Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held the 28 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Yarelys Barrios of the Cuba.

Women's discus throw at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 28
Competitors	11 from 8 nations
Medalists
Yarelys Barrios   Cuba   Aretha Thurmond   United States   Denia Caballero   Cuba
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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record	Gabriele Reinsch (GER)	76.80	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	July 9, 1988
Pan American Games record	Maritza Martén (CUB)	65.58	Indianapolis, United States	August 10, 1987

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (48.50) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 28, 2011	15:00	Final

Results

All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Final

The final was held on October 28.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Yarelys Barrios	Cuba	66.40	62.88	x	63.13	63.41	61.39	66.40	PR
	Aretha Thurmond	United States	57.59	56.69	57.75	59.16	59.53	x	59.53
	Denia Caballero	Cuba	58.63	x	57.42	x	x	54.82	58.63
4	Gia Lewis-Smallwood	United States	x	51.92	52.08	57.34	x	x	57.34
5	Karen Gallardo	Chile	54.10	57.13	56.06	57.17	x	x	57.17
6	Rocío Comba	Argentina	x	54.12	x	56.05	x	54.98	56.05	SB
7	Fernanda Raquel Borges	Brazil	x	52.75	52.53	x	54.56	53.75	54.56
8	Elisângela Adriano	Brazil	x	x	54.08	x	53.46	x	54.08
9	Allison Randall	Jamaica	45.96	49.42	50.90				50.90
10	Irais Estrada	Mexico	44.66	47.58	49.52				49.52
11	Brittni Borrero	Puerto Rico	46.87	x	x				46.87