2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

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Women's discus throw
at the 2015 World Championships
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates24 August (qualification)
25 August (final)
Competitors31 from 20 nations
Winning distance69.28
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
  2013
2017  

The women's discus throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 24 and 25 August. [1] [2]

Contents

In 2015, Denia Caballero found five extra metres in her throws to become the number one ranked thrower. She had no intention of making a dramatic competition. On her first throw, the sixth throw of qualifying she launched the best throw of the preliminary round. Then in the finals, on her first effort only four throws into the competition she threw 69.28. Only one other girl in Beijing had ever thrown a discus that far, she was the defending champion Sandra Perković. So it was up to the rest of the field to do something spectacular or settle for other medals. Three throws later Nadine Müller threw 65.53 to take over second place. After fouling her first attempt, Perković threw 65.35 to move into third place. Gia Lewis-Smallwood was the only other athlete to reach the low 69's was not having a 69 kind of day, instead muddled at the back of the field. On her final throw Perković threw 67.39 to finally move into silver medal position. Yaime Pérez tried to make it interesting but her 65.46 final attempt missed a medal. [3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: [4]

World record Flag of East Germany.svg  Gabriele Reinsch  (GDR)76.80 Neubrandenburg, East Germany7 July 1988
Championship record Flag of East Germany.svg  Martina Hellmann  (GDR)71.62 Rome, Italy31 August 1987
World leadingFlag of Cuba.svg  Denia Caballero  (CUB)70.65 Bilbao, Spain20 June 2015
African record Flag of South Africa.svg  Elizna Naudé  (RSA)64.87 Stellenbosch, South Africa2 March 2003
Asian record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xiao Yanling  (CHN)71.68 Beijing, China14 March 1992
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of Cuba.svg  Hilda Ramos  (CUB)70.88 Havana, Cuba8 May 1992
South American record Flag of Brazil.svg  Andressa de Morais  (BRA)64.21 Barquisimeto, Venezuela10 June 2012
European record Flag of East Germany.svg  Gabriele Reinsch  (GDR)76.80Neubrandenburg, East Germany7 July 1988
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Daniela Costian  (AUS)68.72 Auckland, New Zealand22 January 1994

Qualification standards

Entry standards [5]
61.00

Schedule

DateTimeRound
24 August 201509:35 Qualification
25 August 201519:00 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: 63.00 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q). [6]

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3MarkNotes7
1A Denia Caballero Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)65.1565.15 Q
2B Sandra Perković Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)58.9564.5164.51 Q
3B Nadine Müller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)64.3964.39 Q
4A Julia Fischer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)63.3863.38 Q
5B Yaime Pérez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)x61.7962.9362.93 q
6A Shanice Craft Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)62.73xx62.73 q
7B Gia Lewis-Smallwood Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)62.0460.2862.04 q
8A Dani Samuels Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)x61.8762.0162.01 q
9B Mélina Robert-Michon Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)60.2357.9361.7861.78 q
10A Su Xinyue Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)61.0460.7061.6861.68 q
11A Whitney Ashley Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)60.88x60.1860.88 q
12B Natalia Semenova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)59.9660.7257.7460.72 q
13A Zinaida Sendriūtė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)60.33x55.2260.33
14B Shelbi Vaughan Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)60.24x57.3860.24
15A Yelena Panova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)60.2157.5255.6960.21
16B Tan Jian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)59.84xx59.84
17B Yekaterina Strokova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)xx59.3259.32
18A Te Rina Keenan Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)57.1159.2058.7959.20
19A Andressa de Morais Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)55.85x59.0859.08
20B Dragana Tomašević Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)56.7057.4858.9858.98
21A Lu Xiaoxin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)x58.1258.5558.55
22B Karen Gallardo Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)55.9658.3255.5058.32
23B Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)55.2358.20x58.20
24A Sabina Asenjo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)57.56x58.0458.04
25A Yuliya Maltseva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)57.0857.03x57.08
26B Fernanda Martins Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)56.74x56.2656.74
27A Sanna Kämäräinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)56.6853.19x56.68
28A Rocío Comba Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)x56.11x56.11
29B Subenrat Insaeng Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)50.2055.14x55.14
30B Siositina Hakeai Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)54.89xx54.89
31B Irina Rodrigues Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)x48.1052.8252.82

Final

The final was started at 19:00. [7]

RankNameNationality# 1# 2# 3# 4# 5# 6MarkNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Denia Caballero Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)69.2863.83x65.9766.5566.5869.28
Silver medal icon.svg Sandra Perković Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)x65.35x65.37x67.3967.39
Bronze medal icon.svg Nadine Müller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)65.53x60.85xx62.6765.53
4 Yaime Pérez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)x62.6359.6364.6064.3165.4665.46
5 Julia Fischer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)63.88xx59.22x63.1963.88
6 Dani Samuels Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)53.6562.9063.0863.1461.4862.3163.14
7 Shanice Craft Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)61.8061.7261.4659.2363.1062.8663.10
8 Su Xinyue Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)62.9062.5858.4761.5662.3362.6162.90
9 Whitney Ashley Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x56.9161.0561.05
10 Mélina Robert-Michon Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)59.2560.9259.8960.92
11 Gia Lewis-Smallwood Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x60.5559.0260.55
12 Natalia Semenova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)57.9459.5454.9759.54

References

  1. "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 11 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. Start list
  3. "REPORT: WOMEN'S DISCUS FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. "Records & Lists – discus throw". IAAF . Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  5. IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  6. Qualification results
  7. Final results