Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Khalifa International Stadium
Date	December 11, 2006 (2006-12-11)
Competitors	5 from 4 nations
Medalists
Song Aimin    China   Ma Xuejun    China   Krishna Poonia    India

Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games
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
10000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
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
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's discus throw competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 11 December 2006 at the Khalifa International Stadium.^[1]

Schedule

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Gabriele Reinsch (GDR)	76.80	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	9 July 1988
Asian Record	Xiao Yanling (CHN)	71.68	Beijing, China	14 March 1992
Games Record	Neelam Jaswant Singh (IND)	64.55	Busan, South Korea	10 October 2002

Results

Legend

• X — Failure

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Song Aimin (CHN)	55.78	62.17	62.48	60.33	63.24	63.52	63.52
	Ma Xuejun (CHN)	61.42	55.45	62.43	61.64	57.67	61.42	62.43
	Krishna Poonia (IND)	X	61.53	58.58	X	X	X	61.53
4	Yuka Murofushi (JPN)	50.01	51.83	X	49.62	52.26	X	52.26
5	Padma Nandani Wijesundara (SRI)	44.29	45.65	44.87	X	40.65	X	45.65

References

• Results