Pan American Games 2011 / Athletics - Women's Discus Throw

The winner Yarelys Barrios (2012)

The women's discus throw at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 28 at the Telmex Athletics Stadium in Guadalajara .

Eleven athletes from eight countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by Yarelys Barrios with 66.40 m, which was also a new record for the Pan American Games. Silver went to Aretha Thurmond with 59.53 m and Denia Caballero secured the bronze medal with 58.63 m.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Gabriele Reinsch	76.80 m	Neubrandenburg , German Democratic Republic	July 9, 1988
Record of games	Maritza Martén	65.58 m	Pan American Games in Indianapolis , United States	August 10, 1987

Result

October 28, 2011, 3 p.m.

space	Athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Width (m)
	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
4th	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
6th	Rocío Comba	Argentina	x	54.12	x	56.05	x	54.98	56.05 SB
7th	Fernanda Raquel Borges	Brazil	x	52.75	52.53	x	54.56	53.75	54.56
8th	Elisângela Adriano	Brazil	x	x	54.08	x	53.46	x	54.08
9	Allison Randall	Jamaica	45.96	49.42	50.90	not in the final of the eight best throwers			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

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

Web links and sources

• Results on todor66.com (English)
• Guadalajara 2011 Sesiones Deportivas. (PDF; 3.6 MB) In: www.guadalajara2011.org.mx. Archived from the original on June 26, 2011 ; accessed on October 6, 2019 (Spanish).