2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19 and 21 July.

Medalists

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style="background:gold"\|Gold	Kristina Rakočević {{MNE}}
style="background:silver"\|Silver	Kirsty Williams {{AUS}}
style="background:#cc9966"\|Bronze	Alexandra Emilianov {{MDA}}

Records

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colspan="5"\|Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record \|{{flagathlete\|Ilke Wyludda\|GDR}} \|74.40 \|East Berlin, East Germany \|13 September 1988
Championship Record \|{{flagathlete\|Ilke Wyludda\|GDR}} \|68.24 \|Sudbury, Canada \|31 July 1988
World Junior Leading \|{{flagathlete\|Kristina Rakočević\|MNE}} \|58.30 \|Split, Croatia \|16 April 2016

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colspan="5"|Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics

World Junior Record

|{{flagathlete|Ilke Wyludda|GDR}}

|74.40

|East Berlin, East Germany

|13 September 1988

Championship Record

|{{flagathlete|Ilke Wyludda|GDR}}

|68.24

|Sudbury, Canada

|31 July 1988

World Junior Leading

|{{flagathlete|Kristina Rakočević|MNE}}

|58.30

|Split, Croatia

|16 April 2016

Results

=Qualification=

Qualification: 51.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.{{Cite web|title=Qualification results | url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5680/AT-DT-W-q----.RS6.pdf|publisher=IAAF|accessdate=14 October 2017}}

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Note
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bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	B	align=left\| Julia Ritter	align=left\|{{GER}}	47.52	53.84		53.84	Q, PB
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	B	align=left\| Elena Bruckner	align=left\|{{USA}}	53.83			53.83	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	B	align=left\| Alexandra Emilianov	align=left\|{{MDA}}	53.19			53.19	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 4	A	align=left\| Kristina Rakočević	align=left\|{{MNE}}	52.92			52.92	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 5	B	align=left\| Kirsty Williams	align=left\|{{AUS}}	50.32	52.83		52.83	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 6	A	align=left\| Sun Kangping	align=left\|{{CHN}}	51.04	52.68		52.68	Q, SB
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 7	A	align=left\| Ailén Armada	align=left\|{{ARG}}	x	51.23	x	51.23	q, PB
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 8	B	align=left\| Serena Brown	align=left\|{{BAH}}	47.82	49.37	50.94	50.94	q, NU20R
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 9	B	align=left\| Devia Brown	align=left\|{{JAM}}	x	45.51	49.56	49.56	q, PB
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 10	A	align=left\| Kiana Phelps	align=left\|{{USA}}	49.55	45.56	49.49	49.55	q
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 11	A	align=left\| Lara Kempka	align=left\|{{GER}}	45.75	49.28	44.28	49.28	q
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 12	A	align=left\| Jorinde van Klinken	align=left\|{{NED}}	40.00	48.62	41.83	48.62	q
13	B	align=left\| Krista Uusi-Kinnala	align=left\|{{FIN}}	x	48.27	x	48.27
14	A	align=left\| Anna Dunaievska	align=left\|{{UKR}}	x	48.17	x	48.17
15	A	align=left\| Amira Sayed	align=left\|{{EGY}}	47.81	47.83	47.68	47.83	SB
16	B	align=left\| Yuliia Bairak	align=left\|{{UKR}}	46.12	44.87	47.57	47.57
17	A	align=left\| Bianca Hansen	align=left\|{{AUS}}	46.67	x	47.06	47.06
18	B	align=left\| Lin Aoxue	align=left\|{{CHN}}	46.16	x	x	46.16
19	B	align=left\| Veranika Kuzmich	align=left\|{{BLR}}	45.93	44.56	45.07	45.93
20	A	align=left\| Gabrielle Rains	align=left\|{{CAN}}	41.18	45.85	x	45.85
21	A	align=left\| Marija Tolj	align=left\|{{CRO}}	39.69	x	45.76	45.76
22	B	align=left\| Nanaka Kori	align=left\|{{JPN}}	42.18	x	45.46	45.46
23	B	align=left\| Thelma Lind Kristjánsdóttir	align=left\|{{ISL}}	42.53	42.45	44.41	44.41
24	A	align=left\| Lauren Bruce	align=left\|{{NZL}}	41.98	42.30	39.65	42.30
25	B	align=left\| Polina Makaeva	align=left\|{{BUL}}	42.21	x	36.99	42.21
26	A	align=left\| Fatima Al-Hosani	align=left\|{{UAE}}	37.40	35.82	x	37.40	SB
{{hs\|27}}	A	align=left\| Shanice Love	align=left\|{{JAM}}	x	x	x	{{sort\|00.01\|NM}}
{{hs\|28}}	B	align=left\| Rijaj Salem	align=left\|{{LBA}}				{{sort\|00.00\|DNS}}

=Final=

{{Cite web|title=Final results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5680/AT-DT-W-f----.RS6.pdf|publisher=IAAF|accessdate=14 October 2017}}

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	Result	Note
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{{Gold01}}	align=left\| Kristina Rakočević	align=left\|{{MNE}}	51.45	53.56	56.36	x	56.36
{{Silver02}}	align=left\| Kirsty Williams	align=left\|{{AUS}}	49.58	x	53.91	52.78	53.91	PB
{{Bronze03}}	align=left\| Alexandra Emilianov	align=left\|{{MDA}}	47.71	50.17	53.08	52.53	53.08
{{sort\|04\|4}}	align=left\| Serena Brown	align=left\|{{BAH}}	52.73	52.28	45.81	50.82	52.73	NU20R
{{sort\|05\|5}}	align=left\| Kiana Phelps	align=left\|{{USA}}	51.38	52.60	52.43	49.16	52.60
{{sort\|06\|6}}	align=left\| Ailén Armada	align=left\|{{ARG}}	x	x	52.53	51.84	52.53	PB
{{sort\|07\|7}}	align=left\| Elena Bruckner	align=left\|{{USA}}	52.04	51.99	51.82		52.04
{{sort\|08\|8}}	align=left\| Sun Kangping	align=left\|{{CHN}}	51.70	49.63	50.95		51.70
{{sort\|09\|9}}	align=left\| Julia Ritter	align=left\|{{GER}}	46.22	48.86	50.95		50.95
10	align=left\| Jorinde van Klinken	align=left\|{{NED}}	x	44.52	49.15		49.15
11	align=left\| Devia Brown	align=left\|{{JAM}}	47.31	x	48.12		48.12
12	align=left\| Lara Kempka	align=left\|{{GER}}	x	43.69	x		43.69

References

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Discus throw

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