# 2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 2 to 4 October 2019.

## Summary

In the finals, Feng Bin threw 62.48m as the first thrower in the ring. The next thrower was world leader Yaime Pérez, who promptly took the lead with a 68.10m. Three throwers later, defending champion and double Olympic champion Sandra Perković threw 66.72m to take over second place. Those three held their positions until the end of the second round, when 2015 champion Denia Caballero dropped in a 66.80m to move into silver position. In fact, the three over 66 and a half metres would be the only ones over 63.50m all day. Caballero improved her position with a 67.32m in the third then took the lead with a 68.44m in the fourth round. Her teammate Pérez answered in the fifth round with the winner 69.17 m (226 ft 11 in).

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
| World | 76.80 | Gabriele Reinsch | GDR | 9 Jul 1988 | Neubrandenburg, Germany |
| Championship | 71.62 | Martina Hellmann | GER | 31 Aug 1987 | Rome, Italy |
| World leading | 69.39 | Yaime Pérez | CUB | 16 Jul 2019 | Sotteville, France |
| African | 64.87 | Elizna Naudé | RSA | 2 Mar 2007 | 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 | 65.98 | Andressa de Morais | BRA | 6 Aug 2019 | Lima, Peru |
| European | 76.80 | Gabriele Reinsch | GDR | 9 Jul 1988 | Neubrandenburg, Germany |
| Oceanian | 69.64 | Dani Stevens | AUS | 13 Aug 2017 | London, Great Britain |

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 2 October | 18:00 | Qualification |
| 4 October | 21:00 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 63.00 (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 | Yaime Pérez | Cuba (CUB) | 67.78 | | | 67.78 | Q |
| 2 | B | Denia Caballero | Cuba (CUB) | x | 65.86 | | 65.86 | Q |
| 3 | B | Sandra Perković | Croatia (CRO) | 65.20 | | | 65.20 | Q |
| 4 | A | Mélina Robert-Michon | France (FRA) | 64.02 | | | 64.02 | Q, SB |
| 5 | B | Laulauga Tausaga | United States (USA) | 61.33 | 63.94 | | 63.94 | Q, PB |
| 6 | A | Kristin Pudenz | Germany (GER) | 63.35 | | | 63.35 | Q |
| 7 | A | Chen Yang | China (CHN) | 62.09 | 62.83 | 63.10 | 63.10 | Q |
| 8 | B | Nadine Müller | Germany (GER) | 61.06 | 62.33 | 62.93 | 62.93 | q |
| 9 | B | Feng Bin | China (CHN) | 60.22 | 62.51 | 62.09 | 62.51 | q |
| 10 | B | Fernanda Martins | Brazil (BRA) | x | 62.33 | 60.53 | 62.33 | q |
| 11 | A | Claudine Vita | Germany (GER) | 61.24 | 62.31 | 62.09 | 62.31 | q |
| 12 | A | Valarie Allman | United States (USA) | 57.99 | x | 62.25 | 62.25 | q |
| 13 | B | Chioma Onyekwere | Nigeria (NGR) | 61.38 | x | x | 61.38 | PB |
| 14 | A | Kelsey Card | United States (USA) | 60.15 | 61.32 | 59.39 | 61.32 | |
| 15 | A | Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou | Greece (GRE) | 56.43 | 58.33 | 59.91 | 59.91 | SB |
| 16 | A | Shanice Love | Jamaica (JAM) | x | 56.65 | 59.50 | 59.50 | |
| 17 | B | Eliška Staňková | Czech Republic (CZE) | 58.64 | 57.41 | 58.98 | 58.98 | SB |
| 18 | B | Jorinde van Klinken | Netherlands (NED) | x | 58.58 | x | 58.58 | |
| 19 | B | Shadae Lawrence | Jamaica (JAM) | 57.55 | 58.51 | x | 58.51 | |
| 20 | B | Daisy Osakue | Italy (ITA) | 57.55 | x | x | 57.55 | |
| 21 | A | Dragana Tomašević | Serbia (SRB) | x | 57.13 | 56.93 | 57.13 | |
| 22 | B | Daria Zabawska | Poland (POL) | x | 57.05 | x | 57.05 | |
| 23 | B | Irina Rodrigues | Portugal (POR) | x | 56.21 | x | 56.21 | |
| 24 | B | Vanessa Kamga | Sweden (SWE) | 53.58 | 55.87 | x | 55.87 | |
| 25 | A | Nataliya Semenova | Ukraine (UKR) | x | 54.68 | 54.57 | 54.68 | |
| 26 | A | Liliana Cá | Portugal (POR) | 52.89 | 51.36 | 54.31 | 54.31 | |
| 27 | A | Melany Matheus | Cuba (CUB) | 52.52 | x | 51.64 | 52.52 | |
| 28 | A | Alexandra Emilianov | Moldova (MDA) | x | 52.05 | 50.86 | 52.05 | |
| 29 | B | Nanaka Kori | Japan (JPN) | 46.03 | 48.82 | 48.01 | 48.82 | |
| | A | Marija Tolj | Croatia (CRO) | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

The final was started on 4 October at 21:00.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Yaime Pérez | Cuba (CUB) | 68.10 | 65.01 | 65.76 | 68.01 | 69.17 | 64.61 | 69.17 | |
| | Denia Caballero | Cuba (CUB) | x | 66.80 | 67.32 | 68.44 | x | 65.64 | 68.44 | |
| | Sandra Perković | Croatia (CRO) | 66.72 | 62.30 | 66.19 | x | x | x | 66.72 | |
| 4 | Chen Yang | China (CHN) | 59.54 | 61.50 | 63.38 | x | 61.31 | x | 63.38 | |
| 5 | Feng Bin | China (CHN) | 62.48 | x | x | 61.31 | x | 61.00 | 62.48 | |
| 6 | Fernanda Martins | Brazil (BRA) | 60.47 | 62.44 | 61.11 | x | x | 62.24 | 62.44 | |
| 7 | Valarie Allman | United States (USA) | x | 61.82 | 59.40 | x | x | x | 61.82 | |
| 8 | Nadine Müller | Germany (GER) | x | 59.88 | 60.98 | 61.55 | x | 60.35 | 61.55 | |
| 9 | Claudine Vita | Germany (GER) | 60.77 | 59.14 | x | | | | 60.77 | |
| 10 | Mélina Robert-Michon | France (FRA) | x | 59.99 | 57.64 | | | | 59.99 | |
| 11 | Kristin Pudenz | Germany (GER) | 55.94 | 57.69 | x | | | | 57.69 | |
| | Laulauga Tausaga | United States (USA) | x | x | x | | | | NM | |