2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw
at the 2013 World Championships
Women's discus throw ; at the 2013 World Championships
Venue	Luzhniki Stadium
Dates	10 August (qualification); 11 August (final)
Competitors	26 from 17 nations
Winning distance	67.99 m (223 ft 3⁄4 in)
Medalists
	Sandra Perković; Croatia (CRO)
	Mélina Robert-Michon; France (FRA)
	Yarelys Barrios; Cuba (CUB)
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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.

Official Video

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
	Sandra Perković	Croatia (CRO)	67.52	67.99	x	67.80	x	x	67.99
	Mélina Robert-Michon	France (FRA)	62.53	61.77	65.13	65.08	x	66.28	66.28	NR
	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