The women's discus throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 2 and 5 August 2024. This was the 23rd time that the event is contested at the Summer Olympics.
Summary Valarie Allman won the previous Olympics on her first throw. Since then Feng Bin won the 2022 World Championships, with 2012 and 2016 champion Sandra Perković pushing Allman to bronze. After marrying her coach in 2023, she now goes by Elkasević. In 2023, Laulauga Tausaga pushed Allman to silver, but Tausaga couldn't land a fair throw at the US Trials and was not here. 2019 World Champion Yaime Pérez was also the 2024 world leader but after defecting to the United States was not eligible to compete.
In the first round of the final, Elkasević started with 64.25m. Vanessa Kamga moved ahead with 65.05m. Feng capped of the round with 66.33m. Allman took the lead in the second round with 68.74m. In the third round, Elkasević tossed 67.51m, matched exactly at the end of the round by Feng. Because Feng had the superior second best throw, she held second place. In the fourth round, Allman improved to . That proved to be the winner as only Marike Steinacker was able to improve to 65.37m, good enough for fourth place in the final rounds. With the tiebreaker remaining, Feng took silver and Elkasević the bronze.
Background The women's discus throw has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1928. +Global records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsRecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)LocationDateWorld record76.80"All time Top lists – Senior – Discus throw women", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.Neubrandenburg, East Germany9 July 1988Olympic record72.30Seoul, South Korea29 September 1988World leading73.09"Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – Discus throw women", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.Ramona, United States13 April 2024 +Area records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsArea RecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)Africa (records)64.96Asia (records)71.68Europe (records)76.80 WRNorth, Central America and Caribbean (records)73.09Oceania (records)69.64South America (records)65.34
Qualification
For the women's discus throw event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by throwing the entry standard of 64.50 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
Results
Qualification The qualification was held on 2 August, starting at 18:55 (UTC+2) for Group A and 20:20 (UTC+2) for Group B in the evening. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification distance or world ranking."Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024. Qualification: 64.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes1AValarie Allman69.5969.59Q2BSandra Elkasević65.6365.63Q3BFeng Bin65.4065.40Q4BVanessa Kamga65.1465.14Q, 5AJorinde van Klinken63.6864.8164.81Q6BAlexandra Emilianov64.3364.33Q7AMélina Robert-Michon63.7762.1359.2963.77q, 8AKristin Pudenzx63.4563.3563.45q9ADaisy Osakue56.7763.11x63.11q10BIrina Rodrigues62.9060.45x62.90q11BClaudine Vita59.7762.2562.7062.70q12BMarike Steinacker62.63xx62.63q13BVeronica Fraley62.5462.3060.9562.5414ALiliana Cá57.5962.4359.5562.4315BTaryn Gollshewsky56.8662.3658.7962.3616BAlida van Daalen62.1961.6261.9962.1917BIzabela da Silva61.68x61.2161.6818BJayden Ulrichxx61.0861.0819BMelany del Pilar Matheus60.1961.0760.9061.0720BDaria Zabawska57.8460.4860.8660.8621BChioma Onyekwere60.7860.66x60.7822AIeva Gumbsx60.3756.8860.3723AMarija Tolj59.8759.27x59.8724ALisa Brix Pedersen59.81x57.7559.8125ASilinda Moráles59.4658.3055.2059.4626AAndressa de Morais52.2459.1459.4359.4327ACaisa-Marie Lindfors56.82x59.2959.2928AJiang Zhichao56.5857.1359.1059.1029AAshley Anumba57.23x58.8358.8330ASubenrat Insaeng58.07xx58.0731ASamantha Hallx54.94x54.9432BObiageri Amaechixx45.4545.45
Final The final was held on 5 August, starting at 20:30 (UTC+2) in the evening. RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotesValarie Allmanx68.7468.0669.50x69.2169.50Feng Bin66.3364.8067.5167.1367.2565.9867.51Sandra Elkasević64.25x67.51xxx67.514Marike Steinacker54.3761.37xx65.37x65.375Vanessa Kamga65.05xx62.32xx65.056Claudine Vita63.62x63.25x61.2563.0363.627Jorinde van Klinken63.3561.50xxx51.2363.358Daisy Osakue63.11xxx62.5360.3163.119Irina Rodrigues60.3961.19xdid not advance61.1910Kristin Pudenz60.3860.07xdid not advance60.3811Alexandra Emilianov58.08x58.02did not advance58.0812Mélina Robert-Michon56.63x57.03did not advance57.03
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