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Women's discus throw at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
Dates	July 24
Competitors	11 from 7 nations
Winning distance	65.39
Medalists
Denia Caballero   Cuba   Yaime Pérez   Cuba   Gia Lewis-Smallwood   United States
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Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games
Qualification
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
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The women's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 24 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium. 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).

Schedule

Results

All results shown are in meters.

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Denia Caballero	Cuba	x	62.71	65.39	x	x	x	65.39
	Yaime Pérez	Cuba	58.74	62.05	64.99	60.33	x	64.23	64.99
	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). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
2. "Athletics Technical Manual" (PDF). americasathletics.org. TO2015. 11 January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.

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