The women's discus throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 2 to 4 October 2019.
Summary 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 .
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
Record Athlete Date LocationWorld76.80Gabriele Reinsch9 Jul 1988Neubrandenburg, GermanyChampionship71.62Martina Hellmann31 Aug 1987Rome, ItalyWorld leading69.39Yaime Pérez16 Jul 2019Sotteville, FranceAfrican64.87Elizna Naudé2 Mar 2007Stellenbosch, South AfricaAsian71.68Xiao Yanling14 Mar 1992Beijing, ChinaNACAC70.88Hilda Ramos8 May 1992Havana, CubaSouth American65.98Andressa de Morais6 Aug 2019Lima, PeruEuropean76.80Gabriele Reinsch9 Jul 1988Neubrandenburg, GermanyOceanian69.64Dani Stevens13 Aug 2017London, Great Britain
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:
Date Time Round2 October 18:00 Qualification4 October 21:00 Final
Results Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 63.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 A Yaime Pérez 67.78 67.78 2 B Denia Caballero 65.86 65.86 3 B Sandra Perković 65.20 65.20 4 A Mélina Robert-Michon 64.02 64.02 , 5 B Laulauga Tausaga 61.33 63.94 63.94 , 6 A Kristin Pudenz 63.35 63.35 7 A Chen Yang 62.09 62.83 63.10 63.10 8 B Nadine Müller 61.06 62.33 62.93 62.93 9 B Feng Bin 60.22 62.51 62.09 62.51 10 B Fernanda Martins 62.33 60.53 62.33 11 A Claudine Vita 61.24 62.31 62.09 62.31 12 A Valarie Allman 57.99 62.25 62.25 13 B Chioma Onyekwere 61.38 61.38 14 A Kelsey Card 60.15 61.32 59.39 61.32 15 A Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou 56.43 58.33 59.91 59.91 16 A Shanice Love 56.65 59.50 59.50 17 B Eliška Staňková 58.64 57.41 58.98 58.98 18 B Jorinde van Klinken 58.58 58.58 19 B Shadae Lawrence 57.55 58.51 58.51 20 B Daisy Osakue 57.55 57.55 21 A Dragana Tomašević 57.13 56.93 57.13 22 B Daria Zabawska 57.05 57.05 23 B Irina Rodrigues 56.21 56.21 24 B Vanessa Kamga 53.58 55.87 55.87 25 A Nataliya Semenova 54.68 54.57 54.68 26 A Liliana Cá 52.89 51.36 54.31 54.31 27 A Melany Matheus 52.52 51.64 52.52 28 A Alexandra Emilianov 52.05 50.86 52.05 29 B Nanaka Kori 46.03 48.82 48.01 48.82 A Marija Tolj
Final The final was started on 4 October at 21:00.
Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yaime Pérez 68.10 65.01 65.76 68.01 69.17 64.61 69.17 Denia Caballero 66.80 67.32 68.44 65.64 68.44 Sandra Perković 66.72 62.30 66.19 66.72 4 Chen Yang 59.54 61.50 63.38 61.31 63.38 5 Feng Bin 62.48 61.31 61.00 62.48 6 Fernanda Martins 60.47 62.44 61.11 62.24 62.44 7 Valarie Allman 61.82 59.40 61.82 8 Nadine Müller 59.88 60.98 61.55 60.35 61.55 9 Claudine Vita 60.77 59.14 60.77 10Mélina Robert-Michon 59.99 57.64 59.99 11Kristin Pudenz 55.94 57.69 57.69 Laulauga Tausaga
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