Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 24 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Yarelys Barrios of 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 record66.40Guadalajara, MexicoOctober 28, 2011

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (50.94) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).

Schedule Date Time Round July 24, 2015 10:05 Final

Results All results shown are in meters.

KEY:qQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Denia Caballero 62.71 65.39 65.39 Yaime Pérez 58.74 62.05 64.99 60.33 64.23 64.99 Gia Lewis-Smallwood 60.17 61.26 60.48 61.26 Fernanda Martins 59.46 60.50 59.45 58.38 60.50 Karen Gallardo 58.31 57.32 56.02 59.11 59.11 SB Andressa de Morais 58.08 56.66 57.75 56.21 58.08 Kelsey Card 55.71 57.00 54.14 56.66 56.18 57.00 Rocío Comba 50.95 55.63 55.80 55.80 Aixa Middleton 50.62 50.62 10 Alanna Kovacs 49.08 49.08 SB 11 Marie-Josée Le Jour 44.67 43.74 43.74

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