Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's discus throw

The men's discus throw
Discus throw
The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the City of Manchester Stadium from the 26–30 July 2002. The route for the marathon event crossed Manchester city centre and finished in the stadium. The race walk events began alongside the Lowry Centre at Salford Quays...

was held on 26–27 July.

Results

Rank	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Beatrice Faumuina Beatrice Faumuina Beatrice Roini Liua Faumuina, ONZM is a New Zealand discus thrower, a gold medallist at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics. She has represented New Zealand in three Summer Olympics...	58.24	60.83	x	x	60.50	x	60.83
	Neelam Jaswant Singh Neelam Jaswant Singh Neelam Jaswant Singh is an Indian discus thrower.Her personal best throw is 64.55 metres, achieved at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan....	54.85	56.04	56.91	53.18	58.49	54.75	58.49
	Shelley Newman Shelley Newman Shelley Newman, now Shelley Parr and maiden name Shelley Drew, is a retired English discus thrower.Her personal best throw is 61.22 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Loughborough...	56.72	56.64	58.13	57.25	x	57.92	58.13
	Philippa Roles Philippa Roles Philippa Kate Roles is a Welsh discus thrower.Born in Neath, she studied at Neath Port Talbot College and is resident in London. Roles works for the train operating company Southern as a train driver on the London Metro services servicing South London...	53.91	56.39	56.92	56.50	56.66	57.65	57.65
	Alison Lever	57.25	55.78	56.38	55.39	57.13	x	57.25
	Elizna Naudé Elizna Naudé Elizna Naudé is a South African discus thrower.Her personal best throw is 64.87 metres, achieved in March 2007 in Stellenbosch. She is a teacher at Vaalpark Primary School, Sasolburg, South Africa....	55.41	51.82	53.03	52.95	x	54.92	55.41
	Claire Smithson	x	55.03	52.84	x	x	x	55.03	PB
	Monique Nacsa	51.57	53.34	54.46	51.61	54.45	52.73	54.46
	Vivian Chukwuemeka Vivian Chukwuemeka Vivian Chukwuemeka is a Nigerian shot putter and two-time Olympian. She won the gold medal in the shot put at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and has won three consecutive titles at the All-Africa Games from 1999 to 2007. She was the African Champion in the event in 2002, 2006 and 2008...	50.06	53.44	53.20				53.44
10	Jacquie McKernan	50.45	x	x				50.45
11	Melehifo Uhi	47.52	49.60	x				49.60
12	Mellisa Gibbons	41.24	47.38	44.10				47.38

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