The women's discus throw competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was held at the Olympic Stadium on 16–17 August.Women's Discus Throw - Standings rio2016.com Retrieved on 2016-08-17 Each athlete received three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieved the qualifying distance progressed to the final. Each finalist was allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

Summary Mélina Robert-Michon took the lead with a 65.52 m on the first throw of the final competition. On the second throw, Nadine Müller threw 63.13 m. On the third throw, Su Xinyue threw 63.88 m to move into silver position. Those three throws held up until Dani Samuels displaced Müller near the end of the round. Müller couldn't land another legal throw. Nobody could improve their position through the second round. In the third round, world champion Denia Caballero moved into silver position with her best 65.34 m. Two throws later, Sandra Perković lander her only legal throw of the competition to leapfrog from the brink of elimination to gold. The medal positions were set, but on her fifth round throw Robert-Michon, improved her mark to 66.73 m, a new French record.

The following evening the medals were presented by Claudia Bokel, IOC member, Germany and Geoffrey Gardner, Council Member of the IAAF.

Schedule All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).

Date Time RoundMonday, 15 August 2016 20:30QualificationsTuesday, 16 August 2016 11:20Finals

Records , the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record76.80 mNeubrandenburg, East Germany9 July 1988Olympic record72.30 mSeoul, South Korea29 September 19882016 World leading70.88 mShanghai, China14 May 2016

The following national record was established during the competition:

Country Athlete Round Distance Notes France Final 66.73 m

Results Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 62.00 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 B Yaime Pérez 65.38 65.38 2 B Su Xinyue 65.14 65.14 3 A Sandra Perković 64.81 64.81 4 A Dani Samuels 59.42 64.46 64.46 5 B Nadine Müller 63.67 63.67 6 A Denia Caballero 62.94 62.94 7 B Mélina Robert-Michon 62.59 62.59 8 A Feng Bin 55.97 62.01 62.01 9 B Julia Fisher 61.83 60.69 61.83 10 A Chen Yang 61.44 61.44 11 A Zinaida Sendriute 60.79 60.79 , 12 A Shanice Craft 60.23 60.23 13 A Pauline Pousse 58.98 58.98 14 A Chinwe Okoro 57.34 58.85 58.53 58.85 15 B Natalia Semenova 58.41 58.41 16 B Tarasue Barnett 54.36 58.09 58.09 17 A Żaneta Glanc 55.27 56.09 57.88 57.88 18 B Karen Gallardo 57.81 55.98 55.20 57.81 19 A Dragana Tomašević 55.87 57.67 57.67 20 B Seema Antil 57.58 56.78 57.58 21 B Andressa de Morais 57.38 57.38 22 A Shadae Lawrence 57.09 57.09 23 B Sabina Asenjo 56.94 56.22 56.94 24 B Subenrat Insaeng 56.64 54.74 56.64 25 B Kelsey Card 51.16 56.41 56.41 26 A Hrisoula Anagnostopoulou 54.84 53.19 54.84 27 B Rocío Comba 54.44 54.44 28 B Jade Lally 51.60 53.99 54.06 54.06 29 B Shelbi Vaughan 53.33 46.71 53.33 30 A Natalia Stratulat 53.27 48.80 53.27 31 A Fernanda Martins 50.19 51.85 51.85 32 A Mariya Telushkina 43.70 45.33 45.33 A Whitney Ashley x x x B Kellion Knibb x x x

Final Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Sandra Perković 69.21 69.21 Mélina Robert-Michon 65.52 64.83 65.08 66.73 66.73 Denia Caballero 61.80 65.34 63.82 64.64 65.34 Dani Samuels 63.57 61.21 61.95 62.87 64.90 64.90 Su Xinyue 63.88 61.02 64.37 62.20 63.87 64.37 Nadine Müller 63.13 63.13 Chen Yang 63.11 60.47 59.19 63.11 Feng Bin 62.26 60.27 63.06 61.14 61.85 63.06 Julia Fischer 60.69 62.67 did not advance 62.67 10 Zinaida Sendriute 58.25 59.95 61.89 did not advance 61.89 11 Shanice Craft 58.39 59.85 did not advance 59.85 Yaime Pérez did not advance

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