2012 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Women's Discus Throw | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
 |  CROCroatia | Sandra Perkovic | 69.11 |
 |  RUSRussia | Darya Pishchalnikova | 67.56 |
 |  CHNChina | Li Yanfeng | 67.22 |
| 4 |  CUBCuba | Yarelis Barrios | 66.38 |
| 5 |  GERGermany | Nadine Müller | 65.94 |
| 6 |  FRAFrance | Mélina Robert-Michon | 63.98 |
| 7 |  INDIndia | Krishna Poonia | 63.62 |
| 8 |  USAUnited States | Stephanie Brown Trafton | 63.01 |
| 9 |  LTULithuania | Zinaida Sendriute | 61.68 |
| 10 | GERGermany | Anna Ruh | 61.36 |
| 11 | CHNChina | Ma Xuejun | 61.02 |
| 12 |  AUSAustralia | Dani Samuels | 60.40 |
| 13 | INDIndia | Seema Punia | 61.91 |
| 14 |  ROURomania | Nicoleta Grasu | 61.86 |
| 15 | USAUnited States | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | 61.44 |
| 16 |  BRABrazil | Andressa de Morais | 60.94 |
| 17 | RUSRussia | Svetlana Saykina | 60.67 |
| 18 |  UKRUkraine | Natalya Semenova | 60.61 |
| 19 |  SRBSerbia Republic | Dragana Tomaševic | 60.53 |
| 20 | GERGermany | Julia Fischer | 60.23 |
| 21 |  CHIChile | Karen Gallardo | 60.09 |
| 22 |  TPETaiwan (Chinese Taipei) | Li Wen-Hua | 59.91 |
| 23 | RUSRussia | Vera Karmishina-Ganeeva | 59.90 |
| 24 |  POLPoland | Zaneta Glanc | 59.88 |
| 25 | USAUnited States | Aretha Thurmond | 59.39 |
| 26 |  ARGArgentina | Rocío Comba | 58.98 |
| 27 | CUBCuba | Denia Caballero | 58.78 |
| 28 | UKRUkraine | Kateryna Karsak | 58.64 |
| 29 |  JAMJamaica | Allison Randall | 58.06 |
| 30 | CUBCuba | Yaime Pérez | 57.87 |
| 31 |  NEDNetherlands | Monique Jansen | 57.50 |
| 32 |  PORPortugal | Irina Rodrigues | 57.23 |
| 33 |  BLRBelarus | Sviatlana Siarova | 56.70 |
| 34 |  CZECzechia | Vera Cechlová | 55.00 |
| 35 | CHNChina | Tan Jian | NoM |
| Women's Discus Throw, Qualification, Group A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | CUBCuba | Yarelis Barrios | 65.94 |
| 2 | RUSRussia | Darya Pishchalnikova | 65.02 |
| 3 | CHNChina | Li Yanfeng | 64.48 |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Dani Samuels | 63.97 |
| 5 | INDIndia | Krishna Poonia | 63.54 |
| 6 | CHNChina | Ma Xuejun | 62.66 |
| 7 | FRAFrance | Mélina Robert-Michon | 62.47 |
| 8 | UKRUkraine | Natalya Semenova | 60.61 |
| 9 | GERGermany | Julia Fischer | 60.23 |
| 10 | TPETaiwan (Chinese Taipei) | Li Wen-Hua | 59.91 |
| 11 | RUSRussia | Vera Karmishina-Ganeeva | 59.90 |
| 12 | POLPoland | Zaneta Glanc | 59.88 |
| 13 | USAUnited States | Aretha Thurmond | 59.39 |
| 14 | ARGArgentina | Rocío Comba | 58.98 |
| 15 | JAMJamaica | Allison Randall | 58.06 |
| 16 | CUBCuba | Yaime Pérez | 57.87 |
| 17 | CZECzechia | Vera Cechlová | 55.00 |
| Women's Discus Throw, Qualification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | CUBCuba | Yarelis Barrios | 65.94 |
| 2 | GERGermany | Nadine Müller | 65.89 |
| 3 | CROCroatia | Sandra Perkovic | 65.74 |
| 4 | RUSRussia | Darya Pishchalnikova | 65.02 |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Stephanie Brown Trafton | 64.89 |
| 6 | CHNChina | Li Yanfeng | 64.48 |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Dani Samuels | 63.97 |
| 8 | INDIndia | Krishna Poonia | 63.54 |
| 9 | GERGermany | Anna Ruh | 62.98 |
| 10 | LTULithuania | Zinaida Sendriute | 62.79 |
| 11 | CHNChina | Ma Xuejun | 62.66 |
| 12 | FRAFrance | Mélina Robert-Michon | 62.47 |
| 13 | INDIndia | Seema Punia | 61.91 |
| 14 | ROURomania | Nicoleta Grasu | 61.86 |
| 15 | USAUnited States | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | 61.44 |
| 16 | BRABrazil | Andressa de Morais | 60.94 |
| 17 | RUSRussia | Svetlana Saykina | 60.67 |
| 18 | UKRUkraine | Natalya Semenova | 60.61 |
| 19 | SRBSerbia Republic | Dragana Tomaševic | 60.53 |
| 20 | GERGermany | Julia Fischer | 60.23 |
| 21 | CHIChile | Karen Gallardo | 60.09 |
| 22 | TPETaiwan (Chinese Taipei) | Li Wen-Hua | 59.91 |
| 23 | RUSRussia | Vera Karmishina-Ganeeva | 59.90 |
| 24 | POLPoland | Zaneta Glanc | 59.88 |
| 25 | USAUnited States | Aretha Thurmond | 59.39 |
| 26 | ARGArgentina | Rocío Comba | 58.98 |
| 27 | CUBCuba | Denia Caballero | 58.78 |
| 28 | UKRUkraine | Kateryna Karsak | 58.64 |
| 29 | JAMJamaica | Allison Randall | 58.06 |
| 30 | CUBCuba | Yaime Pérez | 57.87 |
| 31 | NEDNetherlands | Monique Jansen | 57.50 |
| 32 | PORPortugal | Irina Rodrigues | 57.23 |
| 33 | BLRBelarus | Sviatlana Siarova | 56.70 |
| 34 | CZECzechia | Vera Cechlová | 55.00 |
| 99 | CHNChina | Tan Jian | NoM |
| Women's Discus Throw, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 4 - Final | |||
| 1 | CROCroatia | Sandra Perkovic | 69.11 |
| 2 | RUSRussia | Darya Pishchalnikova | 67.56 |
| 3 | CHNChina | Li Yanfeng | 67.22 |
| 4 | CUBCuba | Yarelis Barrios | 66.38 |
| 5 | GERGermany | Nadine Müller | 65.94 |
| 6 | FRAFrance | Mélina Robert-Michon | 63.98 |
| 7 | INDIndia | Krishna Poonia | 63.62 |
| 8 | USAUnited States | Stephanie Brown Trafton | 63.01 |
| 9 | LTULithuania | Zinaida Sendriute | 61.68 |
| 10 | GERGermany | Anna Ruh | 61.36 |
| 11 | CHNChina | Ma Xuejun | 61.02 |
| 12 | AUSAustralia | Dani Samuels | 60.40 |
| Women's Discus Throw, Qualification, Group B | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | GERGermany | Nadine Müller | 65.89 |
| 2 | CROCroatia | Sandra Perkovic | 65.74 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Stephanie Brown Trafton | 64.89 |
| 4 | GERGermany | Anna Ruh | 62.98 |
| 5 | LTULithuania | Zinaida Sendriute | 62.79 |
| 6 | INDIndia | Seema Punia | 61.91 |
| 7 | ROURomania | Nicoleta Grasu | 61.86 |
| 8 | USAUnited States | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | 61.44 |
| 9 | BRABrazil | Andressa de Morais | 60.94 |
| 10 | RUSRussia | Svetlana Saykina | 60.67 |
| 11 | SRBSerbia Republic | Dragana Tomaševic | 60.53 |
| 12 | CHIChile | Karen Gallardo | 60.09 |
| 13 | CUBCuba | Denia Caballero | 58.78 |
| 14 | UKRUkraine | Kateryna Karsak | 58.64 |
| 15 | NEDNetherlands | Monique Jansen | 57.50 |
| 16 | PORPortugal | Irina Rodrigues | 57.23 |
| 17 | BLRBelarus | Sviatlana Siarova | 56.70 |
| 99 | CHNChina | Tan Jian | NoM |
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 65
GBR
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 40 |
 CHN | 40 |
 JPN | 20 |
Silver
| USA | 44 |
| CHN | 27 |
 FRA | 26 |
Bronze
| USA | 42 |
 GBR | 29 |
| CHN | 24 |
Overall Medal Leaders
- 6Yufei
- 5
Marchand - 5Huske
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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