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Discus Throw, Women

Date	31 July – 2 August 2021
Status	Olympic
Location	Japan National Stadium, Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	31 from 19 countries

This was expected to be a three-way battle between the two-time defending gold medalist, Sandra Perković of Croatia, Cuba’s Yaimé Pérez, the 2019 World Champion, and American Valarie Allman. They had competed only once against each other all year with Allman winning, while Perković and Pérez had split four competitions against each other.

Allman and Perković led the two groups in qualifying with Allman’s 66.42 the best overall mark, Perković also trailing Indian Kamalpreet Kaur. Pérez qualified only seventh as only Allman and Kaur reached the auto-qualifier of 64 metres.

Allman was the next-to-last thrower in round one, and her 68.98 took the lead. It would be her best mark of the competition, but it would hold up and bring her the gold medal. Behind her Germany’s Kristin Pudenz threw 66.86 in round five, a personal best, to take the silver medal, while Pérez rounded out the podium with her opening round mark of 65.72, a mark that was leading until Allman stepped into the circle.

Perković never got going, finishing fourth with 65.01 in round three. Kaur placed sixth, recording 63.70 in round three. The competition was hampered by rain, which started in round two and helped Allman as she had already recorded her big throw. The competition was stopped for 55 minutes in round three, after the throwers were slipping and sliding across the ring. Allman became the third USA woman to win the discus throw, after Lillian Copeland in 1932 and Stephanie Brown-Trafton in 2008.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	3822	Valarie Allman	USA	66.42 (1)	68.98 (1)	Gold
2	2131	Kristin Pudenz	GER	63.73 (4)	66.86 (2)	Silver
3	1586	Yaimé Pérez	CUB	63.18 (7)	65.72 (3)	Bronze
4	1568	Sandra Perković-Elkašević	CRO	63.75 (3)	65.01 (4)
5	3225	Liliana Cá	POR	62.85 (8)	63.93 (5)
6	2289	Kamalpreet Kaur	IND	64.00 (2)	63.70 (6)
7	2495	Shadae Lawrence	JAM	62.27 (11)	62.12 (7)
8	2140	Marike Steinacker	GER	63.22 (6)	62.02 (8)
9	2143	Claudine Vita	GER	62.46 (10)	61.80 (9)
10	1468	Chen Yang	CHN	62.72 (9)	61.57 (10)
11	1289	Izabela da Silva	BRA	61.52 (12)	60.39 (11)
12	2404	Daisy Osakue	ITA	63.66 (5)	59.97 (12)
13 QR	1570	Marija Tolj	CRO	61.48 (13)	–
14 QR	3008	Jorinde van Klinken	NED	61.15 (14)	–
15 QR	1933	Mélina Robert-Michon	FRA	60.88 (15)	–
16 QR	2290	Seema Punia	IND	60.57 (16)	–
17 QR	1469	Feng Bin	CHN	60.45 (17)	–
18 QR	3594	Subenrat Insaeng	THA	59.23 (18)	–
19 QR	2210	Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou	GRE	59.18 (19)	–
20 QR	1484	Su Xinyue	CHN	58.90 (20)	–
21 QR	1292	Andressa de Morais	BRA	58.90 (21)	–
22 QR	1071	Dani Stevens	AUS	58.77 (22)	–
23 QR	1581	Denia Caballero	CUB	57.96 (23)	–
24 QR	1336	Fernanda Borges	BRA	57.90 (24)	–
25 QR	3232	Irina Rodrigues	POR	57.03 (25)	–
26 QR	3480	Dragana Tomašević	SRB	56.95 (26)	–
27 QR	3844	Rachel Dincoff	USA	56.22 (27)	–
28 QR	3832	Kelsey Card	USA	56.04 (28)	–
29 QR	1455	Karen Gallardo	CHI	55.81 (29)	–
30 QR	2909	Alexandra Emilianov	MDA	54.57 (30)	–
31 QR	3759	Nataliya Semenova	UKR	54.28 (31)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	31 July 2021 — 9:32
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 64.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance
1	3822	Valarie Allman	USA	66.42	–	Q
2	2289	Kamalpreet Kaur	IND	64.00	–	Q
3	1568	Sandra Perković-Elkašević	CRO	63.75	–	q
4	2131	Kristin Pudenz	GER	63.73	–	q
5	2404	Daisy Osakue	ITA	63.66	–	q
6	2140	Marike Steinacker	GER	63.22	–	q
7	1586	Yaimé Pérez	CUB	63.18	–	q
8	3225	Liliana Cá	POR	62.85	–	q
9	1468	Chen Yang	CHN	62.72	–	q
10	2143	Claudine Vita	GER	62.46	–	q
11	2495	Shadae Lawrence	JAM	62.27	–	q
12	1289	Izabela da Silva	BRA	61.52	–	q
13	1570	Marija Tolj	CRO	61.48	–
14	3008	Jorinde van Klinken	NED	61.15	–
15	1933	Mélina Robert-Michon	FRA	60.88	–
16	2290	Seema Punia	IND	60.57	–
17	1469	Feng Bin	CHN	60.45	–
18	3594	Subenrat Insaeng	THA	59.23	–
19	2210	Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou	GRE	59.18	–
20	1484	Su Xinyue	CHN	58.90	57.85
21	1292	Andressa de Morais	BRA	58.90	x
22	1071	Dani Stevens	AUS	58.77	–
23	1581	Denia Caballero	CUB	57.96	–
24	1336	Fernanda Borges	BRA	57.90	–
25	3232	Irina Rodrigues	POR	57.03	–
26	3480	Dragana Tomašević	SRB	56.95	–
27	3844	Rachel Dincoff	USA	56.22	–
28	3832	Kelsey Card	USA	56.04	–
29	1455	Karen Gallardo	CHI	55.81	–
30	2909	Alexandra Emilianov	MDA	54.57	–
31	3759	Nataliya Semenova	UKR	54.28	–

Group A

Date	31 July 2021 — 9:32

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	4	Sandra Perković-Elkašević	CRO	63.75	63.75	x	x	q
2	6	Kristin Pudenz	GER	63.73	63.53	x	63.73	q
3	7	Shadae Lawrence	JAM	62.27	59.55	62.27	x	q
4	12	Jorinde van Klinken	NED	61.15	x	61.15	x
5	8	Mélina Robert-Michon	FRA	60.88	x	60.88	59.81
6	1	Seema Punia	IND	60.57	x	60.57	58.93
7	11	Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou	GRE	59.18	57.06	59.18	58.55
8	5	Su Xinyue	CHN	58.90	55.37	58.90	57.85
9	10	Denia Caballero	CUB	57.96	x	57.96	x
10	13	Fernanda Borges	BRA	57.90	x	57.90	x
11	15	Irina Rodrigues	POR	57.03	x	54.60	57.03
12	9	Rachel Dincoff	USA	56.22	55.10	x	56.22
13	14	Kelsey Card	USA	56.04	54.85	55.78	56.04
14	3	Alexandra Emilianov	MDA	54.57	54.57	x	x
15	2	Nataliya Semenova	UKR	54.28	x	x	54.28

Group B

Date	31 July 2021 — 10:57

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	6	Valarie Allman	USA	66.42	66.42	p	p	Q
2	14	Kamalpreet Kaur	IND	64.00	60.29	63.97	64.00	Q
3	7	Daisy Osakue	ITA	63.66	52.26	63.66	x	q
4	2	Marike Steinacker	GER	63.22	63.22	x	x	q
5	16	Yaimé Pérez	CUB	63.18	62.90	63.18	59.97	q
6	11	Liliana Cá	POR	62.85	57.70	62.85	x	q
7	9	Chen Yang	CHN	62.72	62.59	61.57	62.72	q
8	3	Claudine Vita	GER	62.46	62.39	62.46	62.38	q
9	4	Izabela da Silva	BRA	61.52	56.14	61.52	60.64	q
10	15	Marija Tolj	CRO	61.48	54.76	61.48	60.33
11	1	Feng Bin	CHN	60.45	59.26	60.45	x
12	10	Subenrat Insaeng	THA	59.23	54.99	59.23	56.82
13	12	Andressa de Morais	BRA	58.90	x	x	58.90
14	8	Dani Stevens	AUS	58.77	53.01	58.77	54.60
15	13	Dragana Tomašević	SRB	56.95	55.97	56.95	56.43
16	5	Karen Gallardo	CHI	55.81	55.66	53.69	55.81

Final Round

Date	2 August 2021 — 19:59

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	11 / 8 / 8	Valarie Allman	USA	68.98	68.98	x	x	64.76	66.78	x
2	8 / 6 / 7	Kristin Pudenz	GER	66.86	63.07	65.34	64.35	x	66.86	x
3	10 / 7 / 6	Yaimé Pérez	CUB	65.72	65.72	62.16	63.20	65.20	x	x
4	4 / 5 / 5	Sandra Perković-Elkašević	CRO	65.01	62.53	x	65.01	x	x	63.25
5	2 / 4 / 4	Liliana Cá	POR	63.93	62.31	63.93	x	x	x	p
6	9 / 3 / 3	Kamalpreet Kaur	IND	63.70	61.62	x	63.70	x	61.37	x
7	5 / 2 / 2	Shadae Lawrence	JAM	62.12	60.22	62.12	58.98	59.46	59.26	x
8	12 / 1 / 1	Marike Steinacker	GER	62.02	x	62.02	x	x	60.10	60.32
9	6	Claudine Vita	GER	61.80	60.70	x	61.80	–	–	–
10	1	Chen Yang	CHN	61.57	61.57	59.59	61.43	–	–	–
11	7	Izabela da Silva	BRA	60.39	60.39	x	59.56	–	–	–
12	3	Daisy Osakue	ITA	59.97	59.97	x	x	–	–	–