2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

Events at the 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
01 !	Ekaterini Voggoli (GRE)	63.09	64.31	63.57	59.13	59.32	59.05	64.31 m
02 !	Natalya Sadova (RUS)	61.95	64.07	64.12	63.93	x	x	64.12 m
03 !	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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