsAt2001WorldChampionships 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.

Ellina Zvereva won the gold medal at 40 years and 269 days old. She is, as of 2017, the oldest World Champion ever.

Medalists

Gold	Template:Flagicon Ellina Zvereva Belarus (BLR)
Silver	Template:Flagicon Nicoleta Grasu Romania (ROU)
Bronze	Template:Flagicon Anastasia Kelesidou Greece (GRE)

Schedule

• All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
09.08.2001 – 18:20h	09.08.2001 – 20:15h
Final Round
11.08.2001 – 16:00h

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Template:Flagathlete	76.80 m	July 9, 1988	Template:Flagicon Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Event Record	Template:Flagathlete	71.62 m	August 31, 1987	Template:Flagicon Rome, Italy
Season Best	Template:Flagathlete	68.31 m	June 11, 2001	Template:Flagicon Athens, Greece

Startlist

Order	№	Athlete	Season Best	Personal Best
GROUP A
1	850	Template:Flagathlete	65.64	65.90
2	122	Template:Flagathlete	59.76	59.76
3	25	Template:Flagathlete	63.25	63.73
4	189	Template:Flagathlete	63.20	63.20
5	74	Template:Flagathlete	66.65	68.94
6	324	Template:Flagathlete	65.87	69.51
7	615	Template:Flagathlete	63.75	63.97
8	840	Template:Flagathlete	64.50	65.30
9	706	Template:Flagathlete	67.18	70.02
10	366	Template:Flagathlete	65.52	67.70
11	137	Template:Flagathlete	60.99	67.50
GROUP B
1	624	Template:Flagathlete	63.01	65.40
3	642	Template:Flagathlete	68.31	68.80
3	372	Template:Flagathlete	61.09	65.13
4	281	Template:Flagathlete	63.87	63.87
5	790	Template:Flagathlete	64.20	66.67
6	404	Template:Flagathlete	59.14	63.02
7	190	Template:Flagathlete	65.50	65.50
8	374	Template:Flagathlete	63.47	64.82
9	347	Template:Flagathlete	63.42	64.63
10	832	Template:Flagathlete	65.28	65.34
11	75	Template:Flagathlete	62.92	71.58

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Template:Flagathlete	61.85	64.43	—	64.43 m
2	4	Template:Flagathlete	59.75	58.71	63.15	63.15 m
3	6	Template:Flagathlete	62.54	56.16	55.23	62.54 m
4	8	Template:Flagathlete	62.27	58.43	X	62.27 m
5	9	Template:Flagathlete	62.12	62.26	61.47	62.26 m
6	10	Template:Flagathlete	61.90	60.24	X	61.90 m	SB
7	12	Template:Flagathlete	60.67	58.31	56.39	60.67 m
8	17	Template:Flagathlete	58.53	58.05	X	58.53 m
9	18	Template:Flagathlete	57.81	57.49	58.19	58.19 m
10	21	Template:Flagathlete	54.31	53.54	X	54.31 m
11	22	Template:Flagathlete	46.98	X	X	46.98 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Template:Flagathlete	65.78	—	—	65.78 m
2	3	Template:Flagathlete	59.05	63.37	—	63.37 m
3	5	Template:Flagathlete	59.82	60.90	62.63	62.63 m
4	7	Template:Flagathlete	61.29	62.32	59.33	62.32 m
5	11	Template:Flagathlete	60.86	57.32	57.71	60.86 m
6	13	Template:Flagathlete	58.53	60.32	56.13	60.32 m
7	14	Template:Flagathlete	59.98	X	59.58	59.98 m
8	15	Template:Flagathlete	59.74	57.62	X	59.74 m
9	16	Template:Flagathlete	58.55	X	X	58.55 m
10	19	Template:Flagathlete	56.33	56.52	55.46	56.52 m
11	20	Template:Flagathlete	55.25	56.22	X	56.22 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Template:Flagathlete	X	67.10	X	64.70	65.37	X	67.10 m
	Template:Flagathlete	55.70	65.34	63.74	X	66.24	65.73	66.24 m
	Template:Flagathlete	61.02	65.50	62.70	63.47	62.37	65.14	65.50 m		4	Template:Flagathlete	63.62	X	63.12	X	64.60	65.38	65.38 m		5	Template:Flagathlete	63.74	X	X	X	X	X	63.74 m
6	Template:Flagathlete	60.72	59.46	X	60.60	61.47	X	61.47 m
7	Template:Flagathlete	56.91	61.04	X	59.81	X	59.79	61.04 m
8	Template:Flagathlete	60.49	X	X				60.49 m
9	Template:Flagathlete	57.64	57.12	59.45				59.45 m
10	Template:Flagathlete	57.81	X	57.02				57.81 m
11	Template:Flagathlete	X	56.43	X				56.43 m
—	Template:Flagathlete	65.24	66.87	66.36	68.57	67.80	67.18	DSQ

References

• Results
• IAAF