World Athletics Championships 2015 / Women's discus throw
World Athletics Championships 2015 | |
discipline | Women's discus throw |
city | Beijing |
place | Beijing National Stadium |
Participants | 34 athletes from 50 countries |
Competition phase | August 24, 2015 (qualification) August 25, 2015 (final) |
Medalists | |
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gold | Denia Caballero ( CUB ) |
silver | Sandra Perković ( CRO ) |
bronze | Nadine Müller ( GER ) |
The women's discus throw at the 2015 World Athletics Championships took place on August 24 and 25, 2015 in Beijing , People's Republic of China .
The Cuban Denia Caballero won this competition. Vice world champion was the Croatian Sandra Perković . The German Nadine Müller won the bronze medal.
Records
World record | Gabriele Reinsch | 76.80 m | Neubrandenburg , GDR (now Germany ) | July 9, 1988 |
Championship record | Martina Hellmann | 71.62 m | World Cup in Rome , Italy | August 31, 1987 |
qualification
The qualification was carried out in two groups. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 63.00 m. Since only four athletes exceeded this distance (highlighted in light blue), the final field was filled with the next best athletes from both groups to a total of twelve participants (highlighted in light green). In the end, 60.72 m had to be achieved to be in the final.
Group A
August 24, 2015, 9:35 a.m. local time (3:35 a.m. CEST )
space | Athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Width (m) |
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1 | Denia Caballero | Cuba | 65.15 | - | - | 65.15 |
2 | Julia Fischer | Germany | 63.38 | - | - | 63.38 |
3 | Shanice Craft | Germany | 62.73 | x | x | 62.73 |
4th | Dani Samuels | Australia | x | 61.87 | 62.01 | 62.01 |
5 | Su Xinyue | People's Republic of China | 61.04 | 60.70 | 61.68 | 61.68 |
6th | Whitney Ashley | United States | 60.88 | x | 60.18 | 60.88 |
7th | Zinaida Sendriūtė | Lithuania | 60.33 | x | 55.22 | 60.33 |
8th | Elena Panova | Russia | 60.21 | 57.52 | 55.69 | 60.21 |
9 | Te Rina Keenan | New Zealand | 57.11 | 59.20 | 58.79 | 59.20 |
10 | Andressa de Morais | Brazil | 55.85 | x | 59.08 | 59.08 |
11 | Lu Xiaoxin | People's Republic of China | x | 58.12 | 58.55 | 58.55 |
12 | Sabina Asenjo | Spain | 57.56 | x | 58.04 | 58.04 |
13 | Julija Malzewa | Russia | 57.08 | 57.03 | x | 57.08 |
14th | Sanna Kämäräinen | Finland | 56.68 | 53.19 | x | 56.68 |
15th | Rocío Comba | Argentina | x | 56.11 | x | 56.11 |
Group B
August 24, 2015, 10:55 a.m. local time (4:55 a.m. CEST )
space | Athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Width (m) |
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1 | Sandra Perković | Croatia | 58.95 | 64.51 | - | 64.51 |
2 | Nadine Müller | Germany | 64.39 | - | - | 64.39 |
3 | Yaimé Perez | Cuba | x | 61.79 | 62.93 | 62.93 |
4th | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | United States | 62.04 | 60.28 | - | 62.04 |
5 | Mélina Robert-Michon | France | 60.23 | 57.93 | 61.78 | 61.78 |
6th | Natalia Semenova | Ukraine | 59.96 | 60.72 | 57.74 | 60.72 |
7th | Shelbi Vaughan | United States | 60.24 | x | 57.38 | 60.24 |
8th | Tan Jian | People's Republic of China | 59.84 | x | x | 59.84 |
9 | Ekaterina Strokova | Russia | x | x | 59.32 | 59.32 |
10 | Dragana Tomašević | Serbia | 56.70 | 57.48 | 58.98 | 58.98 |
11 | Karen Gallardo | Chile | 55.96 | 58.32 | 55.50 | 58.32 |
12 | Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou | Greece | 55.23 | 58.20 | x | 58.20 |
13 | Fernanda Martins | Brazil | 56.74 | x | 56.26 | 56.74 |
14th | Subenrat Insaeng | Thailand | 50.20 | 55.14 | x | 55.14 |
15th | Siositina Hakeai | New Zealand | 54.89 | x | x | 54.89 |
16 | Irina Rodrigues | Portugal | x | 48.10 | 52.82 | 52.82 |
final
August 25, 2015, 7:00 p.m. local time (1:00 p.m. CEST )
The favorite for this competition was the Croatian Sandra Perković, who had been ahead in all major championships in recent years. She was the world champion of 2013 , the Olympic champion in 2012 and European champion of 2012 / 2014 . The contenders for the other medals included the vice world champion from 2013 and vice European champion from 2014 Mélina Robert-Michon, the three German throwers Nadine Müller - vice world champion 2011 / vice European champion 2012 / Olympic champion 2012, Shanice Craft - EC third 2014 - and Julia Fischer - EC -Fifth 2012/2014.
The Cuban Denia Caballero surprised with her first litter, who achieved 69.28 m and was thus at the top of the field. With almost four meters behind - 65.53 m - Müller was second. In the second round Perković had her first valid throw with 65.53 m, which she was now in third place. Before the three finals of the best eight throwers, nothing changed in this order. Fourth place went to Fischer with 63.88 m, fifth was Australian Dani Samuels with 63.08 m, followed by Chinese Su Xinyue - 62.90 m, Cuban Yaimé Pérez - 62.63 m - and Craft with 61, 80 m. Rounds four and five brought only minor changes: Perković improved by two centimeters, but remained in third place, Pérez reached 64.60 m, which climbed to fourth place, Samuels achieved 63.14 m, that was Sixth, and Craft came in 63.10 m, seventh. With her last litter on 67.39 m, the actual favorite Sandra Perković then moved past Müller to silver. But Denia Caballero remained the winner, while the bronze went to Nadine Müller. Yaimé Pérez came fourth ahead of Julia Fischer and Dani Samuels. The seventh and eighth place went to Shanice Craft and Su Xinyue.
space | Athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Width (m) |
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Denia Caballero | Cuba | 69.28 | 63.83 | x | 65.97 | 66.55 | 66.58 | 69.28 | |
Sandra Perković | Croatia | x | 65.35 | x | 65.37 | x | 67.39 | 67.39 | |
Nadine Müller | Germany | 65.53 | x | 60.85 | x | x | 62.67 | 65.53 | |
4th | Yaimé Perez | Cuba | x | 62.63 | 59.63 | 64.60 | 64.31 | 65.46 | 65.46 |
5 | Julia Fischer | Germany | 63.88 | x | x | 59.22 | x | 63.19 | 63.88 |
6th | Dani Samuels | Australia | 53.65 | 62.90 | 63.08 | 63.14 | 61.48 | 62.31 | 63.14 |
7th | Shanice Craft | Germany | 61.80 | 61.72 | 61.46 | 59.23 | 63.10 | 62.86 | 63.10 |
8th | Su Xinyue | People's Republic of China | 62.90 | 62.58 | 58.47 | 61.56 | 62.33 | 62.61 | 62.90 |
9 | Whitney Ashley | United States | x | 56.91 | 61.05 | not in the final of the eight best throwers |
61.05 | ||
10 | Mélina Robert-Michon | France | 59.25 | 60.92 | 59.89 | 60.92 | |||
11 | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | Great Britain | x | 60.55 | 59.02 | 60.55 | |||
12 | Natalia Semenova | Ukraine | 57.94 | 59.54 | 54.97 | 59.54 |
Web links and sources
- Homepage for the 2015 World Championships, discus throw women on the IAAF website (English), accessed on November 13, 2018
- Results of the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on November 13, 2018
- Reports on the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on November 13, 2018