# 1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 29 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Thursday August 7, 1997. The qualifying round was held on Tuesday August 5, 1997, with the mark set at 62.00 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Beatrice Faumuina New Zealand (NZL) |
| Silver | Ellina Zvereva Belarus (BLR) |
| Bronze | Natalya Sadova Russia (RUS) |

## Schedule

* All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 05.08.1997 – 08:10h | 05.08.1997 – 09:50h |
| Final Round ||
| 07.08.1997 – 18:10h ||

## 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
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Irina Yatchenko (BLR) | 65.00 | — | — | 65.00 m | |
| 2 | 4 | Beatrice Faumuina (NZL) | X | X | 64.58 | 64.58 m | |
| 3 | 5 | Stella Tsikouna (GRE) | 58.62 | 58.90 | 61.52 | 61.52 m | |
| 4 | 8 | Nicoleta Grasu (ROM) | 60.16 | X | 60.44 | 60.44 m | |
| 5 | 9 | Larisa Korotkevich (RUS) | 60.30 | X | 59.68 | 60.30 m | |
| 6 | 10 | Lisa-Marie Vizaniari (AUS) | 60.28 | 59.20 | 57.86 | 60.28 m | |
| 7 | 11 | Agnese Maffeis (ITA) | 59.94 | 58.96 | 55.44 | 59.94 m | |
| 8 | 14 | Liu Fengying (CHN) | X | 56.12 | 59.50 | 59.50 m | |
| 9 | 17 | Alice Matejková (CZE) | X | 58.96 | 55.70 | 58.96 m | |
| 10 | 21 | Suzy Powell-Roos (USA) | 54.22 | 52.70 | 52.62 | 54.22 m | |
| 11 | 22 | Shelley Drew (GBR) | 53.96 | 52.14 | X | 53.96 m | |
| 12 | 23 | Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) | X | 53.64 | 49.56 | 53.64 m | |
| 13 | 24 | Areti Abatzi (GRE) | X | 49.72 | X | 49.72 m | |
| 14 | 25 | Hüsniye Keskin (TUR) | 46.80 | 48.80 | X | 48.80 m | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Ellina Zvereva (BLR) | X | 61.76 | 65.94 | 65.94 m | SB |
| 2 | 2 | Natalya Sadova (RUS) | 65.14 | — | — | 65.14 m | |
| 3 | 6 | Teresa Machado (POR) | 57.40 | X | 61.36 | 61.36 m | |
| 4 | 7 | Luan Zhili (CHN) | 57.74 | 61.18 | X | 61.18 m | |
| 5 | 12 | Anna Söderberg (SWE) | 59.64 | X | 59.88 | 59.88 m | |
| 6 | 13 | Olena Antonova (UKR) | 59.62 | 59.10 | 56.70 | 59.62 m | |
| 7 | 15 | Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE) | 56.48 | 59.22 | 58.30 | 59.22 m | |
| 8 | 16 | Edie Boyer (USA) | 59.18 | X | X | 59.18 m | |
| 9 | 18 | Elisângela Adriano (BRA) | 47.00 | 57.88 | 54.66 | 57.88 m | |
| 10 | 19 | Xiao Yanling (CHN) | X | 56.32 | X | 56.32 m | |
| 11 | 20 | Lacy Barnes-Mileham (USA) | 53.22 | 55.52 | X | 55.52 m | |
| 12 | 26 | Siniva Marsters (COK) | X | X | 35.22 | 35.22 m | |
| — | — | Franka Dietzsch (GER) | X | X | X | NM | |
| — | — | Isabelle Devaluez (FRA) | X | X | X | NM | |
| — | — | Mette Bergmann (NOR) | X | X | X | NM | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Beatrice Faumuina (NZL) | X | X | 66.82 | 62.60 | X | X | 66.82 m | |
| | Ellina Zvereva (BLR) | 63.40 | 65.90 | 61.86 | 64.98 | 64.64 | 65.72 | 65.90 m | |
| | Natalya Sadova (RUS) | 63.70 | 65.14 | X | 63.08 | X | X | 65.14 m | |
| 4 | Larisa Korotkevich (RUS) | 62.76 | 62.44 | 60.96 | X | 63.02 | 62.04 | 63.02 m | |
| 5 | Irina Yatchenko (BLR) | X | 62.02 | 61.40 | 62.58 | 60.70 | 57.94 | 62.58 m | |
| 6 | Teresa Machado (POR) | 62.00 | 60.78 | X | X | 59.92 | X | 62.00 m | |
| 7 | Stiliani Tsikouna (GRE) | 61.92 | 57.70 | X | 58.00 | 59.66 | 58.12 | 61.92 m | |
| 8 | Agnese Maffeis (ITA) | 61.40 | 54.98 | 57.48 | 54.36 | 54.28 | X | 61.40 m | |
| 9 | Luan Zhili (CHN) | 60.62 | 57.42 | 57.76 | | | | 60.62 m | |
| 10 | Nicoleta Grasu (ROM) | 58.06 | 58.88 | 60.14 | | | | 60.14 m | |
| 11 | Anna Söderberg (SWE) | 58.22 | X | X | | | | 58.22 m | |
| 12 | Lisa-Marie Vizaniari (AUS) | 55.20 | 57.56 | X | | | | 57.56 m | |