# 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' discus throw

The girls' discus throw at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 8 and 9 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Rosalía Vázquez Cuba | Liang Yan China | Shelbi Vaughan United States |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Ilke Wyludda (GDR) | 65.86 | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | 1 August 1986 |
| Championship Record | Ma Xuejun (CHN) | 55.26 | Debrecen, Hungary | 12 July 2001 |
| World Youth Leading | Rosalía Vázquez (CUB) | 54.00 | Havana, Cuba | 17 March 2011 |

## Qualification

Qualification rule: qualification standard 48.50 m or at least best 12 qualified.

### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Shelbi Vaughan | United States | 53.78 | | | 53.78 | Q, PB |
| 2 | Feng Bin | China | 50.78 | | | 50.78 | Q |
| 3 | Keshia McGrath-Volau | Australia | 50.49 | | | 50.49 | Q, PB |
| 4 | Katinka Urbaniak | Germany | 44.19 | x | 47.56 | 47.56 | q |
| 5 | Ifigenia Akrani | Greece | 45.96 | x | 43.01 | 45.96 | |
| 6 | Siositina Hakeai | New Zealand | x | 45.76 | x | 45.76 | |
| 7 | Tatyana Markova | Ukraine | 45.51 | 45.59 | x | 45.59 | |
| 8 | Subenrat Insaeng | Thailand | 45.47 | 44.95 | x | 44.95 | |
| 9 | Heini Järventausta | Finland | x | 44.74 | 41.59 | 44.74 | |
| 10 | María Belén Toimil | Spain | 44.21 | 41.82 | x | 44.21 | |
| 11 | Rahma Bouslama | Tunisia | 43.29 | x | 44.14 | 44.14 | PB |
| 12 | Maia Varela | Argentina | 40.66 | 42.64 | 43.58 | 43.58 | |
| 13 | Somari Els | South Africa | x | 40.93 | 42.96 | 42.96 | |
| 14 | Sarah Moss | Canada | x | 40.79 | x | 40.79 | |
| 15 | Júlia Kočárová | Czech Republic | x | 39.64 | 40.61 | 40.61 | |
| 16 | Lindsay Brena | France | 37.47 | 38.91 | x | 38.91 | |
| 17 | Shaunna Downey | South Africa | 35.18 | 35.59 | x | 35.59 | |
| | Milica Vukadinović | Montenegro | x | x | x | NM | |

### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Natalya Shirobokova | Russia | x | 52.03 | | 52.03 | Q |
| 2 | Rosalía Vázquez | Cuba | 51.18 | | | 51.18 | Q |
| 3 | Florentia Kalogeraki | Greece | 44.36 | x | 51.15 | 51.15 | Q |
| 4 | Filoi Aokuso | Australia | 50.85 | | | 50.85 | Q, PB |
| 5 | Liang Yan | China | 50.77 | | | 50.77 | Q |
| 6 | Karolina Makul | Poland | 46.57 | 49.28 | | 49.28 | Q, PB |
| 7 | Viktoriya Savytska | Ukraine | x | 47.91 | 48.50 | 48.50 | Q, PB |
| 8 | Merewarihi Vaka | New Zealand | 48.14 | 48.30 | x | 48.30 | q |
| 9 | Ieva Zarankaitė | Lithuania | 46.81 | x | x | 46.81 | PB |
| 10 | Fadya El-Kasaby | Egypt | 43.93 | 45.43 | x | 45.43 | PB |
| 11 | Navjeet Kaur Dhillon | India | 42.62 | 44.46 | 43.07 | 44.46 | PB |
| 12 | Kätlin Piirimäe | Estonia | 43.67 | 42.96 | 44.27 | 44.27 | PB |
| 13 | Izabela da Silva | Brazil | x | 43.98 | x | 43.98 | PB |
| 14 | Rocío Aranda | Argentina | 43.86 | 42.77 | x | 43.86 | PB |
| 15 | Emma Ljungberg | Sweden | 40.85 | 42.12 | 43.60 | 43.60 | |
| 16 | Mona Ekroll Jaidi | Norway | 42.99 | x | 43.21 | 43.21 | |
| 17 | Maria Basile | Italy | x | 39.12 | x | 39.12 | |
| 18 | Chan Zhi Xuan | Singapore | 37.32 | x | x | 37.32 | |
| | Chamaya Turner | United States | x | x | x | NM | |

## Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Rosalía Vázquez | Cuba | 51.95 | x | 48.92 | 53.51 | 50.44 | 50.41 | 53.51 | |
| | Liang Yan | China | 39.72 | 51.69 | x | 52.89 | 50.97 | 52.28 | 52.89 | PB |
| | Shelbi Vaughan | United States | 52.58 | x | 50.76 | x | 52.23 | x | 52.58 | |
| 4 | Feng Bin | China | x | 48.07 | 49.29 | 51.16 | x | 51.25 | 51.25 | |
| 5 | Filoi Aokuso | Australia | x | 42.65 | 48.66 | x | 49.05 | 50.38 | 50.38 | |
| 6 | Keshia McGrath-Volau | Australia | 49.27 | 48.66 | 49.66 | x | 49.30 | x | 49.66 | |
| 7 | Katinka Urbaniak | Germany | 48.77 | x | 47.33 | x | 47.78 | x | 48.77 | |
| 8 | Florentia Kalogeraki | Greece | 48.38 | 46.19 | 47.12 | 46.54 | x | 46.93 | 48.38 | |
| 9 | Merewarihi Vaka | New Zealand | 47.32 | x | x | | | | 47.32 | |
| 10 | Karolina Makul | Poland | 44.64 | x | 43.81 | | | | 44.64 | |
| 11 | Viktoriya Savytska | Ukraine | x | 44.30 | 41.22 | | | | 44.30 | |
| 12 | Natalya Shirobokova | Russia | x | x | 40.68 | | | | 40.68 | |