2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

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

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
    Croatia
    Australia
    France

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
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]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.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 August10:10Qualification
13 August19:10Final

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]

RankGroupNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123
1ASandra Perković Croatia (CRO)x69.6769.67Q
2BYaime Pérez Cuba (CUB)65.5865.58Q
3BDani Stevens Australia (AUS)65.5665.56Q
4BMélina Robert-Michon France (FRA)63.9763.97Q, SB
5ADenia Caballero Cuba (CUB)58.77x63.7963.79Q
6BNadine Müller Germany (GER)60.3162.4763.3563.35Q
7BSu Xinyue China (CHN)60.8361.3563.0063.00Q
8AAndressa de Morais Brazil (BRA)60.6162.8062.80Q
9BChen Yang China (CHN)x62.7162.71Q
10AFeng Bin China (CHN)62.48x61.9562.48q
11AJulia Harting Germany (GER)61.3461.7059.4161.70q
12BZinaida Sendriūtė Lithuania (LTU)61.48x57.5761.48q, SB
13BWhitney Ashley United States (USA)x60.9459.2260.94
14AAnna Rüh Germany (GER)60.7860.66x60.78
15BShadae Lawrence Jamaica (JAM)x59.25x59.25
16BFernanda Martins Brazil (BRA)58.51xx58.51
17AGia Lewis-Smallwood United States (USA)x58.1558.1358.15
18AJade Lally Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)xx57.7157.71
19BDragana Tomašević Serbia (SRB)56.1457.7857.2857.78
20ASabina Asenjo Spain (ESP)57.00xx57.00
21BIrina Rodrigues Portugal (POR)54.9455.8756.9856.98
22AHrisoula Anagnostopoulou Greece (GRE)56.9156.0855.2656.91
23AKellion Knibb Jamaica (JAM)xx56.7356.73
24AAnita Márton Hungary (HUN)55.9654.91x55.96
25ANatalia Semenova Ukraine (UKR)xx55.8355.83
26BSubenrat Insaeng Thailand (THA)53.74x55.1655.16
27ATaryn Gollshewsky Australia (AUS)54.29x53.6954.29
28BValarie Allman United States (USA)53.85xx53.85
29BKaren Gallardo Chile (CHI)52.36x52.8152.81
ATara-Sue Barnett Jamaica (JAM)xxxNM

Final

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

RankNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123456
Sandra Perković Croatia (CRO)69.3070.3170.2869.81xx70.31
Dani Stevens Australia (AUS)64.2365.46x66.8266.5969.6469.64AR
Mélina Robert-Michon France (FRA)65.4962.54x61.8865.3966.2166.21SB
4Yaime Pérez Cuba (CUB)62.54xx64.8263.4364.6064.82
5Denia Caballero Cuba (CUB)63.2262.88x62.1864.37x64.37
6Nadine Müller Germany (GER)64.13x62.49x63.71x64.13
7Su Xinyue China (CHN)x60.5963.37x61.1262.0563.37
8Feng Bin China (CHN)61.5660.81xx51.95x61.56
9Julia Harting Germany (GER)61.34xx61.34
10Chen Yang China (CHN)58.19x61.2861.28
11Andressa de Morais Brazil (BRA)60.00xx60.00
12Zinaida Sendriūtė Lithuania (LTU)xxxNM

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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