# 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 24 and 25 August.
In 2015, Denia Caballero found five extra metres in her throws to become the number one ranked thrower. She had no intention of making a dramatic competition. On her first throw, the sixth throw of qualifying she launched the best throw of the preliminary round. Then in the finals, on her first effort only four throws into the competition she threw 69.28. Only one other girl in Beijing had ever thrown a discus that far, she was the defending champion Sandra Perković. So it was up to the rest of the field to do something spectacular or settle for other medals. Three throws later Nadine Müller threw 65.53 to take over second place. After fouling her first attempt, Perković threw 65.35 to move into third place. Gia Lewis-Smallwood was the only other athlete to reach the low 69's was not having a 69 kind of day, instead muddled at the back of the field. On her final throw Perković threw 67.39 to finally move into silver medal position. Yaime Pérez tried to make it interesting but her 65.46 final attempt missed a medal.

## 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 | Denia Caballero (CUB) | 70.65 | Bilbao, Spain | 20 June 2015 |
| African record | Elizna Naudé (RSA) | 64.87 | Stellenbosch, South Africa | 2 March 2003 |
| Asian record | Xiao Yanling (CHN) | 71.68 | Beijing, 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

* Entry standards
* 61.00

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 24 August 2015 | 09:35 | Qualification |
| 25 August 2015 | 19:00 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+8)

## Results

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

### Qualification

Qualification: 63.00 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Mark | Notes7 |
| 1 | A | Denia Caballero | Cuba (CUB) | 65.15 | | | 65.15 | Q |
| 2 | B | Sandra Perković | Croatia (CRO) | 58.95 | 64.51 | | 64.51 | Q |
| 3 | B | Nadine Müller | Germany (GER) | 64.39 | | | 64.39 | Q |
| 4 | A | Julia Fischer | Germany (GER) | 63.38 | | | 63.38 | Q |
| 5 | B | Yaime Pérez | Cuba (CUB) | x | 61.79 | 62.93 | 62.93 | q |
| 6 | A | Shanice Craft | Germany (GER) | 62.73 | x | x | 62.73 | q |
| 7 | B | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | United States (USA) | 62.04 | 60.28 | – | 62.04 | q |
| 8 | A | Dani Samuels | Australia (AUS) | x | 61.87 | 62.01 | 62.01 | q |
| 9 | B | Mélina Robert-Michon | France (FRA) | 60.23 | 57.93 | 61.78 | 61.78 | q |
| 10 | A | Su Xinyue | China (CHN) | 61.04 | 60.70 | 61.68 | 61.68 | q |
| 11 | A | Whitney Ashley | United States (USA) | 60.88 | x | 60.18 | 60.88 | q |
| 12 | B | Natalia Semenova | Ukraine (UKR) | 59.96 | 60.72 | 57.74 | 60.72 | q |
| 13 | A | Zinaida Sendriūtė | Lithuania (LTU) | 60.33 | x | 55.22 | 60.33 | |
| 14 | B | Shelbi Vaughan | United States (USA) | 60.24 | x | 57.38 | 60.24 | |
| 15 | A | Yelena Panova | Russia (RUS) | 60.21 | 57.52 | 55.69 | 60.21 | |
| 16 | B | Tan Jian | China (CHN) | 59.84 | x | x | 59.84 | |
| 17 | B | Yekaterina Strokova | Russia (RUS) | x | x | 59.32 | 59.32 | |
| 18 | A | Te Rina Keenan | New Zealand (NZL) | 57.11 | 59.20 | 58.79 | 59.20 | |
| 19 | A | Andressa de Morais | Brazil (BRA) | 55.85 | x | 59.08 | 59.08 | |
| 20 | B | Dragana Tomašević | Serbia (SRB) | 56.70 | 57.48 | 58.98 | 58.98 | |
| 21 | A | Lu Xiaoxin | China (CHN) | x | 58.12 | 58.55 | 58.55 | |
| 22 | B | Karen Gallardo | Chile (CHI) | 55.96 | 58.32 | 55.50 | 58.32 | |
| 23 | B | Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou | Greece (GRE) | 55.23 | 58.20 | x | 58.20 | |
| 24 | A | Sabina Asenjo | Spain (ESP) | 57.56 | x | 58.04 | 58.04 | |
| 25 | A | Yuliya Maltseva | Russia (RUS) | 57.08 | 57.03 | x | 57.08 | |
| 26 | B | Fernanda Martins | Brazil (BRA) | 56.74 | x | 56.26 | 56.74 | |
| 27 | A | Sanna Kämäräinen | Finland (FIN) | 56.68 | 53.19 | x | 56.68 | |
| 28 | A | Rocío Comba | Argentina (ARG) | x | 56.11 | x | 56.11 | |
| 29 | B | Subenrat Insaeng | Thailand (THA) | 50.20 | 55.14 | x | 55.14 | |
| 30 | B | Siositina Hakeai | New Zealand (NZL) | 54.89 | x | x | 54.89 | |
| 31 | B | Irina Rodrigues | Portugal (POR) | x | 48.10 | 52.82 | 52.82 | |

### Final

The final was started at 19:00.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | # 1 | # 2 | # 3 | # 4 | # 5 | # 6 | Mark |
| | Denia Caballero | Cuba (CUB) | 69.28 | 63.83 | x | 65.97 | 66.55 | 66.58 | 69.28 |
| | Sandra Perković | Croatia (CRO) | x | 65.35 | x | 65.37 | x | 67.39 | 67.39 |
| | Nadine Müller | Germany (GER) | 65.53 | x | 60.85 | x | x | 62.67 | 65.53 |
| 4 | Yaime Pérez | Cuba (CUB) | x | 62.63 | 59.63 | 64.60 | 64.31 | 65.46 | 65.46 |
| 5 | Julia Fischer | Germany (GER) | 63.88 | x | x | 59.22 | x | 63.19 | 63.88 |
| 6 | Dani Samuels | Australia (AUS) | 53.65 | 62.90 | 63.08 | 63.14 | 61.48 | 62.31 | 63.14 |
| 7 | Shanice Craft | Germany (GER) | 61.80 | 61.72 | 61.46 | 59.23 | 63.10 | 62.86 | 63.10 |
| 8 | Su Xinyue | China (CHN) | 62.90 | 62.58 | 58.47 | 61.56 | 62.33 | 62.61 | 62.90 |
| 9 | Whitney Ashley | United States (USA) | x | 56.91 | 61.05 | | | | 61.05 |
| 10 | Mélina Robert-Michon | France (FRA) | 59.25 | 60.92 | 59.89 | | | | 60.92 |
| 11 | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | United States (USA) | x | 60.55 | 59.02 | | | | 60.55 |
| 12 | Natalia Semenova | Ukraine (UKR) | 57.94 | 59.54 | 54.97 | | | | 59.54 |