The women's discus throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 24 and 25 August.Start list
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.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record76.80Neubrandenburg, East Germany7 July 1988Championship record71.62Rome, Italy31 August 1987World leading70.65Bilbao, Spain20 June 2015African record64.87Stellenbosch, South Africa2 March 2003Asian record71.68Beijing, China14 March 1992North, Central American and Caribbean record70.88Havana, Cuba8 May 1992South American record64.21Barquisimeto, Venezuela10 June 2012European record76.80Neubrandenburg, East Germany7 July 1988Oceanian record68.72Auckland, New Zealand22 January 1994
Qualification standards Entry standards 61.00
Schedule Date Time Round24 August 2015 09:35 Qualification25 August 2015 19:00 Final
Results KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Qualification Qualification: 63.00 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).Qualification results
Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Mark Notes7 1 A Denia Caballero 65.15 65.15 2 B Sandra Perković 58.95 64.51 64.51 3 B Nadine Müller 64.39 64.39 4 A Julia Fischer 63.38 63.38 5 B Yaime Pérez 61.79 62.9362.93 6 A Shanice Craft 62.73 62.73 7 B Gia Lewis-Smallwood 62.04 60.28 62.04 8 A Dani Samuels 61.87 62.01 62.01 9 B Mélina Robert-Michon 60.23 57.93 61.78 61.78 10 A Su Xinyue 61.04 60.70 61.68 61.68 11 A Whitney Ashley 60.88 60.18 60.88 12 B Natalia Semenova 59.96 60.72 57.74 60.72 13 A Zinaida Sendriūtė 60.33 55.22 60.33 14 B Shelbi Vaughan 60.24 57.3860.24 15 A Yelena Panova 60.21 57.52 55.69 60.21 16 B Tan Jian 59.84 59.84 17 B Yekaterina Strokova 59.32 59.32 18 A Te Rina Keenan 57.11 59.20 58.79 59.20 19 A Andressa de Morais 55.85 59.08 59.08 20 B Dragana Tomašević 56.70 57.48 58.98 58.98 21 A Lu Xiaoxin 58.12 58.55 58.55 22 B Karen Gallardo 55.96 58.32 55.50 58.32 23 B Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou 55.23 58.20 58.20 24 A Sabina Asenjo 57.56 58.04 58.04 25 A Yuliya Maltseva 57.08 57.03 57.08 26 B Fernanda Martins 56.74 56.26 56.74 27 A Sanna Kämäräinen 56.68 53.19 56.68 28 A Rocío Comba 56.11 56.11 29 B Subenrat Insaeng 50.20 55.14 55.14 30 B Siositina Hakeai 54.89 54.89 31 B Irina Rodrigues 48.10 52.82 52.82
Final The final was started at 19:00.Final results
Rank Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 # 4 # 5 # 6 Mark Notes Denia Caballero 69.28 63.83 65.97 66.55 66.58 69.28 Sandra Perković 65.35 65.37 67.39 67.39 Nadine Müller 65.53 60.85 62.67 65.53 Yaime Pérez 62.63 59.63 64.60 64.31 65.46 65.46 Julia Fischer 63.88 59.22 63.19 63.88 Dani Samuels 53.65 62.90 63.08 63.14 61.48 62.31 63.14 Shanice Craft 61.80 61.72 61.46 59.23 63.10 62.86 63.10 Su Xinyue 62.90 62.58 58.47 61.56 62.33 62.61 62.90 Whitney Ashley 56.91 61.05 61.05 10 Mélina Robert-Michon 59.25 60.92 59.89 60.92 11 Gia Lewis-Smallwood 60.55 59.02 60.55 12 Natalia Semenova 57.94 59.54 54.97 59.54
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