Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China. The final took place on 30 September.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Li Qiumei  China	Li Yanfeng  China	Mélina Robert  France

Results

Qualification

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	A	Liudmila Starovoytova	Belarus	59.17
1	B	Li Qiumei	China	57.95
2	B	Mélina Robert	France	56.57	[2]
2	A	Li Yanfeng	China	56.39
3	B	Philippa Roles	Great Britain	56.28
4	B	Elizna Naudé	South Africa	55.99
5	B	Oksana Esipchuk	Russia	54.10
5	B	Katja Schreiber	Germany	54.10
7	B	Christy Thiel	Australia	53.80	[3]
8	B	Ileana Brandusoiu	Romania	53.45
3	A	Krista Keir	United States	53.08
4	A	Lacramioara Ionescu	Romania	52.45
5	A	Rita Lora	Spain	50.79
6	A	Vera Begić	Croatia	50.69

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Li Qiumei	China	61.66
	Li Yanfeng	China	60.50
	Mélina Robert	France	58.04
4	Liudmila Starovoytova	Belarus	57.20
5	Elizna Naudé	South Africa	56.46
6	Philippa Roles	Great Britain	55.02
7	Ileana Brandusoiu	Romania	54.22
8	Lacramioara Ionescu	Romania	53.88
9	Oksana Esipchuk	Russia	53.39
10	Krista Keir	United States	52.20
11	Christy Thiel	Australia	50.69
	Katja Schreiber	Germany	NM

References

1. Results (archived)
2. French results at Beijing 2001
3. "Australian 2001 Almanac" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-10-03.