2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Discus Throw (Women)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | Discus throw | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 34 athletes from 24 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Estádio Nilton Santos | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 15, 2016 (qualification) August 16, 2016 (final) |
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The women's discus throw at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was played on August 15 and 16, 2016 in the Estádio Nilton Santos . 34 athletes took part.
The Olympic champion was the Croatian Sandra Perković . The French Mélina Robert-Michon won silver ahead of the Cuban Denia Caballero .
All three German participants reached the final. Nadine Müller was sixth, Julia Fischer ninth and Shanice Craft eleventh.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.
Current titleholders
Olympic Champion | Sandra Perković ( Croatia ) | 69.11 m | London 2012 |
world champion | Denia Caballero ( Cuba ) | 69.28 m | Beijing 2015 |
European champion | Sandra Perković ( Croatia ) | 69.97 m | Amsterdam 2016 |
North / Central America / Caribbean Champion | Summer Pierson ( USA ) | 56.64 m | San José 2015 |
South America Champion | Andressa de Morais ( Brazil ) | 61.15 m | Lima 2015 |
Asian champion | Su Xinyue ( People's Republic of China ) | 63.90 m | Wuhan 2015 |
African champion | Nwanneka Okwelogu ( Nigeria ) | 56.75 m | Durban 2016 |
Oceania champion | Siositina Hakeai ( New Zealand ) | 56.06 m | Cairns 2015 |
Existing records
World record | Gabriele Reinsch ( GDR ) | 76.80 m | Neubrandenburg , GDR (now Germany ) | July 9, 1988 |
Olympic record | Martina Hellmann ( GDR ) | 72.30 m | Final from Seoul , South Korea | September 29, 1988 |
Remarks:
- All times are based on local time in Rio ( UTC-3 ).
- All widths are given in meters (m).
qualification
The athletes competed in two groups for a qualifying round. The qualification distance required for direct participation in the finals was 62.00 m. Since only eight throwers exceeded this distance - highlighted in light blue, the final field was filled with the following best throwers from both groups to a total of twelve participants - highlighted in light green. So finally 60.23 m had to be thrown to reach the final.
Group A
August 15, 2016, 8.30 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Width (m) | annotation |
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1 | Sandra Perković | Croatia | x | x | 64.81 | 64.81 | |
2 | Dani Samuels | Australia | x | 59.42 | 64.46 | 64.46 | |
3 | Denia Caballero | Cuba | x | x | 62.94 | 62.94 | |
4th | Feng Bin | People's Republic of China | 55.97 | 62.01 | - | 62.01 | |
5 | Chen Yang | People's Republic of China | x | x | 61.44 | 61.44 | |
6th | Zinaida Sendriūtė | Lithuania | x | x | 60.79 | 60.79 | |
7th | Shanice Craft | Germany | 60.23 | x | x | 60.23 | |
8th | Pauline Pousse | France | x | x | 58.98 | 58.98 | |
9 | Chinwe Okoro | Nigeria | 57.34 | 58.85 | 58.53 | 58.85 | |
10 | Żaneta Glanc | Poland | 55.27 | 56.09 | 57.88 | 57.88 | |
11 | Dragana Tomašević | Serbia | 55.87 | 57.67 | x | 57.67 | |
12 | Shadae Lawrence | Jamaica | 57.09 | x | x | 57.09 | |
13 | Hrisoula Anagnostopoulou | Greece | x | 54.84 | 53.19 | 54.84 | |
14th | Natalia Stratulate | Moldova | x | 53.27 | 48.80 | 53.27 | |
15th | Fernanda Martins | Brazil | 50.19 | 51.85 | x | 51.85 | |
16 | Maria Telushkina | Kazakhstan | x | 43.70 | 45.33 | 45.33 | |
ogV | Whitney Ashley | United States | x | x | x | - | without space |
Group B
August 15, 2016, 10:20 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Width (m) | annotation |
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1 | Yaimé Perez | Cuba | 65.38 | - | - | 65.38 | |
2 | Su Xinyue | People's Republic of China | 65.14 | - | - | 65.14 | |
3 | Nadine Müller | Germany | 63.67 | - | - | 63.67 | |
4th | Mélina Robert-Michon | France | 62.59 | - | - | 62.59 | |
5 | Julia Fischer | Germany | 61.38 | x | 60.69 | 61.38 | |
6th | Natalia Semenova | Ukraine | x | 58.85 | x | 58.85 | |
7th | Tarasue Barnett | Jamaica | x | 54.36 | 58.09 | 58.09 | |
8th | Karen Gallardo | Chile | 57.81 | 55.98 | 55.20 | 57.81 | |
9 | Seema Antil | India | 57.58 | x | 56.78 | 57.58 | |
10 | Andressa de Morais | Brazil | 57.38 | x | x | 57.38 | |
11 | Sabina Asenjo | Spain | 56.94 | 56.22 | x | 56.94 | |
12 | Subenrat Insaeng | Thailand | 56.64 | x | 54.74 | 56.64 | |
13 | Kelsey Card | United States | x | 51.16 | 56.41 | 56.41 | |
14th | Rocío Comba | Argentina | x | 54.44 | x | 54.44 | |
15th | Jade Lally | Great Britain | 51.60 | 53.99 | 54.06 | 54.06 | |
16 | Shelbi Vaughan | United States | x | 53.33 | 46.71 | 53.33 | |
ogV | Kellion Knibb | Jamaica | x | x | x | - | without space |
final
August 16, 2016, 11:20 am
In the final, each participant initially had three attempts, the length of the qualifying round was not counted. The best eight athletes then had three more attempts, the last four were eliminated.
Twelve athletes had qualified for the final, eight of them by qualifying distance and another four by their placements. Three Germans and three Chinese each qualified. There were also two Cubans and one participant each from Australia, France, Croatia and Lithuania.
The 2012 Olympic champion , 2013 world champion and 2015 vice world champion Sandra Perković from Croatia and 2015 world champion Denia Caballero from Cuba were considered favorites. Other medal contenders, the three German Nadine Müller belonged WM -Third of 2015, Julia Fischer, Vice European Champion in 2016 and World Cup -Fünfte of 2015, and Shanice Craft, EM -Third of 2014 and 2016. Another candidate was the French vice-European champion of 2014 Mélina Robert-Michon.
In the first round Robert-Michon took the lead with 65.52 m, followed by the Chinese Su Xinyue - 63.88 m - and the Australian Dany Samuels - 63.57 m. As in qualification, Perković started with two failed attempts. In the third round she threw the discus to 69.21 m and took the top position. In the same lap, Caballero had advanced to third place with 65.34 m. Mélina Robert-Michon improved in the fifth attempt to 66.73 m, with which she set a new French national record, but remained on the silver rank. Dani Samuels scored 64.90 m in the last round and was fourth. Gold went to the favorite Sandra Perković, Bronze went to Denia Caballero. The Chinese Su Xinyue came in fifth ahead of Nadine Müller.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Width (m) | annotation |
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1 | Sandra Perković | Croatia | x | x | 69.21 | x | x | x | 69.21 | |
2 | Mélina Robert-Michon | France | 65.52 | 64.83 | 65.08 | x | 66.73 | x | 66.73 | NO |
3 | Denia Caballero | Cuba | 61.80 | x | 65.34 | 63.82 | x | 64.64 | 65.34 | |
4th | Dani Samuels | Australia | 63.57 | x | 61.21 | 61.95 | 62.87 | 64.90 | 64.90 | |
5 | Su Xinyue | People's Republic of China | 63.88 | 61.02 | 64.37 | 62.20 | 63.87 | x | 64.37 | |
6th | Nadine Müller | Germany | 63.13 | x | x | x | x | x | 63.13 | |
7th | Chen Yang | People's Republic of China | 63.11 | x | 60.47 | 59.19 | x | x | 63.11 | |
8th | Feng Bin | People's Republic of China | 62.26 | 60.27 | 63.06 | 61.14 | x | 61.85 | 63.06 | |
9 | Julia Fischer | Germany | 60.69 | x | 62.67 | not in the final of the eight best throwers |
62.67 | |||
10 | Zinaida Sendriūtė | Lithuania | 58.25 | 59.95 | 61.89 | 61.89 | ||||
11 | Shanice Craft | Germany | x | 58.39 | 59.85 | 59.85 | ||||
ogV | Yaimé Perez | Cuba | x | x | x | - | without space |
Web links
- Results Book Rio 2016, Official Report at library.olympic.org, accessed October 17, 2018
- Results on the website of the IAAF Discus Throw Women (English), accessed on October 17, 2018
- Sports-Reference, Result of Discus Throw Women (English), accessed on October 17, 2018
Video
- Rio Replay: Discus Final on youtube.com, published August 21, 2016, accessed October 17, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 801 , accessed on October 17, 2018