1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

Events at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
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
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m 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 women's discus throw event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 1 August.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Liu Fengying  China
Silver	Mélina Robert-Michon  France
Bronze	Lăcrămioara Ionescu  Romania

Results

Final

1 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Liu Fengying	China	59.21	60.66	59.91	58.60	59.19	58.65	60.66
	Mélina Robert-Michon	France	51.90	53.47	x	55.01	x	x	55.01
	Lăcrămioara Ionescu	Romania	53.87	52.55	52.92	52.81	54.64	50.89	54.64
4	Ileana Brindusoiu	Romania	51.51	51.51	49.39	53.01	50.67	53.20	53.20
5	Katja Kròl	Germany	50.93	53.17	52.90	51.16	x	47.05	53.17
6	Anaelys Fernández	Cuba	51.61	52.27	51.17	49.78	x	50.85	52.27
7	Olga Tarantayeva	Russia	x	51.88	50.81	51.58	x	x	51.88
8	Mandy Borschowa	United States	37.32	40.43	49.97	42.91	x	x	49.97
9	Katrina Steele	Australia	49.73	48.38	48.35				49.73
10	Krista Keir	United States	49.14	46.01	x				49.14
11	Debra Turnbull	Australia	48.04	47.58	x				48.04
12	Vera Begić	Croatia	43.19	x	46.34				46.34

Qualifications

31 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Katja Kròl	Germany	53.49	-	-	53.49	Q
2	Liu Fengying	China	x	52.11	-	52.11	Q
3	Olga Tarantayeva	Russia	51.86	-	-	51.86	Q
4	Ileana Brindusoiu	Romania	49.83	47.10	49.86	49.86	q
5	Mandy Borschowa	United States	x	x	49.84	49.84	q
6	Debra Turnbull	Australia	47.23	49.46	49.15	49.46	q
7	Vera Begić	Croatia	45.16	47.10	45.01	47.10	q
8	Tanya Thomas	Jamaica	38.37	41.26	45.13	45.13
9	Amélie Perrin	France	42.61	x	43.82	43.82

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Mélina Robert-Michon	France	53.67	-	-	53.67	Q
2	Lăcrămioara Ionescu	Romania	52.94	-	-	52.94	Q
3	Anaelys Fernández	Cuba	x	52.36	-	52.36	Q
4	Katrina Steele	Australia	51.53	-	-	51.53	Q
5	Krista Keir	United States	49.61	x	x	49.61	q
6	Venera Getova	Bulgaria	45.36	x	46.71	46.71
7	Lauren Keightley	United Kingdom	44.62	41.10	x	44.62
8	Wioletta Potępa	Poland	x	41.24	40.76	41.24
9	Roselyn Hamero	Philippines	x	35.28	35.76	35.76

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (2)
•  Bulgaria (1)
•  China (1)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Cuba (1)
•  France (2)
•  Germany (1)
•  Jamaica (1)
•  Philippines (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Romania (2)
•  Russia (1)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 Dec 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015