2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

In the finals, Feng Bin threw 62.48m as the first thrower in the ring. The next thrower was world leader Yaime Pérez, who promptly took the lead with a 68.10m. Three throwers later, defending champion and double Olympic champion Sandra Perković threw 66.72m to take over second place. Those three held their positions until the end of the second round, when 2015 champion Denia Caballero dropped in a 66.80m to move into silver position. In fact, the three over 66 and a half metres would be the only ones over 63.50m all day. Caballero improved her position with a 67.32m in the third then took the lead with a 68.44m in the fourth round. Her teammate Pérez answered in the fifth round with the winner 69.17 m (226 ft 11 in).

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	76.80	Gabriele Reinsch	GDR	9 Jul 1988	Neubrandenburg, Germany
Championship	71.62	Martina Hellmann	GER	31 Aug 1987	Rome, Italy
World leading	69.39	Yaime Pérez	CUB	16 Jul 2019	Sotteville, France
African	64.87	Elizna Naudé	RSA	2 Mar 2007	Stellenbosch, South Africa
Asian	71.68	Xiao Yanling	CHN	14 Mar 1992	Beijing, China
NACAC	70.88	Hilda Ramos	CUB	8 May 1992	Havana, Cuba
South American	65.98	Andressa de Morais	BRA	6 Aug 2019	Lima, Peru
European	76.80	Gabriele Reinsch	GDR	9 Jul 1988	Neubrandenburg, Germany
Oceanian	69.64	Dani Stevens	AUS	13 Aug 2017	London, Great Britain

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:[3]