2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

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]

Women's discus throw
at the 2015 World Championships
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates24 August (qualification)
25 August (final)
Competitors31 from 20 nations
Winning distance69.28
Medalists
    Cuba
    Croatia
    Germany

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  Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) 76.80 Neubrandenburg, East Germany 7 July 1988
Championship record  Martina Hellmann (GDR) 71.62 Rome, Italy 31 August 1987
World leading  Denia Caballero (CUB) 70.65 Bilbao, Spain 20 June 2015
African record  Elizna Naudé (RSA) 64.87 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2 March 2003
Asian record  Xiao Yanling (CHN) 71.68 Beijing, China 14 March 1992
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Hilda Ramos (CUB) 70.88 Havana, Cuba 8 May 1992
South American record  Andressa de Morais (BRA) 64.21 Barquisimeto, Venezuela 10 June 2012
European record  Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) 76.80 Neubrandenburg, East Germany 7 July 1988
Oceanian record  Daniela Costian (AUS) 68.72 Auckland, New Zealand 22 January 1994

Qualification standards

Entry standards[5]
61.00

Schedule

Date Time Round
24 August 201509:35Qualification
25 August 201519:00Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

KEY: QQualified q12 best performers NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Qualification

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

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3MarkNotes7
1ADenia Caballero Cuba (CUB)65.1565.15Q
2BSandra Perković Croatia (CRO)58.9564.5164.51Q
3BNadine Müller Germany (GER)64.3964.39Q
4AJulia Fischer Germany (GER)63.3863.38Q
5BYaime Pérez Cuba (CUB)x61.7962.9362.93q
6AShanice Craft Germany (GER)62.73xx62.73q
7BGia Lewis-Smallwood United States (USA)62.0460.2862.04q
8ADani Samuels Australia (AUS)x61.8762.0162.01q
9BMélina Robert-Michon France (FRA)60.2357.9361.7861.78q
10ASu Xinyue China (CHN)61.0460.7061.6861.68q
11AWhitney Ashley United States (USA)60.88x60.1860.88q
12BNatalia Semenova Ukraine (UKR)59.9660.7257.7460.72q
13AZinaida Sendriūtė Lithuania (LTU)60.33x55.2260.33
14BShelbi Vaughan United States (USA)60.24x57.3860.24
15AYelena Panova Russia (RUS)60.2157.5255.6960.21
16BTan Jian China (CHN)59.84xx59.84
17BYekaterina Strokova Russia (RUS)xx59.3259.32
18ATe Rina Keenan New Zealand (NZL)57.1159.2058.7959.20
19AAndressa de Morais Brazil (BRA)55.85x59.0859.08
20BDragana Tomašević Serbia (SRB)56.7057.4858.9858.98
21ALu Xiaoxin China (CHN)x58.1258.5558.55
22BKaren Gallardo Chile (CHI)55.9658.3255.5058.32
23BChrysoula Anagnostopoulou Greece (GRE)55.2358.20x58.20
24ASabina Asenjo Spain (ESP)57.56x58.0458.04
25AYuliya Maltseva Russia (RUS)57.0857.03x57.08
26BFernanda Martins Brazil (BRA)56.74x56.2656.74
27ASanna Kämäräinen Finland (FIN)56.6853.19x56.68
28ARocío Comba Argentina (ARG)x56.11x56.11
29BSubenrat Insaeng Thailand (THA)50.2055.14x55.14
30BSiositina Hakeai New Zealand (NZL)54.89xx54.89
31BIrina Rodrigues Portugal (POR)x48.1052.8252.82

Final

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

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