1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 11 and 12 August.

Medalists

Gold	Natalya Koptyukh Soviet Union
Silver	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari Australia
Bronze	Anja Gündler East Germany

Results

Final

12 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Natalya Koptyukh	Soviet Union	54.44	x	56.64	53.90	61.44	58.26	61.44
	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari	Australia	53.54	55.94	56.38	57.88	60.44	x	60.44
	Anja Gündler	East Germany	55.96	56.52	56.66	59.02	59.30	57.82	59.30
4	Qiu Qiaoping	China	57.30	x	57.86	56.38	x	55.70	57.86
5	Lyudmila Filimonova	Soviet Union	x	x	52.34	53.20	x	x	53.20
6	Nicoleta Gradinaru	Romania	52.66	53.10	x	x	52.92	x	53.10
7	Ilona Gersdorff	East Germany	x	51.30	50.32	x	x	47.58	51.30
8	Paulina Gugniewicz	Poland	50.92	49.90	x	50.08	x	50.84	50.92
9	Melisa Weis	United States	x	50.58	49.84				50.58
10	Olga Riera	Spain	47.32	x	49.54				49.54
11	Felicity Johnston	Australia	48.94	47.40	49.08				49.08
12	Nitta Veikkolainen	Finland	x	48.94	48.22				48.94
13	Emma Merry	United Kingdom	44.42	x	48.26				48.26
14	Dawn Dumble	United States	47.90	45.14	48.24				48.24
15	Kati Siltovuori	Finland	48.04	45.16	47.60				48.04
16	Ivana Svoradová	Czechoslovakia	x	47.42	x				47.42
17	Atanaska Angelova	Bulgaria	47.12	x	x				47.12
18	Alice Meyer	France	45.42	46.46	44.64				46.46

Qualifications

11 Aug

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Natalya Koptyukh	Soviet Union	54.66	-	-	54.66	Q
2	Nicoleta Gradinaru	Romania	53.66	-	-	53.66	Q
3	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari	Australia	53.50	-	-	53.50	Q
4	Anja Gündler	East Germany	x	43.92	52.80	52.80	Q
5	Qiu Qiaoping	China	52.44	-	-	52.44	Q
6	Ilona Gersdorff	East Germany	x	51.54	-	51.54	Q
7	Felicity Johnston	Australia	47.28	45.98	49.82	49.82	Q
8	Olga Riera	Spain	49.52	-	-	49.52	Q
9	Melisa Weis	United States	46.10	49.16	-	49.16	Q
10	Atanaska Angelova	Bulgaria	49.02	-	-	49.02	Q
11	Nitta Veikkolainen	Finland	47.92	x	48.90	48.90	Q
12	Dawn Dumble	United States	48.86	-	-	48.86	Q
13	Paulina Gugniewicz	Poland	48.40	-	-	48.40	Q
14	Lyudmila Filimonova	Soviet Union	45.88	48.18	-	48.18	Q
15	Ivana Svoradová	Czechoslovakia	x	48.16	-	48.16	Q
16	Kati Siltovuori	Finland	48.12	-	-	48.12	Q
17	Emma Merry	United Kingdom	48.02	-	-	48.02	Q
18	Alice Meyer	France	47.14	46.98	48.00	48.00	Q
19	Elisângela Adriano	Brazil	46.18	47.10	43.80	47.10
20	Carmen Sole	Spain	45.08	45.88	x	45.88
21	Sabine Fried	West Germany	43.22	x	45.30	45.30
22	Joanna Wiśniewska	Poland	x	x	45.02	45.02
23	Eva Cernanová	Czechoslovakia	43.76	x	40.34	43.76
24	Margit Gesierich	Austria	x	41.58	x	41.58
25	Sadith Fretes	Paraguay	39.24	38.80	x	39.24

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

• Australia (2)
• Austria (1)
• Brazil (1)
• Bulgaria (1)
• China (1)
• Czechoslovakia (2)
• East Germany (2)
• Finland (2)
• France (1)
• Paraguay (1)
• Poland (2)
• Romania (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Spain (2)
• United Kingdom (1)
• United States (2)
• West Germany (1)