Discus throw women

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The Women's Discuss is an Olympic field throwing event. The discus, the object to be thrown, is a heavy lenticular disc with a diameter of 220 mm (8.66 inches) and a weight of two kilograms (4 lb 7 oz) for the men's event, and one kg (2 lb 3 oz) for the women's, with a smaller diameter of 181 mm (7.17 inches). In U.S. high school track and field, boys typically throw a discus weighing 1.616 kg (3 lb 9 oz) and the girls throw the 1 kg (2.2 lb) women's disc. The discus can be thrown starting at age 11 (midget division). Most children throw the 1 kg discus. The discus usually has sides made of rubber, plastic, wood, or metal with a metal rim and a metal core to attain the weight. A discus with more weight in the rim produces greater angular momentum for any given spin rate, and thus more stability, although it is more difficult to throw. A practice discus made of solid rubber is often used in High School; it is cheaper, more durable, and easier to learn to throw (due to its more equal distribution of weight, as opposed to the heavy rim weight of the metal rim/core discus).

To make a throw, the competitor starts in a slightly recessed concrete-surfaced circle of 2.5 meters (8 feet 2½ inches) diameter. The thrower typically takes an initial stance facing away from the direction of the throw. He then spins around one and a half times through the circle to build momentum, then releases his throw. The discus must land within a 40-degree or 60-degree arc marked by lines on the landing zone, and the competitor must not exit the circle until the discus has landed, then must wait for the judge to give clearance to exit the ring from the rear half. The distance from the front edge of the circle to where the discus has landed is measured, and distances are rounded down to the nearest centimeter or half-inch. The competitor's best throw from the allocated number of throws, typically three to six, is recorded, and the competitor who legally throws the discus the farthest is declared the winner. Ties are broken by determining which thrower has the longer second-best throw.

2008 Olympic Trials

Women Discus Throw
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 Auto Qualifier: 60.00
       World: W 76.80m  7/9/1988    Gabriele Reinsch, GDR
    American: A 67.67m  4/14/2007   Suzy Powell-Roos, Asics
          OT: T 65.90m  7/17/2000   Seilala Sua, UCLA
     Hayward: S 65.36m  2000        Lisa Marie Vizaniari, Australia
    Name                    Year Team                    Finals
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Finals
  1 Aretha Thurmond              Nike                    65.20m     213-11
      60.89m  65.20m  58.84m  57.98m  FOUL  59.82m
  2 Suzy Powell-Roos             Tri-Valley Asics        62.92m     206-05
      59.88m  58.95m  62.55m  59.69m  59.51m  62.92m
  3 Stephanie Brown Trafton      Nike                    62.65m     205-06
      FOUL  60.24m  60.43m  62.65m  FOUL  60.52m
  4 Becky Breisch                Nike                    61.04m     200-03
      60.36m  59.52m  61.04m  FOUL  56.25m  55.19m
  5 Cecilia Barnes               unattached              56.91m     186-08
      56.91m  55.80m  FOUL  55.05m  56.64m  56.68m
  6 Summer Pierson               unattached              56.69m     186-00
      53.96m  FOUL  56.69m  56.12m  FOUL  56.48m
  7 Kelechi Anyanwu              unattached              54.51m     178-10
      54.51m  53.10m  52.99m  FOUL  52.71m  FOUL
  8 Taiyshawna Battle            Arizona State           54.22m     177-11
      51.04m  54.22m  52.88m  50.29m  53.60m  52.83m
  9 Katie Corner                 Throw 1 Deep            53.49m     175-06
      53.13m  53.49m  53.16m
 10 Khadija Talley               Miami                   53.49m     175-06
      53.05m  52.43m  53.49m
 11 Rachel Longfors              Tri-Valley Asics        53.44m     175-04
      53.44m  FOUL  51.60m
 12 Rachel Varner                unattached              53.23m     174-08
      52.99m  53.23m  FOUL

2008 Olympic Games

Qualifiying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 61.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Stephanie Brown-Trafton	United States	57.78	x	62.77	62.77	Q
2	B	Nicoleta Grasu	Romania	57.75	62.51		62.51	Q
3	A	Iryna Yatchenko	Belarus	62.26			62.26	Q
4	A	Yarelis Barrios	Cuba	62.23			62.23	Q
5	A	Mélina Robert-Michon	France	x	55.18	62.21	62.21	Q, SB
6	B	Aretha Thurmond	United States	58.70	61.90		61.90	Q
7	A	Dani Samuels	Australia	x	x	61.72	61.72	Q
8	B	Song Aimin	China	59.89	61.31	61.67	61.67	Q
9	B	Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová	Czech Republic	61.61			61.61	Q
10	B	Yanfeng Li	China	60.99	61.29	x	61.29	q
11	A	Olena Antonova	Ukraine	61.25	60.61	59.92	61.25	q
12	A	Ellina Zvereva	Belarus	x	60.28	59.60	60.28	q
13	B	Dragana Tomašević	Serbia	55.59	x	60.19	60.19
14	A	Natalia Semenova	Ukraine	x	60.18	x	60.18
15	B	Yania Ferrales	Cuba	59.87	58.73	59.85	59.87
16	B	Svetlana Saykina	Russia	x	x	59.48	59.48
17	A	Wioletta Potępa	Poland	59.44	59.20	59.10	59.44
18	A	Joanna Wisniewska	Poland	59.40	58.08	x	59.40
19	A	Elisângela Adriano	Brazil	x	x	58.84	58.84
20	B	Elizna Naudé	South Africa	58.75	57.09	58.35	58.75
21	A	Kateryna Karsak	Ukraine	x	53.14	58.61	58.61
22	A	Vera Begić	Croatia	55.87	58.50	x	58.50
23	A	Ma Xuejun	China	58.45	x	56.84	58.45
24	B	Krishna Poonia	India	57.31	58.23	58.15	58.23
25	B	Natalya Sadova	Russia	x	58.11	57.76	58.11
26	A	Suzy Powell-Roos	United States	58.02	x	x	58.02
27	A	Philippa Roles	Great Britain	x	56.88	57.44	57.44
28	B	Beatrice Faumuina	New Zealand	57.15	x	54.49	57.15
29	B	Hanna Mazgunova	Belarus	x	x	56.77	56.77
30	A	Harwant Kaur	India	56.38	56.38	56.42	56.42
31	B	Anna Söderberg	Sweden	x	55.28	53.48	55.28
32	A	Oxana Yesipchuk	Russia	54.91	54.34	55.07	55.07
33	B	Zinaida Sendriūtė	Lithuania	54.81	53.41	52.42	54.81
34	B	Venera Getova	Bulgaria	52.51	54.00	52.40	54.00
35	B	Dorothea Kalpakidou	Greece	x	53.00	51.61	53.00
36	B	Barbara Rocio Comba	Argentina	x	x	51.36	51.36
37	A	Tereapii Tapoki	Cook Islands	46.77	44.11	48.35	48.35
99	B	Żaneta Glanc	Poland	x	x	x	00 NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Result	Notes[2]
	Stephanie Brown-Trafton	United States	64.74			58.39	61.30		64.74
	Yarelis Barrios	Cuba	63.17	63.64	62.22	62.12		60.30	63.64
	Olena Antonova	Ukraine	60.79	62.16		60.50	62.59	62.34	62.59	SB
4	Song Aimin	China	56.41	59.55	62.17	61.75	62.20	60.51	62.20
5	Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová	Czech Republic		61.08		58.74	61.75	61.66	61.75
6	Ellina Zvereva	Belarus	60.43	60.10			60.34	60.82	60.82
7	Yanfeng Li	China	60.68		59.72			60.62	60.68
8	Mélina Robert-Michon	France	60.49				60.66	60.45	60.66
9	Dani Samuels	Australia	57.14		60.15				60.15
10	Aretha Thurmond	United States	56.72	59.80	57.99				59.80
11	Iryna Yatchenko	Belarus			59.27				59.27
12	Nicoleta Grasu	Romania	58.63						58.63

External links

• International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) – official site
• World Record progression in athletics
• World Record
• World Masters Athletics - official site
• Masters T&F World Rankings
• Athletics all-time performances
• Wikipedia page

References

1. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicTrials-TF/results/F34.asp Retrieved 2008-07-03.
2. ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode=3659/racedate=08-18-2008/sex=W/discCode=DT/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#det Retrieved 2008-08-19.