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Discus Throw, Women

Date	25 – 27 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	32 from 20 countries

Ellina “Elya” Zvereva (BLR) was competing in her third Olympics, having placed fifth in 1988 and winning a bronze medal in 1996. She had been World Champion in 1995 and runner-up in 1999. The 1999 World Champion, Germany’s Franka Dietzsch, had the best early season, winning 14 of 16 meets, but could manage only sixth in Sydney. In the first round, Zvereva opened with 67.00 (219-9¾), which took the lead and secured the gold medal. She bettered that with 68.40 (224-5) in round three, and all four of her fair throws would have won the gold medal. At 39 years, 316 days on the day of her title, Zvereva became the oldest woman to win an athletics gold medal at the Olympics.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	1250	Elina Zverava	BLR	64.81 (1)	68.40 (1)	Gold
2	1994	Anastasia Kelesidou	GRE	63.64 (3)	65.71 (2)	Silver
3	1249	Iryna Yatchanka	BLR	62.72 (5)	65.20 (3)	Bronze
4	2974	Nataliya Sadova	RUS	64.62 (2)	65.00 (4)
5	2006	Stella Tsikouna	GRE	61.59 (8)	64.08 (5)
6	1900	Franka Dietzsch	GER	60.74 (12)	63.18 (6)
7	1932	Ilke Wyludda	GER	62.97 (4)	63.16 (7)
8	1141	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari	AUS	62.47 (6)	62.57 (8)
9	2011	Aikaterini Vongoli	GRE	61.29 (10)	61.57 (9)
10	3376	Seilala Sua	USA	61.88 (7)	59.85 (10)
11	2775	Teresa Machado	POR	55.86 (25)	59.50 (11)
12	2681	Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	61.33 (9)	58.69 (12)
13	1391	Yu Xin	CHN	61.00 (11)	58.34 (13)
13 QR	3220	Olena Antonova	UKR	60.73 (13)	–
14 QR	1539	Vladimíra Racková	CZE	60.24 (14)	–
15 QR	3369	Suzy Powell	USA	59.68 (15)	–
16 QR	1121	Alison Lever	AUS	59.58 (16)	–
17 QR	2988	Oksana Yesipchuk	RUS	59.51 (17)	–
18 QR	3359	Kris Kuehl	USA	59.45 (18)	–
19 QR	2822	Nicoleta Grasu	ROU	58.87 (19)	–
20 QR	2947	Larisa Korotkevich	RUS	58.81 (20)	–
21 QR	1374	Cao Qi	CHN	58.03 (21)	–
22 QR	1382	Li Qiumei	CHN	56.59 (22)	–
23 QR	3178	Monia Kari	TUN	56.32 (23)	–
24 QR	3114	Anna Söderberg	SWE	56.11 (24)	–
26 QR	2115	Neelam Jaswant Singh Dogra	IND	55.26 (26)	–
27 QR	3185	Oksana Mert	TUR	55.02 (27)	–
28 QR	1631	Alice Matějková	ESP	54.19 (28)	–
29 QR	1765	Mélina Robert-Michon	FRA	54.11 (29)	–
30 QR	2492	Renata Gustaitytė	LTU	53.64 (30)	–
31 QR	1103	Daniela Costian	AUS	51.96 (31)	–
32 QR	2694	Mariana Canillas	PAR	32.31 (32)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	25 September 2000
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 63.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	1250	Elina Zverava	BLR	64.81	Q
2	2974	Nataliya Sadova	RUS	64.62	Q
3	1994	Anastasia Kelesidou	GRE	63.64	Q
4	1932	Ilke Wyludda	GER	62.97	q
5	1249	Iryna Yatchanka	BLR	62.72	q
6	1141	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari	AUS	62.47	q
7	3376	Seilala Sua	USA	61.88	q
8	2006	Stella Tsikouna	GRE	61.59	q
9	2681	Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	61.33	q
10	2011	Aikaterini Vongoli	GRE	61.29	q
11	1391	Yu Xin	CHN	61.00	q
12	1900	Franka Dietzsch	GER	60.74	q
13	3220	Olena Antonova	UKR	60.73
14	1539	Vladimíra Racková	CZE	60.24
15	3369	Suzy Powell	USA	59.68
16	1121	Alison Lever	AUS	59.58
17	2988	Oksana Yesipchuk	RUS	59.51
18	3359	Kris Kuehl	USA	59.45
19	2822	Nicoleta Grasu	ROU	58.87
20	2947	Larisa Korotkevich	RUS	58.81
21	1374	Cao Qi	CHN	58.03
22	1382	Li Qiumei	CHN	56.59
23	3178	Monia Kari	TUN	56.32
24	3114	Anna Söderberg	SWE	56.11
25	2775	Teresa Machado	POR	55.86
26	2115	Neelam Jaswant Singh Dogra	IND	55.26
27	3185	Oksana Mert	TUR	55.02
28	1631	Alice Matějková	ESP	54.19
29	1765	Mélina Robert-Michon	FRA	54.11
30	2492	Renata Gustaitytė	LTU	53.64
31	1103	Daniela Costian	AUS	51.96
32	2694	Mariana Canillas	PAR	32.31

Group A

Date	25 September 2000 — 10:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	4	Elina Zverava	BLR	64.81	61.26	64.81	-
2	10	Ilke Wyludda	GER	62.97	62.97	x	60.83
3	7	Seilala Sua	USA	61.88	56.19	61.88	59.06
4	9	Stella Tsikouna	GRE	61.59	59.58	61.59	56.33
5	3	Yu Xin	CHN	61.00	59.79	61.00	60.12
6	1	Olena Antonova	UKR	60.73	60.73	60.28	59.85
7	5	Vladimíra Racková	CZE	60.24	x	60.24	55.32
8	2	Oksana Yesipchuk	RUS	59.51	59.51	57.14	58.64
9	16	Nicoleta Grasu	ROU	58.87	x	x	58.87
10	14	Larisa Korotkevich	RUS	58.81	58.81	56.90	x
11	11	Cao Qi	CHN	58.03	57.88	57.01	58.03
12	15	Monia Kari	TUN	56.32	56.32	52.61	54.01
13	8	Mélina Robert-Michon	FRA	54.11	x	54.11	x
14	3	Renata Gustaitytė	LTU	53.64	x	53.64	x
15	13	Daniela Costian	AUS	51.96	x	51.96	x
16	12	Mariana Canillas	PAR	32.31	x	32.31	x

Group B

Date	25 September 2000 — 11:40

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	4	Nataliya Sadova	RUS	64.62	64.62	-	-
2	1	Anastasia Kelesidou	GRE	63.64	63.64	-	-
3	12	Iryna Yatchanka	BLR	62.72	62.72	58.94	60.89
4	6	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari	AUS	62.47	60.39	59.39	62.47
5	13	Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	61.33	61.33	57.88	58.55
6	2	Aikaterini Vongoli	GRE	61.29	61.29	x	x
7	16	Franka Dietzsch	GER	60.74	59.78	60.74	59.29
8	14	Suzy Powell	USA	59.68	x	x	59.68
9	9	Alison Lever	AUS	59.58	x	54.45	59.58
10	5	Kris Kuehl	USA	59.45	59.45	54.02	57.54
11	15	Li Qiumei	CHN	56.59	56.28	56.59	55.01
12	3	Anna Söderberg	SWE	56.11	54.94	55.89	56.11
13	10	Teresa Machado	POR	55.86	x	x	55.86
14	8	Neelam Jaswant Singh Dogra	IND	55.26	55.22	55.26	x
15	11	Oksana Mert	TUR	55.02	54.18	54.74	55.02
16	7	Alice Matějková	ESP	54.19	54.19	53.12	x

Final Round

Date	27 September 2000 — 20:30

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	7	Elina Zverava	BLR	68.40	67.00	66.12	68.40	65.80	x	x
2	10	Anastasia Kelesidou	GRE	65.71	65.71	63.20	62.59	64.58	63.07	61.85
3	12	Iryna Yatchanka	BLR	65.20	x	62.93	61.09	63.15	65.20	x
4	8	Nataliya Sadova	RUS	65.00	65.00	61.64	61.92	62.86	x	60.47
5	4	Stella Tsikouna	GRE	64.08	61.85	60.66	x	x	59.91	64.08
6	6	Franka Dietzsch	GER	63.18	x	61.65	58.17	60.36	63.18	x
7	1	Ilke Wyludda	GER	63.16	63.16	61.91	62.22	59.86	61.72	62.33
8	5	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari	AUS	62.57	60.78	62.43	62.57	x	62.24	x
9	3	Aikaterini Vongoli	GRE	61.57	60.72	61.57	60.45	–	–	–
10	13	Seilala Sua	USA	59.85	58.03	56.24	59.85	–	–	–
11	9	Teresa Machado	POR	59.50	54.48	59.50	56.84	–	–	–
12	11	Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	58.69	56.86	x	58.69	–	–	–
13	2	Yu Xin	CHN	58.34	57.95	58.34	57.89	–	–	–