Women's discus throw at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 3–4 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 36 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning distance | 69.11 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | women |
10,000 m | men | women |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | women |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | women |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | women |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | women |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
The women's discus throw competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 3–4 August. [1] Each athlete received three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieved the qualifying distance progressed to the final. If less than twelve athletes were to achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes would reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts. [2]
Eight automatic qualifiers were achieved in the qualifying round, all but one exceeding the minimum by half a meter. Darya Pishchalnikova, Nadine Müller and Sandra Perković made it in their first attempt, while Yarelys Barrios hit the top qualifier 65.94 in her second throw after fouling the first. It took 62.47 to make the final.
In the final, Nadine Müller took the lead in the first round, while defending champion Stephanie Brown Trafton, who surprised everyone with her first round throw four years earlier, only managed the fifth best throw of the first round this time, and that turned out to be her best effort. In the second round, Li Yanfeng took the lead with 67.22. Previous silver medalist Yarelys Barrios followed with the second best throw of the competition 66.38. These positions lasted only until Sandra Perković threw 68.11 to assume the lead she would not relinquish. Her third round throw was a Croatian national record 69.11, solidifying her hold on the gold medal. Taking no follow through, she stood in the ring talking to the discus throughout its flight. In the fourth round, Darya Pishchalnikova edged into the bronze medal position with 66.42, then in the fifth round secured the silver medal with 67.56.
It was later announced that Pishchalnikova tested positive for the anabolic steroid oxandrolone in the samples taken in May 2012. On April, 2013 she was banned by the Russian Athletics Federation for ten years, and her results from May 2012 were annulled, meaning she was set on track to lose her Olympic medal. [3]
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Date | Time | Round |
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Friday, 3 August 2012 | 19:10 | Qualifications |
Saturday, 4 August 2012 | 19:30 | Finals |
Prior to the competition [update] , the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) | 76.80 m | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | 9 July 1988 |
Olympic record | Martina Hellmann (GDR) | 72.30 m | Seoul, South Korea | 29 September 1988 |
2012 World leading | Darya Pishchalnikova (RUS) | 70.69 m | Cheboksary, Russia | 7 July 2012 |
Qual. rule: qualification standard 63.00 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
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1 | A | Yarelys Barrios | Cuba | x | 65.94 | – | 65.94 | Q |
2 | B | Nadine Müller | Germany | 65.89 | – | – | 65.89 | Q |
3 | B | Sandra Perković | Croatia | 65.74 | – | – | 65.74 | Q |
4 | A | Darya Pishchalnikova | Russia | 65.02 | – | – | 65.02 | Q |
5 | B | Stephanie Brown Trafton | United States | x | 61.09 | 64.89 | 64.89 | Q |
6 | A | Li Yanfeng | China | 59.69 | 64.48 | – | 64.48 | Q |
7 | A | Dani Samuels | Australia | 60.02 | x | 63.97 | 63.97 | Q, SB |
8 | A | Krishna Poonia | India | x | 63.54 | – | 63.54 | Q |
9 | B | Anna Rüh | Germany | 62.98 | x | 59.71 | 62.98 | q |
10 | B | Zinaida Sendriūtė | Lithuania | 61.71 | x | 62.79 | 62.79 | q |
11 | A | Ma Xuejun | China | 62.66 | 60.49 | 62.18 | 62.66 | q |
12 | A | Mélina Robert-Michon | France | x | 62.47 | 59.72 | 62.47 | q |
13 | B | Seema Antil | India | x | 61.10 | 61.99 | 61.99 | |
14 | B | Nicoleta Grasu | Romania | 61.86 | 59.59 | x | 61.86 | SB |
15 | B | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | United States | x | 61.44 | 61.25 | 61.44 | |
16 | B | Andressa de Morais | Brazil | x | x | 60.94 | 60.94 | SB |
17 | B | Svetlana Saykina | Russia | 59.76 | 60.67 | x | 60.67 | |
18 | A | Natalya Fokina-Semenova | Ukraine | 58.37 | 60.61 | 60.36 | 60.61 | |
19 | B | Dragana Tomašević | Serbia | 59.32 | 60.53 | 57.68 | 60.53 | |
20 | A | Julia Fischer | Germany | x | 58.82 | 60.23 | 60.23 | |
21 | B | Karen Gallardo | Chile | 58.82 | 60.09 | x | 60.09 | |
22 | A | Li Wen-Hua | Chinese Taipei | 58.22 | 59.91 | 58.99 | 59.91 | |
23 | A | Żaneta Glanc | Poland | 56.40 | 59.88 | 56.77 | 59.88 | |
24 | A | Aretha Thurmond | United States | 58.38 | 59.39 | 57.81 | 59.39 | |
25 | A | Rocío Comba | Argentina | 55.22 | 55.81 | 58.98 | 58.98 | |
26 | B | Denia Caballero | Cuba | 57.47 | x | 58.78 | 58.78 | |
27 | B | Kateryna Karsak | Ukraine | x | x | 58.64 | 58.64 | |
28 | A | Allison Randall | Jamaica | 57.16 | 58.06 | x | 58.06 | |
29 | A | Yaime Pérez | Cuba | 57.46 | x | 57.87 | 57.87 | |
30 | B | Monique Jansen | Netherlands | 55.65 | 57.50 | 56.04 | 57.50 | |
31 | B | Irina Rodrigues | Portugal | 57.23 | x | 55.58 | 57.23 | |
32 | B | Sviatlana Siarova | Belarus | 56.70 | 55.99 | x | 56.70 | |
33 | A | Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová | Czech Republic | 55.00 | x | x | 55.00 | |
– | B | Tan Jian | China | x | x | x | NM | |
DSQ | A | Vera Karmishina-Ganeeva | Russia | Doping [5] | ||||
Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
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Sandra Perković | Croatia | 64.58 | 68.11 | 69.11 | x | 66.96 | 64.03 | 69.11 | NR | |
Li Yanfeng | China | x | 67.22 | x | x | 63.64 | x | 67.22 | ||
Yarelys Barrios | Cuba | 63.97 | 66.38 | 64.84 | 64.06 | x | 65.21 | 66.38 | ||
4 | Nadine Müller | Germany | 65.71 | 65.06 | x | 64.16 | 64.35 | 65.94 | 65.94 | |
5 | Mélina Robert-Michon | France | 62.23 | 61.70 | 62.41 | 62.66 | 63.62 | 63.98 | 63.98 | SB |
6 | Krishna Poonia | India | 62.42 | x | 61.61 | x | 63.62 | 61.31 | 63.62 | |
7 | Stephanie Brown Trafton | United States | 63.01 | x | 59.30 | x | x | 61.89 | 63.01 | |
8 | Zinaida Sendriūtė | Lithuania | 61.68 | x | x | 61.68 | ||||
9 | Anna Rüh | Germany | 59.95 | x | 61.36 | 61.36 | ||||
10 | Ma Xuejun | China | 61.02 | x | 60.72 | 61.02 | ||||
11 | Dani Samuels | Australia | 60.40 | 59.86 | 57.87 | 60.40 | ||||
— | Darya Pishchalnikova | Russia | DQ | |||||||
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