1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

Events at the 1994 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
10,000 m		men		women
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
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Road events
20 km road run		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's discus throw event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 23 and 24 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Corrie de Bruin  Netherlands
Silver	Sabine Sievers  Germany
Bronze	Suzy Powell  United States

Results

Final

24 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Corrie de Bruin	Netherlands	x	53.02	53.98	55.18	x	53.14	55.18
	Sabine Sievers	Germany	52.66	53.42	54.86	51.52	x	x	54.86
	Suzy Powell	United States	48.90	50.42	52.08	48.50	50.52	52.62	52.62
4	Claudia Mues	Germany	46.72	51.48	x	47.86	48.78	52.60	52.60
5	Olga Tsander	Belarus	51.90	x	48.10	x	47.72	x	51.90
6	Yu Qingmei	China	x	49.70	x	48.92	51.32	x	51.32
7	Veerle Blondeel	Belgium	50.26	x	x	47.34	48.26	51.28	51.28
8	Monique Nacsa	Australia	50.06	48.92	x	46.22	47.52	x	50.06
9	Kirsi Lindfors	Finland	x	49.58	x				49.58
10	Agnieszka Ptaszkiewicz	Poland	44.12	48.58	48.86				48.86
11	Sonia O'Farrill	Cuba	45.32	48.08	x				48.08
12	Grete Etholm	Norway	x	x	38.92				38.92

Qualifications

23 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Sabine Sievers	Germany	x	52.78	-	52.78	Q
2	Corrie de Bruin	Netherlands	52.24	-	-	52.24	Q
3	Veerle Blondeel	Belgium	51.50	-	-	51.50	Q
4	Agnieszka Ptaszkiewicz	Poland	45.70	49.66	-	49.66	Q
5	Sonia O'Farrill	Cuba	x	44.02	48.10	48.10	q
6	Grete Etholm	Norway	44.62	x	47.92	47.92	q
7	Caroline Fournier	Mauritius	44.78	47.16	46.52	47.16
8	Miyoko Nakanishi	Japan	45.94	x	45.94	45.94
9	Anna Rusakova	Russia	x	43.08	43.98	43.98
10	Tamika Powell	United States	42.48	x	x	42.48

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Yu Qingmei	China	54.88	-	-	54.88	Q
2	Olga Tsander	Belarus	x	x	51.26	51.26	Q
3	Kirsi Lindfors	Finland	x	51.06	x	51.06	Q
4	Suzy Powell	United States	50.40	-	-	50.40	Q
5	Claudia Mues	Germany	49.74	-	-	49.74	Q
6	Monique Nacsa	Australia	49.56	-	-	49.56	Q
7	Barbara Sugár	Hungary	43.52	42.00	44.40	44.40
8	Lieja Koeman	Netherlands	43.20	x	x	43.20
9	Kyriaki Pilia	Cyprus	36.70	41.60	38.16	41.60
10	Viktorija Florjan	Croatia	37.70	40.42	40.46	40.46
11	Yesica García	Honduras	x	27.54	30.40	40.00

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (1)
•  Belarus (1)
•  Belgium (1)
•  China (1)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Cuba (1)
•  Cyprus (1)
•  Finland (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Honduras (1)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Japan (1)
•  Mauritius (1)
•  Netherlands (2)
•  Norway (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Russia (1)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1994 Lisbon POR Jul 20-24, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 August 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015