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For the women's discus throw event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by throwing the entry standard of 64.50 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.
The men's discus throw has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1896 (one of two throws events at the first Olympics, alongside the shot put). The women's event was first contested at the 1928 Olympics, being one of the five athletics events in the inaugural Olympic women's programme.
The first world record in the women's discus throw was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1923. As of 2013, 55 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.
Valarie Allman’s unprecedented path to double Olympic gold might spark a dance-to-discus pipeline. Allman dominated the women’s discus competition on Monday night, winning gold despite not ...
Vanderbilt's Veronica Fraley just missed the cut for the final in the women's discus competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Friday.. Fraley's best throw was 62.54 meters, which placed 13th ...
Olympic gold medalist Valarie Allman won the women's discus at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials on Thursday at Hayward Field.
Valarie Carolyn Allman (born February 23, 1995) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the discus throw. [5] She is a two time Olympic champion, having won the gold medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and 2024 Paris Olympics.
Today the sport of discus is a routine part of modern track-and-field meets at all levels, and retains a particularly iconic place in the Olympic Games. The main poster for the 1920 Summer Olympics The first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body was František Janda-Suk from Bohemia (the present Czech Republic ). [ 4 ]