Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Rio Olympic Stadium from 9 September. A total of 7 events are contested for 15 different classifications.

Medal summary edit

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
F11
details
Liangmin Zhang
  China
36.65 Hongxia Tang
  China
35.01 Izabela Campos
  Brazil
32.60 PB
F38 (inc. F37)
details
Mi Na
  China
37.60 Shirlene Coelho
  Brazil
33.91 Noelle Lenihan
  Ireland
31.71
F41 (inc. F40)
details
Raoua Tlili
  Tunisia
33.38 Niamh McCarthy
  Ireland
26.67 Fathia Amaimia
  Tunisia
26.16
F44 (inc. F43)
details
Juan Yao
  China
44.53 WR Yue Yang
  China
43.47 PB Noraivis de la Heras Chibas
  Cuba
32.47
F52 (inc. F51)
details
Rachael Morrison
  United States
13.09 WR Cassie Mitchell
  United States
12.87 SB Zoia Ovsii
  Ukraine
12.17
F55 (inc. F54)
details
Dong Feixia
  China
25.03 Marianne Buggenhagen
  Germany
24.56 Diāna Dadzīte
  Latvia
22.66
F57 (inc. F56)
details
Nassima Saifi
  Algeria
33.33 Orla Barry
  Ireland
30.06 Eucharia Iyiazi
  Nigeria
27.54 SB

Competition format edit

The competition for each classification consisted of a single round. Each athlete threw three times, after which the eight best threw three more times (with the best distance of the six throws counted).

Results edit

F11 edit

The F11 event took place on 9 September.[1]

Rank Bib Name Nationality Distance (m) Notes
  183 Zhang Liangmin   China 36.65
  175 Tang Hongxia   China 35.01
  97 Izabela Campos   Brazil 32.60 PB
4 451 Assunta Legnante   Italy 31.51 SB
5 218 Yesenia Maria Restrepo Munoz   Colombia 30.81 PB
6 143 Ness Murby   Canada 28.02
7 23 Florencia Belen Romero   Argentina 25.69 PB
8 851 Busra Nur Tirikli   Turkey 25.65
9 617 Ingrid Van Kranen   Netherlands 25.57

F38 edit

The F38 event took place on 14 September.[2]

F41 edit

The F41 event took place on 15 September.[3]

F44 edit

The F44 event took place on 11 September.[4]

F52 edit

The F52 event took place on 14 September.[5]

F55 edit

The F55 event took place on 17 September.[6]

F57 edit

The F57 event took place on 15 September. The event incorporates athletes from classification F56 in addition to F57.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Women's discus throw - F11 Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Women's discus throw - F37/38 Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Women's discus throw - F40/41 Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Women's discus throw - F43/44 Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Women's discus throw - F51/52 Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 October 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Women's discus throw - F54/55 Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Women's discus throw - F56/57 Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.