Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Khalifa International Stadium
Date	December 11, 2006
Competitors	5 from 4 nations
Medalists
Song Aimin   China   Ma Xuejun   China   Krishna Poonia   India

Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m s'chase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's discus throw competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 11 December 2006 at the Khalifa International Stadium.

Schedule

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Date	Time	Event
Monday, 11 December 2006	17:55	Final

Records

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

World Record	Gabriele Reinsch (GDR)	76.80	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	9 July 1988
Asian Record	Xiao Yanling (CHN)	71.68	Beijing, China	14 March 1992
Games Record	Neelam Jaswant Singh (IND)	64.55	Busan, South Korea	10 October 2002

Results

Legend

• X — Failure

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Song Aimin (CHN)	55.78	62.17	62.48	60.33	63.24	63.52	63.52
	Ma Xuejun (CHN)	61.42	55.45	62.43	61.64	57.67	61.42	62.43
	Krishna Poonia (IND)	X	61.53	58.58	X	X	X	61.53
4	Yuka Murofushi (JPN)	50.01	51.83	X	49.62	52.26	X	52.26
5	Padma Nandani Wijesundara (SRI)	44.29	45.65	44.87	X	40.65	X	45.65

References

• Results