The Women's Discus Throw

Discus throw

The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

event at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

as part of the athletics program

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...

 was held at the Olympic Stadium on Monday, September 25 and Wednesday, September 27.

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was set at 63.00 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Medalists

Schedule

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  Qualification Round
  Group A	Group B
  25.09.2000 – 10:00h	25.09.2000 – 11:40h
  Final Round
  27.09.2000 – 20:30h

Abbreviations

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record		76.80 m	July 9, 1988	Neubrandenburg Neubrandenburg Neubrandenburg is a city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located in the southeastern part of the state, on the shore of a lake called the Tollensesee .... , East Germany
Olympic Record		76.80 m	September 29, 1988	Seoul, South Korea

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		61.26	64.81	—	64.81 m
2	4		62.97	X	60.83	62.97 m
3	7		56.19	61.88	59.06	61.88 m
4	8		59.58	61.59	56.33	61.59 m
5	11		59.79	61.00	60.12	61.00 m
6	13		60.73	60.28	59.85	60.73 m
7	14		X	60.24	55.32	60.24 m
8	17		59.51	57.14	58.64	59.51 m
9	19		X	X	58.87	58.87 m
10	20		58.81	56.90	X	58.81 m
11	21		57.88	57.01	58.03	58.03 m
12	23		56.32	52.61	54.01	56.32 m
13	29		X	54.11	X	54.11 m
14	30		X	53.64	X	53.64 m
15	31		X	51.96	X	51.96 m
16	32		X	32.31	X	32.31 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2		64.62	—	—	64.62 m
2	3		63.64	—	—	63.64 m
3	5		62.72	58.94	60.89	62.72 m
4	6		60.39	59.39	62.47	62.47 m
5	9		61.33	57.88	58.55	61.33 m
6	10		61.29	X	X	61.29 m
7	12		59.78	60.74	59.29	60.74 m
8	15		X	X	59.68	59.68 m
9	16		X	54.45	59.58	59.58 m
10	18		59.45	54.02	57.54	59.45 m
11	22		56.28	56.59	55.01	56.59 m
12	24		54.94	55.89	56.11	56.11 m
13	25		X	X	55.86	55.86 m
14	26		55.22	55.26	X	55.26 m
15	27		54.18	54.74	55.02	55.02 m
16	28		54.19	53.12	X	54.19 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Extra
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		67.00	66.12	68.40	65.80	X	X	68.40 m	SB
		65.71	63.20	62.59	64.58	63.07	61.85	65.71 m
		X	62.93	61.09	63.15	65.20	X	65.20 m
4		65.00	61.64	61.92	62.86	X	60.47	65.00 m
5		61.85	60.66	X	X	59.91	64.08	64.08 m
6		X	61.65	58.17	60.36	63.18	X	63.18 m
7		63.16	61.91	62.22	59.86	61.72	62.33	63.16 m
8		60.78	62.43	62.57	X	62.24	X	62.57 m
9		60.72	61.57	60.45				61.57 m
10		58.03	56.24	59.85				59.85 m
11		54.48	59.50	56.84				59.50 m
12		56.86	X	58.69				58.69 m
13		57.95	58.34	57.89				58.34 m