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The women's discus throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–11 August.

There were 6 automatic qualifiers for the final. It took 60.14 to get in. In the final Sandra Perković dominated from her first throw. Any of her three fair throws would have won the competition. Yarelys Barrios was a solid second place from her first throw, but she never improved. Meanwhile, Mélina Robert-Michon did improve, her third round throw putting her into second and her final throw more than a meter further to improve her own French national record set more than 11 years (and one daughter) earlier. The record throw was all the more remarkable due to the rainy conditions that hampered the rest of the field, hers was the only improvement after the rains started toward the end of the fourth round.[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[2]

World record  Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) 76.80 Neubrandenburg, East Germany 7 July 1988
Championship record  Martina Hellmann (GDR) 71.62 Rome, Italy 31 August 1987
World leading  Sandra Perković (CRO) 67.98 Lausane, Switzerland 4 July 2013
African record  Elizna Naudé (RSA) 64.87 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2 March 2003
Asian record  Xiao Yanling (CHN) 71.68 Beijing, People's Republic of China 14 March 1992
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Hilda Ramos (CUB) 70.88 Havana, Cuba 8 May 1992
South American record  Andressa de Morais (BRA) 64.21 Barquisimeto, Venezuela 10 June 2012
European record  Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) 76.80 Neubrandenburg, East Germany 7 July 1988
Oceanian record  Daniela Costian (AUS) 68.72 Auckland, New Zealand 22 January 1994

Qualification standards

A result[3] B result
62.00 59.50

Schedule

Date Time Round
10 August 2013 9:30 Qualification
11 August 2013 20:15 Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results

KEY: Q Qualified q 12 best performers NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: 63.00 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.[4][5]

Rank Group Name Nationality No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 Mark Notes
1 A Zinaida Sendriutė  Lithuania (LTU) 64.16 64.16 Q
2 A Yarelys Barrios  Cuba (CUB) 63.63 63.63 Q
3 B Sandra Perković  Croatia (CRO) 63.62 63.62 Q
4 B Tan Jian  China (CHN) 62.57 63.21 63.21 Q
5 A Mélina Robert-Michon  France (FRA) 63.16 63.16 Q
5 B Nadine Müller  Germany (GER) 63.16 63.16 Q
7 B Dani Samuels  Australia (AUS) 62.73 62.51 62.85 62.85 q
8 B Żaneta Glanc  Poland (POL) 61.30 61.62 59.21 61.62 q
9 B Rocío Comba  Argentina (ARG) 61.54 59.51 x 61.54 q
10 B Gia Lewis-Smallwood  United States (USA) x 61.30 57.56 61.30 q
11 B Yaime Pérez  Cuba (CUB) 59.38 57.26 60.33 60.33 q
12 A Denia Caballero  Cuba (CUB) 60.14 58.48 x 60.14 q
13 A Julia Fischer  Germany (GER) 56.77 60.09 x 60.09
14 A Dragana Tomašević  Serbia (SRB) 57.58 58.70 58.79 58.79
15 A Vera Ganeeva  Russia (RUS) 58.37 55.23 x 58.37
16 B Ekaterina Strokova  Russia (RUS) 57.85 x 53.24 57.85
17 B Irina Rodrigues  Portugal (POR) 57.64 55.47 54.09 57.64
18 A Karen Gallardo  Chile (CHI) x 53.10 57.03 57.03
19 B Su Xinyue  China (CHN) 54.14 54.76 56.87 56.87
20 A Svetlana Saykina  Russia (RUS) 56.62 x 54.05 56.62
21 A Liz Podominick  United States (USA) 56.41 x x 56.41
22 B Nicoleta Grasu  Romania (ROM) x 55.47 56.31 56.31
23 B Natalya Fokina-Semenova  Ukraine (UKR) x 55.79 x 55.79
24 A Whitney Ashley  United States (USA) 44.60 x x 44.60
A Gu Siyu  China (CHN) x x x NM
A Fernanda Raquel Borges Martins  Brazil (BRA) x x x NM

Final

The final was held on 11 August.[6]

Rank Name Nationality No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 Mark Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sandra Perković  Croatia (CRO) 67.52 67.99 x 67.80 x x 67.99
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mélina Robert-Michon  France (FRA) 62.53 61.77 65.13 65.08 x 66.28 66.28 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yarelys Barrios  Cuba (CUB) 64.96 63.99 x 62.77 61.28 63.33 64.96
4 Nadine Müller  Germany (GER) 64.12 64.67 x x 61.92 63.22 64.67
5 Gia Lewis-Smallwood  United States (USA) 57.21 61.66 62.71 64.23 x 61.10 64.23
6 Tan Jian  China (CHN) x 63.16 61.69 63.34 x 61.47 63.34
7 Żaneta Glanc  Poland (POL) 59.80 62.90 x 61.27 x x 62.90 SB
8 Denia Caballero  Cuba (CUB) 62.80 59.80 60.16 61.43 x 62.49 62.80
9 Zinaida Sendriutė  Lithuania (LTU) 61.87 62.54 61.44 62.54
10 Dani Samuels  Australia (AUS) 59.17 62.42 x 62.42
11 Yaime Pérez  Cuba (CUB) x 62.39 60.16 62.39
12 Rocío Comba  Argentina (ARG) 59.83 x 58.32 59.83

References

  1. ^ "Error 200 | World Athletics".
  2. ^ "Records & Lists – discus throw". IAAF. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  3. ^ IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 – Standards, All Russia Athletic Federation, 2012, archived from the original on 16 August 2013, retrieved 8 August 2013
  4. ^ Start list
  5. ^ Qualification Results
  6. ^ "Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.

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