Athletics 2024/Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw
General information
Sport	Athletics 2024
Date	2–5 August 2024
Competitors	32 athletes
Venue	Stade de France
Previous medalists
Gold	Valarie Allman
Silver	Kristin Pudenz
Bronze	Yaime Perez
Medalists
	Valarie Allman
	Feng Bin
	Sandra Elkasevic

The women's discus throw of Athletics 2024 during the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 2–5 August 2024 in the Stade de France. With 32 athletes competing, the event was won by Valarie Allman from United States, with Feng Bin from China taking the silver medal and Sandra Elkasevic from Croatia 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-two athletes qualified for the event with the defending Olympic champion Valarie Allman as the top favorite for the title and the leader of the qualifying world rankings.

Athlete	Nationality
Ashley Anumba	Nigeria
Marija Tolj	Croatia
Valarie Allman	United States
Andressa de Morais	Brazil
Kristin Pudenz	Germany
Caisa-Maria Lindfors	Sweden
Jiang Zhichao	China
Lisa Brix Pedersen	Denmark
Subenrat Insaeng	Thailand
Silinda Morales	Cuba
Samantha Hall	Jamaica
Liliana Ca	Portugal
Ieva Gumbs	Lithuania
Melina Robert-Michon	France
Daisy Osakue	Italy
Jorinde van Klinken	Netherlands
Melany del Pilar Matheus	Cuba
Chioma Onyekwere	Nigeria
Claudine Vita	Germany
Alida van Daalen	Netherlands
Irina Rodrigues	Portugal
Veronica Fraley	United States
Daria Zabawska	Poland
Alexandra Emilianov	Moldova
Feng Bin	China
Taryn Gollshewsky	Australia
Marike Steinacker	Germany
Izabela da Silva	Brazil
Jayden Ulrich	United States
Obiagera Pamela Amaechi	Nigeria
Sandra Elkasevic	Croatia
Vanessa Kamga	Sweden

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		Valarie Allman	69.59
2		Jorinde van Klinken	63.68	64.81
3		Melina Robert-Michon	63.77	62.13	59.29
4		Kristin Pudenz	x	63.45	63.35
5		Daisy Osakue	56.77	63.11	x
6		Liliana Ca	57.59	62.43	59.55
7		Ieva Gumbs	x	60.37	56.88
8		Marija Tolj	59.87	59.27	x
9		Lisa Brix Pedersen	59.81	x	57.75
10		Silinda Morales	59.46	58.30	55.20
11		Andressa de Morais	52.24	59.14	59.43
12		Caisa-Maria Lindfors	56.82	x	59.29
13		Jiang Zhichao	56.58	57.13	59.10
14		Ashley Anumba	57.23	x	58.83
15		Subenrat Isaeng	58.07	x	x
16		Samantha Hall	x	54.94	x

Qualification B Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3
1		Sandra Elkasevic	65.63
2		Feng Bin	65.40
3		Vanessa Kamga	65.14 NR
4		Alexandra Emilianov	64.33
5		Irina Rodrigues	62.90	60.45	x
6		Claudine Vita	59.77	62.25	62.70
7		Marike Steinacker	62.63	x	x
8		Veronica Fraley	62.54	62.30	60.95
9		Taryn Gollshewsky	56.86	62.36 PR	58.79
10		Alida van Daalen	62.19	61.62	61.99
11		Izabela da Silva	61.68	x	61.21
12		Jayden Ulrich	x	x	61.08
13		Melany del Pilar Matheus	60.19	61.07	60.90
14		Daria Zabawska	57.84	60.48	60.86
15		Chioma Onyekwere	60.78	60.66	x
16		Obiagera Pamela Amaechi	x	x	45.45

Final

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Name	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6
1		Valarie Allman	x	68.74	68.06	69.50	x	69.21
2		Feng Bin	66.33	64.80	67.51	67.13	67.25	65.98
3		Sandra Elkasevic	64.25	x	67.51	x	x	x
4		Marike Steinacker	54.37	61.37	x	x	65.37	x
5		Vanessa Kamga	65.05	x	x	62.32	x	x
6		Claudine Vita	63.62	x	63.25	x	61.25	63.03
7		Jorinde van Klinken	63.35	61.50	x	x	x	51.23
8		Daisy Osakue	63.11	x	x	x	62.53	60.31
9		Irina Rodrigues	60.39	61.19	x	Did not advance
10		Kristin Pudenz	60.38	60.07	x	Did not advance
11		Alexandra Emilianov	58.08	x	58.02	Did not advance
12		Melina Robert-Michon	56.63	x	57.03	Did not advance

Results

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Valarie Allman	United States
	Feng Bin	China
	Sandra Elkasevic	Croatia
4	Marike Steinacker	Germany
5	Vanessa Kamga	Sweden
6	Claudine Vita	Germany
7	Jorinde van Klinken	Netherlands
8	Daisy Osakue	Italy
9	Irina Rodrigues	Portugal
10	Kristin Pudenz	Germany
11	Alexandra Emilianov	Moldova
12	Melina Robert-Michon	France
13	Veronica Fraley	United States
14	Liliana Ca	Portugal
15	Taryn Gollshewsky	Australia
16	Alida van Daalen	Netherlands
17	Izabela da Silva	Brazil
18	Jayden Ulrich	United States
19	Melany del Pilar Matheus	Cuba
20	Daria Zabawska	Poland
21	Chioma Onyekwere	Nigeria
22	Ieva Gumbs	Lithuania
23	Marija Tolj	Croatia
24	Lisa Brix Pedersen	Denmark
25	Silinda Morales	Cuba
26	Andressa de Morais	Brazil
27	Caisa-Maria Lindfors	Sweden
28	Jiang Zhichao	China
29	Ashley Anumba	Nigeria
30	Subenrat Isaeng	Thailand
31	Samantha Hall	Jamaica
32	Obiagera Pamela Amaechi	Nigeria