2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw
at the 2023 World Championships
Winner Laulauga Tausaga with her gold medal
VenueNational Athletics Centre
Dates20 August (qualification)
22 August (final)
Competitors37 from 25 nations
Winning distance69.49
Medalists
gold medal Laulauga Tausaga   United States
silver medal Valarie Allman   United States
bronze medal Feng Bin   China
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The women's discus throw at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 20 and 22 August 2023.

Summary

Of the 12 finalists in Eugene, 10 of them returned to this year's finals. And those 10 were the top 10 from the preliminaries. The top 3 were the medalists.

In the first round of the finals Olympic Champion Valarie Allman got off a 68.57m to take the early lead. Defending champion Feng Bin responded with a 66.97m. Jorinde van Klinken held on to third place with a 63.93m. With her second attempt, two time Olympic and two time World Champion Sandra Perković moved into the top 3 with a 66.57m. In the third round, Allman improved to 68.79m. She improved again to 69.23m in the fourth round. Bin also improved to 67.18m

At the end of the third round, Laulauga Tausaga had to throw a 65.56m personal best to leap from dead last 12th place into fifth place and a chance to make three more throws. She had needed to throw a personal best 65.46m as the final throw at her USA National Championships just to be eligible to come to these championships. On her newly earned fifth throw, she threw the winner 69.49 m (227 ft 11 in), a four metre (13 feet) improvement in her personal best over the course of three rounds.

van Klinken's fifth round throw of 67.20m edged her back into third place. Bin improved to 68.20m on her final attempt to move back into third place. Allman was unable to improve, so on a breakthrough night, the surprised and ecstatic Tausaga was able to step into the ring for her final attempt already confirmed as the champion. She then threw the second best throw of her career, 68.36m.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[1]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record  Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) 76.80 m Neubrandenburg, East Germany 9 July 1988
Championship record  Martina Hellmann (GDR) 71.62 m Rome, Italy 31 August 1987
World Leading  Valarie Allman (USA) 70.25 m San Diego, United States 7 April 2023
African Record  Chioma Onyekwere (NGR) 64.96 m Ramona, OK, United States 15 April 2023
Asian Record  Xiao Yanling (CHN) 71.68 m Beijing, China 14 March 1992
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Valarie Allman (USA) 71.46 m San Diego, United States 8 April 2022
South American Record  Andressa de Morais (BRA) 65.34 m Leiria, Portugal 26 June 2019
European Record  Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) 76.80 m Neubrandenburg, East Germany 9 July 1988
Oceanian record  Dani Stevens (AUS) 69.64 m London, Great Britain 13 August 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 64.20 m.[2]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Date Time Round
20 August 09:00 Qualification
22 August 20:20 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 64.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[3][4]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 A Valarie Allman  United States (USA) 67.14 67.14 Q
2 A Feng Bin  China (CHN) 63.97 61.47 65.68 65.68 Q
3 A Sandra Perković  Croatia (CRO) 65.62 65.62 Q, SB
4 B Claudine Vita  Germany (GER) 59.85 64.51 64.51 Q
5 B Laulauga Tausaga  United States (USA) x 64.34 64.34 Q
6 A Shanice Craft  Germany (GER) x 63.42 63.18 63.42 q
7 A Liliana Cá  Portugal (POR) 61.27 63.34 x 63.34 q
8 B Jorinde van Klinken  Netherlands (NED) 62.05 63.20 x 63.20 q
9 A Silinda Morales  Cuba (CUB) x 60.54 62.76 62.76 q
10 B Kristin Pudenz  Germany (GER) 62.67 x 62.71 62.71 q
11 B Mélina Robert-Michon  France (FRA) 61.82 58.99 60.21 61.82 q
12 A Daisy Osakue  Italy (ITA) x 58.77 61.31 61.31 q
13 A Vanessa Kamga  Sweden (SWE) x x 60.02 60.02 SB
14 A Ieva Zarankaitė  Lithuania (LTU) 59.98 59.92 x 59.98
15 B Veronica Fraley  United States (USA) 57.71 59.36 x 59.36
16 B Daria Zabawska  Poland (POL) 59.28 56.44 58.76 59.28
17 A Andressa de Morais  Brazil (BRA) 52.54 59.15 56.01 59.15
18 B Marija Tolj  Croatia (CRO) 58.92 57.28 x 58.92
19 B Wang Fang [de]  China (CHN) 56.72 x 58.78 58.78
20 A Taryn Gollshewsky  Australia (AUS) 58.63 x 58.11 58.63
21 B Chioma Onyekwere  Nigeria (NGR) 54.97 58.58 57.73 58.58
22 B Izabela da Silva  Brazil (BRA) 58.45 57.89 56.94 58.45
23 B Samantha Hall  Jamaica (JAM) 56.31 55.44 58.43 58.43
24 A Lisa Brix Pedersen  Denmark (DEN) 57.96 52.58 56.14 57.96
25 A Ashley Anumba  Nigeria (NGR) 57.77 51.86 55.76 57.77
26 B Irina Rodrigues  Portugal (POR) 56.86 55.37 57.08 57.08
27 B Karen Gallardo  Chile (CHI) 50.75 48.74 56.74 56.74
28 A Subenrat Insaeng  Thailand (THA) 56.19 x x 56.19
29 A Elena Bruckner  United States (USA) 55.63 54.23 55.94 55.94
30 B Annesofie Hartmann Nielsen [de]  Denmark (DEN) 54.90 53.63 x 54.90
31 A Salla Sipponen  Finland (FIN) 53.85 53.47 54.72 54.72
32 B Caisa-Marie Lindfors  Sweden (SWE) 53.83 53.24 54.54 54.54
33 A Nora Monie [fr]  Cameroon (CMR) x 54.50 54.38 54.50
34 A Dóra Kerekes  Hungary (HUN) 54.41 53.44 52.99 54.41
35 B Yolandi Stander [de]  South Africa (RSA) x 53.39 53.34 53.39
36 A Maki Saito [de]  Japan (JPN) x 53.14 53.20 53.20
37 B Obiageri Amaechi  Nigeria (NGR) x 50.69 51.60 51.60

Final

The final was started on 22 August at 20:20.[5]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Laulauga Tausaga  United States (USA) x 52.28 65.56 x 69.49 68.36 69.49 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Valarie Allman  United States (USA) 68.57 66.94 68.79 69.23 64.60 68.61 69.23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Feng Bin  China (CHN) 66.97 65.16 65.91 67.18 67.41 68.20 68.20 SB
4 Jorinde van Klinken  Netherlands (NED) 63.93 64.41 62.94 64.47 67.20 66.97 67.20 SB
5 Sandra Perković  Croatia (CRO) x 66.57 x 65.64 65.09 x 66.57 SB
6 Kristin Pudenz  Germany (GER) 63.81 63.94 65.73 64.11 65.96 x 65.96
7 Shanice Craft  Germany (GER) 63.59 61.44 65.03 65.47 x 63.67 65.47
8 Liliana Cá  Portugal (POR) 58.86 x 63.59 x x 62.49 63.59
9 Mélina Robert-Michon  France (FRA) 53.34 63.46 x 63.46
10 Claudine Vita  Germany (GER) 60.29 62.51 63.19 63.19
11 Silinda Morales  Cuba (CUB) 62.31 53.26 x 62.31
12 Daisy Osakue  Italy (ITA) x 61.13 x 61.13

References

  1. ^ "Discus Throw Women − Records". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Revised Results Discus Throw Women - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Revised Summary Discus Throw Women - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Results Discus Throw Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 22 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.