1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

Events at the 1999 World 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
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday 23 August 1999.

Medalists

Gold	Franka Dietzsch Germany (GER)
Silver	Anastasia Kelesidou Greece (GRE)
Bronze	Nicoleta Grasu Romania (ROU)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
21.08.1999 – 19:00h	21.08.1999 – 19:00h
Final Round
23.08.1999 – 19:15h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Qualification

• Held on Saturday 21 August 1999 with the mark set at 63.50 metres

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Franka Dietzsch (GER)	66.59 m
2.	Beatrice Faumuina (NZL)	64.18 m
3.	Ellina Zvereva (BLR)	63.37 m
4.	Nicoleta Grasu (ROM)	63.13 m
5.	Ekaterini Voggoli (GRE)	62.39 m
6.	Li Qiumei (CHN)	62.20 m
7.	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari (AUS)	61.49 m
8.	Larisa Korotkevich (RUS)	60.06 m
9.	Anna Söderberg (SWE)	59.65 m
10.	Sabine Sievers (GER)	58.34 m
11.	Teresa Machado (POR)	57.84 m
12.	Cao Qi (CHN)	57.43 m
13.	Marzena Wysocka (POL)	57.43 m
14.	Neelam Jaswant Singh (IND)	57.05 m
15.	Vladímira Malatova-Racková (CZE)	56.64 m
16.	Kris Kuehl (USA)	55.77 m

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Irina Yatchenko (BLR)	64.58 m
2.	Stella Tsikouna (GRE)	64.16 m
3.	Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE)	64.12 m
4.	Anja Möllenbeck (GER)	63.63 m
5.	Olena Antonova (UKR)	62.87 m
6.	Seilala Sua (USA)	62.48 m
7.	Natalya Sadova (RUS)	62.35 m
8.	Alison Lever (AUS)	60.05 m
9.	Joanna Wiśniewska (POL)	59.83 m
10.	Li Yanfeng (CHN)	59.47 m
11.	Tiina Kankaanpää (FIN)	58.02 m
12.	Aretha Hill (USA)	57.50 m
13.	Oksana Andrusina-Mert (TUR)	57.31 m
14.	Eha Rünne (EST)	56.57 m
—	Elisângela Adriano (BRA)	DNS

Final

RANK	FINAL	DISTANCE
	Franka Dietzsch (GER)	68.14 m
	Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE)	66.05 m
	Nicoleta Grasu (ROM)	65.35 m
4.	Natalya Sadova (RUS)	64.98 m
5.	Beatrice Faumuina (NZL)	64.62 m
6.	Seilala Sua (USA)	63.73 m
7.	Olena Antonova (UKR)	63.61 m
8.	Stella Tsikouna (GRE)	63.43 m
9.	Irina Yatchenko (BLR)	62.99 m
10.	Ellina Zvereva (BLR)	62.75 m
11.	Ekaterini Voggoli (GRE)	61.00 m
12.	Anja Möllenbeck (GER)	59.48 m

References

• "Sevilla 99 Start Lists and Results". Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
• trackandfieldnews