2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw explained

Event:	Women's discus throw
Competition:	2022 World Championships
Venue:	Hayward Field
Dates:	18 July (qualification) 20 July (final)
Competitors:	31
Nations:	20
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	69.12
Gold:	Feng Bin
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Sandra Perković
Silvernoc:	CRO
Bronze:	Valarie Allman
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The women's discus throw at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 18 and 20 July 2022.^[1]

Records

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

width=25% align=center	Record	width=25% align=center	Athlete &	width=10% align=center		width=25% align=center	Location	width=15% align=center	Date
World record		76.80 m	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	9 July 1988
Championship record		71.62 m	Rome, Italy	31 August 1987
World Leading		71.46 m	San Diego, United States	8 April 2022
African Record		64.87 m	Stellenbosch, South Africa	2 March 2007
Asian Record		71.68 m	Beijing, China	14 March 1992
North, Central American and Caribbean record		71.46 m	San Diego, United States	8 April 2022
South American Record		65.34 m	Leiria, Portugal	26 June 2019
European Record		76.80 m	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	9 July 1988
Oceanian record		69.64 m	London, Great Britain	13 August 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 63.50 m.^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
18 July	17:10	Qualification
20 July	18:30	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 64.00 (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			x	x	68.36	68.36	Q
2	B			62.15	x	65.66	65.66	Q,
3	B			60.77	65.32		65.32	Q,
4	B			62.13	64.98		64.98	Q,
5	A			x	64.55		64.55	Q
6	B			63.55	64.39		64.39	Q
7	B			64.23			64.23	Q
8	A			64.01			64.01	Q
9	A			x	62.85	x	62.85	q
10	A			61.46	x	x	61.46	q
11	A			x	61.41	61.01	61.41	q
12	B			59.89	61.21	x	61.21	q
13	B			60.67	x	x	60.67
14	B			58.18	60.08	58.43	60.08
15	B			55.28	59.78	57.29	59.78
16	A			58.73	55.55	54.07	58.73
17	B			55.98	51.72	58.32	58.32
18	A			58.21	55.85	x	58.21
19	A			58.15	56.04	57.61	58.15
20	A			55.68	58.11	56.79	58.11
21	A			x	57.87	x	57.87
22	B			54.78	57.78	x	57.78
23	B			56.79	54.89	57.69	57.69
24	B			57.38	x	57.62	57.62
25	A			57.39	57.31	57.57	57.57
26	A			x	57.16	56.04	57.16
27	B			x	56.95	56.99	56.99
28	A			56.74	x	x	56.74
29	B			x	54.60	56.54	56.54
30	A			x	x	54.36	54.36

Final

The final was started on 20 July at 18:33.^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
			69.12	x	66.89	65.88	65.60	64.62	69.12
			67.74	68.45	x	67.74	66.59	65.57	68.45
			67.62	66.47	68.30	68.05	x	51.41	68.30
4			x	62.41	64.00	60.68	64.97	x	64.97
5			59.87	64.24	62.09	x	62.60	61.86	64.24
6			53.24	63.64	x	63.99	61.99	x	63.99
7			x	62.36	61.32	63.07	62.94	62.36	63.07
8			x	63.07	62.35	61.70	60.61	61.82	63.07
9			61.23	x	62.35				62.35
10			53.46	60.36	59.98				60.36
11			x	59.97	x				59.97
12			56.47	55.93	x				56.47

Notes and References

1. https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/oregon22/timetable/bydiscipline/women/discus-throw Timetable
2. Web site: Discus Throw Women − Records. IAAF. 9 July 2022.
3. News: Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022. iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
4. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-DT-W-q----.RS6.pdf Qualification Results
5. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-DT-W-q----.RS4.pdf Qualification Summary
6. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-DT-W-f----.RS6.pdf Final results