These are the official results of the Women's Triple Jump event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 31 competitors, with one non-starter.
It took 14.22m to get into the final. The key players from the previous year's world championships which had rewritten the record books were all in attendance. World record holder Inessa Kravets put out a long first jump, but it wasn't measured as it was ruled a foul. The first round leader was Ren Ruiping with a 14.30m. The only other jumper over 14 meters in the first round was Sheila Hudson at 14.02m. The second round advanced the distances significantly. Inna Lasovskaya jumped 14.98m to take a commanding lead. Ashia Hansen jumped her best of the day 14.49m to pull into second, but in total, five women jumped over 14.40m in the second round. In the third round Šárka Kašpárková equalled Lasovskaya with a 14.98m and with a 14.45m in the second round, Kašpárková held the tiebreaker. Iva Prandzheva and Kravets both produced 14.84m's in the round to play in bronze medal territory, with Kravets holding the tiebreaker 14.40m from the second round. In the fourth round Lasovskaya and Kašpárková continued to spar, first Lasovskaya jumping 14.66m to take the tiebreaker edge, answered by Kašpárková's 14.69m. Prandzheva jumped 14.39m but still never got into third place. The fifth round settled the medals as Lasovskaya jumped 14.70m to edge ahead on the tiebreaker. Then Kravets bounded down the runway, almost making the pit on her step phase, landing at , to date the second longest jump in history only to her world record.
Iva Prandzheva from Bulgaria, ranking 4th with 14.92, was disqualified because of doping.
Results Qualifying round Rule: Qualifying standard 14.20 (Q) or at least 12 best qualified (q). + Rank Group Athlete Nation #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 B Inna Lasovskaya 14.75 — — 14.75 Q 2 A Iva Prandzheva x 14.61 — 14.61 Q 2 A Olena Govorova x 14.60 — 14.60 Q 3 B Inessa Kravets 14.57 — — 14.57 Q 4 A Ren Ruiping x x 14.56 14.56 Q 5 B Ashia Hansen 14.55 — — 14.55 Q 6 A Olga Vasdeki 14.13 14.48 — 14.48 Q 7 B Šárka Kašpárková 14.42 — — 14.42 Q 8 A Olena Khlusovych 14.38 — — 14.38 Q 9 B Sheila Hudson 14.26 — — 14.26 Q 10 A Jeļena Blaževiča 14.24 — — 14.24 Q 11 B Rodica Mateescu 13.85 14.22 — 14.22 Q 12 A Anna Biryukova 13.81 13.94 14.19 14.19 13 A Galina Čisťaková 14.08 14.14 13.54 14.14 14 A Virge Naeris 13.94 13.95 14.00 14.00 15 A Cynthea Rhodes x 13.95 13.88 13.95 16 A Barbara Lah x 13.74 x 13.74 17 A Michelle Griffith 13.38 x 13.70 13.70 18 B Gundega Sproģe 13.67 x x 13.67 19 A Suzette Lee 13.64 13.65 x 13.65 20 B Natalya Kayukova 13.35 x 13.54 13.54 21 B Maria de Souza 13.12 13.38 13.13 13.38 22 B Wang Xiangrong x 13.06 13.32 13.32 23 B Heli Koivula 12.43 x 13.25 13.25 24 A Nicola Martial 12.75 x 12.91 12.91 25 A Vera Bitanji 12.55 12.82 x 12.82 26 B Althea Gilharry x 12.78 12.75 12.78 27 B Chantal Ouoba 12.40 12.19 12.24 12.40 A Diana Orrange x x x B Zita Bálint x x x B Concepción Paredes x x x B Petra Laux-Lobinger x x x B Yamile Aldama
Final + Rank Athlete Nation #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Inessa Kravets x 14.40 14.84 x 15.33 14.75 15.33 Inna Lasovskaya x 14.98 x 14.66 14.70 14.21 14.98 Šárka Kašpárková x 14.45 14.98 14.69 x 14.48 14.98 Ashia Hansen 13.61 14.49 13.75 14.35 14.24 14.30 14.49 Olga Vasdeki 13.94 14.44 14.39 x 14.17 14.33 14.44 Ren Ruiping 14.30 14.11 13.80 13.70 13.75 13.91 14.30 Rodica Mateescu x 13.92 14.21 14.07 13.68 x 14.21 Jeļena Blaževiča 13.98 14.12 13.88 Did not advance 14.12 Olena Govorova x 14.04 14.09 Did not advance 14.09 10 Sheila Hudson 14.02 13.91 13.69 Did not advance 14.02 11 Olena Khlusovych 13.81 13.65 — Did not advance 13.81 DSQ Iva Prandzheva x x 14.84 14.39 x 14.92 14.92 DSQ for doping
See also 1995 women's World Championships triple jump 1997 women's World Championships triple jump
References
External links Official Report Results