2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw explained

These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 20 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday 25 August 2003.

Medalists

Gold	Iryna Yatchenko Belarus (BLR)
Silver	Anastasia Kelesidou Greece (GRE)
Bronze	Ekaterini Voggoli Greece (GRE)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
23.08.2003  - 16:10h	23.08.2003  - 17:55h
Final Round
25.08.2003  - 20:35h

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

Qualification

RANK	FINAL	GROUP A
1.		62.20 m
2.		62.14 m
3.		60.64 m
4.		60.47 m
5.		59.77 m
6.		59.39 m
7.		58.07 m
8.		57.80 m
9.		57.69 m
10.		50.79 m

RANK	FINAL	GROUP B
1.		63.47 m
2.		63.13 m
3.		63.12 m
4.		61.83 m
5.		61.79 m
6.		61.23 m
7.		60.33 m
8.		59.87 m
9.		59.66 m
10.		57.65 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		67.32	62.57	66.12	X	X	X	67.32 m	SB
		65.76	63.93	67.13	65.18	X	67.14	67.14 m	SB
		X	63.39	66.04	66.73	64.75	65.64	66.73 m	PB
4		64.51	60.56	X	60.70	65.90	61.72	65.90 m	SB
5		62.04	61.12	63.23	64.01	65.55	61.96	65.55 m
6		65.22	X	X	63.94	65.07	X	65.22 m
7		59.71	62.08	63.84	63.20	X	57.53	63.84 m
8		59.81	56.73	61.61	59.32	X	X	61.61 m	SB
9		58.38	59.86	X				59.86 m
10		X	57.86	59.46				59.46 m
11		58.52	52.99	54.84				58.52 m
12		X	54.42	57.92				57.92 m
13		54.68	X	56.86				56.86 m

References

• Results