The girls' discus throw at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 8 and 9 July.

Medalists GoldSilverBronze Rosalía Vázquez Liang Yan Shelbi Vaughan

Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best65.86Neubrandenburg, East Germany 1 August 1986Championship Record55.26Debrecen, Hungary12 July 2001World Youth Leading54.00Havana, Cuba17 March 2011

Qualification Qualification rule: qualification standard 48.50 m or at least best 12 qualified. Group A Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 Shelbi Vaughan 53.78 53.78 Q, PB 2 Feng Bin 50.78 50.78 Q 3 Keshia McGrath-Volau 50.49 50.49 Q, PB 4 Katinka Urbaniak 44.19 x 47.56 47.56 q 5 Ifigenia Akrani 45.96 x 43.01 45.96 6 Siositina Hakeai x 45.76 x 45.76 7 Tatyana Markova 45.51 45.59 x 45.59 8 Subenrat Insaeng 45.47 44.95 x 44.95 9 Heini Järventausta x 44.74 41.59 44.74 10 María Belén Toimil 44.21 41.82 x 44.21 11 Rahma Bouslama 43.29 x 44.14 44.14 PB 12 Maia Varela 40.66 42.64 43.58 43.58 13 Somari Els x 40.93 42.96 42.96 14 Sarah Moss x 40.79 x 40.79 15 Júlia Kočárová x 39.64 40.61 40.61 16 Lindsay Brena 37.47 38.91 x 38.91 17 Shaunna Downey 35.18 35.59 x 35.59 Milica Vukadinović x x x NM

Group B Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 Natalya Shirobokova x 52.03 52.03 Q 2 Rosalía Vázquez 51.18 51.18 Q 3 Florentia Kalogeraki 44.36 x 51.15 51.15 Q 4 Filoi Aokuso 50.85 50.85 Q, PB 5 Liang Yan 50.77 50.77 Q 6 Karolina Makul 46.57 49.28 49.28 Q, PB 7 Viktoriya Savytska x 47.91 48.50 48.50 Q, PB 8 Merewarihi Vaka 48.14 48.30 x 48.30 q 9 Ieva Zarankaitė 46.81 x x 46.81 PB 10 Fadya El-Kasaby 43.93 45.43 x 45.43 PB 11 Navjeet Kaur Dhillon 42.62 44.46 43.07 44.46 PB 12 Kätlin Piirimäe 43.67 42.96 44.27 44.27 PB 13 Izabela da Silva x 43.98 x 43.98 PB 14 Rocío Aranda 43.86 42.77 x 43.86 PB 15 Emma Ljungberg 40.85 42.12 43.60 43.60 16 Mona Ekroll Jaidi 42.99 x 43.21 43.21 17 Maria Basile x 39.12 x 39.12 18 Chan Zhi Xuan 37.32 x x 37.32 Chamaya Turner x x x NM

Final

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Rosalía Vázquez 51.95 x 48.92 53.51 50.44 50.41 53.51 Liang Yan 39.72 51.69 x 52.89 50.97 52.28 52.89 PB Shelbi Vaughan 52.58 x 50.76 x 52.23 x 52.58 4 Feng Bin x 48.07 49.29 51.16 x 51.25 51.25 5 Filoi Aokuso x 42.65 48.66 x 49.05 50.38 50.38 6 Keshia McGrath-Volau 49.27 48.66 49.66 x 49.30 x 49.66 7 Katinka Urbaniak 48.77 x 47.33 x 47.78 x 48.77 8 Florentia Kalogeraki 48.38 46.19 47.12 46.54 x 46.93 48.38 9 Merewarihi Vaka 47.32 x x 47.32 10 Karolina Makul 44.64 x 43.81 44.64 11 Viktoriya Savytska x 44.30 41.22 44.30 12 Natalya Shirobokova x x 40.68 40.68

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