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

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

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Result	Notes

Stephanie Brown Trafton	United States	64.74	x	x	58.39	61.30	x	64.74

Olena Antonova	Ukraine	60.79	62.16	x	60.50	62.59	62.34	62.59	SB

Song Aimin	China	56.41	59.55	62.17	61.75	62.20	60.51	62.20

4	Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová	Czech Republic	x	61.08	x	58.74	61.75	61.66	61.75

5	Ellina Zvereva	Belarus	60.43	60.10	x	x	60.34	60.82	60.82

6	Li Yanfeng	China	60.68	x	59.72	x	x	60.62	60.68

7	Mélina Robert-Michon	France	60.49	x	x	x	60.66	60.45	60.66

8	Dani Samuels	Australia	57.14	x	60.15	60.15

9	Aretha Thurmond	United States	56.72	59.80	57.99	59.80

10	Iryna Yatchenko	Belarus	x	x	59.27	59.27

11	Nicoleta Grasu	Romania	58.63	x	x	58.63

DSQ (2nd)	Yarelis Barrios	Cuba	63.17	63.64	62.22	62.12	x	60.30	63.64

Sentence(s)

Barrios improved to 63.64m in the second round to assure her hold on second place.

final_sentence: Barrios improved to 63.64m in the second round to assure her hold on second place.