Women Discus Throw Athletics VII World Championship Sevilla, Spain 1999 - Monday 23.08

Women Discus Throw Athletics VII World Championship Sevilla, Spain 1999 - Monday 23.08 - Gold Medal: Franka Dietzsch, Germany

Final 19:15		Distance	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Franka Dietzsch	GER	68.14m	66.34	63.60	67.60	X	68.14	65.34
2. Anastasia Kelesidou	GRE	66.05m	64.69	X	63.35	X	66.05	64.46
3. Nicoleta Grasu	ROU	65.35m	63.35	X	62.53	62.89	65.35	X
4. Natalya Sadova	RUS	64.98m	64.69	64.98	60.65	64.59	61.08	64.19
5. Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	64.62m	61.60	62.88	63.97	64.62	61.30	59.74
6. Seilala Sua	USA	63.73m	60.21	58.22	63.73	X	X	56.88
7. Yelena Antonova	UKR	63.61m	62.13	X	63.61	61.33	63.58	63.31
8. Stella Tsikouna	GRE	63.43m	60.57	63.10	61.28	57.23	X	63.43
9. Irina Yatchenko	BLR	62.99m	X	60.00	62.99
10.Ellina Zvereva	BLR	62.75m	62.75	62.52	62.35
11.Ekaterini Voggoli	GRE	61.00m	X	61.00	X
12.Anja Mollenbeck	GER	59.48m	58.56	59.48	X

Women Discus Throw - History

Sadova, the only thrower in the world to better 70m in 1999, will not look back on Seville with any pleasure. The 1997 bronze medallist only just scraped into the final in 12th place and eventually placed fourth. European Champion Dietzsch, who had not won a global medal since her silver in the 1986 World Junior Championships, dominated the contest. Her opener of 66.34 would have stood up as the winner had she not later improved to 67.60 and 68.14. After four rounds Sadova (64.98) was in second place but Grasu threw 65.35 in round 5 to supplant her, and a few minutes later the towering Kelesidou reached 66.05. Sadova was out of the medals.

Qualification - Saturday 21.08

Mark 63.00m 7+5 Athletes

Group A 19.00h	Team	Dist.	1	2	3
1. Franka Dietzsch	GER	66.59m	66.59
2. Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	64.18m	61.67	64.18
3. Ellina Zvereva	BLR	63.37m	63.37	60.61	X
4. Nicoleta Grasu	ROU	63.13m	X	61.98	63.13
5. Ekaterini Voggoli	GRE	62.39m	61.45	62.39	61.36
6. Qiumei Li	CHN	62.20m	58.72	62.20	57.99
7. Lisa-Marie Vizaniari	AUS	61.49m	61.19	61.00	61.49
8. Larisa Korotkevich	RUS	60.06m	57.63	60.06	57.60
9. Anna Soderberg	SWE	59.65m	59.11	59.65	57.99
10.Sabine Sievers	GER	58.34m	58.34	54.21	X
11.Teresa Machado	POR	57.84m	X	55.18	57.84
12.Qi Cao	CHN	57.43m	X	54.47	57.43
13.Marzena Wysocka	POL	57.43m	52.44	52.55	57.43
14.NeelamJaswant Singh	IND	57.05m	56.93	57.05	56.90
15.Vladimira Malatova-Rackova	CZE	56.64m	56.64	55.13	53.78
16.Kristin Kuehl	USA	55.77m	53.11	51.85	55.77

Group B 20.50h	Team	Dist.	1	2	3
1. Irina Yatchenko	BLR	64.58m	X	64.58
2. Stella Tsikouna	GRE	64.16m	55.72	64.16
3. Anastasia Kelesidou	GRE	64.12m	64.12
4. Anja Mollenbeck	GER	63.63m	60.51	61.47	63.63
5. Yelena Antonova	UKR	62.87m	62.87	61.54	61.53
6. Seilala Sua	USA	62.48m	X	62.48	55.77
7. Natalya Sadova	RUS	62.35m	61.92	62.35	61.11
8. Alison Lever	AUS	60.05m	58.69	58.94	60.05
9. Joanna Wisniewska	POL	59.83m	59.30	59.83	X
10.Yanfeng Li	CHN	59.47m	59.47	X	X
11.Tiina Kankaanpaa	FIN	58.02m	54.43	X	58.02
12.Aretha Hill	USA	57.50m	57.50	X	X
13.Oksana Andrusina-Mert	TUR	57.31m	54.42	52.80	57.31
14.Eha Runne	EST	56.57m	X	54.28	56.57
-. Elisangela Adriano	BRA	DNS