Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw at the 2019 Pan American Games
Venue	Athletics Stadium
Dates	August 6
Competitors	13 from 8 nations
Winning distance	66.58 m
Medalists
Yaime Pérez   Cuba   Fernanda Martins   Brazil   Denia Caballero   Cuba
«2015 2023»

The women's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 6th of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Denia Caballero from Cuba.

Records

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

World record	Gabriele Reinsch (GDR)	76.80 m	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	July 9, 1988
Pan American Games record	Yarelys Barrios (CUB)	66.40 m	Guadalajara, Mexico	October 28, 2011

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 6, 2019	18:25	Final

Results

All results shown are in meters.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Final

The results were as follows:^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Mark	Notes
	Yaime Pérez	Cuba	63.88	x	61.69	64.65	64.15	66.58	66.58	GR
	Fernanda Martins	Brazil	x	62.23	x	60.29	x	59.44	62.23
	Denia Caballero	Cuba	60.46	x	59.14	x	x	x	60.46
4	Whitney Ashley	United States	60.27	x	x	x	x	x	60.27
5	Shanice Love	Jamaica	x	57.82	57.56	59.82	56.43	57.85	59.82
6	Shadae Lawrence	Jamaica	51.67	58.99	57.54	x	x	55.03	58.99
7	Kelsey Card	United States	x	57.87	53.88	58.94	x	57.67	58.94
8	Aixa Middleton	Panama	49.27	53.14	53.80				53.80	SB
9	Karen Gallardo	Chile	51.41	53.42	51.84				53.42
10	Ailen Armada	Argentina	x	x	51.30				51.30
11	Ivana Gallardo	Chile	x	50.85	x				50.85
	Portious Warren	Trinidad and Tobago	x	x	x				NM
	Andressa de Morais	Brazil	x	65.98	x	60.26	x	x	65.98	AR, DSQ[2][3]

References

1. "Women's discus throw − Results" (PDF). Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 17 Aug 2019.
2. "Lima 2019 discus silver medallist provisionally suspended after positive test". insidethegames.biz. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
3. "Final results" (PDF). Panam Sports. Retrieved 6 March 2020.