2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

Events at the 2000 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
10,000 m walk		men		women
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 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 18 and 19 October.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Xu Shaoyang  China
Silver	Jana Tucholke  Germany
Bronze	Olga Goncharenko  Belarus

Results

Final

19 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Xu Shaoyang	China	52.98	48.73	50.48	52.67	51.98	54.41	54.41
	Jana Tucholke	Germany	x	44.79	50.18	49.72	53.97	53.10	53.97
	Olga Goncharenko	Belarus	x	x	49.32	53.04	x	53.64	53.64
4	Julia Bremser	Germany	51.69	52.09	48.42	51.11	x	53.06	53.06
5	Vera Begić	Croatia	50.32	50.57	x	50.75	52.28	52.10	52.28
6	Natalya Fokina	Ukraine	51.44	50.06	50.28	50.52	50.98	50.26	51.44
7	Claire Smithson	United Kingdom	43.82	50.18	46.86	x	x	46.35	50.18
8	Briona Reynolds	United States	46.05	47.88	41.32				47.88
9	Deborah Lovely	Australia	x	47.34	x				47.34
10	Ildikó Varga	Hungary	43.77	47.30	x				47.30
11	Gheorghita Bosneaga	Romania	46.12	x	46.42				46.42
12	Seema Antil	India	52.52	51.15	53.28	x	54.14	55.27	DQ	IAAF rule 32.2

Qualifications

18 October

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Jana Tucholke	Germany	50.46	x	50.32	50.46	q
2	Briona Reynolds	United States	49.99	44.36	50.13	50.13	q
3	Xu Shaoyang	China	43.05	x	50.05	50.05	q
4	Deborah Lovely	Australia	49.04	47.76	45.72	49.04	q
5	Dace Ruskule	Latvia	47.98	45.13	47.60	47.98
6	Emma Carpenter	United Kingdom	47.30	x	43.74	47.30
7	Marija Kurtović	Croatia	43.33	47.27	44.37	47.27
8	Laura Bordignon	Italy	46.88	46.26	44.88	46.88
9	Agnete Johansen	Norway	45.89	46.09	45.97	46.09
10	Claudia Villeneuve	France	45.12	45.96	45.74	45.96
11	Fernanda Resende	Brazil	43.42	43.88	x	43.88
12	Seema Antil	India	50.65	54.83	-	DQ	IAAF rule 32.2 Q

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Olga Goncharenko	Belarus	x	53.26	-	53.26	Q
2	Vera Begić	Croatia	50.62	52.90	-	52.90	Q
3	Julia Bremser	Germany	51.64	-	-	51.64	Q
4	Natalya Fokina	Ukraine	50.08	50.55	51.10	51.10	Q
5	Gheorghita Bosneaga	Romania	x	44.90	48.95	48.95	q
6	Ildikó Varga	Hungary	45.46	48.55	45.99	48.55	q
7	Claire Smithson	United Kingdom	48.18	47.41	48.21	48.21	q
8	Ahu Sulak	Turkey	x	44.96	43.68	44.96
9	Chafree Bain	Bahamas	41.53	x	x	41.53
10	Renata de Figueiredo	Brazil	x	41.12	x	41.12
11	Stacy Martin	United States	40.04	x	x	40.04
12	Suzanne Kragbé	Côte d'Ivoire	x	39.29	x	39.29

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (1)
•  Bahamas (1)
•  Belarus (1)
•  Brazil (2)
•  China (1)
•  Côte d'Ivoire (1)
•  Croatia (2)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Hungary (1)
•  India (1)
•  Italy (1)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  Turkey (1)
•  Ukraine (1)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2000 Santiago CHI Oct 17-22, 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