2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Women's discus throw

Events at the 2011 World Championships
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
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Club throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon		men
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The women's discus throw at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the QEII Stadium on 22-23, 25 and 29 January.

Medalists

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Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
F12	Marija Ivekovic  Croatia	Liangmin Zhang  China	Orysia Ilchyna  Ukraine
F35/36	Mariia Pomazan  Ukraine	Renata Chilewska  Poland	Katherine Proudfoot  Australia
F37	Mi Na  China	Beverley Jones  United Kingdom	Qiuping Xu  China
F40	Najat El Garaa  Morocco	Raoua Tlili  Tunisia	Menggenjimisu  China
F51/52/53	Catherine Wayland  Ireland	Zena Cole  United States	Estela Salas  Mexico
F54/55/56	Marianne Buggenhagen  Germany	Feixia Dong  China	Tatjana Majcen  Slovenia
F57/58	Nassima Saifi  Algeria	Stela Eneva  Bulgaria	Nadia Medjmedj  Algeria

F12

The Women's discus throw, F12 was held on January 22

• The event included both F11 and F12 classified athletes:
  • F11 = visual impairment: may range from no light perception in either eye, to light perception with the inability to recognise the shape of a hand.
  • F12 = visual impairment: may recognise the shape of a hand, have a visual acuity of 2/60 and/or visual field of less than 5 degrees.

China's Liangmin Zhang set a world record for athletes with an F11 classification, with a throw of 40.42.

Results

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
01 !	Marija Ivekovic	Croatia	00.00 !x	37.33	40.62	00.00 !x	37.95	38.20	40.62
02 !	Liangmin Zhang	China	36.71	37.46	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	40.42	00.00 !x	40.42	WR
03 !	Orysia Ilchyna	Ukraine	34.14	36.99	00.00 !x	35.99	33.97	38.86	38.86
04 !4	Siena Christen	Germany	34.11	35.38	32.85	38.17	36.74	33.86	38.17
05 !5	Claire Williams	United Kingdom	37.19	35.46	00.00 !x	36.94	36.65	00.00 !x	37.19
06 !6	Tamara Sivakova	Belarus	34.88	00.00 !x	33.84	36.90	00.00 !x	34.82	36.90
07 !7	Mariela Almada	Argentina	35.89	34.78	33.40	00.00 !x	35.86	35.02	35.89
08 !8	Jessica Castellano	Spain	29.90	32.88	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	33.53	31.25	33.53

Key: WR = World Record

F35/36

The Women's discus throw, F35/36 was held on January 29

• F35/36
  • F35 = good static balance, problems in dynamic balance, may need assistive devices for walking but not when standing or throwing, may have sufficient lower extremity function to do a run up when throwing.
  • F36 = walk without assistance or assistive devices, more control problems with upper than lower limbs. All four limbs are involved. Hand control, grasp and release affected when throwing.

Results

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
01 !	Mariia Pomazan	Ukraine	25.83	27.18	26.59	28.73	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	28.73	1073	WR
02 !	Renata Chilewska	Poland	24.08	24.92	25.22	23.80	24.08	00.00 !x	25.22	994	SB
03 !	Katherine Proudfoot	Australia	23.21	23.19	24.52	00.00 !x	23.35	20.57	24.52	958	CR
04 !4	Qing Wu	China	18.66	18.49	20.38	18.54	21.79	20.29	21.79	850
05 !5	Chanelle van Zyl	South Africa	20.57	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	17.55	20.57	810
06 !6	Alla Malchyk	Ukraine	18.98	20.65	20.92	00.00 !x	20.33	18.70	20.92	808	SB
07 !7	Noni Thompson	Australia	17.09	17.97	15.14	17.03	18.76	00.00 !x	18.76	687

Key: WR = World Record, CR = Championship Record, SB = Season Best

F37

The Women's discus throw, F37 was held on January 23

• F37 = spasticity in an arm and leg on the same side, good functional ability on the non impaired side, good arm and hand control and follow through.

Results

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
01 !	Mi Na	China	29.80	29.69	30.73	30.66	31.46	-	31.46	CR
02 !	Beverley Jones	United Kingdom	24.12	28.81	30.62	26.41	30.19	29.86	30.62	AR
03 !	Qiuping Xu	China	27.16	26.35	24.85	26.95	26.02	28.74	28.74
04 !4	Viktorya Yasevych	Ukraine	26.54	00.00 !x	23.99	23.03	00.00 !x	28.14	28.14	SB
05 !5	Qianqian Jia	China	25.00	26.01	00.00 !x	25.93	26.66	25.96	26.66	SB
06 !6	Eva Berna	Czech Republic	22.84	23.01	26.00	23.27	25.08	23.86	26.00	SB
07 !7	Shirlene Coelho	Brazil	00.00 !x	25.01	24.42	25.24	25.06	00.00 !x	25.24	AR
08 !8	Taiga Kantane	Latvia	23.02	22.59	21.64	21.78	17.17	22.34	23.02

Key: CR = Championship Record, AR = Asian Record, SB = Season Best

F40

The Women's discus throw, F40 was held on January 29

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Results

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
01 !	Najat El Garaa	Morocco	00.00 !x	28.13	26.57	28.36	28.99	00.00 !x	28.99	CR
02 !	Raoua Tlili	Tunisia	24.50	26.00	00.00 !x	28.55	27.71	27.91	28.55
03 !	Menggenjimisu	China	26.34	26.30	26.41	25.08	00.00 !x	25.26	26.41
04 !4	Laila El Garaa	Morocco	23.20	22.04	24.40	24.11	26.37	24.98	26.37
05 !5	Daria Kabiesz	Poland	12.69	21.27	00.00 !x	20.32	23.31	00.00 !x	23.31	AR

Key: CR = Championship Record, AR = Area Record

F51/52/53

The Women's discus throw, F51/52/53 was held on January 29

• F51/52/53
  • F51 = a weakness in shoulder function, the ability to bend but not straighten the elbow joint, no trunk or leg function, no movement in the fingers, can bend the wrists backwards but not forwards.
  • F52 = good shoulder, elbow and wrist function, poor to normal finger flexion and extension, no trunk or leg function.
  • F53 = normal upper limb function, no abdominal, leg or lower spinal function.

Results

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
01 !	Catherine Wayland	Ireland	00.00 !x	5.53	5.68	5.70	5.89	5.82	5.89	941	SB
02 !	Zena Cole	United States	4.16	4.79	4.58	4.35	4.76	4.54	4.79	651
03 !	Estela Salas	Mexico	00.00 !x	11.68	11.95	12.08	11.71	11.86	12.08	568
04 !4	Martha Gustafson	Canada	9.13	00.00 !x	8.35	9.56	9.40	8.64	9.56	415
05 !5	Rosemary Tallon	Ireland	00.00 !x	7.43	00.00 !x	7.22	7.04	00.00 !x	7.43	211
06 !6	Deepa Malik	India	00.00 !x	5.63	5.53	5.91	5.69	5.92	5.92	135

Key: SB = Season Best

F54/55/56

The Women's discus throw, F54/55/56 was held on January 25

• F54/55/56
  • F54 = normal upper limb function, no abdominal or lower spinal function.
  • F55 = normal upper limb function, may have partial to almost completely normal trunk function, no leg function.
  • F56 = normal upper limb and trunk function, some leg function, may have high bilateral above knee amputation.

Results

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
01 !	Marianne Buggenhagen	Germany	26.28	26.75	26.41	26.44	26.69	00.00 !x	26.75	973	SB
02 !	Feixia Dong	China	23.72	23.46	25.57	24.91	25.06	24.56	25.57	941	AR
03 !	Tatjana Majcen	Slovenia	00.00 !x	15.97	00.00 !x	14.68	15.70	16.13	16.13	833	SB
04 !4	Martina Willing	Germany	20.98	21.38	20.84	20.12	20.75	20.09	21.38	750
05 !5	Veronica Azucena Saucedo Miranda	Mexico	17.08	17.65	16.88	14.74	16.70	14.20	17.65	560	SB

Key: AR = Area Record, SB = Season Best

F57/58

The Women's discus throw, F57/58 was held on January 29

• F57/58
  • F57 = normal upper limb and trunk function, may have bilateral above knee amputations.
  • F58 = normal upper limb and trunk function, a bilateral below knee amputation or single above knee amputation.

Results

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
01 !	Nassima Saifi	Algeria	40.99	00.00 !x	37.06	00.00 !x	35.03	36.94	40.99	1040	WR
02 !	Stela Eneva	Bulgaria	32.96	39.84	36.89	34.80	37.80	38.42	39.84	1022	AR
03 !	Nadia Medjmedj	Algeria	25.32	29.60	27.69	27.12	27.28	28.96	29.60	965	CR
04 !4	Orla Barry	Ireland	28.95	28.87	27.14	28.92	27.99	27.25	28.95	947
05 !5	Catherine Callahan	United States	26.15	23.05	00.00 !x	22.68	20.38	24.04	26.15	852	AR
06 !6	Li Ling	China	21.96	21.68	25.99	24.38	22.22	25.60	25.99	846	SB
07 !7	Angeles Ortiz Hernandez	Mexico	29.04	28.41	29.53	27.88	21.01	26.78	29.53	748	SB
08 !8	Leilei Gao	China	27.57	28.94	00.00 !x	26.18	22.57	28.41	28.94	725
09 !9	Ivanka Koleva	Bulgaria	21.44	20.76	21.98				21.98	659
10 !10	Mary Nakhumica	Kenya	19.46	21.94	20.51				21.94	657
11 !11	Siham Alrasheedy	United Arab Emirates	00.00 !x	21.68	00.00 !x				21.68	643

Key: WR = World Record, AR = Area Record, CR = Championship Record, SB = Season Best

See also

• List of IPC world records in athletics

References

General

• Schedule and results, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
• IPC Athletics Classification Explained, Scottish Disability Sport

Specific