Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's discus throw
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| Women's discus throw at the XVII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | July 24 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 11 from 7 nations | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 65.39 | |||||||||
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| Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | women | ||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | women | ||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The women's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games will take place on July 24 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Yarelys Barrios of Cuba.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Gabriele Reinsch (GER) |
76.80 | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | July 9, 1988 |
| Pan American Games record |  Yarelys Barrios (CUB) |
66.40 | Guadalajara, Mexico | October 28, 2011 |
Qualification
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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (50.94) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).[2]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
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| July 24, 2015 | 10:05 | Final |
Results
All results shown are in meters.
| KEY: | q | Best non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | DQ | Disqualifed |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
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Denia Caballero |  Cuba |
x | 62.71 | 65.39 | x | x | x | 65.39 | |
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Yaime Pérez | Cuba |
58.74 | 62.05 | 64.99 | 60.33 | x | 64.23 | 64.99 | |
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Gia Lewis-Smallwood |  United States |
x | 60.17 | x | 61.26 | 60.48 | x | 61.26 | |
| 4 | Fernanda Martins |  Brazil |
59.46 | x | x | 60.50 | 59.45 | 58.38 | 60.50 | |
| 5 | Karen Gallardo |  Chile |
58.31 | x | 57.32 | x | 56.02 | 59.11 | 59.11 | SB |
| 6 | Andressa de Morais | Brazil |
58.08 | x | 56.66 | x | 57.75 | 56.21 | 58.08 | |
| 7 | Kelsey Card | United States |
55.71 | 57.00 | 54.14 | 56.66 | x | 56.18 | 57.00 | |
| 8 | Rocío Comba |  Argentina |
50.95 | 55.63 | x | x | 55.80 | x | 55.80 | |
| 9 | Aixa Middleton |  Panama |
x | 50.62 | x | 50.62 | ||||
| 10 | Alanna Kovacs |  Canada |
49.08 | x | x | 49.08 | SB | |||
| 11 | Marie-Josée Le Jour | Canada |
44.67 | x | 43.74 | 43.74 |
