# 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 11 and 13 August.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
| World | 76.80 | Gabriele Reinsch | GDR | 7 Jul 1988 | Neubrandenburg, East Germany |
| Championship | 71.62 | Martina Hellmann | GDR | 31 Aug 1987 | Rome, Italy |
| World leading | 71.41 | Sandra Perković | CRO | 18 Jul 2017 | Bellinzona, Switzerland |
| African | 64.87 | Elizna Naudé | RSA | 2 Mar 2003 | Stellenbosch, South Africa |
| Asian | 71.68 | Xiao Yanling | CHN | 14 Mar 1992 | Beijing, China |
| NACAC | 70.88 | Hilda Ramos | CUB | 8 May 1992 | Havana, Cuba |
| South American | 64.21 | Andressa de Morais | BRA | 10 Jun 2012 | Barquisimeto, Venezuela |
| European | 76.80 | Gabriele Reinsch | GDR | 7 Jul 1988 | Neubrandenburg, East Germany |
| Oceanian | 68.72 | Daniela Costian | AUS | 22 Jan 1994 | Auckland, New Zealand |
The following records were set at the competition:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date |
| Oceanian | 69.64 | Dani Stevens | AUS | 13 Aug 2017 |
| Australian | 69.64 | Dani Stevens | AUS | 13 Aug 2017 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 61.20 metres.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 11 August | 10:10 | Qualification |
| 13 August | 19:10 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

The qualification round took place on 11 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 10:11 and Group B at 11:36. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 62.50 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Sandra Perković | Croatia (CRO) | x | 69.67 | | 69.67 | Q |
| 2 | B | Yaime Pérez | Cuba (CUB) | 65.58 | | | 65.58 | Q |
| 3 | B | Dani Stevens | Australia (AUS) | 65.56 | | | 65.56 | Q |
| 4 | B | Mélina Robert-Michon | France (FRA) | 63.97 | | | 63.97 | Q, SB |
| 5 | A | Denia Caballero | Cuba (CUB) | 58.77 | x | 63.79 | 63.79 | Q |
| 6 | B | Nadine Müller | Germany (GER) | 60.31 | 62.47 | 63.35 | 63.35 | Q |
| 7 | B | Su Xinyue | China (CHN) | 60.83 | 61.35 | 63.00 | 63.00 | Q |
| 8 | A | Andressa de Morais | Brazil (BRA) | 60.61 | 62.80 | | 62.80 | Q |
| 9 | B | Chen Yang | China (CHN) | x | 62.71 | | 62.71 | Q |
| 10 | A | Feng Bin | China (CHN) | 62.48 | x | 61.95 | 62.48 | q |
| 11 | A | Julia Harting | Germany (GER) | 61.34 | 61.70 | 59.41 | 61.70 | q |
| 12 | B | Zinaida Sendriūtė | Lithuania (LTU) | 61.48 | x | 57.57 | 61.48 | q, SB |
| 13 | B | Whitney Ashley | United States (USA) | x | 60.94 | 59.22 | 60.94 | |
| 14 | A | Anna Rüh | Germany (GER) | 60.78 | 60.66 | x | 60.78 | |
| 15 | B | Shadae Lawrence | Jamaica (JAM) | x | 59.25 | x | 59.25 | |
| 16 | B | Fernanda Martins | Brazil (BRA) | 58.51 | x | x | 58.51 | |
| 17 | A | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | United States (USA) | x | 58.15 | 58.13 | 58.15 | |
| 18 | A | Jade Lally | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | x | x | 57.71 | 57.71 | |
| 19 | B | Dragana Tomašević | Serbia (SRB) | 56.14 | 57.78 | 57.28 | 57.78 | |
| 20 | A | Sabina Asenjo | Spain (ESP) | 57.00 | x | x | 57.00 | |
| 21 | B | Irina Rodrigues | Portugal (POR) | 54.94 | 55.87 | 56.98 | 56.98 | |
| 22 | A | Hrisoula Anagnostopoulou | Greece (GRE) | 56.91 | 56.08 | 55.26 | 56.91 | |
| 23 | A | Kellion Knibb | Jamaica (JAM) | x | x | 56.73 | 56.73 | |
| 24 | A | Anita Márton | Hungary (HUN) | 55.96 | 54.91 | x | 55.96 | |
| 25 | A | Natalia Semenova | Ukraine (UKR) | x | x | 55.83 | 55.83 | |
| 26 | B | Subenrat Insaeng | Thailand (THA) | 53.74 | x | 55.16 | 55.16 | |
| 27 | A | Taryn Gollshewsky | Australia (AUS) | 54.29 | x | 53.69 | 54.29 | |
| 28 | B | Valarie Allman | United States (USA) | 53.85 | x | x | 53.85 | |
| 29 | B | Karen Gallardo | Chile (CHI) | 52.36 | x | 52.81 | 52.81 | |
| | A | Tara-Sue Barnett | Jamaica (JAM) | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

The final took place on 13 August at 20:25. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Sandra Perković | Croatia (CRO) | 69.30 | 70.31 | 70.28 | 69.81 | x | x | 70.31 | |
| | Dani Stevens | Australia (AUS) | 64.23 | 65.46 | x | 66.82 | 66.59 | 69.64 | 69.64 | AR |
| | Mélina Robert-Michon | France (FRA) | 65.49 | 62.54 | x | 61.88 | 65.39 | 66.21 | 66.21 | SB |
| 4 | Yaime Pérez | Cuba (CUB) | 62.54 | x | x | 64.82 | 63.43 | 64.60 | 64.82 | |
| 5 | Denia Caballero | Cuba (CUB) | 63.22 | 62.88 | x | 62.18 | 64.37 | x | 64.37 | |
| 6 | Nadine Müller | Germany (GER) | 64.13 | x | 62.49 | x | 63.71 | x | 64.13 | |
| 7 | Su Xinyue | China (CHN) | x | 60.59 | 63.37 | x | 61.12 | 62.05 | 63.37 | |
| 8 | Feng Bin | China (CHN) | 61.56 | 60.81 | x | x | 51.95 | x | 61.56 | |
| 9 | Julia Harting | Germany (GER) | 61.34 | x | x | | | | 61.34 | |
| 10 | Chen Yang | China (CHN) | 58.19 | x | 61.28 | | | | 61.28 | |
| 11 | Andressa de Morais | Brazil (BRA) | 60.00 | x | x | | | | 60.00 | |
| 12 | Zinaida Sendriūtė | Lithuania (LTU) | x | x | x | | | | NM | |