Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade
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
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Half marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 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

The women's discus throw event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China on 29 and 30 September.^[1][2]

Medalists[edit]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Li Qiumei  China	Li Yanfeng  China	Mélina Robert  France

Results[edit]

Qualification[edit]

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	A	Liudmila Starovoytova	Belarus	59.17
2	B	Li Qiumei	China	57.95
3	B	Mélina Robert	France	56.57	[3]
4	A	Li Yanfeng	China	56.39
5	B	Philippa Roles	Great Britain	56.28
6	B	Elizna Naudé	South Africa	55.99
7	B	Oksana Esipchuk	Russia	54.10
8	B	Katja Schreiber	Germany	54.10
9	B	Christy Thiel	Australia	53.80	[4]
10	B	Ileana Brandusoiu	Romania	53.45
11	A	Krista Keir	United States	53.08
12	A	Lacramioara Ionescu	Romania	52.45
13	A	Rita Lora	Spain	50.79
14	A	Vera Begić	Croatia	50.69
15	B	Irache Quintanal	Spain	49.86
16	A	Tina McDonald	Canada	49.60
17	B	Aubrey Schmitt	United States	47.93
18	A	Veronica Abrahamse	South Africa	41.46
19	?	Élise Fanlomé	Togo	37.12

Final[edit]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Li Qiumei	China	61.66
	Li Yanfeng	China	60.50
	Mélina Robert	France	58.04
4	Liudmila Starovoytova	Belarus	57.20
5	Elizna Naudé	South Africa	56.46
6	Philippa Roles	Great Britain	55.02
7	Ileana Brandusoiu	Romania	54.22
8	Lacramioara Ionescu	Romania	53.88
9	Oksana Esipchuk	Russia	53.39
10	Krista Keir	United States	52.20
11	Christy Thiel	Australia	50.69
	Katja Schreiber	Germany	NM

References[edit]