European Athletics Championships 2002 / Women's discus throw

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18th European Athletics Championships
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discipline Discus throw
gender Women
Attendees 18 athletes from 14 countries
venue GermanyGermany Munich
Competition location Olympic Stadium
Competition phase August 6th (qualification)
August 11th (final)
Medalists
gold medal Ekaterini Vongoli ( GRE ) GreeceGreece 
Silver medal Natalja Sadowa ( RUS ) RussiaRussia 
Bronze medal Anastasia Kelesidou ( GRE ) GreeceGreece 

The women's discus throw at the 2002 European Athletics Championships was held on August 6th and 7th, 2002 in the Munich Olympic Stadium.

In this competition, the Greek discus throwers won two medals, gold and bronze. Ekaterini Vongoli became European champion . Second place went to the Russian Vice European Champion from 1998, Natalja Sadowa . The Olympic runner-up in 2000 , vice world champion in 1999 and third in the 2001 World Cup, Anastasia Kelesidou won the bronze medal.

Existing records

World record 76.80 m Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Gabriele Reinsch Neubrandenburg , GDR (now Germany ) July 9, 1988
European record
EM record 71.36 m Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Diana Sachse EM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany August 28, 1986

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

qualification

August 6, 2002

Eighteen participants entered the qualifying round. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 62.00 m. No competitor reached this mark. The final field was recruited from the twelve best-placed athletes (highlighted in light green). To take part in the finals, 56.56 m had to be achieved.

space Surname nation Width (m)
1 Ekaterini Vongoli GreeceGreece Greece 61.94
2 Vera Pospíšilová Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 61.93
3 Anastasia Kelesidou GreeceGreece Greece 61.18
4th Aretí Abatzí GreeceGreece Greece 61.03
5 Joanna Wiśniewska PolandPoland Poland 60.40
6th Teresa Machado PortugalPortugal Portugal 59.53
7th Vladimíra Racková Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 58.92
8th Natalia Sadova RussiaRussia Russia 58.44
9 Marzena Wysocka PolandPoland Poland 58.24
10 Jana Tucholke GermanyGermany Germany 56.63
11 Shelley Newman United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 56.57
12 Mélina Robert-Michon FranceFrance France 56.56
13 Alice Matejková SpainSpain Spain 56.18
14th Agnese Maffeis ItalyItaly Italy 55.58
15th Anna Söderberg SwedenSweden Sweden 55.55
16 Tiina Kankaanpää FinlandFinland Finland 54.14
17th Eha Rünne EstoniaEstonia Estonia 54.01
NM Vera Begic CroatiaCroatia Croatia ogV

final

August 7, 2002

Note: The symbol "x" means "invalid".

space Surname nation Result (noun) 1st attempt (m) 2. attempt (m) 3rd attempt (m) 4th attempt (m) 5th attempt (m) 6th attempt (m)
1 Ekaterini Vongoli GreeceGreece Greece 64.31 63.09 64.31 63.57 59.13 59.32 59.05
2 Natalia Sadova RussiaRussia Russia 64.12 61.95 64.07 64.12 63.93 x x
3 Anastasia Kelesidou GreeceGreece Greece 63.92 63.92 62.91 61.58 60.93 59.93 61.21
4th Vera Pospíšilová Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 62.31 60.37 x 60.77 x 62.31 57.70
5 Marzena Wysocka PolandPoland Poland 62.20 59.82 61.24 x 62.20 59.91 x
6th Aretí Abatzí GreeceGreece Greece 61.49 59.93 x 61.49 x 58.43 x
7th Teresa Machado PortugalPortugal Portugal 60.41 60.36 x 58.97 60.41 58.64 x
8th Vladimíra Racková Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 59.28 52.92 x 59.28 59.23 x 57.33
9 Joanna Wiśniewska PolandPoland Poland 58.92 57.29 58.92 57.69 not in the final of the
eight best throwers
10 Shelley Newman United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 57.38 55.03 57.38 55.69
11 Jana Tucholke GermanyGermany Germany 56.53 56.53 x 55.78
12 Mélina Robert-Michon FranceFrance France 54.92 54.92 54.07 x

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References and comments

  1. IAAF world records. Discus throw women , accessed on November 11, 2019