2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

Events at the 2005 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
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
v t e

The Women's Discus Throw event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 7 and August 11.

Gold	Franka Dietzsch Germany (GER)
Silver	Natalya Sadova Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová Czech Republic (CZE)

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

• All results shown are in metres

1. Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, Czech Republic 64.26 m Q
2. Aimin Song, China 64.15 m Q
3. Dragana Tomašević, Serbia and Montenegro 62.02 m Q
4. Olena Antonova, Ukraine 61.05 m Q
5. Joanna Wiśniewska, Poland 59.66 m q
6. Elizna Naude, South Africa 58.93 m
7. Oksana Yesipchuk, Russia 58.32 m
8. Marzena Wysocka, Poland 57.44 m
9. Neelam Jaswant Singh, India 56.70 m – disqualified after failing a doping test
10. Tereapii Tapoki, Cook Islands 50.92 m
11. Aretha Thurmond, United States 47.15 m

1. Natalya Sadova, Russia 63.65 m Q
2. Franka Dietzsch, Germany 63.53 m Q
3. Nicoleta Grasu, Romania 62.06 m Q
4. Anna Söderberg, Sweden 59.94 m q
5. Beatrice Faumuina, New Zealand 59.81 m q
6. Shuli Ma, China 59.43 m q
7. Natalya Fokina, Ukraine 59.30 m q
8. Yania Ferrales, Cuba 58.38 m
9. Seilala Sua, United States 57.68 m
10. Becky Breisch, United States 57.16 m
11. Wioletta Potępa, Poland 56.31 m

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Franka Dietzsch (GER)	64.89	64.08	64.36	66.56	65.29	X	66.56 m	SB
	Natalya Sadova (RUS)	64.33	60.63	61.28	62.31	62.68	61.59	64.33 m
	Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová (CZE)	60.76	63.00	X	X	63.19	X	63.19 m
4	Beatrice Faumuina (NZL)	62.73	X	57.70	61.01	60.94	57.42	62.73 m
5	Nicoleta Grasu (ROM)	55.75	X	62.05	X	X	61.49	62.05 m
6	Ma Shuli (CHN)	59.21	58.38	61.33	58.15	58.22	59.36	61.33 m
7	Dragana Tomašević (SCG)	60.56	X	X	X	56.26	56.30	60.56 m
8	Olena Antonova (UKR)	59.37	59.08	57.71	56.35	X	56.19	59.37 m
9	Natalya Fokina-Semenova (UKR)	58.44	57.20	55.09				58.44 m
10	Song Aimin (CHN)	55.98	57.90	X				57.90 m
11	Anna Söderberg (SWE)	X	57.41	X				57.41 m
12	Joanna Wisniewska (POL)	57.06	55.64	X				57.06 m

• IAAF results, heats
• IAAF results, final