2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

None 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. World Championship Statistics Handbook https://www.iaaf.org/ebooks/2017/WCH/index.html#page=27 IAAF 2017-08-03 Medalists GoldBLR Ellina ZverevaBelarus (BLR)SilverROU Nicoleta GrasuRomania (ROU)BronzeGRE Anastasia KelesidouGreece (GRE) Schedule All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B09.08.2001 – 18:20h09.08.2001 – 20:15hFinal Round11.08.2001 – 16:00h Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships World Record Gabriele Reinsch GDR 76.80 m July 9, 1988 GDR Neubrandenburg, East Germany Event Record Martina Hellmann GDR 71.62 m August 31, 1987 ITA Rome, Italy Season Best Nicoleta Grasu ROU 68.31 m June 11, 2001 GRE Athens, Greece Startlist Order№AthleteSeason BestPersonal BestGROUP A 1 850 Seilala Sua USA 65.64 65.90 2 122 Tina McDonald CAN 59.76 59.76 3 25 Alison Lever AUS 63.25 63.73 4 189 Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová CZE 63.20 63.20 5 74 Irina Yatchenko BLR 66.65 68.94 6 324 Franka Dietzsch GER 65.87 69.51 7 615 Joanna Wiśniewska POL 63.75 63.97 8 840 Suzy Powell-Roos USA 64.50 65.30 9 706 Natalya Sadova RUS 67.18 70.02 10 366 Anastasia Kelesidou GRE 65.52 67.70 11 137 Li Qiumei CHN 60.99 67.50 GROUP B 1 624 Teresa Machado POR 63.01 65.40 3 642 Nicoleta Grasu ROM 68.31 68.80 3 372 Stiliani Tsikouna GRE 61.09 65.13 4 281 Mélina Robert-Michon FRA 63.87 63.87 5 790 Olena Antonova UKR 64.20 66.67 6 404 Neelam Jaswant Singh IND 59.14 63.02 7 190 Vladimíra Racková CZE 65.50 65.50 8 374 Ekaterini Voggoli GRE 63.47 64.82 9 347 Anja Möllenbeck GER 63.42 64.63 10 832 Kris Kuehl USA 65.28 65.34 11 75 Ellina Zvereva BLR 62.92 71.58 Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 2 Natalya Sadova RUS 61.85 64.43 — 64.43 m 2 4 Franka Dietzsch GER 59.75 58.71 63.15 63.15 m 3 6 Seilala Sua USA 62.54 56.16 55.23 62.54 m 4 8 Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová CZE 62.27 58.43 X 62.27 m 5 9 Anastasia Kelesidou GRE 62.12 62.26 61.47 62.26 m 6 10 Li Qiumei CHN 61.90 60.24 X 61.90 m SB 7 12 Irina Yatchenko BLR 60.67 58.31 56.39 60.67 m 8 17 Joanna Wiśniewska POL 58.53 58.05 X 58.53 m 9 18 Suzy Powell-Roos USA 57.81 57.49 58.19 58.19 m 10 21 Alison Lever AUS 54.31 53.54 X 54.31 m 11 22 Tina McDonald CAN 46.98 X X 46.98 m Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 1 Ellina Zvereva BLR 65.78 — — 65.78 m 2 3 Nicoleta Grasu ROM59.05 63.37 — 63.37 m 3 5 Kris Kuehl USA59.82 60.90 62.63 62.63 m 4 7 Vladimíra Racková CZE61.29 62.32 59.33 62.32 m 5 11 Anja Möllenbeck GER60.86 57.32 57.71 60.86 m 6 13 Stiliani Tsikouna GRE58.53 60.32 56.1360.32 m 7 14 Ekaterini Voggoli GRE59.98 X 59.5859.98 m 8 15 Teresa Machado POR59.74 57.62 X 59.74 m 9 16 Olena Antonova UKR58.55 X X 58.55 m 10 19 Neelam Jaswant Singh IND56.33 56.52 55.46 56.52 m 11 20 Mélina Robert-Michon FRA55.25 56.22 X 56.22 m Final RankAthleteAttemptsResultNote123456 Ellina Zvereva BLR X 67.10 X 64.70 65.37 X 67.10 m Nicoleta Grasu ROM 55.70 65.34 63.74 X 66.24 65.73 66.24 m Anastasia Kelesidou GRE 61.02 65.50 62.70 63.47 62.37 65.14 65.50 m 4 Franka Dietzsch GER 63.62 X 63.12 X 64.60 65.38 65.38 m 5 Seilala Sua USA 63.74 X X X X X 63.74 m 6 Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová CZE 60.72 59.46 X 60.60 61.47 X 61.47 m 7 Kris Kuehl USA 56.91 61.04 X 59.81 X 59.79 61.04 m 8 Anja Möllenbeck GER 60.49 X X 60.49 m 9 Irina Yatchenko BLR 57.64 57.12 59.45 59.45 m 10 Li Qiumei CHN 57.81 X 57.02 57.81 m 11 Vladimíra Racková CZE X 56.43 X 56.43 m — Natalya Sadova RUS 65.24 66.87 66.36 68.57 67.80 67.18 DSQ She originally won the gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, but lost it due to a positive drugs test for caffeine. References Results IAAF D Category:Discus throw at the World Athletics Championships