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Discus Throw, Women

Date	15 – 16 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Engenho de Dentro, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	34 from 23 countries

Croatian Sandra Perković came to Rio as the defending champion and the favorite. She was World Champion in 2013 and runner-up in 2015, and had won four consecutive European Championships, in addition to her 2012 Olympic gold. However, in the final she got off to a rocky start, fouling on her first two throws. The early lead was taken by Frenchwoman Mélina Robert-Michon who threw 65.52 on the opening throw of the final. Perković took over the lead in round three with 69.21, which would be her only fair throw of the competition. Cuban Denia Caballero, the 2015 World Champion, responded with 65.34 in that round to move into third.

The final rounds were anti-climactic as the three leaders maintained their positions and that would be the podium. Caballero did not improve her mark, Perković fouled on all three throws, and only Robert-Michon had an improvement, throwing a national record 66.73 in round five, but it did not change the standings. Her silver medal equaled her international placements at the 2013 Worlds and the 2014 Europeans.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	564	Sandra Perković	CRO	64.81 (3)	69.21 (1)	Gold
2	685	Mélina Robert-Michon	FRA	62.59 (7)	66.73 (2)	Silver
3	572	Denia Caballero	CUB	62.94 (6)	65.34 (3)	Bronze
4	338	Dani Samuels	AUS	64.46 (4)	64.90 (4)
5	528	Su Xinyue	CHN	65.14 (2)	64.37 (5)
6	768	Nadine Müller	GER	63.67 (5)	63.13 (6)
7	512	Chen Yang	CHN	61.44 (10)	63.11 (7)
8	513	Feng Bin	CHN	62.01 (8)	63.06 (8)
9	743	Julia Fischer	GER	61.83 (9)	62.67 (9)
10	988	Zinaida Sendriūtė	LTU	60.79 (11)	61.89 (10)
11	739	Shanice Craft	GER	60.23 (12)	59.85 (11)
AC r2/2	581	Yaimé Pérez	CUB	65.38 (1)	– (NM)
13 r1/2	683	Pauline Pousse	FRA	58.98 (13)	–
14 r1/2	1060	Chinwe Okoro	NGR	58.85 (14)	–
15 r1/2	1305	Nataliya Semenova	UKR	58.41 (15)	–
16 r1/2	880	Tarasue Barnett	JAM	58.09 (16)	–
17 r1/2	1098	Żaneta Glanc	POL	57.88 (17)	–
18 r1/2	507	Karen Gallardo	CHI	57.81 (18)	–
19 r1/2	1196	Dragana Tomašević	SRB	57.67 (19)	–
20 r1/2	825	Seema Antil	IND	57.58 (20)	–
21 r1/2	421	Andressa Morais	BRA	57.38 (21)	–
22 r1/2	892	Shadae Lawrence	JAM	57.09 (22)	–
23 r1/2	617	Sabina Asenjo	ESP	56.94 (23)	–
24 r1/2	1236	Subenrat Insaeng	THA	56.64 (24)	–
25 r1/2	1328	Kelsey Card	USA	56.41 (25)	–
26 r1/2	797	Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou	GRE	54.84 (26)	–
27 r1/2	309	Bárbara Comba	ARG	54.44 (27)	–
28 r1/2	707	Jade Lally	GBR	54.06 (28)	–
29 r1/2	1376	Shelbi Vaughan	USA	53.33 (29)	–
30 r1/2	1004	Natalia Artic-Stratulat	MDA	53.27 (30)	–
31 r1/2	429	Fernanda Borges	BRA	51.85 (31)	–
32 r1/2	938	Mariya Telushkina	KAZ	45.33 (32)	–
AC r1/2	1322	Whitney Ashley	USA	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	891	Kellion Knibb	JAM	– (NM)	–

Qualifying Round (15 August 2016 — 22:20)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 62.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Yaimé Pérez	CUB	65.38	Q
2	Su Xinyue	CHN	65.14	Q
3	Sandra Perković	CRO	64.81	Q
4	Dani Samuels	AUS	64.46	Q
5	Nadine Müller	GER	63.67	Q
6	Denia Caballero	CUB	62.94	Q
7	Mélina Robert-Michon	FRA	62.59	Q
8	Feng Bin	CHN	62.01	Q
9	Julia Fischer	GER	61.83	q
10	Chen Yang	CHN	61.44	q
11	Zinaida Sendriūtė	LTU	60.79	q
12	Shanice Craft	GER	60.23	q
13	Pauline Pousse	FRA	58.98
14	Chinwe Okoro	NGR	58.85
15	Nataliya Semenova	UKR	58.41
16	Tarasue Barnett	JAM	58.09
17	Żaneta Glanc	POL	57.88
18	Karen Gallardo	CHI	57.81
19	Dragana Tomašević	SRB	57.67
20	Seema Antil	IND	57.58
21	Andressa Morais	BRA	57.38
22	Shadae Lawrence	JAM	57.09
23	Sabina Asenjo	ESP	56.94
24	Subenrat Insaeng	THA	56.64
25	Kelsey Card	USA	56.41
26	Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou	GRE	54.84
27	Bárbara Comba	ARG	54.44
28	Jade Lally	GBR	54.06
29	Shelbi Vaughan	USA	53.33
30	Natalia Artic-Stratulat	MDA	53.27
31	Fernanda Borges	BRA	51.85
32	Mariya Telushkina	KAZ	45.33
NM	Whitney Ashley	USA	–
NM	Kellion Knibb	JAM	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (15 August 2016 — 20:30)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	11	Sandra Perković	CRO	64.81	×	×	64.81	Q
2	17	Dani Samuels	AUS	64.46	×	59.42	64.46	Q
3	12	Denia Caballero	CUB	62.94	×	×	62.94	Q
4	10	Feng Bin	CHN	62.01	55.97	62.01	–	Q
5	16	Chen Yang	CHN	61.44	×	×	61.44	q
6	15	Zinaida Sendriūtė	LTU	60.79	×	×	60.79	q
7	1	Shanice Craft	GER	60.23	60.23	×	×	q
8	2	Pauline Pousse	FRA	58.98	×	×	58.98
9	9	Chinwe Okoro	NGR	58.85	57.34	58.85	58.53
10	7	Żaneta Glanc	POL	57.88	55.27	56.09	57.88
11	5	Dragana Tomašević	SRB	57.67	55.87	57.67	×
12	3	Shadae Lawrence	JAM	57.09	57.09	×	×
13	13	Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou	GRE	54.84	×	54.84	53.19
14	8	Natalia Artic-Stratulat	MDA	53.27	×	53.27	48.80
15	14	Fernanda Borges	BRA	51.85	50.19	51.85	×
16	4	Mariya Telushkina	KAZ	45.33	×	43.70	45.33
NM	6	Whitney Ashley	USA	–	×	×	×

Qualifying Round, Group B (15 August 2016)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	10	Yaimé Pérez	CUB	65.38	65.38	–	–	Q
2	15	Su Xinyue	CHN	65.14	65.14	–	–	Q
3	16	Nadine Müller	GER	63.67	63.67	–	–	Q
4	14	Mélina Robert-Michon	FRA	62.59	62.59	–	–	Q
5	8	Julia Fischer	GER	61.83	61.83	×	60.69	q
6	1	Nataliya Semenova	UKR	58.41	×	58.41	×
7	11	Tarasue Barnett	JAM	58.09	×	54.36	58.09
8	12	Karen Gallardo	CHI	57.81	57.81	55.98	55.20
9	17	Seema Antil	IND	57.58	57.58	×	56.78
10	9	Andressa Morais	BRA	57.38	57.38	×	×
11	2	Sabina Asenjo	ESP	56.94	56.94	56.22	×
12	7	Subenrat Insaeng	THA	56.64	56.64	×	54.74
13	6	Kelsey Card	USA	56.41	×	51.16	56.41
14	5	Bárbara Comba	ARG	54.44	×	54.44	×
15	4	Jade Lally	GBR	54.06	51.60	53.99	54.06
16	3	Shelbi Vaughan	USA	53.33	×	53.33	46.71
NM	13	Kellion Knibb	JAM	–	×	×	×

Final Round (16 August 2016 — 11:20)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	7	Sandra Perković	CRO	69.21	×	×	69.21	×	×	×
2	1	Mélina Robert-Michon	FRA	66.73	65.52	64.83	65.08	×	66.73	×
3	5	Denia Caballero	CUB	65.34	61.80	×	65.34	63.82	×	64.64
4	10	Dani Samuels	AUS	64.90	63.57	×	61.21	61.95	62.87	64.90
5	3	Su Xinyue	CHN	64.37	63.88	61.02	64.37	62.20	63.87	×
6	2	Nadine Müller	GER	63.13	63.13	×	×	×	×	×
7	12	Chen Yang	CHN	63.11	63.11	×	60.47	59.19	×	×
8	6	Feng Bin	CHN	63.06	62.26	60.27	63.06	61.14	×	61.85
9	9	Julia Fischer	GER	62.67	60.69	×	62.67	–	–	–
10	8	Zinaida Sendriūtė	LTU	61.89	58.25	59.95	61.89	–	–	–
11	4	Shanice Craft	GER	59.85	×	58.39	59.85	–	–	–
NM	11	Yaimé Pérez	CUB	–	×	×	×	–	–	–