2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

Events at the 2005 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		women
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

The Women's Discus Throw event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 7 and August 11.

Medalists

Gold	Franka Dietzsch Germany (GER)
Silver	Natalya Sadova Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová Czech Republic (CZE)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
07.08.2005 – 11:30h	07.08.2005 – 12:40h
Final Round
11.08.2005 – 20:00h

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

Qualifying

Group A

1. Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, Czech Republic 64.26 m Q
2. Aimin Song, China 64.15 m Q
3. Dragana Tomašević, Serbia 62.02 m Q
4. Olena Antonova, Ukraine 61.05 m Q
5. Joanna Wiśniewska, Poland 59.66 m q
6. Elizna Naude, South Africa 58.93 m
7. Oksana Yesipchuk, Russia 58.32 m
8. Marzena Wysocka, Poland 57.44 m
9. Neelam Jaswant Singh, India 56.70 m – disqualified after failing a doping test
10. Tereapii Tapoki, Cook Islands 50.92 m
11. Aretha Thurmond, United States 47.15 m

Group B

1. Natalya Sadova, Russia 63.65 m Q
2. Franka Dietzsch, Germany 63.53 m Q
3. Nicoleta Grasu, Romania 62.06 m Q
4. Anna Söderberg, Sweden 59.94 m q
5. Beatrice Faumuina, New Zealand 59.81 m q
6. Shuli Ma, China 59.43 m q
7. Natalya Fokina, Ukraine 59.30 m q
8. Yania Ferrales, Cuba 58.38 m
9. Seilala Sua, United States 57.68 m
10. Becky Breisch, United States 57.16 m
11. Wioletta Potępa, Poland 56.31 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Franka Dietzsch (GER)	64.89	64.08	64.36	66.56	65.29	X	66.56 m	SB
	Natalya Sadova (RUS)	64.33	60.63	61.28	62.31	62.68	61.59	64.33 m
	Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová (CZE)	60.76	63.00	X	X	63.19	X	63.19 m
4	Beatrice Faumuina (NZL)	62.73	X	57.70	61.01	60.94	57.42	62.73 m
5	Nicoleta Grasu (ROM)	55.75	X	62.05	X	X	61.49	62.05 m
6	Ma Shuli (CHN)	59.21	58.38	61.33	58.15	58.22	59.36	61.33 m
7	Dragana Tomašević (SRB)	60.56	X	X	X	56.26	56.30	60.56 m
8	Olena Antonova (UKR)	59.37	59.08	57.71	56.35	X	56.19	59.37 m
9	Natalya Fokina-Semenova (UKR)	58.44	57.20	55.09				58.44 m
10	Song Aimin (CHN)	55.98	57.90	X				57.90 m
11	Anna Söderberg (SWE)	X	57.41	X				57.41 m
12	Joanna Wisniewska (POL)	57.06	55.64	X				57.06 m

External links

• IAAF results, heats
• IAAF results, final