2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw explained

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.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Ellina Zvereva Belarus (BLR)
Silver	Nicoleta Grasu Romania (ROU)
Bronze	Anastasia Kelesidou Greece (GRE)

Schedule

• All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
09.08.2001  - 18:20h	09.08.2001  - 20:15h
Final Round
11.08.2001  - 16:00h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
		76.80 m	July 9, 1988
		71.62 m	August 31, 1987
Season Best		68.31 m	June 11, 2001	Athens, Greece

Startlist

Order	№	Athlete	Season Best	Personal Best
GROUP A
1	850		65.64	65.90
2	122		59.76	59.76
3	25		63.25	63.73
4	189		63.20	63.20
5	74		66.65	68.94
6	324		65.87	69.51
7	615		63.75	63.97
8	840		64.50	65.30
9	706		67.18	70.02
10	366		65.52	67.70
11	137		60.99	67.50
GROUP B
1	624		63.01	65.40
3	642		68.31	68.80
3	372		61.09	65.13
4	281		63.87	63.87
5	790		64.20	66.67
6	404		59.14	63.02
7	190		65.50	65.50
8	374		63.47	64.82
9	347		63.42	64.63
10	832		65.28	65.34
11	75		62.92	71.58

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2		61.85	64.43	-	64.43 m
2	4		59.75	58.71	63.15	63.15 m
3	6		62.54	56.16	55.23	62.54 m
4	8		62.27	58.43	X	62.27 m
5	9		62.12	62.26	61.47	62.26 m
6	10		61.90	60.24	X	61.90 m	SB
7	12		60.67	58.31	56.39	60.67 m
8	17		58.53	58.05	X	58.53 m
9	18		57.81	57.49	58.19	58.19 m
10	21		54.31	53.54	X	54.31 m
11	22		46.98	X	X	46.98 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		65.78	-	-	65.78 m
2	3		59.05	63.37	-	63.37 m
3	5		59.82	60.90	62.63	62.63 m
4	7		61.29	62.32	59.33	62.32 m
5	11		60.86	57.32	57.71	60.86 m
6	13		58.53	60.32	56.13	60.32 m
7	14		59.98	X	59.58	59.98 m
8	15		59.74	57.62	X	59.74 m
9	16		58.55	X	X	58.55 m
10	19		56.33	56.52	55.46	56.52 m
11	20		55.25	56.22	X	56.22 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		X	67.10	X	64.70	65.37	X	67.10 m
		55.70	65.34	63.74	X	66.24	65.73	66.24 m
		61.02	65.50	62.70	63.47	62.37	65.14	65.50 m		4		63.62	X	63.12	X	64.60	65.38	65.38 m		5		63.74	X	X	X	X	X	63.74 m
6		60.72	59.46	X	60.60	61.47	X	61.47 m
7		56.91	61.04	X	59.81	X	59.79	61.04 m
8		60.49	X	X				60.49 m
9		57.64	57.12	59.45				59.45 m
10		57.81	X	57.02				57.81 m
11		X	56.43	X				56.43 m
-		65.24	66.87	66.36	68.57	67.80	67.18	DSQ	^[2]

References

• Results
• IAAF

Notes and References

1. . World Championship Statistics Handbook . . 2017-08-03.
2. She originally won the gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, but lost it due to a positive drugs test for caffeine.