2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' discus throw explained

Event:	Girls' discus throw
Competition:	2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue:	RSC Olimpiyskiy
Dates:	10 July (qualification & final)
Competitors:	28
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	56.34
Gold:	Xie Yuchen
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Claudine Vita
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Liang Xingyun
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Prev:	2011
Next:	2015

The girls' discus throw at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 11 July.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Xie Yuchen	Claudine Vita	Liang Xingyun

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best		65.86	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	1 August 1986
Championship Record		55.26	Debrecen, Hungary	12 July 2001
World Youth Leading		54.16	Zhaoqing, China	28 April 2013

Qualification

Qualification rule: 48.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified.^[1]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	B			52.94			52.94	Q
2	A			47.43	49.97		49.97	Q
3	A			48.73			48.73	Q, PB
4	A			43.22	47.46	46.10	47.46	q
5	A			44.80	43.08	46.27	46.27	q
6	A			43.99	44.99	x	44.99	q
7	B			44.69	42.58	x	44.69	q
8	B			42.86	41.63	43.86	43.86	q
9	A			35.09	43.51	x	43.51	q
10	B			40.20	43.05	42.63	43.05	q
11	B			40.93	42.92	42.33	42.92	q
12	B			41.27	x	42.76	42.76	q
13	B			42.69	x	x	42.69
14	A			40.98	42.63	41.84	42.63
15	B			42.40	x	42.51	42.51
16	A			42.30	x	41.14	42.30
17	B			42.02	x	x	42.02
18	A			41.15	x	41.86	41.86
19	A			x	38.10	41.80	41.80
20	B			37.89	x	39.65	39.65
21	A			x	39.33	37.65	39.33
22	B			x	39.07	38.84	39.07
23	A			x	38.74	38.81	38.81
24	A			37.99	38.66	x	38.66
25	B			30.18	38.00	x	38.00
26	B			37.86	36.23	37.78	37.86
27	B			35.86	x	37.29	37.29
28	A			x	33.31	36.01	36.01

Final

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			53.24	50.78	55.01	x	54.06	56.34	56.34	CR
			49.69	50.51	52.59	x	49.37	x	52.59	PB
			50.65	49.95	51.50	51.38	50.55	43.27	51.50	PB
4			x	40.29	45.58	45.82	47.66	47.60	47.66
5			x	44.86	x	x	x	47.03	47.03
6			46.89	40.75	46.56	46.02	39.86	x	46.89	PB
7			46.36	46.38	x	43.52	44.65	45.61	46.38
8			x	43.49	45.36	45.48	37.77	45.16	45.48
9			43.66	44.61	43.92				44.61	PB
10			41.71	x	43.47				43.47
11			x	42.82	41.52				42.82
12			40.15	42.42	x				42.42

Notes and References

1. Web site: Discus Throw Girls - Qualification . . 10 July 2013.
2. Web site: Discus Throw Girls - Final . . 10 July 2013.