2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw explained

The women's discus throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–11 August.

There were 6 automatic qualifiers for the final. It took 60.14 to get in. In the final Sandra Perković dominated from her first throw. Any of her three fair throws would have won the competition. Yarelys Barrios was a solid second place from her first throw, but she never improved. Meanwhile, Mélina Robert-Michon did improve, her third round throw putting her into second and her final throw more than a meter further to improve her own French national record set more than 11 years (and one daughter) earlier. The record throw was all the more remarkable due to the rainy conditions that hampered the rest of the field, hers was the only improvement after the rains started toward the end of the fourth round.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:^[2]

World record		76.80	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	7 July 1988
Championship record		71.62	Rome, Italy	31 August 1987
World leading		67.98	Lausane, Switzerland	4 July 2013
African record		64.87	Stellenbosch, South Africa	2 March 2003
Asian record		71.68	Beijing, People's Republic of China	14 March 1992
North, Central American and Caribbean record		70.88	Havana, Cuba	8 May 1992
South American record		64.21	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	10 June 2012
European record		76.80	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	7 July 1988
Oceanian record		68.72	Auckland, New Zealand	22 January 1994

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
10 August 2013	9:30	Qualification
11 August 2013	20:15	Final

Results

KEY:

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Q

Qualified

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q

12 best performers

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: 63.00 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.^{[3] [4]}

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	Mark	Notes
1	A			64.16			64.16	Q
2	A			63.63			63.63	Q
3	B			63.62			63.62	Q
4	B			62.57	63.21		63.21	Q
5	A			63.16			63.16	Q
5	B			63.16			63.16	Q
7	B			62.73	62.51	62.85	62.85	q
8	B			61.30	61.62	59.21	61.62	q
9	B			61.54	59.51		61.54	q
10	B				61.30	57.56	61.30	q
11	B			59.38	57.26	60.33	60.33	q
12	A			60.14	58.48		60.14	q
13	A			56.77	60.09		60.09
14	A			57.58	58.70	58.79	58.79
15	A			58.37	55.23		58.37
16	B			57.85		53.24	57.85
17	B			57.64	55.47	54.09	57.64
18	A				53.10	57.03	57.03
19	B			54.14	54.76	56.87	56.87
20	A			56.62		54.05	56.62
21	A			56.41			56.41
22	B				55.47	56.31	56.31
23	B				55.79		55.79
24	A			44.60			44.60
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	A

Final

The final was held on 11 August.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6	Mark	Notes
			67.52	67.99	x	67.80	x	x	67.99
			62.53	61.77	65.13	65.08	x	66.28	66.28	NR
			64.96	63.99	x	62.77	61.28	63.33	64.96
			64.12	64.67	x	x	61.92	63.22	64.67
			57.21	61.66	62.71	64.23	x	61.10	64.23
			x	63.16	61.69	63.34	x	61.47	63.34
			59.80	62.90	x	61.27	x	x	62.90	SB
			62.80	59.80	60.16	61.43	x	62.49	62.80
			61.87	62.54	61.44				62.54
10			59.17	62.42	x				62.42
11			x	62.39	60.16				62.39
12			59.83	x	58.32				59.83

External links

• Discus throw results at IAAF website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Error 200 | World Athletics.
2. Web site: Records & Lists – discus throw. IAAF. 8 August 2013.
3. http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-DT-W-q----.SL2.pdf?v=-869092292 Start list
4. http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-DT-W-q----.RS6.pdf?v=-152227406 Qualification Results
5. Web site: Final Results . 11 August 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131101014413/http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-DT-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=345817168 . 1 November 2013 . dead .