2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump


The women's triple jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 and 24 August.
The returning champion Caterine Ibargüen looked like the favorite, the most consistent jumper year round. The world leader was the returning silver medalist Ekaterina Koneva and even her world leading jump lost the competition to a wind aided jump by Ibargüen. The Olympic Champion Olga Rypakova had beaten Ibargüen both in the Olympics and at the 2011 World Championships, but not in the last three years.
Gabriela Petrova took the early lead with her first jump 14.52. Former Ukrainian Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko made a big improvement to her own National Record of her new country Israel with a 14.78. Her lead lasted through two jumpers before Ibargüen took the lead with her second round 14.80. That wasn't even her best jump of the day, but it was enough to beat any other athlete in the competition. In the fourth round Ibargüen jumped 14.90 for the winner. Rypakova moved into third position with a 14.59 in the fourth round. Petrova answered with a 14.66 on her fifth attempt. Rypakova came back on her final attempt, her 14.77 tickled Knyazyeva-Minenko's second place mark but was a cm short putting her in the bronze medal after Petrova was unable to answer a second time. All of the first five performers had season bests. Knyazyeva-Minenko's medal was the first World Championship medal for an Israeli woman.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record15.50Göteborg, Sweden10 August 1995
Championship record15.50Göteborg, Sweden10 August 1995
World leading15.04Eugene, OR, United States30 May 2015
African record15.39Beijing, China17 August 2008
Asian record15.25Split, Croatia4 September 2010
North, Central American
and Caribbean record		15.28Osaka, Japan31 August 2007
South American record15.31Fontvieille, Monaco18 July 2014
European record15.50Göteborg, Sweden10 August 1995
Oceanian record14.04Hobart, Australia9 March 2002
Oceanian record14.04Perth, Australia7 December 2003

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 14.25 m or at least best 12 performers
RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3MarkNotes
1BGabriela Petrova14.0914.1114.4414.44
2BCaterine Ibargüen14.4214.42
3AOlha Saladuha14.3414.34
4BOlga Rypakova14.3314.33
5AHanna Knyazyeva-Minenko14.2714.27
6AKimberly Williams14.2313.9214.23
7AEkaterina Koneva14.1213.6913.6514.12
8BShanieka Thomas13.9014.0513.8914.05
9BJeanine Assani Issouf13.7714.0414.04
10BKeila Costa13.6013.8614.0314.03
11BKristin Gierisch13.7113.9513.95
12AYosiri Urrutia13.8413.1713.84
13BKristiina Mäkelä13.8313.83
14ASimona La Mantia13.4913.7713.77
15ADana Velďáková13.7613.7413.76
16APatrícia Mamona13.6113.7413.5813.74
17AIrina Ektova13.6113.61
18AElena Panțuroiu13.5813.5013.58
19ADovilė Dzindzaletaitė13.5812.5113.58
20BLi Yanmei13.4013.5713.57
21ALi Xiaohong13.5213.4613.52
22ANúbia Soares13.5213.52
23AWang Wupin12.9312.9413.4813.48
24BChristina Epps13.3613.36
25BCristina Bujin13.2113.21
26BJoëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin13.0613.06
27BTetyana Ptashkina13.0513.05
BSusana Costa

Final

The final was started at 19:30.
RankNameNationality# 1# 2# 3# 4# 5# 6ResultWindNotes
Caterine Ibargüen14.4714.8014.5414.9013.9314.7014.90+0.1
14.7814.5314.78-0.1
Olga Rypakova14.2314.5914.7714.77+0.1
Gabriela Petrova14.5214.3314.4714.2314.6614.4414.66+0.4
Kimberly Williams13.9714.2614.1614.0614.4514.45+0.0
Olha Saladuha14.2214.0514.0414.4114.3914.41+0.4
Ekaterina Koneva14.0314.3714.0514.3614.2514.3514.37+0.0
Kristin Gierisch13.6314.2514.1814.2512.8714.25+0.1
Jeanine Assani Issouf13.8314.1214.12+0.0
10Yosiri Urrutia14.0913.9314.09-0.3
11Shanieka Thomas13.8814.0114.0814.08+0.2
12Keila Costa13.7213.9013.90+0.2