title: 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Women's discus throw
text: # 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Women's discus throw
  
  The women's discus throw at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Kasarani Stadium on 20 August.
  
  ## Records
  
  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 |
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  | 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 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held on 20 August at 11:26.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
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  | Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
  | | 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 |
  