1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

None These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 29 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Thursday August 7, 1997. The qualifying round was held on Tuesday August 5, 1997, with the mark set at 62.00 metres. Medalists GoldNZL Beatrice FaumuinaNew Zealand (NZL)SilverBLR Ellina ZverevaBelarus (BLR)BronzeRUS Natalya SadovaRussia (RUS) Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B05.08.1997 – 08:10h05.08.1997 – 09:50hFinal Round07.08.1997 – 18:10h 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 Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsResultNote123 1 3 Irina Yatchenko BLR 65.00 — — 65.00 m 2 4 Beatrice Faumuina NZL X X 64.5864.58 m 3 5 Stella Tsikouna GRE 58.62 58.90 61.5261.52 m 4 8 Nicoleta Grasu ROM 60.16 X 60.4460.44 m 5 9 Larisa Korotkevich RUS 60.30 X 59.6860.30 m 6 10 Lisa-Marie Vizaniari AUS 60.28 59.20 57.8660.28 m 7 11 Agnese Maffeis ITA 59.94 58.96 55.4459.94 m 8 14 Liu Fengying CHN X 56.12 59.5059.50 m 9 17 Alice Matejková CZE X 58.96 55.7058.96 m 10 21 Suzy Powell-Roos USA 54.22 52.70 52.6254.22 m 11 22 Shelley Drew GBR 53.96 52.14 X53.96 m 12 23 Tsvetanka Khristova BUL X 53.64 49.5653.64 m 13 24 Areti Abatzi GRE X 49.72 X49.72 m 14 25 Hüsniye Keskin TUR 46.80 48.80 X48.80 m Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsResultNote123 1 1 Ellina Zvereva BLR X 61.76 65.9465.94 mSB 2 2 Natalya Sadova RUS 65.14 — — 65.14 m 3 6 Teresa Machado POR 57.40 X 61.3661.36 m 4 7 Luan Zhili CHN 57.74 61.18 X61.18 m 5 12 Anna Söderberg SWE 59.64 X 59.8859.88 m 6 13 Olena Antonova UKR 59.62 59.10 56.7059.62 m 7 15 Anastasia Kelesidou GRE 56.48 59.22 58.3059.22 m 8 16 Edie Boyer USA 59.18 X X59.18 m 9 18 Elisângela Adriano BRA 47.00 57.88 54.6657.88 m 10 19 Xiao Yanling CHN X 56.32 X56.32 m 11 20 Lacy Barnes-Mileham USA 53.22 55.52 X55.52 m 12 26 Siniva Marsters COK X X 35.2235.22 m — — Franka Dietzsch GER X X XNM — — Isabelle Devaluez FRA X X XNM — — Mette Bergmann NOR X X XNM Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Beatrice Faumuina NZLXX66.8262.60 XX66.82 m Ellina Zvereva BLR63.40 65.9061.86 64.98 64.64 65.72 65.90 m Natalya Sadova RUS63.70 65.14X63.08 XX65.14 m 4 Larisa Korotkevich RUS62.76 62.44 60.96 X63.0262.04 63.02 m 5 Irina Yatchenko BLRX62.02 61.40 62.5860.70 57.94 62.58 m 6 Teresa Machado POR62.0060.78 XX59.92 X62.00 m 7 Stiliani Tsikouna GRE61.9257.70 X58.00 59.66 58.12 61.92 m 8 Agnese Maffeis ITA61.4054.98 57.48 54.36 54.28 X61.40 m 9 Luan Zhili CHN60.6257.42 57.76 60.62 m 10 Nicoleta Grasu ROM58.06 58.88 60.14 60.14 m 11 Anna Söderberg SWE58.22 XX 58.22 m 12 Lisa-Marie Vizaniari AUS55.20 57.56 X 57.56 m See also 1996 Women's Olympic Discus Throw References Results D Category:Discus throw at the World Athletics Championships