# Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was held at the Olympic Stadium on 16–17 August. Each athlete received three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieved the qualifying distance progressed to the final. Each finalist was allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

## Summary

Mélina Robert-Michon took the lead with a 65.52 m on the first throw of the final competition. On the second throw, Nadine Müller threw 63.13 m. On the third throw, Su Xinyue threw 63.88 m to move into silver position. Those three throws held up until Dani Samuels displaced Müller near the end of the round. Müller couldn't land another legal throw. Nobody could improve their position through the second round. In the third round, world champion Denia Caballero moved into silver position with her best 65.34 m. Two throws later, Sandra Perković lander her only legal throw of the competition 69.21 m (227 ft 0 in) to leapfrog from the brink of elimination to gold. The medal positions were set, but on her fifth round throw Robert-Michon, improved her mark to 66.73 m, a new French record.
The following evening the medals were presented by Claudia Bokel, IOC member, Germany and Geoffrey Gardner, Council Member of the IAAF.

## Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).
| Date | Time | Round |
| Monday, 15 August 2016 | 20:30 | Qualifications |
| Tuesday, 16 August 2016 | 11:20 | Finals |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) | 76.80 m | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | 9 July 1988 |
| Olympic record | Martina Hellmann (GDR) | 72.30 m | Seoul, South Korea | 29 September 1988 |
| 2016 World leading | Sandra Perković (CRO) | 70.88 m | Shanghai, China | 14 May 2016 |
The following national record was established during the competition:
| Country | Athlete | Round | Distance | Notes |
| France | Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA) | Final | 66.73 m | |

## Results
### Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 62.00 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Yaime Pérez | Cuba | 65.38 | | | 65.38 | Q |
| 2 | B | Su Xinyue | China | 65.14 | | | 65.14 | Q |
| 3 | A | Sandra Perković | Croatia | x | x | 64.81 | 64.81 | Q |
| 4 | A | Dani Samuels | Australia | x | 59.42 | 64.46 | 64.46 | Q |
| 5 | B | Nadine Müller | Germany | 63.67 | | | 63.67 | Q |
| 6 | A | Denia Caballero | Cuba | x | x | 62.94 | 62.94 | Q |
| 7 | B | Mélina Robert-Michon | France | 62.59 | | | 62.59 | Q |
| 8 | A | Feng Bin | China | 55.97 | 62.01 | | 62.01 | Q |
| 9 | B | Julia Fisher | Germany | 61.83 | x | 60.69 | 61.83 | q |
| 10 | A | Chen Yang | China | x | x | 61.44 | 61.44 | q |
| 11 | A | Zinaida Sendriute | Lithuania | x | x | 60.79 | 60.79 | q, SB |
| 12 | A | Shanice Craft | Germany | 60.23 | x | x | 60.23 | q |
| 13 | A | Pauline Pousse | France | x | x | 58.98 | 58.98 | |
| 14 | A | Chinwe Okoro | Nigeria | 57.34 | 58.85 | 58.53 | 58.85 | |
| 15 | B | Natalia Semenova | Ukraine | x | 58.41 | x | 58.41 | |
| 16 | B | Tarasue Barnett | Jamaica | x | 54.36 | 58.09 | 58.09 | |
| 17 | A | Żaneta Glanc | Poland | 55.27 | 56.09 | 57.88 | 57.88 | |
| 18 | B | Karen Gallardo | Chile | 57.81 | 55.98 | 55.20 | 57.81 | |
| 19 | A | Dragana Tomašević | Serbia | 55.87 | 57.67 | x | 57.67 | |
| 20 | B | Seema Antil | India | 57.58 | x | 56.78 | 57.58 | |
| 21 | B | Andressa de Morais | Brazil | 57.38 | x | x | 57.38 | |
| 22 | A | Shadae Lawrence | Jamaica | 57.09 | x | x | 57.09 | |
| 23 | B | Sabina Asenjo | Spain | 56.94 | 56.22 | x | 56.94 | |
| 24 | B | Subenrat Insaeng | Thailand | 56.64 | x | 54.74 | 56.64 | |
| 25 | B | Kelsey Card | United States | x | 51.16 | 56.41 | 56.41 | |
| 26 | A | Hrisoula Anagnostopoulou | Greece | x | 54.84 | 53.19 | 54.84 | |
| 27 | B | Rocío Comba | Argentina | x | 54.44 | x | 54.44 | |
| 28 | B | Jade Lally | Great Britain | 51.60 | 53.99 | 54.06 | 54.06 | |
| 29 | B | Shelbi Vaughan | United States | x | 53.33 | 46.71 | 53.33 | |
| 30 | A | Natalia Stratulat | Moldova | x | 53.27 | 48.80 | 53.27 | |
| 31 | A | Fernanda Martins | Brazil | 50.19 | 51.85 | x | 51.85 | |
| 32 | A | Mariya Telushkina | Kazakhstan | x | 43.70 | 45.33 | 45.33 | |
| | A | Whitney Ashley | United States | x | x | x | NM | |
| | B | Kellion Knibb | Jamaica | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Sandra Perković | Croatia | x | x | 69.21 | x | x | x | 69.21 | |
| | Mélina Robert-Michon | France | 65.52 | 64.83 | 65.08 | x | 66.73 | x | 66.73 | NR |
| | Denia Caballero | Cuba | 61.80 | x | 65.34 | 63.82 | x | 64.64 | 65.34 | |
| 4 | Dani Samuels | Australia | 63.57 | x | 61.21 | 61.95 | 62.87 | 64.90 | 64.90 | |
| 5 | Su Xinyue | China | 63.88 | 61.02 | 64.37 | 62.20 | 63.87 | x | 64.37 | |
| 6 | Nadine Müller | Germany | 63.13 | x | x | x | x | x | 63.13 | |
| 7 | Chen Yang | China | 63.11 | x | 60.47 | 59.19 | x | x | 63.11 | |
| 8 | Feng Bin | China | 62.26 | 60.27 | 63.06 | 61.14 | x | 61.85 | 63.06 | |
| 9 | Julia Fischer | Germany | 60.69 | x | 62.67 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 62.67 | |
| 10 | Zinaida Sendriute | Lithuania | 58.25 | 59.95 | 61.89 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 61.89 | SB |
| 11 | Shanice Craft | Germany | x | 58.39 | 59.85 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 59.85 | |
| – | Yaime Pérez | Cuba | x | x | x | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | NM | |