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The women's discus throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 and 28.

Dani Samuels was the defending champion, but had not performed well prior to the event. Germany's Nadine Müller was the leader in the Diamond League, but it was Chinese thrower Li Yanfeng who held the best mark that season (67.98 m). Stephanie Brown Trafton entered as the reigning Olympic champion, while 2009 World medallists Yarelis Barrios and Nicoleta Grasu were other prominent competitors. Sandra Perković, the leading athlete earlier in the season, was absent due to a six-month ban for doping offences.

Nadine Müller had the best mark in the qualifying rounds, with her sole throw of 65.54 m to make the final. Li Yanfeng and Yarelys Barrios were the next best throwers in the first round. Dani Samuels narrowly avoided elimination, while Aretha Thurmond was among those to miss the final. In the final the following day, Li took the lead in the first round with a throw of 65.28 m and Müller followed her over the 65 m line into second place. Żaneta Glanc of Poland had an opening throw of 63.91 m, moving into third place. The top three remained unchanged after the second throw, although Li improved her lead to 66.52 m and Müller consolidated her second place with a mark of 65.97 m. Barrios of Cuba moved into third in the next round with her best mark of the competition (65.73 m) and defending champion Samuels was struck out in the final cut off. Brown Trafton threw her best (63.85 m) in round four, moving into fifth place, but the medal positions remained unchanged thereafter – Li won the gold medal, while Müller and Barrios took the silver and bronze medals, respectively.

Although Li had won gold medals in Asian-level competitions, it was the 32-year-old's first medal of any colour on the world stage. She credited her success to her work with German coach Karl-Heinz Steinmetz and increased seasonal competition against foreign athletes. Müller silver also represented her first medal at a global championships. For Barrios it was her fourth consecutive time on the major podium, having been runner-up at the two previous world championships and winner of the 2008 Olympic silver medal.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Li Yanfeng  China (CHN)	Nadine Müller  Germany (GER)	Yarelys Barrios  Cuba (CUB)

Records

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

World record	Gabriele Reinsch (GDR)	76.80	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	7 July 1988
Championship record	Martina Hellmann (GDR)	71.62	Rome, Italy	31 August 1987
World leading	Li Yanfeng (CHN)	67.98	Schönebeck, Germany	5 June 2011
African record	Elizna Naudé (RSA)	64.87	Stellenbosch, South Africa	2 March 2003
Asian record	Xiao Yanling (CHN)	71.68	Beijing, China	14 March 1992
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Hilda Ramos (CUB)	70.88	Havana, Cuba	8 May 1992
South American record	Elisângela Adriano (BRA)	62.00	São Caetano do Sul, Brazil	23 July 2011
European record	Gabriele Reinsch (GDR)	76.80	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	7 July 1988
Oceanian record	Daniela Costian (AUS)	68.72	Auckland, New Zealand	22 January 1994

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 62.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Nadine Müller	Germany (GER)	65.54			65.54	Q
2	B	Li Yanfeng	China (CHN)	x	64.44		64.44	Q
3	A	Yarelis Barrios	Cuba (CUB)	63.80			63.80	Q
4	B	Żaneta Glanc	Poland (POL)	59.48	63.44		63.44	Q
5	A	Tan Jian	China (CHN)	62.26			62.26	Q
6	B	Stephanie Brown Trafton	United States (USA)	61.89	x	59.87	61.89	q
7	A	Zinaida Sendriūtė	Lithuania (LTU)	x	56.61	61.72	61.72	q
8	A	Dragana Tomašević	Serbia (SRB)	60.45	x	x	60.45	q
9	B	Denia Caballero	Cuba (CUB)	x	52.93	60.36	60.36	q
10	B	Nicoleta Grasu	Romania (ROM)	60.13	58.25	59.58	60.13	q
11	A	Dani Samuels	Australia (AUS)	59.77	60.05	59.98	60.05	q
12	A	Darya Pishchalnikova	Russia (RUS)	54.11	59.94	59.53	59.94	q
13	B	Aretha Thurmond	United States (USA)	59.88	x	59.48	59.88
14	A	Ma Xuejun	China (CHN)	55.80	59.34	59.71	59.71
15	A	Gia Lewis-Smallwood	United States (USA)	x	56.91	59.49	59.49
16	A	Natalya Fokina-Semenova	Ukraine (UKR)	56.73	55.16	58.27	58.27
17	B	Monique Jansen	Netherlands (NED)	58.23	58.06	57.96	58.23
18	A	Andressa de Morais	Brazil (BRA)	x	44.41	57.93	57.93
19	B	Kazai Suzanne Kragbé	Ivory Coast (CIV)	57.55	55.75	x	57.55
20	B	Kateryna Karsak	Ukraine (UKR)	57.54	x	57.29	57.54
21	B	Harwant Kaur	India (IND)	55.50	56.49	52.98	56.49
22	B	Elisângela Adriano	Brazil (BRA)	56.28	53.70	56.45	56.45
23	A	Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová	Czech Republic (CZE)	53.87	51.52	x	53.87
24	B	Karen Gallardo	Chile (CHI)	51.32	52.33	53.69	53.69

Final

Format: Each athlete has three attempts, then the eight best performers have three further attempts

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Li Yanfeng	China (CHN)	65.28	66.52	65.50	64.32	64.34	63.83	66.52
	Nadine Müller	Germany (GER)	65.06	65.97	64.08	62.55	x	x	65.97
	Yarelys Barrios	Cuba (CUB)	x	61.87	65.73	63.93	x	63.90	65.73	SB
4	Żaneta Glanc	Poland (POL)	63.91	62.30	63.11	62.69	62.17	60.32	63.91
5	Stephanie Brown Trafton	United States (USA)	60.20	60.97	60.24	63.85	60.26	x	63.85
6	Tan Jian	China (CHN)	60.46	61.44	61.79	62.96	x	61.12	62.96
7	Dragana Tomašević	Serbia (SRB)	62.26	58.97	62.48	x	59.03	58.63	62.48	SB
8	Nicoleta Grasu	Romania (ROM)	57.95	60.34	62.08	60.79	60.45	60.72	62.08
9	Denia Caballero	Cuba (CUB)	60.73	60.46	x				60.73
10	Dani Samuels	Australia (AUS)	58.08	59.14	x				59.14
11	Darya Pishchalnikova	Russia (RUS)	56.89	58.10	57.61				58.10
12	Zinaida Sendriūtė	Lithuania (LTU)	x	57.30	53.53				57.30

References

1. Rowbottom, Mike (2011-08-19). Women’s Discus Throw - PREVIEW Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
2. Discus Throw 2011. IAAF (2011-08-27). Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
3. World Championships preview – women’s field events Archived 2012-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Weekly (2011-08-25). Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
4. Rowbottom, Mike (2011-08-27). Women's Discus Throw - Qualification - Muller leads the round, Samuels squeaks through Archived 2012-05-15 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-29.
5. Rowbottom, Mike (2011-08-28). Women's Discus Throw - Final - Li dominates final to give China its first gold medal Archived 2012-05-15 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-29.
6. Butcher, Michael (2011-08-28). Discus champion Li Yanfeng’s German Connection Archived 2011-10-30 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-29.

External links

• Discus throw results at IAAF website

• Events at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
• Discus throw at the World Athletics Championships
• 2011 in women's athletics