Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's discus throw explained

The women's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 6th of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Denia Caballero from Cuba.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record		76.80 m	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	July 9, 1988
Pan American Games record		66.40 m	Guadalajara, Mexico	October 28, 2011

All results shown are in meters.

KEY:	bgcolor=ccffcc align=center	q		bgcolor=ccffcc align=center	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best	DQ	Disqualified

The results were as follows:^[1]

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	Mark	Notes
	63.88	x	61.69	64.65	64.15	66.58	66.58	GR
	x	62.23	x	60.29	x	59.44	62.23
	60.46	x	59.14	x	x	x	60.46
4	60.27	x	x	x	x	x	60.27
5	x	57.82	57.56	59.82	56.43	57.85	59.82
6	51.67	58.99	57.54	x	x	55.03	58.99
7	x	57.87	53.88	58.94	x	57.67	58.94
8	49.27	53.14	53.80				53.80	SB
9	51.41	53.42	51.84				53.42
10	x	x	51.30				51.30
11	x	50.85	x				50.85
	x	x	x				NM
	x	~~65.98~~	x	~~60.26~~	x	x	~~65.98~~	AR, DSQ^[2] ^[3]

Web site: Women's discus throw − Results. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 17 Aug 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190807032446/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/ATH/PAG2019_ATH_C73S_ATHWDISCUS------------FNL-000100--.pdf. 7 August 2019. dead.
News: Lima 2019 discus silver medallist provisionally suspended after positive test. insidethegames.biz. 6 September 2019. 6 March 2020.
Web site: Final results . Panam Sports. 6 March 2020.