2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw
# 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 20 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday 25 August 2003.

## Medalists

| Gold | Iryna Yatchenko Belarus (BLR) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Anastasia Kelesidou Greece (GRE) |
| Bronze | Ekaterini Voggoli Greece (GRE) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round :

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| 23.08.2003 – 16:10h | 23.08.2003 – 17:55h |
| Final Round ||
| 25.08.2003 – 20:35h ||

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres

| Q | automatic qualification |
| - | - |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Qualification

| RANK | FINAL | GROUP A |
| - | - | - |
| 1. | Song Aimin (CHN) | 62.20 m |
| 2. | Olena Antonova (UKR) | 62.14 m |
| 3. | Vera Pospíšilová (CZE) | 60.64 m |
| 4. | Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA) | 60.47 m |
| 5. | Franka Dietzsch (GER) | 59.77 m |
| 6. | Stiliani Tsikouna (GRE) | 59.39 m |
| 7. | Kristin Kuehl (USA) | 58.07 m |
| 8. | Marzena Wysocka (POL) | 57.80 m |
| 9. | Elisângela Adriano (BRA) | 57.69 m |
| 10. | Aretha Thurmond (USA) | 50.79 m |
| RANK | FINAL | GROUP B |
| 1. | Natalya Sadova (RUS) | 63.47 m |
| 2. | Ekaterini Voggoli (GRE) | 63.13 m |
| 3. | Beatrice Faumuina (NZL) | 63.12 m |
| 4. | Suzanne Powell (USA) | 61.83 m |
| 5. | Iryna Yatchenko (BLR) | 61.79 m |
| 6. | Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE) | 61.23 m |
| 7. | Neelam Jaswant Singh (IND) | 60.33 m |
| 8. | Teresa Machado (POR) | 59.87 m |
| 9. | Anna Söderberg (SWE) | 59.66 m |
| 10. | Shelley Newman (GBR) | 57.65 m |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Note |
| | Iryna Yatchenko (BLR) | 67.32 | 62.57 | 66.12 | X | X | X | 67.32 m | SB |
| | Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE) | 65.76 | 63.93 | 67.13 | 65.18 | X | 67.14 | 67.14 m | SB |
| | Ekaterini Voggoli (GRE) | X | 63.39 | 66.04 | 66.73 | 64.75 | 65.64 | 66.73 m | PB |
| 4 | Olena Antonova (UKR) | 64.51 | 60.56 | X | 60.70 | 65.90 | 61.72 | 65.90 m | SB |
| 5 | Vera Pospíšilová (CZE) | 62.04 | 61.12 | 63.23 | 64.01 | 65.55 | 61.96 | 65.55 m | |
| 6 | Natalya Sadova (RUS) | 65.22 | X | X | 63.94 | 65.07 | X | 65.22 m | |
| 7 | Song Aimin (CHN) | 59.71 | 62.08 | 63.84 | 63.20 | X | 57.53 | 63.84 m | |
| 8 | Anna Söderberg (SWE) | 59.81 | 56.73 | 61.61 | 59.32 | X | X | 61.61 m | SB |
| 9 | Suzanne Powell (USA) | 58.38 | 59.86 | X | | | | 59.86 m | |
| 10 | Teresa Machado (POR) | X | 57.86 | 59.46 | | | | 59.46 m | |
| 11 | Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA) | 58.52 | 52.99 | 54.84 | | | | 58.52 m | |
| 12 | Neelam Jaswant Singh (IND) | X | 54.42 | 57.92 | | | | 57.92 m | |
| 13 | Beatrice Faumuina (NZL) | 54.68 | X | 56.86 | | | | 56.86 m | |
