Athletics 2016/Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw
General information
Sport	Athletics 2016
Date	15-16 August 2016
Competitors	34 athletes
Venue	Rio de Janeiro Olympic Stadium
Previous medalists
Gold	Sandra Perkovic
Silver	Li Yanfeng
Bronze	Yarelys Barrios
Conditions
Temperature	Day 1: 22°C / 71.6°F Day 2: 28°C / 82.4°F
Medalists
	Sandra Perkovic
	Melina Robert-Michon
	Denia Caballero

The women's discus throw of Athletics 2016 during the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 15-16 August 2016 in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Stadium. With 34 athletes competing, the event was won by Sandra Perkovic from Croatia, with Melina Robert-Michon from France taking the silver medal and Denia Caballero from Cuba taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of two separate rounds. In the qualification, each competitor gets three attempts to throw a discus as far as possible. After three attempts, the twelve best performance advance to the final, including athletes tied for twelfth place. In the final, the qualified athletes once again get three attempts to reach as far as possible, but contrary to the qualification, the eight best-placed athletes get another three attempts. The athlete with the farthest throw wins the event.

Preview

Thirty-four athletes qualified for the event with plenty of big names in the field. Sandra Perkovic was the defending Olympic champion and 2013 world champion, but missed out on the most recent world title after Denia Caballero won the gold medal in Beijing in 2015, ahead of Nadine Muller and Yaime Perez. 2009 world champion Dani Samuels also qualified for the Olympic competition, with other medal contenders also including Asian champion Su Xinyue, 2013 world silver medalist Melina Robert-Michon, and Julia Harting.

Athlete	Nationality
Shanice Craft	Germany
Paulina Pousse	France
Shadae Lawrence	Jamaica
Mariya Telushkina	Kazakhstan
Dragana Tomasevic	Serbia
Whitney Ashley	United States
Zaneta Glanc	Poland
Natalia Stratulat	Moldova
Chinwe Okoro	Nigeria
Feng Bin	China
Sandra Perkovic	Croatia
Denia Caballero	Cuba
Hristoula Anagnostopoulou	Greece
Fernanda Martins	Brazil
Zinaida Sendriute	Lithuania
Chen Yang	China
Dani Samuels	Australia
Natalia Semenova	Ukraine
Sabina Asenjo	Spain
Shelbi Vaughan	United States
Jade Lally	Great Britain
Rocio Comba	Argentina
Kelsey Card	United States
Subenrat Insaeng	Thailand
Julia Fischer	Germany
Andressa de Morais	Brazil
Yaime Perez	Cuba
Tarasue Barnett	Jamaica
Karen Gallardo	Chile
Kellion Knibb	Jamaica
Melina Robert-Michon	France
Su Xinyue	China
Nadine Muller	Germany
Seema Punia	India

Current Records

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Distance
WR	9 July 1988		Gabriele Reinsch	76.80
OR	29 September 1988		Martina Hellmann	72.30

Summary

Qualification

Qualification A Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3
1		Sandra Perkovic	x	x	64.81
2		Dani Samuels	x	59.42	64.46
3		Denia Caballero	x	x	62.94
4		Feng Bin	55.97	62.01
5		Chen Yang	x	x	61.44
6		Zinaida Sendriute	x	x	60.79
7		Shanice Craft	60.23	x	x
8		Pauline Pousse	x	x	58.98
9		Chinwe Okoro	57.34	58.85	58.53
10		Zaneta Glanc	55.27	56.09	57.88
11		Dragana Tomasevic	55.87	57.67	x
12		Shadae Lawrence	57.09	x	x
13		Hrisoula Anagnostopoulou	x	54.84	53.19
14		Natalia Stratulat	x	53.27	48.80
15		Fernanda Martins	50.19	51.85	x
16		Mariya Telushkina	x	43.70	45.33
-		Whitney Ashley	x	x	x

Qualification B Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3
1		Yaime Perez	65.38
2		Su Xinyue	65.14
3		Nadine Muller	63.67
4		Melina Robert-Michon	62.59
5		Julia Fischer	61.83	x	60.69
6		Natalia Semenova	x	58.41	x
7		Tarasue Barnett	x	54.36	58.09
8		Karen Gallardo	57.81	55.98	55.20
9		Seema Punia	57.58	x	56.78
10		Andressa de Morais	57.38	x	x
11		Sabina Asenjo	56.94	56.22	x
12		Subenrat Insaeng	56.64	x	54.74
13		Kelsey Card	x	51.16	56.41
14		Rocio Comba	x	54.44	x
15		Jade Lally	51.60	53.99	54.06
16		Shelbi Vaughan	x	53.33	46.71
-		Kellion Knibb	x	x	x

Final

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6
1		Sandra Perkovic	x	x	69.21	x	x	x
2		Melina Robert-Michon	65.52	64.83	65.08	x	66.73NR	x
3		Denia Caballero	61.80	x	65.34	63.82	x	64.64
4		Dani Samuels	63.57	x	61.21	61.95	62.87	64.90
5		Su Xinyue	63.88	61.02	64.37	62.20	63.87	x
6		Nadine Muller	63.13	x	x	x	x	x
7		Chen Yang	63.11	x	60.47	59.19	x	x
8		Feng Bin	62.26	60.27	63.06	61.14	x	61.85
9		Julia Fischer	60.69	x	62.67	Did not advance
10		Zidaida Sendriute	58.25	59.95	61.89	Did not advance
11		Shanice Craft	x	58.39	59.85	Did not advance
-		Yaime Perez	x	x	x	Did not advance

Results

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Sandra Perkovic	Croatia
	Melina Robert-Michon	France
	Denia Caballero	Cuba
4	Dani Samuels	Australia
5	Su Xinyue	China
6	Nadine Muller	Germany
7	Chen Yang	China
8	Feng Bin	China
9	Julia Fischer	Germany
10	Zinaida Sendriute	Lithuania
11	Shanice Craft	Germany
12	Yaime Perez	Cuba
13	Pauline Pousse	France
14	Chinwe Okoro	Nigeria
15	Natalia Semenova	Ukraine
16	Tarasue Barnett	Jamaica
17	Zaneta Glanc	Poland
18	Karen Gallardo	Chile
19	Dragana Tomasevic	Serbia
20	Seema Punia	India
21	Andressa de Morais	Brazil
22	Shadae Lawrence	Jamaica
23	Sabina Asenjo	Spain
24	Subenrat Insaeng	Thailand
25	Kelsey Card	United States
26	Hrisoula Anagnostopoulou	Greece
27	Rocio Comba	Argentina
28	Jade Lally	Great Britain
29	Shelbi Vaughan	United States
30	Natalia Stratulat	Moldova
31	Fernanda Martins	Brazil
32	Mariya Telushkina	Kazakhstan
-	Whitney Ashley	United States
-	Kellion Knibb	Jamaica