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

Women's discus throw
at the XVII Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
DatesJuly 24
Competitors11 from 7 nations
Winning time65.39
Medalists
   Cuba
   Cuba
   United States
«2011 
Athletics at
the 2015 Pan American 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
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
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 of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games will take place on July 24 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium.[1] 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 record  Gabriele Reinsch (GER) 76.80 Neubrandenburg, East Germany July 9, 1988
Pan American Games record  Yarelys Barrios (CUB) 66.40 Guadalajara, Mexico October 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).[2]

Schedule

Date Time Round
July 24, 2015 10:05 Final

Results

All results shown are in meters.

KEY: qBest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best DQDisqualifed

Final

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

References

  1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). http://www.toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  2. "Athletics Technical Manual" (PDF). http://americasathletics.org/. TO2015. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
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