# 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–11 August.
There were 6 automatic qualifiers for the final. It took 60.14 to get in. In the final Sandra Perković dominated from her first throw. Any of her three fair throws would have won the competition. Yarelys Barrios was a solid second place from her first throw, but she never improved. Meanwhile, Mélina Robert-Michon did improve, her third round throw putting her into second and her final throw more than a meter further to improve her own French national record set more than 11 years (and one daughter) earlier. The record throw was all the more remarkable due to the rainy conditions that hampered the rest of the field, hers was the only improvement after the rains started toward the end of the fourth round.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) | 76.80 | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | 7 July 1988 |
| Championship record | Martina Hellmann (GDR) | 71.62 | Rome, Italy | 31 August 1987 |
| World leading | Sandra Perković (CRO) | 67.98 | Lausane, Switzerland | 4 July 2013 |
| African record | Elizna Naudé (RSA) | 64.87 | Stellenbosch, South Africa | 2 March 2003 |
| Asian record | Xiao Yanling (CHN) | 71.68 | Beijing, People's Republic of China | 14 March 1992 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Hilda Ramos (CUB) | 70.88 | Havana, Cuba | 8 May 1992 |
| South American record | Andressa de Morais (BRA) | 64.21 | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 10 June 2012 |
| European record | Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) | 76.80 | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | 7 July 1988 |
| Oceanian record | Daniela Costian (AUS) | 68.72 | Auckland, New Zealand | 22 January 1994 |

## Qualification standards

| A result | B result |
| 62.00 | 59.50 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 10 August 2013 | 9:30 | Qualification |
| 11 August 2013 | 20:15 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+4)

## Results

| KEY: | Q | Qualified | q | 12 best performers | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Qualification

Qualification: 63.00 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Zinaida Sendriutė | Lithuania (LTU) | 64.16 | | | 64.16 | Q |
| 2 | A | Yarelys Barrios | Cuba (CUB) | 63.63 | | | 63.63 | Q |
| 3 | B | Sandra Perković | Croatia (CRO) | 63.62 | | | 63.62 | Q |
| 4 | B | Tan Jian | China (CHN) | 62.57 | 63.21 | | 63.21 | Q |
| 5 | A | Mélina Robert-Michon | France (FRA) | 63.16 | | | 63.16 | Q |
| 5 | B | Nadine Müller | Germany (GER) | 63.16 | | | 63.16 | Q |
| 7 | B | Dani Samuels | Australia (AUS) | 62.73 | 62.51 | 62.85 | 62.85 | q |
| 8 | B | Żaneta Glanc | Poland (POL) | 61.30 | 61.62 | 59.21 | 61.62 | q |
| 9 | B | Rocío Comba | Argentina (ARG) | 61.54 | 59.51 | x | 61.54 | q |
| 10 | B | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | United States (USA) | x | 61.30 | 57.56 | 61.30 | q |
| 11 | B | Yaime Pérez | Cuba (CUB) | 59.38 | 57.26 | 60.33 | 60.33 | q |
| 12 | A | Denia Caballero | Cuba (CUB) | 60.14 | 58.48 | x | 60.14 | q |
| 13 | A | Julia Fischer | Germany (GER) | 56.77 | 60.09 | x | 60.09 | |
| 14 | A | Dragana Tomašević | Serbia (SRB) | 57.58 | 58.70 | 58.79 | 58.79 | |
| 15 | A | Vera Ganeeva | Russia (RUS) | 58.37 | 55.23 | x | 58.37 | |
| 16 | B | Ekaterina Strokova | Russia (RUS) | 57.85 | x | 53.24 | 57.85 | |
| 17 | B | Irina Rodrigues | Portugal (POR) | 57.64 | 55.47 | 54.09 | 57.64 | |
| 18 | A | Karen Gallardo | Chile (CHI) | x | 53.10 | 57.03 | 57.03 | |
| 19 | B | Su Xinyue | China (CHN) | 54.14 | 54.76 | 56.87 | 56.87 | |
| 20 | A | Svetlana Saykina | Russia (RUS) | 56.62 | x | 54.05 | 56.62 | |
| 21 | A | Liz Podominick | United States (USA) | 56.41 | x | x | 56.41 | |
| 22 | B | Nicoleta Grasu | Romania (ROM) | x | 55.47 | 56.31 | 56.31 | |
| 23 | B | Natalya Fokina-Semenova | Ukraine (UKR) | x | 55.79 | x | 55.79 | |
| 24 | A | Whitney Ashley | United States (USA) | 44.60 | x | x | 44.60 | |
| | A | Gu Siyu | China (CHN) | x | x | x | NM | |
| | A | Fernanda Raquel Borges Martins | Brazil (BRA) | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

The final was held on 11 August.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Sandra Perković | Croatia (CRO) | 67.52 | 67.99 | x | 67.80 | x | x | 67.99 | |
| | Mélina Robert-Michon | France (FRA) | 62.53 | 61.77 | 65.13 | 65.08 | x | 66.28 | 66.28 | NR |
| | Yarelys Barrios | Cuba (CUB) | 64.96 | 63.99 | x | 62.77 | 61.28 | 63.33 | 64.96 | |
| 4 | Nadine Müller | Germany (GER) | 64.12 | 64.67 | x | x | 61.92 | 63.22 | 64.67 | |
| 5 | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | United States (USA) | 57.21 | 61.66 | 62.71 | 64.23 | x | 61.10 | 64.23 | |
| 6 | Tan Jian | China (CHN) | x | 63.16 | 61.69 | 63.34 | x | 61.47 | 63.34 | |
| 7 | Żaneta Glanc | Poland (POL) | 59.80 | 62.90 | x | 61.27 | x | x | 62.90 | SB |
| 8 | Denia Caballero | Cuba (CUB) | 62.80 | 59.80 | 60.16 | 61.43 | x | 62.49 | 62.80 | |
| 9 | Zinaida Sendriutė | Lithuania (LTU) | 61.87 | 62.54 | 61.44 | | | | 62.54 | |
| 10 | Dani Samuels | Australia (AUS) | 59.17 | 62.42 | x | | | | 62.42 | |
| 11 | Yaime Pérez | Cuba (CUB) | x | 62.39 | 60.16 | | | | 62.39 | |
| 12 | Rocío Comba | Argentina (ARG) | 59.83 | x | 58.32 | | | | 59.83 | |