2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw explained

Event:	Women's discus throw
Competition:	2019 World Championships
Venue:	Khalifa International Stadium
Dates:	2 October (qualification) 4 October (final)
Competitors:	30
Nations:	20
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	69.17
Gold:	Yaime Pérez
Goldnoc:	CUB
Silver:	Denia Caballero
Silvernoc:	CUB
Bronze:	Sandra Perković
Bronzenoc:	CRO
Prev:	2017
Next:	2022

The women's discus throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 2 to 4 October 2019.^[1]

Summary

In the finals, Feng Bin threw 62.48m as the first thrower in the ring. The next thrower was world leader Yaime Pérez, who promptly took the lead with a 68.10m. Three throwers later, defending champion and double Olympic champion Sandra Perković threw 66.72m to take over second place. Those three held their positions until the end of the second round, when 2015 champion Denia Caballero dropped in a 66.80m to move into silver position. In fact, the three over 66 and a half metres would be the only ones over 63.50m all day. Caballero improved her position with a 67.32m in the third then took the lead with a 68.44m in the fourth round. Her teammate Pérez answered in the fifth round with the winner .

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[2]

Record		Athlete		Date	Location
World	76.80	Gabriele Reinsch		9 Jul 1988	Neubrandenburg, Germany
Championship	71.62	Martina Hellmann		31 Aug 1987	Rome, Italy
World leading	69.39	Yaime Pérez	Cuba	16 Jul 2019	Sotteville, France
African	64.87	Elizna Naudé		2 Mar 2007	Stellenbosch, South Africa
Asian	71.68	Xiao Yanling	China	14 Mar 1992	Beijing, China
NACAC	70.88	Hilda Ramos	Cuba	8 May 1992	Havana, Cuba
South American	65.98	Andressa de Morais	Brazil	6 Aug 2019	Lima, Peru
European	76.80	Gabriele Reinsch		9 Jul 1988	Neubrandenburg, Germany
Oceanian	69.64	Dani Stevens	Australia	13 Aug 2017	London, Great Britain

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:^[3]

Date	Time	Round
2 October	18:00	Qualification
4 October	21:00	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 63.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.^{[4] [5]}

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A			67.78			67.78
2	B				65.86		65.86
3	B			65.20			65.20
4	A			64.02			64.02	,
5	B			61.33	63.94		63.94	,
6	A			63.35			63.35
7	A			62.09	62.83	63.10	63.10
8	B			61.06	62.33	62.93	62.93
9	B			60.22	62.51	62.09	62.51
10	B				62.33	60.53	62.33
11	A			61.24	62.31	62.09	62.31
12	A			57.99		62.25	62.25
13	B			61.38			61.38
14	A			60.15	61.32	59.39	61.32
15	A			56.43	58.33	59.91	59.91
16	A				56.65	59.50	59.50
17	B			58.64	57.41	58.98	58.98
18	B				58.58		58.58
19	B			57.55	58.51		58.51
20	B			57.55			57.55
21	A				57.13	56.93	57.13
22	B				57.05		57.05
23	B				56.21		56.21
24	B			53.58	55.87		55.87
25	A				54.68	54.57	54.68
26	A			52.89	51.36	54.31	54.31
27	A			52.52		51.64	52.52
28	A				52.05	50.86	52.05
29	B			46.03	48.82	48.01	48.82
	A

Final

The final was started on 4 October at 21:00.^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
			68.10	65.01	65.76	68.01	69.17	64.61	69.17
				66.80	67.32	68.44		65.64	68.44
			66.72	62.30	66.19				66.72
4			59.54	61.50	63.38		61.31		63.38
5			62.48			61.31		61.00	62.48
6			60.47	62.44	61.11			62.24	62.44
7				61.82	59.40				61.82
8				59.88	60.98	61.55		60.35	61.55
9			60.77	59.14					60.77
10				59.99	57.64				59.99
11			55.94	57.69					57.69

Notes and References

1. Web site: Discus Throw Women − Qualification − Start List. IAAF. 1 October 2019. 1 October 2019.
2. Web site: Discus throw Women − Records. IAAF. 27 September 2019.
3. Web site: Women's discus throw − Timetable. IAAF. 27 September 2019.
4. Web site: Qualification summary.
5. Web site: Qualification results.
6. Web site: Final results.