Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's discus throw explained

The women's discus throw event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy on 26 and 27 August.^[1] The winning margin was 6.02 metres which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's discus throw was won by more than six metres at these games.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Natalya Sadova	Hu Honglian	Nicoleta Grasu

Results

Qualification

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1			63.00	Q^[2]
2			60.44
3			59.54
4			57.48
5			56.86
6			55.30
7			55.22
8			55.14
9			54.90
10			51.94
11			51.78
12			51.06
13			51.06
14			50.78
15			50.68
16			48.80
17			43.92	^[3]
18			42.12
19			35.44
20			32.70

Final

^[4]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
			67.02
			61.00
			60.08
			59.60
			57.56
			56.12
			55.96
			55.44
			55.24
10			52.64
11			52.14
12			52.06

Notes and References

1. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?CID=12983456&Season=1997 Results at Tilastopaja
2. https://web.archive.org/web/19980526075104/http://www.iaaf.org/rdb/pdf/outdoorlist38.pdf IAAF 1997 Ranking
3. Web site: Australian 1997 Almanac . 2014-10-12 . 2014-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006091859/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/almanac/Almanac-1997-98.pdf . dead .
4. Web site: Results . 2014-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132326/http://wwwfisu.ulb.ac.be/html/sathletics.html . 2011-07-06 . dead .