1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw explained

Event:	Women's discus throw
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The women's discus throw at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 19 and 21 August.

Medalists

Gold	Franka Dietzsch
Silver	Natalya Sadova
Bronze	Nicoleta Grasu

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 63.85 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	A						66.55	Q
2	B						65.61	Q
3	A						64.25	Q
4	A						62.97	q
5	B						62.94	q
6	B						62.48	q
7	B						62.33	q
8	B						62.17	q
9	B						61.70	q
10	A						61.55	q
10	A						61.55	q
12	A						61.46	q
13	B						60.70
14	A						59.67
15	A						59.57
16	A						59.52
17	B						59.42
18	B						58.39
19	A						58.28
20	B						58.22
21	B						57.41
22	A						56.99
23	B						55.37
24	A						55.08
25	A						54.57
26	A						53.77
27	B						53.13
28	B						51.55
29	A						47.88

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			65.91	65.83	64.84		65.66	67.49	67.49	SB
			63.08		64.81	62.69		66.94	66.94
			65.94	62.45	62.75	62.88	64.08	65.70	65.94
			61.78	64.59	64.15	65.92	63.29	63.85	65.92
			61.16		59.62	59.51	63.56		63.56
			61.38	63.46	61.59	61.71		61.72	63.46
			61.11		56.78			62.95	62.95
			59.57	61.01		61.20			61.20
			60.90		60.59				60.90
10			60.35	60.78					60.78
11			55.66	60.26					60.26
12			54.99		57.07				57.07

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