2001 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's discus throw

Events at the 2001 European Athletics U23 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		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
20 km 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 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Olympisch Stadion on 14 and 15 July.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Medalists

Gold	Mélina Robert-Michon  France
Silver	Ileana Brindusoiu  Romania
Bronze	Olga Goncharenko  Belarus

Results

Final

15 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Mélina Robert-Michon	France	51.92	x	55.47	x	58.52	58.02	58.52	CR
	Ileana Brindusoiu	Romania	54.77	58.25	57.38	55.41	x	54.46	58.25
	Olga Goncharenko	Belarus	57.71	53.39	x	55.38	54.77	56.88	57.71
4	Lăcrămioara Ionescu	Romania	57.43	56.23	57.15	54.89	53.64	54.61	57.43
5	Wioletta Potępa	Poland	56.55	54.01	54.12	52.70	x	x	56.55
6	Jana Tucholke	Germany	53.17	52.56	54.58	56.19	55.43	51.37	56.19
7	Ilona Rutjes	Netherlands	51.05	52.22	54.80	53.06	55.15	50.79	55.15
8	Adina Mocanu	Romania	51.59	x	54.42	49.74	52.68	x	54.42
9	Katja Krol	Germany	51.12	52.73	54.36				54.36
10	Amélie Perrin	France	47.74	52.07	53.23				53.23
11	Ina Reiber	Germany	x	52.99	52.61				52.99
12	Dace Ruskule	Latvia	49.41	47.81	52.79				52.79

Qualifications

14 July
Qualifying 55.00 or 12 best to the Final

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Wioletta Potępa	Poland	54.27	q
2	Dace Ruskule	Latvia	52.73	q
3	Ina Reiber	Germany	51.71	q
4	Amélie Perrin	France	51.18	q
5	Adina Mocanu	Romania	50.85	q
6	Niina Kelo	Finland	50.19
7	Ildikó Varga	Hungary	48.28

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Mélina Robert-Michon	France	57.56	Q
2	Ileana Brindusoiu	Romania	55.91	Q
3	Lăcrămioara Ionescu	Romania	55.78	Q
4	Jana Tucholke	Germany	55.13	Q
5	Katja Krol	Germany	54.86	q
6	Olga Goncharenko	Belarus	53.97	q
7	Ilona Rutjes	Netherlands	52.88	q
8	Rebecca Roles	Great Britain	48.52

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

Belarus (1)  Finland (1)  France (2)

Germany (3)  Great Britain (1)  Hungary (1)

Latvia (1)  Netherlands (1)

Poland (1)  Romania (3)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 3rd European Athletics U23 Championships - Amsterdam, Netherlands - 12.-15.7.2001 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 30–42, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. European Championships U23 - Amsterdam/NED - 12.-15.07.01 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, retrieved 31 October 2014
3. Discus WOMEN Final 15/07/01 - 16:00 Official Results, European Athletics Association, 15 July 2001, retrieved 31 October 2014
4. Discus WOMEN QualifyingGr.A 14/07/01 - 10:30 Official Results, European Athletics Association, 14 July 2001, retrieved 31 October 2014
5. Discus WOMEN QualifyingGr.B 14/07/01 - 11:45 Official Results, European Athletics Association, 14 July 2001, retrieved 31 October 2014