2016 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Women's Discus Throw | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 15 - Final | |||
 |  CROCroatia | Sandra Perkovic | 69.21 |
 |  FRAFrance | Mélina Robert-Michon | 66.73 |
 |  CUBCuba | Denia Caballero | 65.34 |
| 4 |  AUSAustralia | Dani Samuels | 64.90 |
| 5 |  CHNChina | Su Xinyue | 64.37 |
| 6 |  GERGermany | Nadine Müller | 63.13 |
| 7 | CHNChina | Chen Yang | 63.11 |
| 8 | CHNChina | Feng Bin | 63.06 |
| 9 | GERGermany | Julia Fischer | 62.67 |
| 10 |  LTULithuania | Zinaida Sendriute | 61.89 |
| 11 | GERGermany | Shanice Craft | 59.85 |
| 12 | CUBCuba | Yaime Pérez | NoM |
| 13 | FRAFrance | Pauline Pousse | 58.98 |
| 14 |  NGRNigeria | Chinwe Okoro | 58.85 |
| 15 |  UKRUkraine | Natalya Semenova | 58.41 |
| 16 |  JAMJamaica | Tarasue Barnett | 58.09 |
| 17 |  POLPoland | Zaneta Glanc | 57.88 |
| 18 |  CHIChile | Karen Gallardo | 57.81 |
| 19 |  SRBSerbia Republic | Dragana Tomaševic | 57.67 |
| 20 |  INDIndia | Seema Punia | 57.58 |
| 21 |  BRABrazil | Andressa de Morais | 57.38 |
| 22 | JAMJamaica | Shadae Lawrence | 57.09 |
| 23 |  ESPSpain | Sabina Asenjo | 56.94 |
| 24 |  THAThailand | Subenrat Insaeng | 56.64 |
| 25 |  USAUnited States | Kelsey Card | 56.41 |
| 26 |  GREGreece | Chrysoula Anagnostopoúlou | 54.84 |
| 27 |  ARGArgentina | Rocío Comba | 54.44 |
| 28 |  GBRGreat Britain | Jade Lally | 54.06 |
| 29 | USAUnited States | Shelbi Vaughan | 53.33 |
| 30 |  MDAMoldova | Natalia Stratulat | 53.27 |
| 31 | BRABrazil | Fernanda Raquel Borges | 51.85 |
| 32 |  KAZKazakhstan | Mariya Telushkina | 45.33 |
| JAMJamaica | Kellion Knibb | NoM | |
| USAUnited States | Whitney Ashley | NoM | |
| Women's Discus Throw, Qualification, Group A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 15 - Final | |||
| 1 | CROCroatia | Sandra Perkovic | 64.81 x/x/ |
| 2 | AUSAustralia | Dani Samuels | 64.46 x/59.42/ |
| 3 | CUBCuba | Denia Caballero | 62.94 x/x/ |
| 4 | CHNChina | Feng Bin | 62.01 55.97/ |
| 5 | CHNChina | Chen Yang | 61.44 x/x/ |
| 6 | LTULithuania | Zinaida Sendriute | 60.79 x/x/ |
| 7 | GERGermany | Shanice Craft | 60.23 /x/x |
| 8 | FRAFrance | Pauline Pousse | 58.98 x/x/ |
| 9 | NGRNigeria | Chinwe Okoro | 58.85 57.34//58.53 |
| 10 | POLPoland | Zaneta Glanc | 57.88 55.27/56.09/ |
| 11 | SRBSerbia Republic | Dragana Tomaševic | 57.67 55.87//x |
| 12 | JAMJamaica | Shadae Lawrence | 57.09 /x/x |
| 13 | GREGreece | Chrysoula Anagnostopoúlou | 54.84 x//53.19 |
| 14 | MDAMoldova | Natalia Stratulat | 53.27 x//48.80 |
| 15 | BRABrazil | Fernanda Raquel Borges | 51.85 50.19//x |
| 16 | KAZKazakhstan | Mariya Telushkina | 45.33 x/43.70/ |
| USAUnited States | Whitney Ashley | NoM x/x/x | |
| Women's Discus Throw, Qualification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 15 - Final | |||
| 1 | CUBCuba | Yaime Pérez | 65.38 Q |
| 2 | CHNChina | Su Xinyue | 65.14 Q |
| 3 | CROCroatia | Sandra Perkovic | 64.81 Q |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Dani Samuels | 64.46 Q |
| 5 | GERGermany | Nadine Müller | 63.67 Q |
| 6 | CUBCuba | Denia Caballero | 62.94 Q |
| 7 | FRAFrance | Mélina Robert-Michon | 62.59 Q |
| 8 | CHNChina | Feng Bin | 62.01 Q |
| 9 | GERGermany | Julia Fischer | 61.83 q |
| 10 | CHNChina | Chen Yang | 61.44 q |
| 11 | LTULithuania | Zinaida Sendriute | 60.79 q |
| 12 | GERGermany | Shanice Craft | 60.23 q |
| 13 | FRAFrance | Pauline Pousse | 58.98 |
| 14 | NGRNigeria | Chinwe Okoro | 58.85 |
| 15 | UKRUkraine | Natalya Semenova | 58.41 |
| 16 | JAMJamaica | Tarasue Barnett | 58.09 |
| 17 | POLPoland | Zaneta Glanc | 57.88 |
| 18 | CHIChile | Karen Gallardo | 57.81 |
| 19 | SRBSerbia Republic | Dragana Tomaševic | 57.67 |
| 20 | INDIndia | Seema Punia | 57.58 |
| 21 | BRABrazil | Andressa de Morais | 57.38 |
| 22 | JAMJamaica | Shadae Lawrence | 57.09 |
| 23 | ESPSpain | Sabina Asenjo | 56.94 |
| 24 | THAThailand | Subenrat Insaeng | 56.64 |
| 25 | USAUnited States | Kelsey Card | 56.41 |
| 26 | GREGreece | Chrysoula Anagnostopoúlou | 54.84 |
| 27 | ARGArgentina | Rocío Comba | 54.44 |
| 28 | GBRGreat Britain | Jade Lally | 54.06 |
| 29 | USAUnited States | Shelbi Vaughan | 53.33 |
| 30 | MDAMoldova | Natalia Stratulat | 53.27 |
| 31 | BRABrazil | Fernanda Raquel Borges | 51.85 |
| 32 | KAZKazakhstan | Mariya Telushkina | 45.33 |
| JAMJamaica | Kellion Knibb | NoM | |
| USAUnited States | Whitney Ashley | NoM | |
| Women's Discus Throw, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 16 - Final | |||
| 1 | CROCroatia | Sandra Perkovic | 69.21 x/x//x/x/x |
| 2 | FRAFrance | Mélina Robert-Michon | 66.73 65.52/64.83/65.08/x//x |
| 3 | CUBCuba | Denia Caballero | 65.34 61.80/x//63.82/x/64.64 |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Dani Samuels | 64.90 63.57/x/61.21/61.95/62.87/ |
| 5 | CHNChina | Su Xinyue | 64.37 63.88/61.02//62.20/63.87/x |
| 6 | GERGermany | Nadine Müller | 63.13 /x/x/x/x/x |
| 7 | CHNChina | Chen Yang | 63.11 /x/60.47/59.19/x/x |
| 8 | CHNChina | Feng Bin | 63.06 62.26/60.27//61.14/x/61.85 |
| 9 | GERGermany | Julia Fischer | 62.67 60.69/x/ |
| 10 | LTULithuania | Zinaida Sendriute | 61.89 58.25/59.95/ |
| 11 | GERGermany | Shanice Craft | 59.85 x/58.39/ |
| CUBCuba | Yaime Pérez | NoM x/x/x | |
| Women's Discus Throw, Qualification, Group B | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 16 - Final | |||
| 1 | CUBCuba | Yaime Pérez | 65.38 |
| 2 | CHNChina | Su Xinyue | 65.14 |
| 3 | GERGermany | Nadine Müller | 63.67 |
| 4 | FRAFrance | Mélina Robert-Michon | 62.59 |
| 5 | GERGermany | Julia Fischer | 61.83 /x/60.69 |
| 6 | UKRUkraine | Natalya Semenova | 58.41 x//x |
| 7 | JAMJamaica | Tarasue Barnett | 58.09 x/54.36/ |
| 8 | CHIChile | Karen Gallardo | 57.81 /55.98/55.20 |
| 9 | INDIndia | Seema Punia | 57.58 /x/56.78 |
| 10 | BRABrazil | Andressa de Morais | 57.38 /x/x |
| 11 | ESPSpain | Sabina Asenjo | 56.94 /56.22/x |
| 12 | THAThailand | Subenrat Insaeng | 56.64 /x/54.74 |
| 13 | USAUnited States | Kelsey Card | 56.41 x/51.16/ |
| 14 | ARGArgentina | Rocío Comba | 54.44 x//x |
| 15 | GBRGreat Britain | Jade Lally | 54.06 51.60/53.99/ |
| 16 | USAUnited States | Shelbi Vaughan | 53.33 x//46.71 |
| JAMJamaica | Kellion Knibb | NoM x/x/x | |
Medal Tracker
Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 45
JPN
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 40 |
 CHN | 40 |
 JPN | 20 |
Silver
| USA | 44 |
| CHN | 27 |
 FRA | 26 |
Bronze
| USA | 42 |
 GBR | 29 |
| CHN | 24 |
Medal Leaders
- 5
Marchand - 5Huske
- 5
O'Callaghan
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Marchand | 4 |
| Huske | 3 |
 O'Callaghan | 3 |
Silver
| Smith | 3 |
| Huske | 2 |
| Walsh | 2 |
Bronze
| Yufei | 5 |
| Junxuan | 3 |
| McKeown | 2 |
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