The women's discus throw event at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Olympisch Stadion on 14 and 15 July.
| Gold | Mélina Robert-Michon | |
| Silver | Ileana Brindusoiu | |
| Bronze | Olga Goncharenko |
15 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Result | Notes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
| align=left | align=left | | 51.92 | x | 55.47 | x | 58.52 | 58.02 | 58.52 | CR | |||
| align=left | align=left | | 54.77 | 58.25 | 57.38 | 55.41 | x | 54.46 | 58.25 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 57.71 | 53.39 | x | 55.38 | 54.77 | 56.88 | 57.71 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 57.43 | 56.23 | 57.15 | 54.89 | 53.64 | 54.61 | 57.43 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 56.55 | 54.01 | 54.12 | 52.70 | x | x | 56.55 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 53.17 | 52.56 | 54.58 | 56.19 | 55.43 | 51.37 | 56.19 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 51.05 | 52.22 | 54.80 | 53.06 | 55.15 | 50.79 | 55.15 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 51.59 | x | 54.42 | 49.74 | 52.68 | x | 54.42 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 51.12 | 52.73 | 54.36 | 54.36 | |||||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | | 47.74 | 52.07 | 53.23 | 53.23 | ||||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | x | 52.99 | 52.61 | 52.99 | |||||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | 49.41 | 47.81 | 52.79 | 52.79 | |||||||
14 July
Qualifying 55.00 or 12 best to the Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 54.27 | q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 52.73 | q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 51.71 | q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 51.18 | q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 50.85 | q | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 50.19 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 48.28 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 57.56 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 55.91 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 55.78 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 55.13 | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 54.86 | q | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 53.97 | q | ||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 52.88 | q | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 48.52 |
According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.
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