2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

2000 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
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The women's discus throw event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 18 and 19 October.^[1][2]

Gold	Xu Shaoyang  China
Silver	Jana Tucholke  Germany
Bronze	Olga Goncharenko  Belarus

19 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Xu Shaoyang	China	52.98	48.73	50.48	52.67	51.98	54.41	54.41
	Jana Tucholke	Germany	x	44.79	50.18	49.72	53.97	53.10	53.97
	Olga Goncharenko	Belarus	x	x	49.32	53.04	x	53.64	53.64
4	Julia Bremser	Germany	51.69	52.09	48.42	51.11	x	53.06	53.06
5	Vera Begić	Croatia	50.32	50.57	x	50.75	52.28	52.10	52.28
6	Natalya Fokina	Ukraine	51.44	50.06	50.28	50.52	50.98	50.26	51.44
7	Claire Smithson	United Kingdom	43.82	50.18	46.86	x	x	46.35	50.18
8	Briona Reynolds	United States	46.05	47.88	41.32				47.88
9	Deborah Lovely	Australia	x	47.34	x				47.34
10	Ildikó Varga	Hungary	43.77	47.30	x				47.30
11	Gheorghita Bosneaga	Romania	46.12	x	46.42				46.42
	Seema Antil	India	52.52	51.15	53.28	x	54.14	55.27	DQ	IAAF rule 32.2

18 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Jana Tucholke	Germany	50.46	x	50.32	50.46	q
2	Briona Reynolds	United States	49.99	44.36	50.13	50.13	q
3	Xu Shaoyang	China	43.05	x	50.05	50.05	q
4	Deborah Lovely	Australia	49.04	47.76	45.72	49.04	q
5	Dace Ruskule	Latvia	47.98	45.13	47.60	47.98
6	Emma Carpenter	United Kingdom	47.30	x	43.74	47.30
7	Marija Kurtović	Croatia	43.33	47.27	44.37	47.27
8	Laura Bordignon	Italy	46.88	46.26	44.88	46.88
9	Agnete Johansen	Norway	45.89	46.09	45.97	46.09
10	Claudia Villeneuve	France	45.12	45.96	45.74	45.96
11	Fernanda Resende	Brazil	43.42	43.88	x	43.88
	Seema Antil	India	50.65	54.83	-	DQ	IAAF rule 32.2 Q

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Olga Goncharenko	Belarus	x	53.26	-	53.26	Q
2	Vera Begić	Croatia	50.62	52.90	-	52.90	Q
3	Julia Bremser	Germany	51.64	-	-	51.64	Q
4	Natalya Fokina	Ukraine	50.08	50.55	51.10	51.10	Q
5	Gheorghita Bosneaga	Romania	x	44.90	48.95	48.95	q
6	Ildikó Varga	Hungary	45.46	48.55	45.99	48.55	q
7	Claire Smithson	United Kingdom	48.18	47.41	48.21	48.21	q
8	Ahu Sulak	Turkey	x	44.96	43.68	44.96
9	Chafree Bain	Bahamas	41.53	x	x	41.53
10	Renata de Figueiredo	Brazil	x	41.12	x	41.12
11	Stacy Martin	United States	40.04	x	x	40.04
12	Suzanne Kragbé	Côte d'Ivoire	x	39.29	x	39.29

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.