World Athletics Championships 2019 / Women's discus throw

Athletics World Championships 2019
discipline	Discus throw
gender	Women
Attendees	30 athletes from 20 countries
venue	Doha
Competition location	Khalifa International Stadium
Competition phase	October 2nd (qualification) October 4th (final)
Medalists Yaimé Pérez ( CUB )   Denia Caballero ( CUB )   Sandra Perković ( CRO )

The winner Yaimé Pérez (2015)

The women's discus throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships took place on October 2nd and 4th, 2019 in Doha , Qatar .

30 athletes from 20 countries took part in the competition. The gold medal went to Yaimé Pérez with 69.17 m, silver went to Denia Caballero with 68.44 m and the bronze medal went to Sandra Perković with 66.72 m.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Gabriele Reinsch	76.80 m	Neubrandenburg , GDR	July 7, 1988
Championship record	Martina Hellmann	71.62 m	World Championships in Rome , Italy	August 31, 1987

qualification

The qualification distance was at least 63.00 m in order to move directly into the final. Seven athletes made this mark or threw on, they are highlighted in light blue. The remaining throwers who were allowed to take part in the final - the number of athletes should be at least twelve - are those with the highest thrown distance below the qualification distance, they are highlighted in light green.

Group A

October 2, 2019, 6:00 p.m. local time (5:00 p.m.  CEST )

space	Athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)
1	Yaimé Perez	Cuba	67.78			67.78
2	Mélina Robert-Michon	France	64.02			64.02 SB
3	Kristin Pudenz	Germany	63.35			63.35
4th	Chen Yang	People's Republic of China	62.09	62.83	63.10	63.10
5	Claudine Vita	Germany	61.24	62.31	62.09	62.31
6th	Valarie Allman	United States	57.99	x	62.25	62.25
7th	Kelsey Card	United States	60.15	61.32	59.39	61.32
8th	Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou	Greece	56.43	58.33	59.91	59.91 SB
9	Shanice Love	Jamaica	x	56.65	59.50	59.50
10	Dragana Tomašević	Serbia	x	57.13	56.93	57.13
11	Natalia Semenova	Ukraine	x	54.68	54.57	57.68
12	Liliana Cá	Portugal	52.89	51.36	54.31	54.31
13	Melany del Pilar Matheus	Cuba	52.52	x	51.64	52.52
14th	Alexandra Emilianov	Moldova	x	52.05	50.86	52.05
	Maria Toly	Croatia	x	x	x	NM

Group B

October 2, 2019, 7:25 p.m. local time (6:25 p.m.  CEST )

space	Athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)
1	Denia Caballero	Cuba	x	65.86		65.86
2	Sandra Perković	Croatia	65.20			65.20
3	Laulauga Tausaga	United States	61.33	63.94		63.94 PB
4th	Nadine Müller	Germany	61.06	62.33	62.93	62.93
5	Feng Bin	People's Republic of China	60.22	62.51	62.09	62.51
6th	Fernanda Martins	Brazil	x	62.33	60.53	62.33
7th	Chioma Onyekwere	Nigeria	61.38	x	x	61.38 PB
8th	Eliška Staňková	Czech Republic	58.64	57.41	58.98	58.98 SB
9	Jorinde van Klinken	Netherlands	x	58.58	x	58.58
10	Shadae Lawrence	Jamaica	57.55	58.51	x	58.51
11	Daisy Osakue	Italy	57.55	x	x	57.55
12	Daria Zabawska	Poland	x	57.05	x	57.05
13	Irina Rodrigues	Portugal	x	56.21	x	56.21
14th	Vanessa Kamga	Sweden	53.58	55.87	x	55.87
15th	Nanaka Kori	Japan	46.03	48.82	48.01	48.82

final

October 4, 2019, 9:00 p.m. local time (8:00 p.m.  CEST )

space	Athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Width (m)
	Yaime Perez	Cuba	68.10	65.01	65.76	68.01	69.17	64.61	69.17
	Denia Caballero	Cuba	x	66.80	67.32	68.44	x	65.64	68.44
	Sandra Perković	Croatia	66.72	62.30	66.19	x	x	x	66.72
4th	Chen Yang	People's Republic of China	59.54	61.50	63.38	x	61.31	x	63.38
5	Feng Bin	People's Republic of China	62.48	x	x	61.31	x	61.00	62.48
6th	Fernanda Martins	Brazil	60.47	62.44	61.11	x	x	62.24	62.44
7th	Valarie Allman	United States	x	61.82	59.40	x	x	x	61.82
8th	Nadine Müller	Germany	x	59.88	60.98	61.55	x	60.35	61.55
9	Claudine Vita	Germany	60.77	59.14	x	not in the final of the eight best throwers			60.77
10	Mélina Robert-Michon	France	x	59.99	57.64				59.99
11	Kristin Pudenz	Germany	55.94	57.69	x				57.69
	Laulauga Tausaga	United States	x	x	x				NM

Explanation of symbols:
- = attempt skipped, x = failed attempt

Web links and sources

• Results on the website of the IAAF (English)