1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 19 and 21 August.

Women's discus throw at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

Gold	Franka Dietzsch  Germany
Silver	Natalya Sadova  Russia
Bronze	Nicoleta Grasu  Romania

Results

KEY:	q	Better non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 63.85 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Ellina Zvereva	Belarus				66.55	Q
2	B	Franka Dietzsch	Germany				65.61	Q
3	A	Nicoleta Grasu	Romania				64.25	Q
4	A	Ilke Wyludda	Germany				62.97	q
5	B	Natalya Sadova	Russia				62.94	q
6	B	Anja Möllenbeck	Germany				62.48	q
7	B	Ekaterini Voggoli	Greece				62.33	q
8	B	Olena Antonova	Ukraine				62.17	q
9	B	Teresa Machado	Portugal				61.70	q
10	A	Iryna Yatchenko	Belarus				61.55	q
10	A	Anastasia Kelesidou	Greece				61.55	q
12	A	Styliani Tsikouna	Greece				61.46	q
13	B	Marzena Zbrojewska	Poland				60.70
14	A	Valentina Ivanova	Russia				59.67
15	A	Anna Söderberg	Sweden				59.57
16	A	Jacqueline Goormachtigh	Netherlands				59.52
17	B	Manuela Tirneci	Romania				59.42
18	B	Zdeňka Šilhavá	Czech Republic				58.39
19	A	Eha Rünne	Estonia				58.28
20	B	Tiina Kankaanpää	Finland				58.22
21	B	Lyudmila Filimonova	Belarus				57.41
22	A	Katarzyna Żakowicz	Poland				56.99
23	B	Renata Gustaitytė	Lithuania				55.37
24	A	Agnese Maffeis	Italy				55.08
25	A	Danijela Curović	Yugoslavia				54.57
26	A	Oksana Mert	Turkey				53.77
27	B	Shelley Drew	Great Britain				53.13
28	B	Hüsniye Keskin	Turkey				51.55
29	A	Mélina Robert-Michon	France				47.88

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Franka Dietzsch	Germany	65.91	65.83	64.84	x	65.66	67.49	67.49	SB
	Natalya Sadova	Russia	63.08	x	64.81	62.69	x	66.94	66.94
	Nicoleta Grasu	Romania	65.94	62.45	62.75	62.88	64.08	65.70	65.94
4	Ellina Zvereva	Belarus	61.78	64.59	64.15	65.92	63.29	63.85	65.92
5	Ekaterini Voggoli	Greece	61.16	x	59.62	59.51	63.56	x	63.56
6	Ilke Wyludda	Germany	61.38	63.46	61.59	61.71	x	61.72	63.46
7	Anastasia Kelesidou	Greece	61.11	x	56.78	x	x	62.95	62.95
8	Iryna Yatchenko	Belarus	59.57	61.01	x	61.20	x	x	61.20
9	Teresa Machado	Portugal	60.90	x	60.59				60.90
10	Anja Möllenbeck	Germany	60.35	60.78	x				60.78
11	Olena Antonova	Ukraine	55.66	60.26	x				60.26
12	Styliani Tsikouna	Greece	54.99	x	57.07				57.07

References

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