# 2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There were a total number of 22 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday 11 August 2001. The qualification mark was set at 63.00 metres.
Ellina Zvereva won the gold medal at 40 years and 269 days old. She is, as of 2017, the oldest World Champion ever.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ellina Zvereva Belarus (BLR) |
| Silver | Nicoleta Grasu Romania (ROU) |
| Bronze | Anastasia Kelesidou Greece (GRE) |

## Schedule

* All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 09.08.2001 – 18:20h | 09.08.2001 – 20:15h |
| Final Round ||
| 11.08.2001 – 16:00h ||

## 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 |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) | 76.80 m | July 9, 1988 | Neubrandenburg, East Germany |
| Event Record | Martina Hellmann (GDR) | 71.62 m | August 31, 1987 | Rome, Italy |
| Season Best | Nicoleta Grasu (ROU) | 68.31 m | June 11, 2001 | Athens, Greece |

## Startlist

| Order | № | Athlete | Season Best | Personal Best |
| GROUP A |||||
| 1 | 850 | Seilala Sua (USA) | 65.64 | 65.90 |
| 2 | 122 | Tina McDonald (CAN) | 59.76 | 59.76 |
| 3 | 25 | Alison Lever (AUS) | 63.25 | 63.73 |
| 4 | 189 | Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová (CZE) | 63.20 | 63.20 |
| 5 | 74 | Irina Yatchenko (BLR) | 66.65 | 68.94 |
| 6 | 324 | Franka Dietzsch (GER) | 65.87 | 69.51 |
| 7 | 615 | Joanna Wiśniewska (POL) | 63.75 | 63.97 |
| 8 | 840 | Suzy Powell-Roos (USA) | 64.50 | 65.30 |
| 9 | 706 | Natalya Sadova (RUS) | 67.18 | 70.02 |
| 10 | 366 | Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE) | 65.52 | 67.70 |
| 11 | 137 | Li Qiumei (CHN) | 60.99 | 67.50 |
| GROUP B |||||
| 1 | 624 | Teresa Machado (POR) | 63.01 | 65.40 |
| 3 | 642 | Nicoleta Grasu (ROM) | 68.31 | 68.80 |
| 3 | 372 | Stiliani Tsikouna (GRE) | 61.09 | 65.13 |
| 4 | 281 | Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA) | 63.87 | 63.87 |
| 5 | 790 | Olena Antonova (UKR) | 64.20 | 66.67 |
| 6 | 404 | Neelam Jaswant Singh (IND) | 59.14 | 63.02 |
| 7 | 190 | Vladimíra Racková (CZE) | 65.50 | 65.50 |
| 8 | 374 | Ekaterini Voggoli (GRE) | 63.47 | 64.82 |
| 9 | 347 | Anja Möllenbeck (GER) | 63.42 | 64.63 |
| 10 | 832 | Kris Kuehl (USA) | 65.28 | 65.34 |
| 11 | 75 | Ellina Zvereva (BLR) | 62.92 | 71.58 |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Natalya Sadova (RUS) | 61.85 | 64.43 | — | 64.43 m | |
| 2 | 4 | Franka Dietzsch (GER) | 59.75 | 58.71 | 63.15 | 63.15 m | |
| 3 | 6 | Seilala Sua (USA) | 62.54 | 56.16 | 55.23 | 62.54 m | |
| 4 | 8 | Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová (CZE) | 62.27 | 58.43 | X | 62.27 m | |
| 5 | 9 | Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE) | 62.12 | 62.26 | 61.47 | 62.26 m | |
| 6 | 10 | Li Qiumei (CHN) | 61.90 | 60.24 | X | 61.90 m | SB |
| 7 | 12 | Irina Yatchenko (BLR) | 60.67 | 58.31 | 56.39 | 60.67 m | |
| 8 | 17 | Joanna Wiśniewska (POL) | 58.53 | 58.05 | X | 58.53 m | |
| 9 | 18 | Suzy Powell-Roos (USA) | 57.81 | 57.49 | 58.19 | 58.19 m | |
| 10 | 21 | Alison Lever (AUS) | 54.31 | 53.54 | X | 54.31 m | |
| 11 | 22 | Tina McDonald (CAN) | 46.98 | X | X | 46.98 m | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Ellina Zvereva (BLR) | 65.78 | — | — | 65.78 m | |
| 2 | 3 | Nicoleta Grasu (ROM) | 59.05 | 63.37 | — | 63.37 m | |
| 3 | 5 | Kris Kuehl (USA) | 59.82 | 60.90 | 62.63 | 62.63 m | |
| 4 | 7 | Vladimíra Racková (CZE) | 61.29 | 62.32 | 59.33 | 62.32 m | |
| 5 | 11 | Anja Möllenbeck (GER) | 60.86 | 57.32 | 57.71 | 60.86 m | |
| 6 | 13 | Stiliani Tsikouna (GRE) | 58.53 | 60.32 | 56.13 | 60.32 m | |
| 7 | 14 | Ekaterini Voggoli (GRE) | 59.98 | X | 59.58 | 59.98 m | |
| 8 | 15 | Teresa Machado (POR) | 59.74 | 57.62 | X | 59.74 m | |
| 9 | 16 | Olena Antonova (UKR) | 58.55 | X | X | 58.55 m | |
| 10 | 19 | Neelam Jaswant Singh (IND) | 56.33 | 56.52 | 55.46 | 56.52 m | |
| 11 | 20 | Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA) | 55.25 | 56.22 | X | 56.22 m | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Note |
| | Ellina Zvereva (BLR) | X | 67.10 | X | 64.70 | 65.37 | X | 67.10 m | |
| | Nicoleta Grasu (ROM) | 55.70 | 65.34 | 63.74 | X | 66.24 | 65.73 | 66.24 m | |
| | Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE) | 61.02 | 65.50 | 62.70 | 63.47 | 62.37 | 65.14 | 65.50 m | | 4 | Franka Dietzsch (GER) | 63.62 | X | 63.12 | X | 64.60 | 65.38 | 65.38 m | 5 | Seilala Sua (USA) | 63.74 | X | X | X | X | X | 63.74 m |
| 6 | Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová (CZE) | 60.72 | 59.46 | X | 60.60 | 61.47 | X | 61.47 m | |
| 7 | Kris Kuehl (USA) | 56.91 | 61.04 | X | 59.81 | X | 59.79 | 61.04 m | |
| 8 | Anja Möllenbeck (GER) | 60.49 | X | X | | | | 60.49 m | |
| 9 | Irina Yatchenko (BLR) | 57.64 | 57.12 | 59.45 | | | | 59.45 m | |
| 10 | Li Qiumei (CHN) | 57.81 | X | 57.02 | | | | 57.81 m | |
| 11 | Vladimíra Racková (CZE) | X | 56.43 | X | | | | 56.43 m | |
| — | Natalya Sadova (RUS) | 65.24 | 66.87 | 66.36 | 68.57 | 67.80 | 67.18 | DSQ | |