2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates11 August (qualification)
13 August (final)
Competitors30 from 19 nations
Winning distance70.31
Medalists
gold medal Sandra Perković   Croatia
silver medal Dani Stevens   Australia
bronze medal Mélina Robert-Michon   France
Events at the
2017 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmenwomen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The women's discus throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 11 and 13 August.[1]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 76.80 Gabriele Reinsch GDR 7 Jul 1988 Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Championship 71.62 Martina Hellmann GDR 31 Aug 1987 Rome, Italy
World leading 71.41 Sandra Perković CRO 18 Jul 2017 Bellinzona, Switzerland
African 64.87 Elizna Naudé RSA 2 Mar 2003 Stellenbosch, South Africa
Asian 71.68 Xiao Yanling CHN 14 Mar 1992 Beijing, China
NACAC 70.88 Hilda Ramos CUB 8 May 1992 Havana, Cuba
South American 64.21 Andressa de Morais BRA 10 Jun 2012 Barquisimeto, Venezuela
European 76.80 Gabriele Reinsch GDR 7 Jul 1988 Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Oceanian 68.72 Daniela Costian AUS 22 Jan 1994 Auckland, New Zealand

The following records were set at the competition:[3]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date
Oceanian 69.64 Dani Stevens AUS 13 Aug 2017
Australian

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 61.20 metres.[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
11 August 10:10 Qualification
13 August 19:10 Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 11 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 10:11 and Group B at 11:36. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 62.50 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.[6] The overall results were as follows:[7]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 A Sandra Perković  Croatia x 69.67 69.67 Q
2 B Yaime Pérez  Cuba 65.58 65.58 Q
3 B Dani Stevens  Australia 65.56 65.56 Q
4 B Mélina Robert-Michon  France 63.97 63.97 Q, SB
5 A Denia Caballero  Cuba 58.77 x 63.79 63.79 Q
6 B Nadine Müller  Germany 60.31 62.47 63.35 63.35 Q
7 B Su Xinyue  China 60.83 61.35 63.00 63.00 Q
8 A Andressa de Morais  Brazil 60.61 62.80 62.80 Q
9 B Chen Yang  China x 62.71 62.71 Q
10 A Feng Bin  China 62.48 x 61.95 62.48 q
11 A Julia Harting  Germany 61.34 61.70 59.41 61.70 q
12 B Zinaida Sendriūtė  Lithuania 61.48 x 57.57 61.48 q, SB
13 B Whitney Ashley  United States x 60.94 59.22 60.94
14 A Anna Rüh  Germany 60.78 60.66 x 60.78
15 B Shadae Lawrence  Jamaica x 59.25 x 59.25
16 B Fernanda Martins  Brazil 58.51 x x 58.51
17 A Gia Lewis-Smallwood  United States x 58.15 58.13 58.15
18 A Jade Lally  Great Britain & N.I. x x 57.71 57.71
19 B Dragana Tomašević  Serbia 56.14 57.78 57.28 57.78
20 A Sabina Asenjo  Spain 57.00 x x 57.00
21 B Irina Rodrigues  Portugal 54.94 55.87 56.98 56.98
22 A Hrisoula Anagnostopoulou  Greece 56.91 56.08 55.26 56.91
23 A Kellion Knibb  Jamaica x x 56.73 56.73
24 A Anita Márton  Hungary 55.96 54.91 x 55.96
25 A Natalia Semenova  Ukraine x x 55.83 55.83
26 B Subenrat Insaeng  Thailand 53.74 x 55.16 55.16
27 A Taryn Gollshewsky  Australia 54.29 x 53.69 54.29
28 B Valarie Allman  United States 53.85 x x 53.85
29 B Karen Gallardo  Chile 52.36 x 52.81 52.81
A Tara-Sue Barnett  Jamaica x x x NM

Final

The final took place on 13 August at 20:25. The overall results were as follows:[8]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sandra Perković  Croatia 69.30 70.31 70.28 69.81 x x 70.31
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dani Stevens  Australia 64.23 65.46 x 66.82 66.59 69.64 69.64 AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mélina Robert-Michon  France 65.49 62.54 x 61.88 65.39 66.21 66.21 SB
4 Yaime Pérez  Cuba 62.54 x x 64.82 63.43 64.60 64.82
5 Denia Caballero  Cuba 63.22 62.88 x 62.18 64.37 x 64.37
6 Nadine Müller  Germany 64.13 x 62.49 x 63.71 x 64.13
7 Su Xinyue  China x 60.59 63.37 x 61.12 62.05 63.37
8 Feng Bin  China 61.56 60.81 x x 51.95 x 61.56
9 Julia Harting  Germany 61.34 x x 61.34
10 Chen Yang  China 58.19 x 61.28 61.28
11 Andressa de Morais  Brazil 60.00 x x 60.00
12 Zinaida Sendriūtė  Lithuania x x x NM

References

  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "Discus Throw Women – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Discus Throw Women − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Discus Throw Women − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Discus Throw Women − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Discus Throw Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
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