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Discus Throw, Women

Date	2 – 5 August 2024
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France
Participants	32 from 19 countries

The clear favorite was American Valarie Allman. She was the defending gold medalist and won the Diamond League Final in 2022 and 2023. Her biggest challengers were considered to be China’s Feng Bin, the 2023 World Champion, and Croatian Sandra Perković-Elkašević, the dominant thrower of most of the 2010s, the 2012 and 2016 gold medalist, and a seven-time European Champion.

Missing was Cuba’s Yaimé Pérez, the 2019 World Champion and bronze medalist at this event in Tokyo 2020. Pérez was the 2024 world leader but she defected to the United States after competing at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene and was not eligible to compete at Paris. At a meet in Oklahoma, in April 2024, Pérez had thrown 73.09 metres, making her the #10 performer all-time, and the first mark in the 21st century in the top 20 performance all-time list.

Feng took the lead in round one of the final with 66.33 metres. In round two, Allman went ahead with 68.74 metres, a mark which would be good enough for the gold medal, but she would better that in both round four (69.50) and round six (69.21), easily defending her gold medal. Behind her, Feng and Perković-Elkašević both threw 67.51 metres in round three, which would be their best marks. Feng recorded 67.25 in round five to bring her the silver medal, as Perković-Elkašević’s second best mark was only 64.25 metres from the first round.

Allman’s consecutive gold medals were only the third time this had occurred in the women’s discus throw, after Perković-Elkašević in 2012-2016 and Evelin Schlaak-Jahl (GDR) in 1976-1980. Soviet thrower Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova also won two gold medals in the event, in 1952 and 1960. She won bronze in 1956, and her three medals in the event, also done by Lia Manoliu (ROU) in 1960-1968, were equalled by Perković-Elkašević with her bronze medal in Paris.

A special note for French Mélina Robert-Michon for her seventh selection for the Olympic Games in a row 2000-2024, four times a finalist and winner of a silver medal in Rio. She was, with the swimmer Florent Manaudou, flag bearer of the French team during the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	2414	Valarie Allman	USA	69.59 (1)	69.50 (1)	Gold
2	1656	Feng Bin	CHN	65.40 (3)	67.51 (2)	Silver
3	1697	Sandra Elkašević	CRO	65.63 (2)	67.51 (3)	Bronze
4	1942	Marike Steinacker	GER	62.63 (12)	65.37 (4)
5	2367	Vanessa Kamga	SWE	65.14 (4)	65.05 (5)
6	1943	Claudine Vita	GER	62.70 (11)	63.62 (6)
7	2190	Jorinde van Klinken	NED	64.81 (5)	63.35 (7)
8	2032	Daisy Osakue	ITA	63.11 (9)	63.11 (8)
9	2288	Irina Rodrigues	POR	62.90 (10)	61.19 (9)
10	1936	Kristin Pudenz	GER	63.45 (8)	60.38 (10)
11	2153	Alexandra Emilianov	MDA	64.33 (6)	58.08 (11)
12	1849	Mélina Robert-Michon	FRA	63.77 (7)	57.03 (12)
13 QR	2432	Veronica Fraley	USA	62.54 (13)	–
14 QR	2283	Liliana Cá	POR	62.43 (14)	–
15 QR	1525	Taryn Gollshewsky	AUS	62.36 (15)	–
16 QR	2185	Alida van Daalen	NED	62.19 (16)	–
17 QR	1596	Izabela da Silva	BRA	61.68 (17)	–
18 QR	2477	Jayden Ulrich	USA	61.08 (18)	–
19 QR	1706	Melany Matheus	CUB	61.07 (19)	–
20 QR	2274	Daria Zabawska	POL	60.86 (20)	–
21 QR	2210	Chioma Chukwujindu Onyekwere	NGR	60.78 (21)	–
22 QR	2137	Ieva Gumbs	LTU	60.37 (22)	–
23 QR	1700	Marija Tolj	CRO	59.87 (23)	–
24 QR	1728	Lisa Brix Pedersen	DEN	59.81 (24)	–
25 QR	1707	Silinda Morales	CUB	59.46 (25)	–
26 QR	1601	Andressa de Morais	BRA	59.43 (26)	–
27 QR	2369	Caisa-Marie Lindfors	SWE	59.29 (27)	–
28 QR	1659	Jiang Zhichao	CHN	59.10 (28)	–
29 QR	2197	Ashley Anumba	NGR	58.83 (29)	–
30 QR	2376	Subenrat Insaeng	THA	58.07 (30)	–
31 QR	2057	Samantha Hall	JAM	54.94 (31)	–
32 QR	2195	Obiageri Amaechi	NGR	45.45 (32)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	2 August 2024 — 18:56
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 64.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	2414	Valarie Allman	USA	69.59	Q
2	1697	Sandra Elkašević	CRO	65.63	Q
3	1656	Feng Bin	CHN	65.40	Q
4	2367	Vanessa Kamga	SWE	65.14	Q
5	2190	Jorinde van Klinken	NED	64.81	Q
6	2153	Alexandra Emilianov	MDA	64.33	Q
7	1849	Mélina Robert-Michon	FRA	63.77	q
8	1936	Kristin Pudenz	GER	63.45	q
9	2032	Daisy Osakue	ITA	63.11	q
10	2288	Irina Rodrigues	POR	62.90	q
11	1943	Claudine Vita	GER	62.70	q
12	1942	Marike Steinacker	GER	62.63	q
13	2432	Veronica Fraley	USA	62.54
14	2283	Liliana Cá	POR	62.43
15	1525	Taryn Gollshewsky	AUS	62.36
16	2185	Alida van Daalen	NED	62.19
17	1596	Izabela da Silva	BRA	61.68
18	2477	Jayden Ulrich	USA	61.08
19	1706	Melany Matheus	CUB	61.07
20	2274	Daria Zabawska	POL	60.86
21	2210	Chioma Chukwujindu Onyekwere	NGR	60.78
22	2137	Ieva Gumbs	LTU	60.37
23	1700	Marija Tolj	CRO	59.87
24	1728	Lisa Brix Pedersen	DEN	59.81
25	1707	Silinda Morales	CUB	59.46
26	1601	Andressa de Morais	BRA	59.43
27	2369	Caisa-Marie Lindfors	SWE	59.29
28	1659	Jiang Zhichao	CHN	59.10
29	2197	Ashley Anumba	NGR	58.83
30	2376	Subenrat Insaeng	THA	58.07
31	2057	Samantha Hall	JAM	54.94
32	2195	Obiageri Amaechi	NGR	45.45

Group A

Date	2 August 2024 — 18:56

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	2414	Valarie Allman	USA	69.59	69.59	-	-	Q
2	2190	Jorinde van Klinken	NED	64.81	63.68	64.81	-	Q
3	1849	Mélina Robert-Michon	FRA	63.77	63.77	62.13	59.29	q
4	1936	Kristin Pudenz	GER	63.45	x	63.45	63.35	q
5	2032	Daisy Osakue	ITA	63.11	56.77	63.11	x	q
6	2283	Liliana Cá	POR	62.43	57.59	62.43	59.55
7	2137	Ieva Gumbs	LTU	60.37	x	60.37	56.88
8	1700	Marija Tolj	CRO	59.87	59.87	59.27	x
9	1728	Lisa Brix Pedersen	DEN	59.81	59.81	x	57.75
10	1707	Silinda Morales	CUB	59.46	59.46	58.30	55.20
11	1601	Andressa de Morais	BRA	59.43	52.24	59.14	59.43
12	2369	Caisa-Marie Lindfors	SWE	59.29	56.82	x	59.29
13	1659	Jiang Zhichao	CHN	59.10	56.58	57.13	59.10
14	2197	Ashley Anumba	NGR	58.83	57.23	x	58.83
15	2376	Subenrat Insaeng	THA	58.07	58.07	x	x
16	2057	Samantha Hall	JAM	54.94	x	54.94	x

Group B

Date	2 August 2024 — 20:20

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	1697	Sandra Elkašević	CRO	65.63	65.63	-	-	Q
2	1656	Feng Bin	CHN	65.40	65.40	-	-	Q
3	2367	Vanessa Kamga	SWE	65.14	65.14	-	-	Q
4	2153	Alexandra Emilianov	MDA	64.33	64.33	-	-	Q
5	2288	Irina Rodrigues	POR	62.90	62.90	60.45	x	q
6	1943	Claudine Vita	GER	62.70	59.77	62.25	62.70	q
7	1942	Marike Steinacker	GER	62.63	62.63	x	x	q
8	2432	Veronica Fraley	USA	62.54	62.54	62.30	60.95
9	1525	Taryn Gollshewsky	AUS	62.36	56.86	62.36	58.79
10	2185	Alida van Daalen	NED	62.19	62.19	61.62	61.99
11	1596	Izabela da Silva	BRA	61.68	61.68	x	61.21
12	2477	Jayden Ulrich	USA	61.08	x	x	61.08
13	1706	Melany Matheus	CUB	61.07	60.19	61.07	60.90
14	2274	Daria Zabawska	POL	60.86	57.84	60.48	60.86
15	2210	Chioma Chukwujindu Onyekwere	NGR	60.78	60.78	60.66	x
16	2195	Obiageri Amaechi	NGR	45.45	x	x	45.45

Final Round

Date	5 August 2024 — 20:29

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	2414	Valarie Allman	USA	69.50	–	x	68.74	68.06	69.50	x	69.21
2	1656	Feng Bin	CHN	67.51	67.25	66.33	64.80	67.51	67.13	67.25	65.98
3	1697	Sandra Elkašević	CRO	67.51	64.25	64.25	x	67.51	x	x	x
4	1942	Marike Steinacker	GER	65.37	–	54.37	61.37	x	x	65.37	x
5	2367	Vanessa Kamga	SWE	65.05	–	65.05	x	x	62.32	x	x
6	1943	Claudine Vita	GER	63.62	–	63.62	x	63.25	x	61.25	63.03
7	2190	Jorinde van Klinken	NED	63.35	–	63.35	61.50	x	x	x	p
8	2032	Daisy Osakue	ITA	63.11	–	63.11	x	x	x	62.53	60.31
9	2288	Irina Rodrigues	POR	61.19	–	60.39	61.19	x	–	–	–
10	1936	Kristin Pudenz	GER	60.38	–	60.38	60.07	x	–	–	–
11	2153	Alexandra Emilianov	MDA	58.08	–	58.08	x	58.02	–	–	–
12	1849	Mélina Robert-Michon	FRA	57.03	–	56.63	x	57.03	–	–	–