The women's
discus throw at the
2023 World Athletics Championships
The 2023 World Athletics Championships ( hu, 2023-as atlétikai világbajnokság), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, are scheduled to be held from 19 August to 27 August 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.
The city of Budapes ...
was held at the
National Athletics Centre in
Budapest on 20 and 22 August 2023.
Summary
Of the 12 finalists in Eugene, 10 of them returned to this year's finals. And those 10 were the top 10 from the preliminaries. The top 3 were the medalists.
In the first round of the finals Olympic Champion
Valarie Allman
Valarie Carolyn Allman (born February 23, 1995) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the discus throw. She won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2022 World Athletics Championships, she won a bronze medal, which ...
got off a 68.57m to take the early lead. Defending champion
Feng Bin
Bin Feng (, born 3 April 1994) is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw. She represented her country at the 2016 Rio Olympics, finishing eighth in the final. Her personal best is , set in 2022 World Athletics Champions ...
responded with a 66.97m.
Jorinde van Klinken
Jorinde van Klinken (; born 2 February 2000) is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw.
Her personal best of 70.22m is the current (2021) Dutch record in the discus throw. She represented her country in the ...
held on to third place with a 63.93m. With her second attempt, two time Olympic and two time World Champion
Sandra Perković moved into the top 3 with a 66.57m. In the third round, Allman improved to 68.79m. She improved again to 69.23m in the fourth round. Bin also improved to 67.18m
At the end of the third round,
Laulauga Tausaga had to throw a 65.56m personal best to leap from dead last 12th place into fifth place and a chance to make three more throws. She had needed to throw a personal best 65.46m as the final throw at her
USA National Championships just to be eligible to come to these championships. On her newly earned fifth throw, she threw the winner , a four metre (13 feet) improvement in her personal best over the course of three rounds.
van Klinken's fifth round throw of 67.20m edged her back into third place. Bin improved to 68.20m on her final attempt to move back into third place. Allman was unable to improve, so on a breakthrough night, the surprised and ecstatic Tausaga was able to step into the ring for her final attempt already confirmed as the champion. She then threw the second best throw of her career, 68.36m.
Records
Before the competition records were as follows:
Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 64.20 m.
Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:
Results
Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 64.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
Final
The final was started on 22 August at 20:20.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2023 World Championships in Athletics - Women's discus throw
Discus throw
Discus throw at the World Athletics Championships
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