Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade – Women's discus throw
# Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw event at the 1999 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Son Moix in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on 11 and 12 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Nicoleta Grasu Romania | Joanna Wiśniewska Poland | Styliani Tsikouna Greece |

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification: 57.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final

| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Anna Söderberg | Sweden | | | | 62.98 | Q, SB |
| 2 | A | Nicoleta Grasu | Romania | | | | 62.41 | Q |
| 3 | B | Joanna Wiśniewska | Poland | | | | 60.33 | Q |
| 4 | A | Styliani Tsikouna | Greece | | | | 59.52 | Q |
| DQ | B | Elisângela Adriano | Brazil | | | | 58.86 | Q, Doping |
| 5 | A | Aretha Hill | United States | | | | 58.72 | Q |
| 6 | B | Viktoriya Boyko | Ukraine | | | | 58.14 | Q |
| 7 | B | Shelley Drew | Great Britain | | | | 57.36 | Q |
| 8 | A | Tao Hongbo | China | | | | 57.32 | Q |
| 9 | B | Suzy Powell | United States | | | | 56.95 | q |
| 10 | B | Mélina Robert-Michon | France | | | | 56.26 | q |
| 11 | A | Marzena Zbrojewska | Poland | | | | 56.15 | q |
| 12 | B | Lacramioara Ionescu | Romania | | | | 55.40 | |
| 13 | A | Elizna Naudé | South Africa | | | | 55.15 | |
| 14 | A | Philippa Roles | Great Britain | | | | 54.82 | |
| 15 | A | Ilona Rutjes | Netherlands | | | | 54.79 | PB |
| 16 | A | Liudmila Starovoytova | Belarus | | | | 53.67 | |
| 17 | B | Carmen Solé | Spain | 48.57 | 50.23 | 49.20 | 50.23 | |
| 18 | B | Grete Etholm | Norway | | | | 50.16 | |
| 19 | B | Helena Engman | Sweden | | | | 46.60 | |
| 20 | A | Elin Isane | Norway | | | | 45.19 | |
| 21 | B | Karella Aguarto | Peru | | | | 40.85 | |
| | B | Zamiwe Hara | Malawi | | | | NM | |
| | A | Sarah Walter | France | | | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Nicoleta Grasu | Romania | x | 59.46 | 65.07 | 64.59 | x | 65.21 | 65.21 | |
| | Joanna Wiśniewska | Poland | 59.56 | 61.15 | 60.76 | x | x | 63.97 | 63.97 | |
| DQ | Elisângela Adriano | Brazil | | | | | | | 62.23 | Doping |
| | Styliani Tsikouna | Greece | | | | | | | 61.59 | |
| 4 | Anna Söderberg | Sweden | | | | | | | 60.14 | |
| 5 | Aretha Hill | United States | | | | | | | 58.95 | |
| 6 | Suzy Powell | United States | | | | | | | 58.83 | |
| 7 | Mélina Robert-Michon | France | | | | | | | 56.81 | |
| 8 | Tao Hongbo | China | | | | | | | 56.74 | |
| 9 | Viktoriya Boyko | Ukraine | | | | | | | 56.40 | |
| 10 | Shelley Drew | Great Britain | | | | | | | 55.04 | |
| 11 | Marzena Zbrojewska | Poland | | | | | | | 54.28 | |
