Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

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Women's discus throw
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Date 15 August 2008 (qualification)
18 August 2008 (final)
Competitors 38 from 24 nations
Winning distance 64.74
Medalists
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1st Stephanie Brown Trafton  United States
2nd Yarelis Barrios  Cuba
3rd Olena Antonova  Ukraine
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Athletics at the
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200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
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Marathon men women
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Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
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Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
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The women's discus throw event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15–18 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.[1]

The qualifying standards were 61.00 m (200.13 ft) (A standard) and 59.00 m (193.57 ft) (B standard).[2]

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Friday, 15 August 2008 19:55 Qualifications
Monday, 18 August 2008 19:00 Finals

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) 76.80 Neubrandenburg, East Germany 9 July 1988
Olympic record  Martina Hellmann (GDR) 72.30 Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: 61.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Stephanie Brown Trafton  United States 57.78 x 62.77 62.77 Q
2 B Nicoleta Grasu  Romania 57.75 62.51 62.51 Q
3 A Iryna Yatchenko  Belarus 62.26 62.26 Q
4 A Yarelis Barrios  Cuba 62.23 62.23 Q
5 A Mélina Robert-Michon  France x 55.18 62.21 62.21 Q, SB
6 B Aretha Thurmond  United States 58.70 61.90 61.90 Q
7 A Dani Samuels  Australia x x 61.72 61.72 Q
8 B Song Aimin  China 59.89 61.31 61.67 61.67 Q
9 B Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová  Czech Republic 61.61 61.61 Q
10 B Li Yanfeng  China 60.99 61.29 x 61.29 q
11 A Olena Antonova  Ukraine 61.25 60.61 59.92 61.25 q
12 A Ellina Zvereva  Belarus x 60.28 59.60 60.28 q
13 B Dragana Tomašević  Serbia 55.59 x 60.19 60.19
14 A Natalia Semenova  Ukraine x 60.18 x 60.18
15 B Yania Ferrales  Cuba 59.87 58.73 59.85 59.87
16 B Svetlana Saykina  Russia x x 59.48 59.48
17 A Wioletta Potępa  Poland 59.44 59.20 59.10 59.44
18 A Joanna Wiśniewska  Poland 59.40 58.08 x 59.40
19 A Elisângela Adriano  Brazil x x 58.84 58.84
20 B Elizna Naudé  South Africa 58.75 57.09 58.35 58.75
21 A Kateryna Karsak  Ukraine x 53.14 58.61 58.61
22 A Vera Begić  Croatia 55.87 58.50 x 58.50
23 A Ma Xuejun  China 58.45 x 56.84 58.45
24 B Krishna Poonia  India 57.31 58.23 58.15 58.23
25 B Natalya Sadova  Russia x 58.11 57.76 58.11
26 A Suzy Powell-Roos  United States 58.02 x x 58.02
27 A Philippa Roles  Great Britain x 56.88 57.44 57.44
28 B Beatrice Faumuina  New Zealand 57.15 x 54.49 57.15
29 B Hanna Mazgunova  Belarus x x 56.77 56.77
30 A Harwant Kaur  India 56.38 56.38 56.42 56.42
31 B Anna Söderberg  Sweden x 55.28 53.48 55.28
32 A Oxana Yesipchuk  Russia 54.91 54.34 55.07 55.07
33 B Zinaida Sendriūtė  Lithuania 54.81 53.41 52.42 54.81
34 B Venera Getova  Bulgaria 52.51 54.00 52.40 54.00
35 B Dorothea Kalpakidou  Greece x 53.00 51.61 53.00
36 B Barbara Rocio Comba  Argentina x x 51.36 51.36
37 A Tereapii Tapoki  Cook Islands 46.77 44.11 48.35 48.35
B Żaneta Glanc  Poland x x x NM

WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

DNF = did not finish | DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Result Notes[3]
1st Stephanie Brown Trafton  United States 64.74 x x 58.39 61.30 x 64.74
2nd Yarelis Barrios  Cuba 63.17 63.64 62.22 62.12 x 60.30 63.64
3rd Olena Antonova  Ukraine 60.79 62.16 x 60.50 62.59 62.34 62.59 SB
4 Song Aimin  China 56.41 59.55 62.17 61.75 62.20 60.51 62.20
5 Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová  Czech Republic x 61.08 x 58.74 61.75 61.66 61.75
6 Ellina Zvereva  Belarus 60.43 60.10 x x 60.34 60.82 60.82
7 Li Yanfeng  China 60.68 x 59.72 x x 60.62 60.68
8 Mélina Robert-Michon  France 60.49 x x x 60.66 60.45 60.66
9 Dani Samuels  Australia 57.14 x 60.15 60.15
10 Aretha Thurmond  United States 56.72 59.80 57.99 59.80
11 Iryna Yatchenko  Belarus x x 59.27 59.27
12 Nicoleta Grasu  Romania 58.63 x x 58.63

WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

DNF = did not finish | DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

References

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  3. ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode=3659/racedate=08-18-2008/sex=W/discCode=DT/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#det
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