The Women's Discus Throw

Discus throw

The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15–18 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.

The qualifying standards were 61.00 m (200.13 ft) (A standard) and 59.00 m (193.57 ft) (B standard).

Medalists

Schedule

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  Qualification Round
  Group A	Group B
  15.08.2008 – 19:55h	15.08.2008 – 21:20h
  Final Round
  18.08.2008 – 19:00h

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 61.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Stephanie Brown-Trafton		57.78	x	62.77	62.77	Q
2	B	Nicoleta Grasu Nicoleta Grasu Lenuţa Nicoleta Grasu is a Romanian discus thrower. She was born on 11 September 1971 in Secuieni as Nicoleta Grădinaru, but took a new surname when she married fellow discus thrower Costel Grasu....		57.75	62.51		62.51	Q
3	A	Iryna Yatchenko		62.26			62.26	Q
4	A	Yarelis Barrios Yarelis Barrios Yarelys Barrios Castañeda is a female discus thrower from Cuba. Her personal best throw is 66.13 metres, achieved in July 2008.-Achievements:-References:*...		62.23			62.23	Q
5	A	Mélina Robert-Michon Mélina Robert-Michon Mélina Robert-Michon is a French discus thrower. Her personal best throw is 65.78 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Salon-de-Provence. Melina is now the mother a little Elyssa born on 24/08/10.-Achievements:-References:*...		x	55.18	62.21	62.21	Q, SB
6	B	Aretha Thurmond Aretha Thurmond Aretha Thurmond, née Hill is an American discus thrower, whose personal best distance is 65.86 metres, achieved in March 2004 in Marietta.-Achievements:-External links:...		58.70	61.90		61.90	Q
7	A	Dani Samuels Dani Samuels Dani Samuels is an Australian discus thrower who in 2009 became the youngest ever female world champion in the event....		x	x	61.72	61.72	Q
8	B	Song Aimin Song Aimin Song Aimin is a Chinese discus thrower.At the 2004 Summer Olympics she was eliminated in the first round of the discus throw competition.Her personal best throw is 65.33 metres, achieved in May 2003 in Shijiazhuang. The Chinese, and Asian, record is currently held by Xiao Yanling with 71.68...		59.89	61.31	61.67	61.67	Q
9	B	Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová is a Czech athlete, competing in the discus throw and the shot put. She married Czech professional wrestler Jakub Cechl on 17 October 2003....		61.61			61.61	Q
10	B	Yanfeng Li		60.99	61.29	x	61.29	q
11	A	Olena Antonova Olena Antonova Olena Anatolyevna Antonova is a Ukrainian discus thrower. Her personal best throw is 67.30 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Kiev. She won the bronze medal in Women's discus throw at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.-Achievements:-References:...		61.25	60.61	59.92	61.25	q
12	A	Ellina Zvereva Ellina Zvereva Ellina Zvereva is a Belarusian discus thrower best known for winning the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She became world champion in 1995, and again in 2001 after the disqualification of Natalya Sadova....		x	60.28	59.60	60.28	q
13	B	Dragana Tomašević Dragana Tomaševic Dragana Tomašević is a Serbian discus thrower.Her personal best throw is 63.63 metres, achieved in August 2006 in Gothenburg.-Achievements:-References:...		55.59	x	60.19	60.19
14	A	Natalia Semenova		x	60.18	x	60.18
15	B	Yania Ferrales Yania Ferrales Yania Ferrales Monteagudo is a Cuban discus thrower. Her personal best throw is 66.00 metres, achieved in February 2006 in Havana.-Achievements:-References:...		59.87	58.73	59.85	59.87
16	B	Svetlana Saykina Svetlana Saykina -Achievements:-References:...		x	x	59.48	59.48
17	A	Wioletta Potępa Wioletta Potepa Wioletta Potępa is a female discus thrower from Poland. Her personal best throw is 66.01 metres, achieved in May 2006 in Halle.-Achievements:-References:...		59.44	59.20	59.10	59.44
18	A	Joanna Wiśniewska Joanna Wisniewska Joanna Wiśniewska is a female discus thrower from Poland. Her personal best throw is 63.97 metres, achieved at the 1999 Summer Universiade in Palma. She competed at the 2004 and Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics....		59.40	58.08	x	59.40
19	A	Elisângela Adriano Elisângela Adriano Elisângela Maria Adriano is a Brazilian shot putter and discus thrower, whose personal best put is 19.30 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Tunja. Her personal best discus throw is 61.96 metres, achieved in May 1998 in São Leopoldo. In 1999 she was suspended by the IAAF for a two-year period, but...		x	x	58.84	58.84
20	B	Elizna Naudé Elizna Naudé Elizna Naudé is a South African discus thrower.Her personal best throw is 64.87 metres, achieved in March 2007 in Stellenbosch. She is a teacher at Vaalpark Primary School, Sasolburg, South Africa....		58.75	57.09	58.35	58.75
21	A	Kateryna Karsak Kateryna Karsak Kateryna Karsak is a female discus thrower from Ukraine.She finished 4th in the discus final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg with a throw of 62.45m....		x	53.14	58.61	58.61
22	A	Vera Begić Vera Begic Vera Begić is Croatian athlete specialized in discus throwing discipline. Since Vera's mother Jadranka Antunović also was a successful athlete and member of the national team in the former Yugoslavia , Vera has been connected to athletics from the early childhood...		55.87	58.50	x	58.50
23	A	Ma Xuejun Ma Xuejun Ma Xuejun is a Chinese discus thrower. Her personal best throw is 65.00 metres, first achieved in August 2006 in Shijiazhuang...		58.45	x	56.84	58.45
24	B	Krishna Poonia Krishna Poonia Krishna Poonia, is a national woman discus throw champion of India. She led an Indian clean sweep in the women's discus final on 11th October 2010, winning the Delhi Commonwealth Games gold medal with a throw of 61.51 metres.-Early life:...		57.31	58.23	58.15	58.23
25	B	Natalya Sadova Natalya Sadova Natalya Ivanovna Sadova , née Koptyukh is a Russian discus thrower who has competed in many Olympiads.She won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece in 2004, as well as a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and placed fourth in 2000 Summer...		x	58.11	57.76	58.11
26	A	Suzy Powell-Roos		58.02	x	x	58.02
27	A	Philippa Roles Philippa Roles Philippa Kate Roles is a Welsh discus thrower.Born in Neath, she studied at Neath Port Talbot College and is resident in London. Roles works for the train operating company Southern as a train driver on the London Metro services servicing South London...		x	56.88	57.44	57.44
28	B	Beatrice Faumuina Beatrice Faumuina Beatrice Roini Liua Faumuina, ONZM is a New Zealand discus thrower, a gold medallist at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics. She has represented New Zealand in three Summer Olympics...		57.15	x	54.49	57.15
29	B	Hanna Mazgunova		x	x	56.77	56.77
30	A	Harwant Kaur Harwant Kaur Harwant Kaur is an Indian discus thrower. She won the silver medal at the 2002 Asian Championships, finished fourth at the 2003 Asian Championships and seventh at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. In addition she competed at the 2004 Olympic Games and was ranked 13th in the qualifying ronds. Her...		56.38	56.38	56.42	56.42
31	B	Anna Söderberg Anna Söderberg Anna Söderberg is a female discus thrower from Sweden. Her personal best throw of 64.54 metres, achieved in July 1999 in Aremark, is the Swedish record for the event. She has represented her country at the Olympic Games on three occasions – in 2000, 2004 and 2008...		x	55.28	53.48	55.28
32	A	Oxana Yesipchuk		54.91	54.34	55.07	55.07
33	B	Zinaida Sendriūtė Zinaida Sendriūtė Zinaida Sendriūtė is a Lithuanian discus thrower. Her personal best is 62.00 metres, achieved in June 2011 in Bydgoszcz....		54.81	53.41	52.42	54.81
34	B	Venera Getova Venera Getova Venera Getova is a female discus thrower from Bulgaria. Her personal best is 59.08 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Sofia.She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final.-References:*...		52.51	54.00	52.40	54.00
35	B	Dorothea Kalpakidou		x	53.00	51.61	53.00
36	B	Barbara Rocio Comba		x	x	51.36	51.36
37	A	Tereapii Tapoki		46.77	44.11	48.35	48.35

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Żaneta Glanc

Żaneta Glanc is a female discus thrower from Poland. Her personal best is 63.99 metres, achieved in August 2011 in Shenzhen....

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Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Result	Notes
	Stephanie Brown-Trafton		64.74	x	x	58.39	61.30	x	64.74
	Yarelis Barrios Yarelis Barrios Yarelys Barrios Castañeda is a female discus thrower from Cuba. Her personal best throw is 66.13 metres, achieved in July 2008.-Achievements:-References:*...		63.17	63.64	62.22	62.12	x	60.30	63.64
	Olena Antonova Olena Antonova Olena Anatolyevna Antonova is a Ukrainian discus thrower. Her personal best throw is 67.30 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Kiev. She won the bronze medal in Women's discus throw at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.-Achievements:-References:...		60.79	62.16	x	60.50	62.59	62.34	62.59	SB
4	Song Aimin Song Aimin Song Aimin is a Chinese discus thrower.At the 2004 Summer Olympics she was eliminated in the first round of the discus throw competition.Her personal best throw is 65.33 metres, achieved in May 2003 in Shijiazhuang. The Chinese, and Asian, record is currently held by Xiao Yanling with 71.68...		56.41	59.55	62.17	61.75	62.20	60.51	62.20
5	Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová is a Czech athlete, competing in the discus throw and the shot put. She married Czech professional wrestler Jakub Cechl on 17 October 2003....		x	61.08	x	58.74	61.75	61.66	61.75
6	Ellina Zvereva Ellina Zvereva Ellina Zvereva is a Belarusian discus thrower best known for winning the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She became world champion in 1995, and again in 2001 after the disqualification of Natalya Sadova....		60.43	60.10	x	x	60.34	60.82	60.82
7	Yanfeng Li		60.68	x	59.72	x	x	60.62	60.68
8	Mélina Robert-Michon Mélina Robert-Michon Mélina Robert-Michon is a French discus thrower. Her personal best throw is 65.78 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Salon-de-Provence. Melina is now the mother a little Elyssa born on 24/08/10.-Achievements:-References:*...		60.49	x	x	x	60.66	60.45	60.66
9	Dani Samuels Dani Samuels Dani Samuels is an Australian discus thrower who in 2009 became the youngest ever female world champion in the event....		57.14	x	60.15				60.15
10	Aretha Thurmond Aretha Thurmond Aretha Thurmond, née Hill is an American discus thrower, whose personal best distance is 65.86 metres, achieved in March 2004 in Marietta.-Achievements:-External links:...		56.72	59.80	57.99				59.80
11	Iryna Yatchenko		x	x	59.27				59.27
12	Nicoleta Grasu Nicoleta Grasu Lenuţa Nicoleta Grasu is a Romanian discus thrower. She was born on 11 September 1971 in Secuieni as Nicoleta Grădinaru, but took a new surname when she married fellow discus thrower Costel Grasu....		58.63	x	x				58.63