2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw at the 2023 World Championships
Winner Laulauga Tausaga with her gold medal
Venue	National Athletics Centre
Dates	20 August (qualification) 22 August (final)
Competitors	37 from 25 nations
Winning distance	69.49
Medalists
Laulauga Tausaga    United States   Valarie Allman    United States   Feng Bin    China
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The women's discus throw at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 20 and 22 August 2023.

Summary

Of the 12 finalists in Eugene, 10 of them returned to this year's finals. And those 10 were the top 10 from the preliminaries. The top 3 were the medalists.

In the first round of the finals Olympic Champion Valarie Allman got off a 68.57m to take the early lead. Defending champion Feng Bin responded with a 66.97m. Jorinde van Klinken held on to third place with a 63.93m. With her second attempt, two-time Olympic and two-time world champion Sandra Perković moved into the top 3 with a 66.57m. In the third round, Allman improved to 68.79m. She improved again to 69.23m in the fourth round. Bin also improved to 67.18m

At the end of the third round, Laulauga Tausaga had to throw a 65.56m personal best to leap from dead last 12th place into fifth place and a chance to make three more throws. She had needed to throw a personal best 65.46m as the final throw at her USA National Championships just to be eligible to come to these championships. On her newly earned fifth throw, she threw the winner 69.49 m (227 ft 11 in), a four metre (13 feet) improvement in her personal best over the course of three rounds.

van Klinken's fifth round throw of 67.20m edged her back into third place. Bin improved to 68.20m on her final attempt to move back into third place. Allman was unable to improve, so on a breakthrough night, the surprised and ecstatic Tausaga was able to step into the ring for her final attempt already confirmed as the champion. She then threw the second best throw of her career, 68.36m.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[1]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Gabriele Reinsch  (GDR)	76.80 m	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	9 July 1988
Championship record	Martina Hellmann  (GDR)	71.62 m	Rome, Italy	31 August 1987
World Leading	Valarie Allman  (USA)	70.25 m	San Diego, United States	7 April 2023
African Record	Chioma Onyekwere  (NGR)	64.96 m	Ramona, OK, United States	15 April 2023
Asian Record	Xiao Yanling  (CHN)	71.68 m	Beijing, China	14 March 1992
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Valarie Allman  (USA)	71.46 m	San Diego, United States	8 April 2022
South American Record	Andressa de Morais  (BRA)	65.34 m	Leiria, Portugal	26 June 2019
European Record	Gabriele Reinsch  (GDR)	76.80 m	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	9 July 1988
Oceanian record	Dani Stevens  (AUS)	69.64 m	London, Great Britain	13 August 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 64.20 m. ^[2]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
20 August	09:00	Qualification
22 August	20:20	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 64.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final. ^{[3] [4]}

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A	Valarie Allman	United States  (USA)	67.14			67.14	Q
2	A	Feng Bin	China  (CHN)	63.97	61.47	65.68	65.68	Q
3	A	Sandra Perković	Croatia  (CRO)	65.62			65.62	Q, SB
4	B	Claudine Vita	Germany  (GER)	59.85	64.51		64.51	Q
5	B	Laulauga Tausaga	United States  (USA)	x	64.34		64.34	Q
6	A	Shanice Craft	Germany  (GER)	x	63.42	63.18	63.42	q
7	A	Liliana Cá	Portugal  (POR)	61.27	63.34	x	63.34	q
8	B	Jorinde van Klinken	Netherlands  (NED)	62.05	63.20	x	63.20	q
9	A	Silinda Morales	Cuba  (CUB)	x	60.54	62.76	62.76	q
10	B	Kristin Pudenz	Germany  (GER)	62.67	x	62.71	62.71	q
11	B	Mélina Robert-Michon	France  (FRA)	61.82	58.99	60.21	61.82	q
12	A	Daisy Osakue	Italy  (ITA)	x	58.77	61.31	61.31	q
13	A	Vanessa Kamga	Sweden  (SWE)	x	x	60.02	60.02	SB
14	A	Ieva Zarankaitė	Lithuania  (LTU)	59.98	59.92	x	59.98
15	B	Veronica Fraley	United States  (USA)	57.71	59.36	x	59.36
16	B	Daria Zabawska	Poland  (POL)	59.28	56.44	58.76	59.28
17	A	Andressa de Morais	Brazil  (BRA)	52.54	59.15	56.01	59.15
18	B	Marija Tolj	Croatia  (CRO)	58.92	57.28	x	58.92
19	B	Wang Fang  [ de ]	China  (CHN)	56.72	x	58.78	58.78
20	A	Taryn Gollshewsky	Australia  (AUS)	58.63	x	58.11	58.63
21	B	Chioma Onyekwere	Nigeria  (NGR)	54.97	58.58	57.73	58.58
22	B	Izabela da Silva	Brazil  (BRA)	58.45	57.89	56.94	58.45
23	B	Samantha Hall	Jamaica  (JAM)	56.31	55.44	58.43	58.43
24	A	Lisa Brix Pedersen	Denmark  (DEN)	57.96	52.58	56.14	57.96
25	A	Ashley Anumba	Nigeria  (NGR)	57.77	51.86	55.76	57.77
26	B	Irina Rodrigues	Portugal  (POR)	56.86	55.37	57.08	57.08
27	B	Karen Gallardo	Chile  (CHI)	50.75	48.74	56.74	56.74
28	A	Subenrat Insaeng	Thailand  (THA)	56.19	x	x	56.19
29	A	Elena Bruckner	United States  (USA)	55.63	54.23	55.94	55.94
30	B	Annesofie Hartmann Nielsen  [ de ]	Denmark  (DEN)	54.90	53.63	x	54.90
31	A	Salla Sipponen	Finland  (FIN)	53.85	53.47	54.72	54.72
32	B	Caisa-Marie Lindfors	Sweden  (SWE)	53.83	53.24	54.54	54.54
33	A	Nora Monie  [ fr ]	Cameroon  (CMR)	x	54.50	54.38	54.50
34	A	Dóra Kerekes	Hungary  (HUN)	54.41	53.44	52.99	54.41
35	B	Yolandi Stander  [ de ]	South Africa  (RSA)	x	53.39	53.34	53.39
36	A	Maki Saito  [ de ]	Japan  (JPN)	x	53.14	53.20	53.20
37	B	Obiageri Amaechi	Nigeria  (NGR)	x	50.69	51.60	51.60

Final

The final was started on 22 August at 20:20. ^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Laulauga Tausaga	United States  (USA)	x	52.28	65.56	x	69.49	68.36	69.49	PB
	Valarie Allman	United States  (USA)	68.57	66.94	68.79	69.23	64.60	68.61	69.23
	Feng Bin	China  (CHN)	66.97	65.16	65.91	67.18	67.41	68.20	68.20	SB
4	Jorinde van Klinken	Netherlands  (NED)	63.93	64.41	62.94	64.47	67.20	66.97	67.20	SB
5	Sandra Perković	Croatia  (CRO)	x	66.57	x	65.64	65.09	x	66.57	SB
6	Kristin Pudenz	Germany  (GER)	63.81	63.94	65.73	64.11	65.96	x	65.96
7	Shanice Craft	Germany  (GER)	63.59	61.44	65.03	65.47	x	63.67	65.47
8	Liliana Cá	Portugal  (POR)	58.86	x	63.59	x	x	62.49	63.59
9	Mélina Robert-Michon	France  (FRA)	53.34	63.46	x				63.46
10	Claudine Vita	Germany  (GER)	60.29	62.51	63.19				63.19
11	Silinda Morales	Cuba  (CUB)	62.31	53.26	x				62.31
12	Daisy Osakue	Italy  (ITA)	x	61.13	x				61.13

References

1. "Discus Throw Women − Records". World Athletics . Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
2. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics . 19 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
3. "Revised Results Discus Throw Women - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics . 20 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
4. "Revised Summary Discus Throw Women - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics . 20 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
5. "Results Discus Throw Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics . 22 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.