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

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

Medal summary

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

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

F11

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

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

F41

The F41 event took place on 15 September.^[3]^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance (m)	Notes
	Raoua Tlili	Tunisia	33.38
	Niamh McCarthy	Ireland	26.67
	Fathia Amaimia	Tunisia	26.16
4	Samar Ben Koelleb	Tunisia	25.79
5	Hayat El Garaa	Morocco	25.72
6	Renata Sliwinska	Poland	23.34
7	Claire Keefer	Australia	23.27
8	Holly Neill	Great Britain	23.13
9	Marijana Goranovic	Montenegro	19.28
10	Lara Baars	Netherlands	19.01
11	Fenju Zhang	China	17.52
12	Hasnaa Moubal	Morocco	17.20
13	Karina Erika Loyola	Argentina	17.18
14	Lauritta Onye	Nigeria		DNS

F44

The F44 event took place on 11 September.^[5]^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance (m)	Notes
	Juan Yao	China	44.53	WR
	Yang Yue	China	43.47	PB
	Noraivis de la Heras Chibas	Cuba	32.47
4	Frederike Charlotte Koleiski	Germany	30.34
5	Mariem Soudani	Tunisia	29.68
6	Natalie Bieule	United States	28.62
7	Ida Nesse	Norway	27.08
8	Jessica Heims	United States	25.98
9	Kristel Walther	Denmark	25.15
10	Litsitso Khotele	Lesotho	19.91
11	Maggie Aiono	Samoa	19.56
12	Florentina Hriscu	Romania	18.59

F52

The F52 event took place on 14 September.^[7]

F55

The F55 event took place on 17 September.^[8]

F57

The F57 event took place on 15 September. The event incorporates athletes from classification F56 in addition to F57.^[9]

References

^ "Women's discus throw - F11 Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
^ "Women's discus throw - F37/38 Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
^ "Women's discus throw - F40/41 Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
^ "Rio 2016 - athletics - womens-discus-throw-f41". International Paralympic Committee. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
^ "Women's discus throw - F43/44 Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
^ "Rio 2016 - athletics - womens-discus-throw-f44". International Paralympic Committee. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
^ "Women's discus throw - F51/52 Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 October 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
^ "Women's discus throw - F54/55 Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
^ "Women's discus throw - F56/57 Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.

[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] "Rio 2016 - athletics - womens-discus-throw-f41". International Paralympic Committee. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

[5] "Women's discus throw - F43/44 Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.

[6] "Rio 2016 - athletics - womens-discus-throw-f44". International Paralympic Committee. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

[7] "Women's discus throw - F51/52 Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 October 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[8] "Women's discus throw - F54/55 Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.

[9] "Women's discus throw - F56/57 Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.

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