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Discus Throw, Women

Date31 July – 2 August 2021
StatusOlympic
LocationJapan National Stadium, Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants31 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.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCQualifyingFinal
13822Valarie AllmanUSA66.42 (1)68.98 (1)Gold
22131Kristin PudenzGER63.73 (4)66.86 (2)Silver
31586Yaimé PérezCUB63.18 (7)65.72 (3)Bronze
41568Sandra PerkovićCRO63.75 (3)65.01 (4)
53225Liliana CáPOR62.85 (8)63.93 (5)
62289Kamalpreet KaurIND64.00 (2)63.70 (6)
72495Shadae LawrenceJAM62.27 (11)62.12 (7)
82140Marike SteinackerGER63.22 (6)62.02 (8)
92143Claudine VitaGER62.46 (10)61.80 (9)
101468Chen YangCHN62.72 (9)61.57 (10)
111289Izabela RodriguesBRA61.52 (12)60.39 (11)
122404Daisy OsakueITA63.66 (5)59.97 (12)
13 r1/21570Marija ToljCRO61.48 (13)
14 r1/23008Jorinde van KlinkenNED61.15 (14)
15 r1/21933Mélina Robert-MichonFRA60.88 (15)
16 r1/22290Seema PuniaIND60.57 (16)
17 r1/21469Feng BinCHN60.45 (17)
18 r1/23594Subenrat InsaengTHA59.23 (18)
19 r1/22210Chrysoula AnagnostopoulouGRE59.18 (19)
20 r1/21484Su XinyueCHN58.90 (20)
21 r1/21292Andressa MoraisBRA58.90 (21)
22 r1/21071Dani StevensAUS58.77 (22)
23 r1/21581Denia CaballeroCUB57.96 (23)
24 r1/21336Fernanda BorgesBRA57.90 (24)
25 r1/23232Irina RodriguesPOR57.03 (25)
26 r1/23480Dragana TomaševićSRB56.95 (26)
27 r1/23844Rachel DincoffUSA56.22 (27)
28 r1/23832Kelsey CardUSA56.04 (28)
29 r1/21455Karen GallardoCHI55.81 (29)
30 r1/22909Alexandra EmilianovMDA54.57 (30)
31 r1/23759Nataliya SemenovaUKR54.28 (31)

Qualifying Round

Date31 July 2021 — 9:32
FormatTop 12 and ties and all those reaching 64.00 metres advanced to the final.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCDistance
13822Valarie AllmanUSA66.42Q
22289Kamalpreet KaurIND64.00Q
31568Sandra PerkovićCRO63.75q
42131Kristin PudenzGER63.73q
52404Daisy OsakueITA63.66q
62140Marike SteinackerGER63.22q
71586Yaimé PérezCUB63.18q
83225Liliana CáPOR62.85q
91468Chen YangCHN62.72q
102143Claudine VitaGER62.46q
112495Shadae LawrenceJAM62.27q
121289Izabela RodriguesBRA61.52q
131570Marija ToljCRO61.48
143008Jorinde van KlinkenNED61.15
151933Mélina Robert-MichonFRA60.88
162290Seema PuniaIND60.57
171469Feng BinCHN60.45
183594Subenrat InsaengTHA59.23
192210Chrysoula AnagnostopoulouGRE59.18
201484Su XinyueCHN58.90
211292Andressa MoraisBRA58.90
221071Dani StevensAUS58.77
231581Denia CaballeroCUB57.96
241336Fernanda BorgesBRA57.90
253232Irina RodriguesPOR57.03
263480Dragana TomaševićSRB56.95
273844Rachel DincoffUSA56.22
283832Kelsey CardUSA56.04
291455Karen GallardoCHI55.81
302909Alexandra EmilianovMDA54.57
313759Nataliya SemenovaUKR54.28

Group A

Date31 July 2021 — 9:32
PosSt. OrderCompetitorNOCDistanceRound #1Round #2Round #3
14Sandra PerkovićCRO63.7563.75 (1)x (NP)x (NP)q
26Kristin PudenzGER63.7363.53 (2)x (NP)63.73 (1)q
37Shadae LawrenceJAM62.2759.55 (3)62.27 (1)x (NP)q
412Jorinde van KlinkenNED61.15x (NP)61.15 (2)x (NP)
58Mélina Robert-MichonFRA60.88x (NP)60.88 (3)59.81 (2)
61Seema PuniaIND60.57x (NP)60.57 (4)58.93 (3)
711Chrysoula AnagnostopoulouGRE59.1857.06 (4)59.18 (5)58.55 (4)
85Su XinyueCHN58.9055.37 (5)58.90 (6)57.85 (5)
910Denia CaballeroCUB57.96x (NP)57.96 (7)x (NP)
1013Fernanda BorgesBRA57.90x (NP)57.90 (8)x (NP)
1115Irina RodriguesPOR57.03x (NP)54.60 (10)57.03 (6)
129Rachel DincoffUSA56.2255.10 (6)x (NP)56.22 (7)
1314Kelsey CardUSA56.0454.85 (7)55.78 (9)56.04 (8)
143Alexandra EmilianovMDA54.5754.57 (8)x (NP)x (NP)
152Nataliya SemenovaUKR54.28x (NP)x (NP)54.28 (9)

Group B

Date31 July 2021 — 10:57
PosSt. OrderCompetitorNOCDistanceRound #1Round #2Round #3
16Valarie AllmanUSA66.4266.42 (1)p (DNS)p (DNS)Q
214Kamalpreet KaurIND64.0060.29 (6)63.97 (1)64.00 (1)Q
37Daisy OsakueITA63.6652.26 (15)63.66 (2)x (NP)q
42Marike SteinackerGER63.2263.22 (2)x (NP)x (NP)q
516Yaimé PérezCUB63.1862.90 (3)63.18 (3)59.97 (6)q
611Liliana CáPOR62.8557.70 (8)62.85 (4)x (NP)q
79Chen YangCHN62.7262.59 (4)61.57 (6)62.72 (2)q
83Claudine VitaGER62.4662.39 (5)62.46 (5)62.38 (3)q
94Izabela RodriguesBRA61.5256.14 (9)61.52 (7)60.64 (4)q
1015Marija ToljCRO61.4854.76 (13)61.48 (8)60.33 (5)
111Feng BinCHN60.4559.26 (7)60.45 (9)x (NP)
1210Subenrat InsaengTHA59.2354.99 (12)59.23 (10)56.82 (8)
1312Andressa MoraisBRA58.90x (NP)x (NP)58.90 (7)
148Dani StevensAUS58.7753.01 (14)58.77 (11)54.60 (11)
1513Dragana TomaševićSRB56.9555.97 (10)56.95 (12)56.43 (9)
165Karen GallardoCHI55.8155.66 (11)53.69 (13)55.81 (10)

Final Round

Date2 August 2021 — 19:59
PosSt. OrderCompetitorNOCDistanceRound #1Round #2Round #3Round #4Round #5Round #6
111-8-8Valarie AllmanUSA68.9868.98 (1)x (NP)x (NP)64.76 (2)66.78 (2)x (NP)
28-6-7Kristin PudenzGER66.8663.07 (3)65.34 (1)64.35 (2)x (NP)66.86 (1)x (NP)
310-7-6Yaimé PérezCUB65.7265.72 (2)62.16 (3)63.20 (4)65.20 (1)x (NP)x (NP)
44-5-5Sandra PerkovićCRO65.0162.53 (4)x (NP)65.01 (1)x (NP)x (NP)63.25 (1)
52-4-4Liliana CáPOR63.9362.31 (5)63.93 (2)x (NP)x (NP)x (NP)p (DNS)
69-3-3Kamalpreet KaurIND63.7061.62 (6)x (NP)63.70 (3)x (NP)61.37 (3)x (NP)
75-2-2Shadae LawrenceJAM62.1260.22 (10)62.12 (4)58.98 (8)59.46 (3)59.26 (5)x (NP)
812-1-1Marike SteinackerGER62.02x (NP)62.02 (5)x (NP)x (NP)60.10 (4)60.32 (2)
96Claudine VitaGER61.8060.70 (8)x (NP)61.80 (5)
101Chen YangCHN61.5761.57 (7)59.59 (6)61.43 (6)
117Izabela RodriguesBRA60.3960.39 (9)x (NP)59.56 (7)
123Daisy OsakueITA59.9759.97 (11)x (NP)x (NP)