2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

The final of the Women's discus throw event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany was held on August 7, 2002. There were a total number of 18 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged a day earlier, on August 6, with the mark set at 62.00 metres.

Medalists Gold Ekaterini VoggoliGreece (GRE)Silver Natalya SadovaRussia (RUS)Bronze Anastasia KelesidouGreece (GRE)

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships World Record 76.80 m July 9, 1988 Neubrandenburg, East Germany Event Record 71.36 m August 28, 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany

Qualification RankAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 61.94 m 2 61.93 m 3 61.18 m 4 61.03 m 5 60.40 m 6 59.53 m 7 58.92 m 8 58.44 m 9 58.24 m 10 56.63 m 11 56.57 m 12 56.56 m 13 56.18 56.03 53.25 56.18 m 14 55.58 m 15 55.55 m 16 54.14 m 17 54.01 m — NM

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 63.09 64.31 63.57 59.13 59.32 59.0564.31 m 61.95 64.07 64.12 63.93 x x64.12 m 63.92 62.91 61.58 60.93 59.93 61.2163.92 m 4 60.37 x 60.77 x 62.31 57.7062.31 m 5 59.82 61.24 x 62.20 59.91 x62.20 m 6 59.93 x 61.49 x 58.43 x61.49 m 7 60.36 x 58.97 60.41 58.64 x60.41 m 8 52.92 x 59.28 59.23 x 57.3359.28 m 9 57.29 58.92 57.69 58.92 m 10 55.03 57.38 55.69 57.38 m 11 56.53 x 55.78 56.53 m 12 54.92 54.07 x 54.92 m

See also 2000 Women's Olympic Discus Throw (Sydney) 2001 Women's World Championships Discus Throw (Edmonton) 2003 Women's World Championships Discus Throw (Paris) 2004 Women's Olympic Discus Throw (Athens)

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