Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's discus throw F37–38

Women's Discus F37/38 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	14 September
Competitors	14 from 10 nations
Winning distance	33.67
Medalists
Mi Na   China   Amanda Fraser   Australia   Li Chunhua   China

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
F32
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Club throw		men
F33/F34
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
T35/F35
100 m		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
T36/F36
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
T37/F37
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
800 m		men
Long Jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
T38/F38
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
Long Jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Relay event
4×100 m relay		men

The women's discus F37/38 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Stadium at 09:55 on 14 September. There was a single round of competition; after the first three throws, only the top eight had 3 further throws. The competition was won by Mi Na, representing China.^[1]

Britain's Rebecca Chin, initially placed second in the event, was deprived of the silver medal in a dispute over her classification, and her result deleted from the table.^[2]

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Cl.	1	2	3	4	5	6	Best	Pts.	Notes
	Mi Na	China	F37	29.43	31.58	31.53	32.34	32.32	33.67	33.67	1146	WR
	Amanda Fraser	Australia	F37	29.66	29.53	24.59	29.73	29.55	29.00	29.73	1012	SB
	Li Chunhua	China	F37	27.95	26.30	x	27.94	x	26.43	27.95	951
4	Daniela Vratilova	Czech Republic	F38	24.61	27.06	26.55	26.70	27.69	28.13	28.13	950	PR
5	Jia Qianqian	China	F37	26.38	26.75	26.38	26.19	25.98	27.40	27.40	933
6	Ingrida Priede	Latvia	F38	26.59	27.64	24.71	25.13	26.30	25.90	27.64	933
7	Beverley Jones	Great Britain	F37	24.54	x	27.27	27.06	27.02	27.04	27.27	928	SB
8	Aldona Grigaliuniene	Lithuania	F38	26.73	26.67	x	-	-	-	26.73	902
9	Fatma Kachroudi	Tunisia	F37	25.33	x	26.39	-	-	-	26.39	898
10	Eva Berna	Czech Republic	F37	25.60	x	24.52	-	-	-	25.60	871
11	Anna Raszczuk	Poland	F38	21.08	24.40	23.44	-	-	-	24.40	824	SB
12	Viktoriya Yasevych	Ukraine	F37	22.86	21.58	22.24	-	-	-	22.86	778
13	Shirlene Coelho	Brazil	F37	21.37	20.60	22.25	-	-	-	22.25	757
14	Vladimira Bujarkova	Czech Republic	F37	x	17.50	18.80	-	-	-	18.80	640

WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record. SB = Seasonal Best.

References

1. "Women's Javelin - F57/58 Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. 14 September 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
2. Richard Aikman (14 September 2008). "Chin denied silver as medal fiasco worsens". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 September 2012.