2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw
at the 2019 World Championships
VenueKhalifa International Stadium
Dates2 October (qualification)
4 October (final)
Competitors30 from 20 nations
Winning distance69.17
Medalists
gold medal    Cuba
silver medal    Cuba
bronze medal    Croatia
← 2017
2022 →
Video on YouTube
Official Video

The women's discus throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 2 to 4 October 2019.[1]

Summary

[edit]

In the finals, Feng Bin threw 62.48m as the first thrower in the ring. The next thrower was world leader Yaime Pérez, who promptly took the lead with a 68.10m. Three throwers later, defending champion and double Olympic champion Sandra Perković threw 66.72m to take over second place. Those three held their positions until the end of the second round, when 2015 champion Denia Caballero dropped in a 66.80m to move into silver position. In fact, the three over 66 and a half metres would be the only ones over 63.50m all day. Caballero improved her position with a 67.32m in the third then took the lead with a 68.44m in the fourth round. Her teammate Pérez answered in the fifth round with the winner 69.17 m (226 ft 11 in).

Records

[edit]

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 76.80 Gabriele Reinsch  GDR 9 Jul 1988 Neubrandenburg, Germany
Championship 71.62 Martina Hellmann  GER 31 Aug 1987 Rome, Italy
World leading 69.39 Yaime Pérez  CUB 16 Jul 2019 Sotteville, France
African 64.87 Elizna Naudé  RSA 2 Mar 2007 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 65.98 Andressa de Morais  BRA 6 Aug 2019 Lima, Peru
European 76.80 Gabriele Reinsch  GDR 9 Jul 1988 Neubrandenburg, Germany
Oceanian 69.64 Dani Stevens  AUS 13 Aug 2017 London, Great Britain

Schedule

[edit]

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:[3]

Date Time Round
2 October 18:00 Qualification
4 October 21:00 Final

Results

[edit]

Qualification

[edit]

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 63.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[4][5]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 A Yaime Pérez  Cuba (CUB) 67.78 67.78 Q
2 B Denia Caballero  Cuba (CUB) x 65.86 65.86 Q
3 B Sandra Perković  Croatia (CRO) 65.20 65.20 Q
4 A Mélina Robert-Michon  France (FRA) 64.02 64.02 Q, SB
5 B Laulauga Tausaga  United States (USA) 61.33 63.94 63.94 Q, PB
6 A Kristin Pudenz  Germany (GER) 63.35 63.35 Q
7 A Chen Yang  China (CHN) 62.09 62.83 63.10 63.10 Q
8 B Nadine Müller  Germany (GER) 61.06 62.33 62.93 62.93 q
9 B Feng Bin  China (CHN) 60.22 62.51 62.09 62.51 q
10 B Fernanda Martins  Brazil (BRA) x 62.33 60.53 62.33 q
11 A Claudine Vita  Germany (GER) 61.24 62.31 62.09 62.31 q
12 A Valarie Allman  United States (USA) 57.99 x 62.25 62.25 q
13 B Chioma Onyekwere  Nigeria (NGR) 61.38 x x 61.38 PB
14 A Kelsey Card  United States (USA) 60.15 61.32 59.39 61.32
15 A Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou  Greece (GRE) 56.43 58.33 59.91 59.91 SB
16 A Shanice Love  Jamaica (JAM) x 56.65 59.50 59.50
17 B Eliška Staňková  Czech Republic (CZE) 58.64 57.41 58.98 58.98 SB
18 B Jorinde van Klinken  Netherlands (NED) x 58.58 x 58.58
19 B Shadae Lawrence  Jamaica (JAM) 57.55 58.51 x 58.51
20 B Daisy Osakue  Italy (ITA) 57.55 x x 57.55
21 A Dragana Tomašević  Serbia (SRB) x 57.13 56.93 57.13
22 B Daria Zabawska  Poland (POL) x 57.05 x 57.05
23 B Irina Rodrigues  Portugal (POR) x 56.21 x 56.21
24 B Vanessa Kamga  Sweden (SWE) 53.58 55.87 x 55.87
25 A Nataliya Semenova  Ukraine (UKR) x 54.68 54.57 54.68
26 A Liliana Cá  Portugal (POR) 52.89 51.36 54.31 54.31
27 A Melany Matheus  Cuba (CUB) 52.52 x 51.64 52.52
28 A Alexandra Emilianov  Moldova (MDA) x 52.05 50.86 52.05
29 B Nanaka Kori  Japan (JPN) 46.03 48.82 48.01 48.82
A Marija Tolj  Croatia (CRO) x x x NM

Final

[edit]

The final was started on 4 October at 21:00.[6]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yaime Pérez  Cuba (CUB) 68.10 65.01 65.76 68.01 69.17 64.61 69.17
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Denia Caballero  Cuba (CUB) x 66.80 67.32 68.44 x 65.64 68.44
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sandra Perković  Croatia (CRO) 66.72 62.30 66.19 x x x 66.72
4 Chen Yang  China (CHN) 59.54 61.50 63.38 x 61.31 x 63.38
5 Feng Bin  China (CHN) 62.48 x x 61.31 x 61.00 62.48
6 Fernanda Martins  Brazil (BRA) 60.47 62.44 61.11 x x 62.24 62.44
7 Valarie Allman  United States (USA) x 61.82 59.40 x x x 61.82
8 Nadine Müller  Germany (GER) x 59.88 60.98 61.55 x 60.35 61.55
9 Claudine Vita  Germany (GER) 60.77 59.14 x 60.77
10 Mélina Robert-Michon  France (FRA) x 59.99 57.64 59.99
11 Kristin Pudenz  Germany (GER) 55.94 57.69 x 57.69
Laulauga Tausaga  United States (USA) x x x NM

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Discus Throw Women − Qualification − Start List" (PDF). IAAF. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Discus throw Women − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Women's discus throw − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Qualification summary" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Qualification results" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Final results" (PDF).