Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held the 28 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.Guadalajara 2011 sessions The defending Pan American Games champion is Yarelys Barrios of the Cuba.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record76.80Neubrandenburg, East GermanyJuly 9, 1988Pan American Games record65.58Indianapolis, United StatesAugust 10, 1987

Qualification Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (48.50) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).

Schedule Date Time RoundOctober 28, 2011 15:00 Final

Results All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Final The final was held on October 28.

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Yarelys Barrios 66.40 62.88 63.13 63.41 61.39 66.40 PR Aretha Thurmond 57.59 56.69 57.75 59.16 59.53 59.53 Denia Caballero 58.63 57.42 54.82 58.63 Gia Lewis-Smallwood 51.92 52.08 57.34 57.34 Karen Gallardo 54.10 57.13 56.06 57.17 57.17 Rocío Comba 54.12 56.05 54.98 56.05 SB Fernanda Raquel Borges 52.75 52.53 54.56 53.75 54.56 Elisângela Adriano 54.08 53.46 54.08 Allison Randall 45.96 49.42 50.90 50.90 10 Irais Estrada 44.66 47.58 49.52 49.52 11 Brittni Borrero 46.87 46.87

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