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

Group A

Date	2 August 2024 — 18:56

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

Group B

Date	2 August 2024 — 20:20

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

Final Round

Date	5 August 2024 — 20:29

Pos	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	Valarie Allman	USA	69.50	–	x	68.74	68.06	69.50	x	69.21
2	Feng Bin	CHN	67.51	67.25	66.33	64.80	67.51	67.13	67.25	65.98
3	Sandra Elkašević	CRO	67.51	64.25	64.25	x	67.51	x	x	x
4	Marike Steinacker	GER	65.37	–	54.37	61.37	x	x	65.37	x
5	Vanessa Kamga	SWE	65.05	–	65.05	x	x	62.32	x	x
6	Claudine Vita	GER	63.62	–	63.62	x	63.25	x	61.25	63.03
7	Jorinde van Klinken	NED	63.35	–	63.35	61.50	x	x	x	p
8	Daisy Osakue	ITA	63.11	–	63.11	x	x	x	62.53	60.31
9	Irina Rodrigues	POR	61.19	–	60.39	61.19	x	–	–	–
10	Kristin Pudenz	GER	60.38	–	60.38	60.07	x	–	–	–
11	Alexandra Emilianov	MDA	58.08	–	58.08	x	58.02	–	–	–
12	Mélina Robert-Michon	FRA	57.03	–	56.63	x	57.03	–	–	–