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 ZverevaBelarus (BLR)Silver Nicoleta GrasuRomania (ROU)Bronze Anastasia KelesidouGreece (GRE)

Schedule All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B09.08.2001 – 18:20h09.08.2001 – 20:15hFinal Round11.08.2001 – 16:00h

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 2001 World Athletics Championships World Record 76.80 m July 9, 1988 Neubrandenburg, East Germany Event Record 71.62 m August 31, 1987 Rome, Italy Season Best 68.31 m June 11, 2001 Athens, Greece

Startlist Order№AthleteSeason BestPersonal BestGROUP A 1 850 65.64 65.90 2 122 59.76 59.76 3 25 63.25 63.73 4 189 63.20 63.20 5 74 66.65 68.94 6 324 65.87 69.51 7 615 63.75 63.97 8 840 64.50 65.30 9 706 67.18 70.02 10 366 65.52 67.70 11 137 60.99 67.50 GROUP B 1 624 63.01 65.40 3 642 68.31 68.80 3 372 61.09 65.13 4 281 63.87 63.87 5 790 64.20 66.67 6 404 59.14 63.02 7 190 65.50 65.50 8 374 63.47 64.82 9 347 63.42 64.63 10 832 65.28 65.34 11 75 62.92 71.58

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 2 61.85 64.43 — 64.43 m 2 4 59.75 58.71 63.15 63.15 m 3 6 62.54 56.16 55.23 62.54 m 4 8 62.27 58.43 X 62.27 m 5 9 62.12 62.26 61.47 62.26 m 6 10 61.90 60.24 X 61.90 m SB 7 12 60.67 58.31 56.39 60.67 m 8 17 58.53 58.05 X 58.53 m 9 18 57.81 57.49 58.19 58.19 m 10 21 54.31 53.54 X 54.31 m 11 22 46.98 X X 46.98 m

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 1 65.78 — — 65.78 m 2 3 59.05 63.37 — 63.37 m 3 5 59.82 60.90 62.63 62.63 m 4 7 61.29 62.32 59.33 62.32 m 5 11 60.86 57.32 57.71 60.86 m 6 13 58.53 60.32 56.1360.32 m 7 14 59.98 X 59.5859.98 m 8 15 59.74 57.62 X 59.74 m 9 16 58.55 X X 58.55 m 10 19 56.33 56.52 55.46 56.52 m 11 20 55.25 56.22 X 56.22 m

Final RankAthleteAttemptsResultNote123456 X 67.10 X 64.70 65.37 X 67.10 m 55.70 65.34 63.74 X 66.24 65.73 66.24 m 61.02 65.50 62.70 63.47 62.37 65.14 65.50 m 4 63.62 X 63.12 X 64.60 65.38 65.38 m 5 63.74 X X X X X 63.74 m 6 60.72 59.46 X 60.60 61.47 X 61.47 m 7 56.91 61.04 X 59.81 X 59.79 61.04 m 8 60.49 X X 60.49 m 9 57.64 57.12 59.45 59.45 m 10 57.81 X 57.02 57.81 m 11 X 56.43 X 56.43 m — 65.24 66.87 66.36 68.57 67.80 67.18 DSQ She originally won the gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, but lost it due to a positive drugs test for caffeine.

References

Results IAAF