The women's discus throw event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15–18 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.

Summary The qualifying standards were 61.00 m (200.13 ft) (A standard) and 59.00 m (193.57 ft) (B standard).

On the sixth throw of the competition, world leader Stephanie Brown Trafton settled the results, throwing . The next thrower in the ring Yarelis Barrios threw 63.17m which would be good enough for second place. Barrios improved to 63.64m in the second round to assure her hold on second place. The final thrower in the first round, Olena Antonova pulled into third position, which she gradually improved to her best of 62.59 in the fifth round. Through the rest of the competition, Brown Trafton didn't land another throw that would be competitive with the leaders, but she didn't need to. Song Aimin struggled with the worst throw of the opening round and was flirting with elimination until her third round throw which put her into fourth place. Song solidified that position with a fifth round 62.20, which would later become relevant.

Eight years after the event, the IOC reanalyzed doping samples of silver medalist Yarelis Barrios and disqualified her for having the masking agent acetazolamide in her sample. She was stripped of her medal. If the IOC reallocates medals, Antonova stands to advance to the silver medal and Song would get bronze. On May 24, 2017, medals were reallocated.

Schedule All times are China standard time (UTC+8) Date Time RoundFriday, 15 August 2008 19:55QualificationsMonday, 18 August 2008 19:00Finals

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: 61.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final. Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 A Stephanie Brown Trafton 57.78 x 62.77 62.77 Q 2 B Nicoleta Grasu 57.75 62.51 62.51 Q 3 A Iryna Yatchenko 62.26 62.26 Q DSQ A Yarelis Barrios 62.23 62.23 Q 5 A Mélina Robert-Michon x 55.18 62.21 62.21 Q, SB 6 B Aretha Thurmond 58.70 61.90 61.90 Q 7 A Dani Samuels x x 61.72 61.72 Q 8 B Song Aimin 59.89 61.31 61.67 61.67 Q 9 B Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová 61.61 61.61 Q 10 B Li Yanfeng 60.99 61.29 x 61.29 q 11 A Olena Antonova 61.25 60.61 59.92 61.25 q 12 A Ellina Zvereva x 60.28 59.60 60.28 q 13 B Dragana Tomašević 55.59 x 60.19 60.19 14 A Natalia Semenova x 60.18 x 60.18 15 B Yania Ferrales 59.87 58.73 59.85 59.87 16 B Svetlana Saykina x x 59.48 59.48 17 A Wioletta Potępa 59.44 59.20 59.10 59.44 18 A Joanna Wiśniewska 59.40 58.08 x 59.40 19 A Elisângela Adriano x x 58.84 58.84 20 B Elizna Naudé 58.75 57.09 58.35 58.75 21 A Kateryna Karsak x 53.14 58.61 58.61 22 A Vera Begić 55.87 58.50 x 58.50 23 A Ma Xuejun 58.45 x 56.84 58.45 24 B Krishna Poonia 57.31 58.23 58.15 58.23 25 B Natalya Sadova x 58.11 57.76 58.11 26 A Suzy Powell-Roos 58.02 x x 58.02 27 A Philippa Roles x 56.88 57.44 57.44 28 B Beatrice Faumuina 57.15 x 54.49 57.15 29 B Hanna Mazgunova x x 56.77 56.77 30 A Harwant Kaur 56.38 56.38 56.42 56.42 31 B Anna Söderberg x 55.28 53.48 55.28 32 A Oxana Yesipchuk 54.91 54.34 55.07 55.07 33 B Zinaida Sendriūtė 54.81 53.41 52.42 54.81 34 B Venera Getova 52.51 54.00 52.40 54.00 35 B Dorothea Kalpakidou x 53.00 51.61 53.00 36 B Barbara Rocio Comba x x 51.36 51.36 37 A Tereapii Tapoki 46.77 44.11 48.35 48.35 B Żaneta Glanc x x x

Final Rank Athlete Nationality 1st2nd3rd4th5th6th Result Notes Stephanie Brown Trafton 64.74xx58.3961.30x 64.74 Olena Antonova 60.7962.16x 60.5062.5962.34 62.59 SB Song Aimin 56.4159.5562.1761.7562.2060.51 62.20 4 Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová x61.08x58.7461.7561.66 61.75 5 Ellina Zvereva 60.4360.10xx60.3460.82 60.82 6 Li Yanfeng 60.68x59.72xx60.62 60.68 7 Mélina Robert-Michon 60.49xxx60.6660.45 60.66 8 Dani Samuels 57.14x60.15 60.15 9 Aretha Thurmond 56.7259.8057.99 59.80 10 Iryna Yatchenko xx59.27 59.27 11 Nicoleta Grasu 58.63xx 58.63 DSQ(2nd) Yarelis Barrios 63.1763.6462.2262.12x60.30 63.64

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