2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

2002 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The final of the Women's discus throw event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany was held on August 7, 2002. There were a total number of 18 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged a day earlier, on August 6, with the mark set at 62.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Ekaterini Voggoli Greece (GRE)
Silver	Natalya Sadova Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Anastasia Kelesidou Greece (GRE)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships
World Record	Gabriele Reinsch (GDR)	76.80 m	July 9, 1988	Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Event Record	Diana Sachse (GDR)	71.36 m	August 28, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany

Qualification

Rank	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
		1	2	3
1	Ekaterini Voggoli (GRE)				61.94 m
2	Vera Pospíšilová (CZE)				61.93 m
3	Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE)				61.18 m
4	Areti Abatzi (GRE)				61.03 m
5	Joanna Wiśniewska (POL)				60.40 m
6	Teresa Machado (POR)				59.53 m
7	Vladimíra Racková (CZE)				58.92 m
8	Natalya Sadova (RUS)				58.44 m
9	Marzena Wysocka (POL)				58.24 m
10	Jana Tucholke (GER)				56.63 m
11	Shelley Newman (GBR)				56.57 m
12	Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA)				56.56 m
13	Alice Matejková (ESP)	56.18	56.03	53.25	56.18 m
14	Agnese Maffeis (ITA)				55.58 m
15	Anna Söderberg (SWE)				55.55 m
16	Tiina Kankaanpää (FIN)				54.14 m
17	Eha Rünne (EST)				54.01 m
—	Vera Begić (CRO)				NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ekaterini Voggoli (GRE)	63.09	64.31	63.57	59.13	59.32	59.05	64.31 m
	Natalya Sadova (RUS)	61.95	64.07	64.12	63.93	x	x	64.12 m
	Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE)	63.92	62.91	61.58	60.93	59.93	61.21	63.92 m
4	Vera Pospíšilová (CZE)	60.37	x	60.77	x	62.31	57.70	62.31 m
5	Marzena Wysocka (POL)	59.82	61.24	x	62.20	59.91	x	62.20 m
6	Areti Abatzi (GRE)	59.93	x	61.49	x	58.43	x	61.49 m
7	Teresa Machado (POR)	60.36	x	58.97	60.41	58.64	x	60.41 m
8	Vladimíra Racková (CZE)	52.92	x	59.28	59.23	x	57.33	59.28 m
9	Joanna Wiśniewska (POL)	57.29	58.92	57.69				58.92 m
10	Shelley Newman (GBR)	55.03	57.38	55.69				57.38 m
11	Jana Tucholke (GER)	56.53	x	55.78				56.53 m
12	Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA)	54.92	54.07	x				54.92 m

See also

• 2000 Women's Olympic Discus Throw (Sydney)
• 2001 Women's World Championships Discus Throw (Edmonton)
• 2003 Women's World Championships Discus Throw (Paris)
• 2004 Women's Olympic Discus Throw (Athens)

References

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