1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw
# 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.

## 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 | 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 | FR 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 | |
