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

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
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
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

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]

1 Medalists
2 Schedule
3 Records
4 Results
- 4.1 Qualifying round
- 4.2 Final
5 References

Medalists

Gold	Stephanie Brown-Trafton United States (USA)
Silver	Yarelis Barrios Cuba (CUB)
Bronze	Olena Antonova Ukraine (UKR)

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
15.08.2008 – 19:55h	15.08.2008 – 21:20h
Final Round
18.08.2008 – 19:00h

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: Qualifying Performance 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	Yanfeng Li	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
99 !	B	Żaneta Glanc	Poland	x	x	x	00 !NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Result	Notes^[3]
1 !	Stephanie Brown-Trafton	United States	64.74	x	x	58.39	61.30	x	64.74
2 !	Yarelis Barrios	Cuba	63.17	63.64	62.22	62.12	x	60.30	63.64
3 !	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	Yanfeng Li	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

References

Discus throw at the Athletics at the Summer Olympics

Men's	1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008

Women's	1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008