Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's discus throw F37–38 explained

Event:	Women's Discus F37/38
Games:	2008 Summer
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	33.67
Venue:	Beijing National Stadium
Dates:	14 September
Competitors:	14
Nations:	10
Gold:	Mi Na
Goldnpc:	CHN
Silver:	Amanda Fraser
Silvernpc:	AUS
Bronze:	Li Chunhua
Bronzenpc:	CHN

The women's discus F37/38 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Stadium at 09:55 on 14 September.There was a single round of competition; after the first three throws, only the top eight had 3 further throws.The competition was won by Mi Na, representing .^[1]

Britain's Rebecca Chin, initially placed second in the event, was deprived of the silver medal in a dispute over her classification, and her result deleted from the table.^[2]

Results

Rank	Cl.	1	2	3	4	5	6	Best	Pts.	Notes
	F37	29.43	31.58	31.53	32.34	32.32	33.67	33.67	1146	WR
	F37	29.66	29.53	24.59	29.73	29.55	29.00	29.73	1012	SB
	F37	27.95	26.30	x	27.94	x	26.43	27.95	951
	F38	24.61	27.06	26.55	26.70	27.69	28.13	28.13	950	PR
	F37	26.38	26.75	26.38	26.19	25.98	27.40	27.40	933
	F38	26.59	27.64	24.71	25.13	26.30	25.90	27.64	933
	F37	24.54	x	27.27	27.06	27.02	27.04	27.27	928	SB
	F38	26.73	26.67	x	-	-	-	26.73	902
	F37	25.33	x	26.39	-	-	-	26.39	898
10	F37	25.60	x	24.52	-	-	-	25.60	871
11	F38	21.08	24.40	23.44	-	-	-	24.40	824	SB
12	F37	22.86	21.58	22.24	-	-	-	22.86	778
13	F37	21.37	20.60	22.25	-	-	-	22.25	757
14	F37	x	17.50	18.80	-	-	-	18.80	640

WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record. SB = Seasonal Best.

Notes and References

Web site: Women's Javelin - F57/58 Results . Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games . 14 September 2008 . 30 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120930131737/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/INF/AT/C73S/ATW606101.pdf . 30 September 2012 .
Web site: Chin denied silver as medal fiasco worsens. The Guardian. Richard Aikman. 14 September 2008. 30 September 2012.