2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 11 and 13 August.Start list

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

Record Athlete Date LocationWorld76.80Gabriele Reinsch7 Jul 1988Neubrandenburg, East GermanyChampionship71.62Martina HellmannRome, ItalyWorld leading71.41Sandra Perković18 Jul 2017Bellinzona, SwitzerlandAfrican64.87Elizna Naudé2 Mar 2003Stellenbosch, South AfricaAsian71.68Xiao Yanling14 Mar 1992Beijing, ChinaNACAC70.88Hilda Ramos8 May 1992Havana, CubaSouth American64.21Andressa de Morais10 Jun 2012Barquisimeto, VenezuelaEuropean76.80Gabriele Reinsch7 Jul 1988Neubrandenburg, East GermanyOceanian68.72Daniela Costian22 Jan 1994Auckland, New Zealand

The following records were set at the competition:

Record Athlete Date Oceanian69.64Dani Stevens13 Aug 2017Australian

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 61.20 metres.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows: Date Time Round11 August 10:10 Qualification13 August 19:10 Final

Results Qualification The qualification round took place on 11 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 10:11 and Group B at 11:36. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 62.50 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 A Sandra Perković 69.67 69.67 2 B Yaime Pérez 65.58 65.58 3 B Dani Stevens 65.56 65.56 4 B Mélina Robert-Michon 63.97 63.97 , 5 A Denia Caballero 58.77 63.79 63.79 6 B Nadine Müller 60.31 62.47 63.35 63.35 7 B Su Xinyue 60.83 61.35 63.00 63.00 8 A Andressa de Morais 60.61 62.80 62.80 9 B Chen Yang 62.71 62.71 10 A Feng Bin 62.48 61.95 62.48 11 A Julia Harting 61.34 61.70 59.41 61.70 12 B Zinaida Sendriūtė 61.48 57.57 61.48 , 13 B Whitney Ashley 60.94 59.22 60.94 14 A Anna Rüh 60.78 60.66 60.78 15 B Shadae Lawrence 59.25 59.25 16 B Fernanda Martins 58.51 58.51 17 A Gia Lewis-Smallwood 58.15 58.13 58.15 18 A Jade Lally 57.71 57.71 19 B Dragana Tomašević 56.14 57.78 57.28 57.78 20 A Sabina Asenjo 57.00 57.00 21 B Irina Rodrigues 54.94 55.87 56.98 56.98 22 A Hrisoula Anagnostopoulou 56.91 56.08 55.26 56.91 23 A Kellion Knibb 56.73 56.73 24 A Anita Márton 55.96 54.91 55.96 25 A Natalia Semenova 55.83 55.83 26 B Subenrat Insaeng 53.74 55.16 55.16 27 A Taryn Gollshewsky 54.29 53.69 54.29 28 B Valarie Allman 53.85 53.85 29 B Karen Gallardo 52.36 52.81 52.81 A Tara-Sue Barnett

Final The final took place on 13 August at 20:25. The overall results were as follows:

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sandra Perković 69.30 70.31 70.28 69.81 70.31 Dani Stevens 64.23 65.46 66.82 66.59 69.64 69.64 Mélina Robert-Michon 65.49 62.54 61.88 65.3966.2166.21 Yaime Pérez 62.54 64.82 63.43 64.60 64.82 Denia Caballero 63.22 62.88 62.18 64.37 64.37 Nadine Müller 64.13 62.49 63.71 64.13 Su Xinyue 60.59 63.37 61.12 62.0563.37 Feng Bin 61.56 60.81 51.95 61.56 Julia Harting 61.34 61.34 10 Chen Yang 58.19 61.28 61.28 11 Andressa de Morais 60.00 60.00 12 Zinaida Sendriūtė

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