Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

The Women's Discus Throw event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Monday, 25 September and Wednesday, 27 September.

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was set at 63.00 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Medalists

Gold	Ellina Zvereva  Belarus
Silver	Anastasia Kelesidou  Greece
Bronze	Irina Yatchenko  Belarus

Schedule

• All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
25.09.2000 – 10:00h	25.09.2000 – 11:40h
Final Round
27.09.2000 – 20:30h

Abbreviations

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record	Gabriele Reinsch (GDR)	76.80 m	9 July 1988	Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Olympic Record	Martina Hellmann (GDR)	72.30 m	29 September 1988	Seoul, South Korea

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Ellina Zvereva (BLR)	61.26	64.81	—	64.81 m
2	4	Ilke Wyludda (GER)	62.97	X	60.83	62.97 m
3	7	Seilala Sua (USA)	56.19	61.88	59.06	61.88 m
4	8	Stiliani Tsikouna (GRE)	59.58	61.59	56.33	61.59 m
5	11	Yu Xin (CHN)	59.79	61.00	60.12	61.00 m
6	13	Olena Antonova (UKR)	60.73	60.28	59.85	60.73 m
7	14	Vladimíra Racková (CZE)	X	60.24	55.32	60.24 m
8	17	Oksana Yesipchuk (RUS)	59.51	57.14	58.64	59.51 m
9	19	Nicoleta Grasu (ROM)	X	X	58.87	58.87 m
10	20	Larisa Korotkevich (RUS)	58.81	56.90	X	58.81 m
11	21	Qi Cao (CHN)	57.88	57.01	58.03	58.03 m
12	23	Monia Kari (TUN)	56.32	52.61	54.01	56.32 m
13	29	Melina Robert-Michon (FRA)	X	54.11	X	54.11 m
14	30	Renata Gustaitytė (LTU)	X	53.64	X	53.64 m
15	31	Daniela Costian (AUS)	X	51.96	X	51.96 m
16	32	Mariana Canillas (PAR)	X	32.31	X	32.31 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Natalya Sadova (RUS)	64.62	—	—	64.62 m
2	3	Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE)	63.64	—	—	63.64 m
3	5	Irina Yatchenko (BLR)	62.72	58.94	60.89	62.72 m
4	6	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari (AUS)	60.39	59.39	62.47	62.47 m
5	9	Beatrice Faumuina (NZL)	61.33	57.88	58.55	61.33 m
6	10	Aikaterini Vongoli (GRE)	61.29	X	X	61.29 m
7	12	Franka Dietzsch (GER)	59.78	60.74	59.29	60.74 m
8	15	Suzy Powell-Roos (USA)	X	X	59.68	59.68 m
9	16	Alison Lever (AUS)	X	54.45	59.58	59.58 m
10	18	Kris Kuehl (USA)	59.45	54.02	57.54	59.45 m
11	22	Li Qiumei (CHN)	56.28	56.59	55.01	56.59 m
12	24	Anna Söderberg (SWE)	54.94	55.89	56.11	56.11 m
13	25	Teresa Machado (POR)	X	X	55.86	55.86 m
14	26	Neelam Jaswant Singh (IND)	55.22	55.26	X	55.26 m
15	27	Oksana Mert (TUR)	54.18	54.74	55.02	55.02 m
16	28	Alice Matejková (ESP)	54.19	53.12	X	54.19 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Extra
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ellina Zvereva (BLR)	67.00	66.12	68.40	65.80	X	X	68.40 m	SB
	Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE)	65.71	63.20	62.59	64.58	63.07	61.85	65.71 m
	Irina Yatchenko (BLR)	X	62.93	61.09	63.15	65.20	X	65.20 m
4	Natalya Sadova (RUS)	65.00	61.64	61.92	62.86	X	60.47	65.00 m
5	Styliani Tsikouna (GRE)	61.85	60.66	X	X	59.91	64.08	64.08 m
6	Franka Dietzsch (GER)	X	61.65	58.17	60.36	63.18	X	63.18 m
7	Ilke Wyludda (GER)	63.16	61.91	62.22	59.86	61.72	62.33	63.16 m
8	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari (AUS)	60.78	62.43	62.57	X	62.24	X	62.57 m
9	Ekaterini Voggoli (GRE)	60.72	61.57	60.45				61.57 m
10	Seilala Sua (USA)	58.03	56.24	59.85				59.85 m
11	Teresa Machado (POR)	54.48	59.50	56.84				59.50 m
12	Beatrice Faumuina (NZL)	56.86	X	58.69				58.69 m
13	Yu Xin (CHN)	57.95	58.34	57.89				58.34 m

References

• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics
• todor66.com
• IAAF