1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 19 and 21 August.

Medalists edit

KEY:	q	Better non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Qualification: Qualification Performance 63.85 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	A	Ellina Zvereva	Belarus	66.55	Q
2	B	Franka Dietzsch	Germany	65.61	Q
3	A	Nicoleta Grasu	Romania	64.25	Q
4	A	Ilke Wyludda	Germany	62.97	q
5	B	Natalya Sadova	Russia	62.94	q
6	B	Anja Möllenbeck	Germany	62.48	q
7	B	Ekaterini Voggoli	Greece	62.33	q
8	B	Olena Antonova	Ukraine	62.17	q
9	B	Teresa Machado	Portugal	61.70	q
10	A	Iryna Yatchenko	Belarus	61.55	q
10	A	Anastasia Kelesidou	Greece	61.55	q
12	A	Styliani Tsikouna	Greece	61.46	q
13	B	Marzena Zbrojewska	Poland	60.70
14	A	Valentina Ivanova	Russia	59.67
15	A	Anna Söderberg	Sweden	59.57
16	A	Jacqueline Goormachtigh	Netherlands	59.52
17	B	Manuela Tirneci	Romania	59.42
18	B	Zdeňka Šilhavá	Czech Republic	58.39
19	A	Eha Rünne	Estonia	58.28
20	B	Tiina Kankaanpää	Finland	58.22
21	B	Lyudmila Filimonova	Belarus	57.41
22	A	Katarzyna Żakowicz	Poland	56.99
23	B	Renata Gustaitytė	Lithuania	55.37
24	A	Agnese Maffeis	Italy	55.08
25	A	Danijela Curović	Yugoslavia	54.57
26	A	Oksana Mert	Turkey	53.77
27	B	Shelley Drew	Great Britain	53.13
28	B	Hüsniye Keskin	Turkey	51.55
29	A	Mélina Robert-Michon	France	47.88

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Franka Dietzsch	Germany	65.91	65.83	64.84	x	65.66	67.49	67.49	SB
	Natalya Sadova	Russia	63.08	x	64.81	62.69	x	66.94	66.94
	Nicoleta Grasu	Romania	65.94	62.45	62.75	62.88	64.08	65.70	65.94
4	Ellina Zvereva	Belarus	61.78	64.59	64.15	65.92	63.29	63.85	65.92
5	Ekaterini Voggoli	Greece	61.16	x	59.62	59.51	63.56	x	63.56
6	Ilke Wyludda	Germany	61.38	63.46	61.59	61.71	x	61.72	63.46
7	Anastasia Kelesidou	Greece	61.11	x	56.78	x	x	62.95	62.95
8	Iryna Yatchenko	Belarus	59.57	61.01	x	61.20	x	x	61.20
9	Teresa Machado	Portugal	60.90	x	60.59				60.90
10	Anja Möllenbeck	Germany	60.35	60.78	x				60.78
11	Olena Antonova	Ukraine	55.66	60.26	x				60.26
12	Styliani Tsikouna	Greece	54.99	x	57.07				57.07