2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

Events at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
10,000 m walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's discus throw event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 18 and 19 July.

Medalists

Gold	Ma Xuejun China
Silver	Xu Shaoyang China
Bronze	Seema Antil India

Results

Final

19 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ma Xuejun	China	56.83	57.69	56.91	58.85	53.27	57.49	58.85
	Xu Shaoyang	China	55.70	x	53.90	55.87	57.14	57.87	57.87
	Seema Antil	India	54.99	54.26	x	55.83	53.75	53.20	55.83
4	Sabine Rumpf	Germany	x	54.82	x	52.55	49.14	54.45	54.82
5	Billie Jo Grant	United States	52.66	49.97	x	48.09	x	49.05	52.66
6	Claudia Villeneuve	France	45.09	51.01	x	49.43	52.13	x	52.13
7	Ulrike Giesa	Germany	47.53	51.99	49.89	49.80	50.08	47.71	51.99
8	Darya Pishchalnikova	Russia	x	43.70	51.03	49.87	50.71	51.98	51.98
9	Claire Smithson	United Kingdom	50.85	x	48.03				50.85
10	Katalin Máté	Hungary	46.67	x	48.38				48.38
11	Alina Roman	Romania	46.94	48.12	47.63				48.12
12	Yeh Nai-Ching	Chinese Taipei	35.57	44.30	x				44.30

Qualifications

18 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Sabine Rumpf	Germany	54.15	-	-	54.15	Q
2	Seema Antil	India	53.61	-	-	53.61	Q
3	Ma Xuejun	China	53.21	-	-	53.21	Q
4	Xu Shaoyang	China	x	52.52	-	52.52	Q
5	Darya Pishchalnikova	Russia	50.95	-	-	50.95	Q
6	Ulrike Giesa	Germany	48.69	-	-	48.69	Q
7	Claudia Villeneuve	France	x	47.73	47.68	47.73	q
8	Billie Jo Grant	United States	x	47.60	x	47.60	q
9	Katalin Máté	Hungary	46.99	44.92	43.46	46.99	q
10	Claire Smithson	United Kingdom	40.35	40.59	44.98	44.98	q
11	Alina Roman	Romania	41.42	x	44.77	44.77	q
12	Yeh Nai-Ching	Chinese Taipei	x	43.73	39.81	43.73	q
13	Dorothéa Kalpakídou	Greece	x	x	43.66	43.66
14	Natalee Pessoa	Jamaica	x	37.44	39.68	39.68
15	Tereapii Tapoki	Cook Islands	35.77	x	36.75	36.75
	Nicole Kendrick	United States	x	x	x	NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

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