# Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

The Women's Discus Throw event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Monday, 25 September and Wednesday, 27 September.
The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was set at 63.00 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ellina Zvereva Belarus |
| Silver | Anastasia Kelesidou Greece |
| Bronze | Irina Yatchenko Belarus |

## Schedule

* All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 25.09.2000 – 10:00h | 25.09.2000 – 11:40h |
| Final Round ||
| 27.09.2000 – 20:30h ||

## Abbreviations

| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| OR | olympic record |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics :
| World Record | Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) | 76.80 m | 9 July 1988 | Neubrandenburg, East Germany |
| Olympic Record | Martina Hellmann (GDR) | 72.30 m | 29 September 1988 | Seoul, South Korea |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Country | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Ellina Zvereva | Belarus | 61.26 | 64.81 | — | 64.81 m | |
| 2 | 4 | Ilke Wyludda | Germany | 62.97 | X | 60.83 | 62.97 m | |
| 3 | 7 | Seilala Sua | United States | 56.19 | 61.88 | 59.06 | 61.88 m | |
| 4 | 8 | Stiliani Tsikouna | Greece | 59.58 | 61.59 | 56.33 | 61.59 m | |
| 5 | 11 | Yu Xin | China | 59.79 | 61.00 | 60.12 | 61.00 m | |
| 6 | 13 | Olena Antonova | Ukraine | 60.73 | 60.28 | 59.85 | 60.73 m | |
| 7 | 14 | Vladimíra Racková | Czech Republic | X | 60.24 | 55.32 | 60.24 m | |
| 8 | 17 | Oksana Yesipchuk | Russia | 59.51 | 57.14 | 58.64 | 59.51 m | |
| 9 | 19 | Nicoleta Grasu | Romania | X | X | 58.87 | 58.87 m | |
| 10 | 20 | Larisa Korotkevich | Russia | 58.81 | 56.90 | X | 58.81 m | |
| 11 | 21 | Qi Cao | China | 57.88 | 57.01 | 58.03 | 58.03 m | |
| 12 | 23 | Monia Kari | Tunisia | 56.32 | 52.61 | 54.01 | 56.32 m | |
| 13 | 29 | Mélina Robert-Michon | France | X | 54.11 | X | 54.11 m | |
| 14 | 30 | Renata Gustaitytė | Lithuania | X | 53.64 | X | 53.64 m | |
| 15 | 31 | Daniela Costian | Australia | X | 51.96 | X | 51.96 m | |
| 16 | 32 | Mariana Canillas | Paraguay | X | 32.31 | X | 32.31 m | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Country | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Natalya Sadova | Russia | 64.62 | — | — | 64.62 m | |
| 2 | 3 | Anastasia Kelesidou | Greece | 63.64 | — | — | 63.64 m | |
| 3 | 5 | Irina Yatchenko | Belarus | 62.72 | 58.94 | 60.89 | 62.72 m | |
| 4 | 6 | Lisa-Marie Vizaniari | Australia | 60.39 | 59.39 | 62.47 | 62.47 m | |
| 5 | 9 | Beatrice Faumuina | New Zealand | 61.33 | 57.88 | 58.55 | 61.33 m | |
| 6 | 10 | Aikaterini Vongoli | Greece | 61.29 | X | X | 61.29 m | |
| 7 | 12 | Franka Dietzsch | Germany | 59.78 | 60.74 | 59.29 | 60.74 m | |
| 8 | 15 | Suzy Powell-Roos | United States | X | X | 59.68 | 59.68 m | |
| 9 | 16 | Alison Lever | Australia | X | 54.45 | 59.58 | 59.58 m | |
| 10 | 18 | Kris Kuehl | United States | 59.45 | 54.02 | 57.54 | 59.45 m | |
| 11 | 22 | Li Qiumei | China | 56.28 | 56.59 | 55.01 | 56.59 m | |
| 12 | 24 | Anna Söderberg | Sweden | 54.94 | 55.89 | 56.11 | 56.11 m | |
| 13 | 25 | Teresa Machado | Portugal | X | X | 55.86 | 55.86 m | |
| 14 | 26 | Neelam Jaswant Singh | India | 55.22 | 55.26 | X | 55.26 m | |
| 15 | 27 | Oksana Mert | Turkey | 54.18 | 54.74 | 55.02 | 55.02 m | |
| 16 | 28 | Alice Matejková | Spain | 54.19 | 53.12 | X | 54.19 m | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Extra |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Extra |
| | Ellina Zvereva (BLR) | 67.00 | 66.12 | 68.40 | 65.80 | X | X | 68.40 m | SB |
| | Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE) | 65.71 | 63.20 | 62.59 | 64.58 | 63.07 | 61.85 | 65.71 m | |
| | Irina Yatchenko (BLR) | X | 62.93 | 61.09 | 63.15 | 65.20 | X | 65.20 m | |
| 4 | Natalya Sadova (RUS) | 65.00 | 61.64 | 61.92 | 62.86 | X | 60.47 | 65.00 m | |
| 5 | Styliani Tsikouna (GRE) | 61.85 | 60.66 | X | X | 59.91 | 64.08 | 64.08 m | |
| 6 | Franka Dietzsch (GER) | X | 61.65 | 58.17 | 60.36 | 63.18 | X | 63.18 m | |
| 7 | Ilke Wyludda (GER) | 63.16 | 61.91 | 62.22 | 59.86 | 61.72 | 62.33 | 63.16 m | |
| 8 | Lisa-Marie Vizaniari (AUS) | 60.78 | 62.43 | 62.57 | X | 62.24 | X | 62.57 m | |
| 9 | Ekaterini Voggoli (GRE) | 60.72 | 61.57 | 60.45 | | | | 61.57 m | |
| 10 | Seilala Sua (USA) | 58.03 | 56.24 | 59.85 | | | | 59.85 m | |
| 11 | Teresa Machado (POR) | 54.48 | 59.50 | 56.84 | | | | 59.50 m | |
| 12 | Beatrice Faumuina (NZL) | 56.86 | X | 58.69 | | | | 58.69 m | |
| 13 | Yu Xin (CHN) | 57.95 | 58.34 | 57.89 | | | | 58.34 m | |