# 2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 20 and 22 August 2023.

## Summary

Of the 12 finalists in Eugene, 10 of them returned to this year's finals. And those 10 were the top 10 from the preliminaries. The top 3 were the medalists.
In the first round of the finals Olympic Champion Valarie Allman got off a 68.57m to take the early lead. Defending champion Feng Bin responded with a 66.97m. Jorinde van Klinken held on to third place with a 63.93m. With her second attempt, two-time Olympic and two-time world champion Sandra Perković moved into the top 3 with a 66.57m. In the third round, Allman improved to 68.79m. She improved again to 69.23m in the fourth round. Bin also improved to 67.18m
At the end of the third round, Laulauga Tausaga had to throw a 65.56m personal best to leap from dead last 12th place into fifth place and a chance to make three more throws. She had needed to throw a personal best 65.46m as the final throw at her USA National Championships just to be eligible to come to these championships. On her newly earned fifth throw, she threw the winner 69.49 m (227 ft 11 in), a four metre (13 feet) improvement in her personal best over the course of three rounds.
van Klinken's fifth round throw of 67.20m edged her back into third place. Bin improved to 68.20m on her final attempt to move back into third place. Allman was unable to improve, so on a breakthrough night, the surprised and ecstatic Tausaga was able to step into the ring for her final attempt already confirmed as the champion. She then threw the second best throw of her career, 68.36m.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
| World record | Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) | 76.80 m | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | 9 July 1988 |
| Championship record | Martina Hellmann (GDR) | 71.62 m | Rome, Italy | 31 August 1987 |
| World Leading | Valarie Allman (USA) | 70.25 m | San Diego, United States | 7 April 2023 |
| African Record | Chioma Onyekwere (NGR) | 64.96 m | Ramona, OK, United States | 15 April 2023 |
| Asian Record | Xiao Yanling (CHN) | 71.68 m | Beijing, China | 14 March 1992 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Valarie Allman (USA) | 71.46 m | San Diego, United States | 8 April 2022 |
| South American Record | Andressa de Morais (BRA) | 65.34 m | Leiria, Portugal | 26 June 2019 |
| European Record | Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) | 76.80 m | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | 9 July 1988 |
| Oceanian record | Dani Stevens (AUS) | 69.64 m | London, Great Britain | 13 August 2017 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 64.20 m.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 20 August | 09:00 | Qualification |
| 22 August | 20:20 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 64.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Valarie Allman | United States (USA) | 67.14 | | | 67.14 | Q |
| 2 | A | Feng Bin | China (CHN) | 63.97 | 61.47 | 65.68 | 65.68 | Q |
| 3 | A | Sandra Perković | Croatia (CRO) | 65.62 | | | 65.62 | Q, SB |
| 4 | B | Claudine Vita | Germany (GER) | 59.85 | 64.51 | | 64.51 | Q |
| 5 | B | Laulauga Tausaga | United States (USA) | x | 64.34 | | 64.34 | Q |
| 6 | A | Shanice Craft | Germany (GER) | x | 63.42 | 63.18 | 63.42 | q |
| 7 | A | Liliana Cá | Portugal (POR) | 61.27 | 63.34 | x | 63.34 | q |
| 8 | B | Jorinde van Klinken | Netherlands (NED) | 62.05 | 63.20 | x | 63.20 | q |
| 9 | A | Silinda Morales | Cuba (CUB) | x | 60.54 | 62.76 | 62.76 | q |
| 10 | B | Kristin Pudenz | Germany (GER) | 62.67 | x | 62.71 | 62.71 | q |
| 11 | B | Mélina Robert-Michon | France (FRA) | 61.82 | 58.99 | 60.21 | 61.82 | q |
| 12 | A | Daisy Osakue | Italy (ITA) | x | 58.77 | 61.31 | 61.31 | q |
| 13 | A | Vanessa Kamga | Sweden (SWE) | x | x | 60.02 | 60.02 | SB |
| 14 | A | Ieva Zarankaitė | Lithuania (LTU) | 59.98 | 59.92 | x | 59.98 | |
| 15 | B | Veronica Fraley | United States (USA) | 57.71 | 59.36 | x | 59.36 | |
| 16 | B | Daria Zabawska | Poland (POL) | 59.28 | 56.44 | 58.76 | 59.28 | |
| 17 | A | Andressa de Morais | Brazil (BRA) | 52.54 | 59.15 | 56.01 | 59.15 | |
| 18 | B | Marija Tolj | Croatia (CRO) | 58.92 | 57.28 | x | 58.92 | |
| 19 | B | Wang Fang [de] | China (CHN) | 56.72 | x | 58.78 | 58.78 | |
| 20 | A | Taryn Gollshewsky | Australia (AUS) | 58.63 | x | 58.11 | 58.63 | |
| 21 | B | Chioma Onyekwere | Nigeria (NGR) | 54.97 | 58.58 | 57.73 | 58.58 | |
| 22 | B | Izabela da Silva | Brazil (BRA) | 58.45 | 57.89 | 56.94 | 58.45 | |
| 23 | B | Samantha Hall | Jamaica (JAM) | 56.31 | 55.44 | 58.43 | 58.43 | |
| 24 | A | Lisa Brix Pedersen | Denmark (DEN) | 57.96 | 52.58 | 56.14 | 57.96 | |
| 25 | A | Ashley Anumba | Nigeria (NGR) | 57.77 | 51.86 | 55.76 | 57.77 | |
| 26 | B | Irina Rodrigues | Portugal (POR) | 56.86 | 55.37 | 57.08 | 57.08 | |
| 27 | B | Karen Gallardo | Chile (CHI) | 50.75 | 48.74 | 56.74 | 56.74 | |
| 28 | A | Subenrat Insaeng | Thailand (THA) | 56.19 | x | x | 56.19 | |
| 29 | A | Elena Bruckner | United States (USA) | 55.63 | 54.23 | 55.94 | 55.94 | |
| 30 | B | Annesofie Hartmann Nielsen [de] | Denmark (DEN) | 54.90 | 53.63 | x | 54.90 | |
| 31 | A | Salla Sipponen | Finland (FIN) | 53.85 | 53.47 | 54.72 | 54.72 | |
| 32 | B | Caisa-Marie Lindfors | Sweden (SWE) | 53.83 | 53.24 | 54.54 | 54.54 | |
| 33 | A | Nora Monie [fr] | Cameroon (CMR) | x | 54.50 | 54.38 | 54.50 | |
| 34 | A | Dóra Kerekes | Hungary (HUN) | 54.41 | 53.44 | 52.99 | 54.41 | |
| 35 | B | Yolandi Stander [de] | South Africa (RSA) | x | 53.39 | 53.34 | 53.39 | |
| 36 | A | Maki Saito [de] | Japan (JPN) | x | 53.14 | 53.20 | 53.20 | |
| 37 | B | Obiageri Amaechi | Nigeria (NGR) | x | 50.69 | 51.60 | 51.60 | |

### Final

The final was started on 22 August at 20:20.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Laulauga Tausaga | United States (USA) | x | 52.28 | 65.56 | x | 69.49 | 68.36 | 69.49 | PB |
| | Valarie Allman | United States (USA) | 68.57 | 66.94 | 68.79 | 69.23 | 64.60 | 68.61 | 69.23 | |
| | Feng Bin | China (CHN) | 66.97 | 65.16 | 65.91 | 67.18 | 67.41 | 68.20 | 68.20 | SB |
| 4 | Jorinde van Klinken | Netherlands (NED) | 63.93 | 64.41 | 62.94 | 64.47 | 67.20 | 66.97 | 67.20 | SB |
| 5 | Sandra Perković | Croatia (CRO) | x | 66.57 | x | 65.64 | 65.09 | x | 66.57 | SB |
| 6 | Kristin Pudenz | Germany (GER) | 63.81 | 63.94 | 65.73 | 64.11 | 65.96 | x | 65.96 | |
| 7 | Shanice Craft | Germany (GER) | 63.59 | 61.44 | 65.03 | 65.47 | x | 63.67 | 65.47 | |
| 8 | Liliana Cá | Portugal (POR) | 58.86 | x | 63.59 | x | x | 62.49 | 63.59 | |
| 9 | Mélina Robert-Michon | France (FRA) | 53.34 | 63.46 | x | | | | 63.46 | |
| 10 | Claudine Vita | Germany (GER) | 60.29 | 62.51 | 63.19 | | | | 63.19 | |
| 11 | Silinda Morales | Cuba (CUB) | 62.31 | 53.26 | x | | | | 62.31 | |
| 12 | Daisy Osakue | Italy (ITA) | x | 61.13 | x | | | | 61.13 | |