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Women's discus throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	12 April
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Winning distance	68.26 m GR
Medalists
Dani Stevens    Australia   Seema Punia    India   Navjeet Dhillon    India
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Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth 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
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20 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
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Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
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100 m (T12)	men
100 m (T35)		women
100 m (T38)	men	women
100 m (T47)	men
1500 m (T54)	men	women
Marathon (T54)	men	women
Long jump (T38)		women
Shot put (F38)	men
Javelin throw (F46)		women
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The women's discus throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 12 April 2018.

The winning margin was 7.85 metres which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's discus throw has been won by more than 7 metres at these games.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record	Gabriele Reinsch (GDR)	76.80 m	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	9 July 1988
Games record	Dani Stevens (AUS)	68.26 m	gold Coast, Australia	12 April 2018

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

With thirteen entrants, the event was held as a straight final.

Final

Rank	Name	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Dani Stevens (AUS)	61.39	64.51	65.43	68.26	65.10	x	68.26	GR
	Seema Punia (IND)	60.41	59.57	x	58.54	x	58.90	60.41
	Navjeet Dhillon (IND)	55.61	x	x	56.22	54.09	57.43	57.43
4	Siositina Hakeai (NZL)	56.00	55.19	57.16	56.94	53.86	56.96	57.16
5	Taryn Gollshewsky (AUS)	54.59	x	54.45	53.23	x	55.47	55.47
6	Kimberley Mulhall (AUS)	53.72	54.93	54.64	51.72	54.32	54.84	54.93
7	Jade Lally (ENG)	51.80	53.97	52.97	53.44	52.16	x	53.97
8	Androniki Lada (CYP)	53.12	x	52.07	x	x	x	53.12	SB
9	Tynelle Gumbs (IVB)	47.04	x	x	—			47.04
10	Tereapii Tapoki (COK)	46.01	x	44.93				46.01
11	Salomé Mugabe (MOZ)	45.72	44.35	43.80				45.72	PB
–	Trevia Gumbs (IVB)	x	r					NM
–	Chanana Jeremiah (NRU)	x	x	x				NM

References

1. ^ "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Women's discus throw". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
2. ^ Athletics | Women's Discus Throw - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 208. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

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