2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships
Venue	Kasarani Stadium
Dates	20 August
Competitors	13 from 11 nations
Winning distance	57.84 m
Medalists
Violetta Ignatyeva    Authorised Neutral Athletes   Miné de Klerk    South Africa   Alina Nikitsenka    Belarus
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Events at the 2021 World U20 Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
5000 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
	mixed
10000 m walk	men	women
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
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The women's discus throw at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Kasarani Stadium on 20 August.^[1]

Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships
World U20 Record	Ilke Wyludda (GDR)	74.40	East Berlin, East Germany	13 September 1988
Championship Record	Ilke Wyludda (GDR)	68.24	Sudbury, Canada	31 July 1988
World U20 Leading	Violetta Ignatyeva (RUS)	62.54	Sochi, Russia	21 April 2021

The final was held on 20 August at 11:26.^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Violetta Ignatyeva	Authorised Neutral Athletes	57.12	x	56.49	56.40	57.84	56.12	57.84
	Miné de Klerk	South Africa	48.28	53.26	51.77	53.33	x	53.50	53.50	AU20R
	Alina Nikitsenka	Belarus	47.71	48.94	51.47	x	x	50.64	51.47
4	Sofia Kessidi	Greece	42.13	x	47.71	48.99	x	45.00	48.99
5	Despoina Areti Filippidou	Greece	x	x	48.84	x	x	47.99	48.84
6	Mahla Mahrooghi	Iran	46.30	48.75	46.43	x	46.44	46.07	48.75
7	Cedricka Williams	Jamaica	48.65	x	x	x	x	x	48.65
8	Benedetta Benedetti	Italy	41.62	47.49	x	x	44.69	x	47.49
9	Chaima Chouikh	Tunisia	47.31	44.92	43.70				47.31
10	Andreea Lungu	Romania	46.52	46.73	45.73				46.73
11	Esther Osisike	Nigeria	44.68	x	44.17				44.68
12	Bodine Degli Umberti	South Africa	42.13	x	x				42.13
13	Linda Kageha	Kenya	40.22	x	x				40.22	NU20R