Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

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Women's discus throw
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
London 2012 Women's Discus Throw Victory Ceremony.jpg
Women's discus throw victory ceremony
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date3–4 August
Competitors36 from 23 nations
Winning distance69.11
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Sandra Perković Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Silver medal icon.svg Li Yanfeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Yarelys Barrios Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
  2008
2016  

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]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 3 August 201219:10Qualifications
Saturday, 4 August 201219:30Finals

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Gabriele Reinsch  (GDR)76.80 m Neubrandenburg, East Germany 9 July 1988
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Martina Hellmann  (GDR)72.30 m Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988
2012 World leadingFlag of Russia.svg  Darya Pishchalnikova  (RUS)70.69 m Cheboksary, Russia7 July 2012

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 63.00 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1A Yarelys Barrios Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba x65.9465.94Q
2B Nadine Müller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 65.8965.89Q
3B Sandra Perković Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 65.7465.74Q
4A Darya Pishchalnikova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 65.0265.02Q
5B Stephanie Brown Trafton Flag of the United States.svg  United States x61.0964.8964.89Q
6A Li Yanfeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 59.6964.4864.48Q
7A Dani Samuels Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 60.02x63.9763.97Q, SB
8A Krishna Poonia Flag of India.svg  India x63.5463.54Q
9B Anna Rüh Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 62.98x59.7162.98q
10B Zinaida Sendriūtė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 61.71x62.7962.79q
11A Ma Xuejun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 62.6660.4962.1862.66q
12A Mélina Robert-Michon Flag of France.svg  France x62.4759.7262.47q
13B Seema Antil Flag of India.svg  India x61.1061.9961.99
14B Nicoleta Grasu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 61.8659.59x61.86SB
15B Gia Lewis-Smallwood Flag of the United States.svg  United States x61.4461.2561.44
16B Andressa de Morais Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil xx60.9460.94SB
17B Svetlana Saykina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 59.7660.67x60.67
18A Natalya Fokina-Semenova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 58.3760.6160.3660.61
19B Dragana Tomašević Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 59.3260.5357.6860.53
20A Julia Fischer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany x58.8260.2360.23
21B Karen Gallardo Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 58.8260.09x60.09
22A Li Wen-Hua Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 58.2259.9158.9959.91
23A Żaneta Glanc Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 56.4059.8856.7759.88
24A Aretha Thurmond Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.3859.3957.8159.39
25A Rocío Comba Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 55.2255.8158.9858.98
26B Denia Caballero Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 57.47x58.7858.78
27B Kateryna Karsak Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine xx58.6458.64
28A Allison Randall Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 57.1658.06x58.06
29A Yaime Pérez Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 57.46x57.8757.87
30B Monique Jansen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 55.6557.5056.0457.50
31B Irina Rodrigues Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 57.23x55.5857.23
32B Sviatlana Siarova Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 56.7055.99x56.70
33A Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 55.00xx55.00
B Tan Jian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China xxxNM
DSQA Vera Karmishina-Ganeeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 59.9049.53 x 59.90Doping [5]

Final

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RankNameNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Sandra Perković Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 64.5868.1169.11x66.9664.0369.11 NR
Silver medal icon.svg Li Yanfeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China x67.22xx63.64x67.22
Bronze medal icon.svg Yarelys Barrios Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 63.9766.3864.8464.06x65.2166.38
4 Nadine Müller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 65.7165.06x64.1664.3565.9465.94
5 Mélina Robert-Michon Flag of France.svg  France 62.2361.7062.4162.6663.6263.9863.98SB
6 Krishna Poonia Flag of India.svg  India 62.42x61.61x63.6261.3163.62
7 Stephanie Brown Trafton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 63.01x59.30xx61.8963.01
8 Zinaida Sendriūtė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 61.68xx61.68
9 Anna Rüh Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 59.95x61.3661.36
10 Ma Xuejun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 61.02x60.7261.02
11 Dani Samuels Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 60.4059.8657.8760.40
Darya Pishchalnikova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 65.1962.0765.0666.4267.5659.1367.56DQ
Medal ceremony London 2012 Women's Discus Throw Victory Ceremony.jpg
Medal ceremony

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