2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 13 and 14 July.

Medalists

Gold	Ma Xuejun China
Silver	Darya Pishchalnikova Russia
Bronze	Nadine Müller Germany

Results

Final

14 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ma Xuejun	China	57.85	55.75	x	56.78	53.43	55.31	57.85
	Darya Pishchalnikova	Russia	54.39	x	x	55.52	x	57.37	57.37
	Nadine Müller	Germany	50.55	57.06	56.96	53.36	54.82	57.13	57.13
4	Wang Yu	China	54.48	54.94	56.61	56.03	54.18	56.07	56.61
5	Svetlana Ivanova	Russia	46.53	49.48	x	x	45.50	51.86	51.86
6	Veronika Watzek	Austria	45.92	50.34	x	50.56	49.52	46.14	50.56
7	Vasylysa Zelenska	Ukraine	46.70	x	48.77	x	x	45.86	48.77
8	Melissa Faubus	United States	43.48	46.64	47.67	x	48.53	x	48.53
9	Calista Lyon	Australia	47.61	x	46.25				47.61
10	Kristina Gehrig	Germany	43.81	46.49	44.22				46.49
11	Annelies Peetroons	Belgium	45.87	45.06	44.54				45.87
	Anna Brel	Belarus	x	x	x				NM

Qualifications

13 July

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Darya Pishchalnikova	Russia	55.96	-	-	55.96	Q
2	Ma Xuejun	China	54.11	-	-	54.11	Q
3	Nadine Müller	Germany	53.51	-	-	53.51	Q
4	Anna Brel	Belarus	x	47.87	50.34	50.34	q
5	Veronika Watzek	Austria	44.56	49.43	x	49.43	q
6	Vasylysa Zelenska	Ukraine	39.35	45.60	48.93	48.93	q
7	Annelies Peetroons	Belgium	44.80	48.01	41.98	48.01	q
8	Melissa Faubus	United States	47.49	41.23	x	47.49	q
9	Sharmane Motuliki	Australia	46.47	41.06	x	46.47
10	Magdel Venter	South Africa	44.23	46.42	x	46.42
11	Magdaliní Komótoglou	Greece	x	46.06	44.13	46.06
12	Sivan Jean	Israel	x	45.82	44.43	45.82
13	Katarina Busljeta	Croatia	45.44	x	44.81	45.44
14	Oksana Kot	Uzbekistan	42.16	42.82	45.13	45.13
15	Lucie de Castro	France	44.88	x	44.86	44.88

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Wang Yu	China	53.82	-	-	53.82	Q
2	Calista Lyon	Australia	50.76	50.20	50.39	50.76	q
3	Svetlana Ivanova	Russia	49.84	50.38	46.47	50.38	q
4	Kristina Gehrig	Germany	45.90	x	46.77	46.77	q
5	Lindsay Grigoriev	United States	46.59	x	46.60	46.60
6	Denise Kemkers	Netherlands	x	x	46.04	46.04
7	Inge Van Geel	Belgium	34.28	45.59	x	45.59
8	Liliana Cá	Portugal	x	x	45.22	45.22
9	Tatsiana Mialeshka	Belarus	45.01	37.03	x	45.01
10	Josipa Jelicic	Croatia	43.86	41.91	44.85	44.85
11	Marli Knoetze	South Africa	37.97	43.62	42.12	43.62
12	Sophie Michel	France	x	x	43.49	43.49
13	Klara Studer	Switzerland	41.51	40.39	x	41.51
14	Sanna Kämäräinen	Finland	x	41.42	41.06	41.42
15	Kateryna Karsak	Ukraine	39.29	22.55	x	39.29

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

• Australia (2)
• Austria (1)
• Belarus (2)
• Belgium (2)
• China (2)
• Croatia (2)
• Finland (1)
• France (2)
• Germany (2)
• Greece (1)
• Israel (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Portugal (1)
• Russia (2)
• South Africa (2)
• Switzerland (1)
• Ukraine (2)
• United States (2)
• Uzbekistan (1)