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2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 24 and 25 August.[1][2]

Women's discus throw
at the 2015 World Championships
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates24 August (qualification)
25 August (final)
Competitors31 from 20 nations
Winning distance69.28
Medalists
gold medal Denia Caballero   Cuba
silver medal Sandra Perković   Croatia
bronze medal Nadine Müller   Germany
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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.[3]

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[4]

World record   Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) 76.80 Neubrandenburg, East Germany 7 July 1988
Championship record   Martina Hellmann (GDR) 71.62 Rome, Italy 31 August 1987
World leading   Denia Caballero (CUB) 70.65 Bilbao, Spain 20 June 2015
African record   Elizna Naudé (RSA) 64.87 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2 March 2003
Asian record   Xiao Yanling (CHN) 71.68 Beijing, China 14 March 1992
North, Central American and Caribbean record   Hilda Ramos (CUB) 70.88 Havana, Cuba 8 May 1992
South American record   Andressa de Morais (BRA) 64.21 Barquisimeto, Venezuela 10 June 2012
European record   Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) 76.80 Neubrandenburg, East Germany 7 July 1988
Oceanian record   Daniela Costian (AUS) 68.72 Auckland, New Zealand 22 January 1994

Qualification standards edit

Entry standards[5]
61.00

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
24 August 2015 09:35 Qualification
25 August 2015 19:00 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results edit

KEY: Q Qualified q 12 best performers NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Qualification edit

Qualification: 63.00 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).[6]

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Mark Notes7
1 A Denia Caballero   Cuba (CUB) 65.15 65.15 Q
2 B Sandra Perković   Croatia (CRO) 58.95 64.51 64.51 Q
3 B Nadine Müller   Germany (GER) 64.39 64.39 Q
4 A Julia Fischer   Germany (GER) 63.38 63.38 Q
5 B Yaime Pérez   Cuba (CUB) x 61.79 62.93 62.93 q
6 A Shanice Craft   Germany (GER) 62.73 x x 62.73 q
7 B Gia Lewis-Smallwood   United States (USA) 62.04 60.28 – 62.04 q
8 A Dani Samuels   Australia (AUS) x 61.87 62.01 62.01 q
9 B Mélina Robert-Michon   France (FRA) 60.23 57.93 61.78 61.78 q
10 A Su Xinyue   China (CHN) 61.04 60.70 61.68 61.68 q
11 A Whitney Ashley   United States (USA) 60.88 x 60.18 60.88 q
12 B Natalia Semenova   Ukraine (UKR) 59.96 60.72 57.74 60.72 q
13 A Zinaida Sendriūtė   Lithuania (LTU) 60.33 x 55.22 60.33
14 B Shelbi Vaughan   United States (USA) 60.24 x 57.38 60.24
15 A Yelena Panova   Russia (RUS) 60.21 57.52 55.69 60.21
16 B Tan Jian   China (CHN) 59.84 x x 59.84
17 B Yekaterina Strokova   Russia (RUS) x x 59.32 59.32
18 A Te Rina Keenan   New Zealand (NZL) 57.11 59.20 58.79 59.20
19 A Andressa de Morais   Brazil (BRA) 55.85 x 59.08 59.08
20 B Dragana Tomašević   Serbia (SRB) 56.70 57.48 58.98 58.98
21 A Lu Xiaoxin   China (CHN) x 58.12 58.55 58.55
22 B Karen Gallardo   Chile (CHI) 55.96 58.32 55.50 58.32
23 B Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou   Greece (GRE) 55.23 58.20 x 58.20
24 A Sabina Asenjo   Spain (ESP) 57.56 x 58.04 58.04
25 A Yuliya Maltseva   Russia (RUS) 57.08 57.03 x 57.08
26 B Fernanda Martins   Brazil (BRA) 56.74 x 56.26 56.74
27 A Sanna Kämäräinen   Finland (FIN) 56.68 53.19 x 56.68
28 A Rocío Comba   Argentina (ARG) x 56.11 x 56.11
29 B Subenrat Insaeng   Thailand (THA) 50.20 55.14 x 55.14
30 B Siositina Hakeai   New Zealand (NZL) 54.89 x x 54.89
31 B Irina Rodrigues   Portugal (POR) x 48.10 52.82 52.82

Final edit

The final was started at 19:00.[7]

Rank Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 # 4 # 5 # 6 Mark Notes
  Denia Caballero   Cuba (CUB) 69.28 63.83 x 65.97 66.55 66.58 69.28
  Sandra Perković   Croatia (CRO) x 65.35 x 65.37 x 67.39 67.39
  Nadine Müller   Germany (GER) 65.53 x 60.85 x x 62.67 65.53
4 Yaime Pérez   Cuba (CUB) x 62.63 59.63 64.60 64.31 65.46 65.46
5 Julia Fischer   Germany (GER) 63.88 x x 59.22 x 63.19 63.88
6 Dani Samuels   Australia (AUS) 53.65 62.90 63.08 63.14 61.48 62.31 63.14
7 Shanice Craft   Germany (GER) 61.80 61.72 61.46 59.23 63.10 62.86 63.10
8 Su Xinyue   China (CHN) 62.90 62.58 58.47 61.56 62.33 62.61 62.90
9 Whitney Ashley   United States (USA) x 56.91 61.05 61.05
10 Mélina Robert-Michon   France (FRA) 59.25 60.92 59.89 60.92
11 Gia Lewis-Smallwood   United States (USA) x 60.55 59.02 60.55
12 Natalia Semenova   Ukraine (UKR) 57.94 59.54 54.97 59.54

References edit

  1. ^ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 11 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "REPORT: WOMEN'S DISCUS FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Records & Lists – discus throw". IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  5. ^ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  6. ^ Qualification results
  7. ^ Final results
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