The Women's Triple Jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on August 15 and August 17. Cuban Yargelis Savigne had registered nine of the ten farthest jumps pre-championships and was seen as a strong favourite. The twice world gold medallist Tatyana Lebedeva and world-leader Nadezhda Alekhina were also considered possible medallists. The reigning Olympic champion, Françoise Mbango, had failed to perform well in the buildup to the championships and did not start the competition.Ramsak, Bob (2009-08-09). Women's Triple Jump - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-16. Archived 2009-09-08.

In the qualifying rounds, Asian record holder Xie Limei had the biggest jump of the day with 14.62 m, improving on her previous season's best by more than 40 cm. Savigne, Lebedeva, and Mabel Gay were the only other athletes to reach the 14.45 m automatic qualifying mark in what was a largely modest qualifying round.Ramsak, Bob (2009-08-15). Event Report - Women's Triple Jump - Qualification . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-16.

The jumps in the final of the competition were not of the standard shown in previous years, and favourite Savigne was largely unchallenged. She took the gold with a best of 14.95 m to become only the second athlete to win consecutive world titles in the event (after Lebedeva's 2001 and 2003 double). Second-placed Gay (14.61) won her first ever World Championship medal and Pyatykh reached the podium with a mark of 14.58 m. Biljana Topic set a Serbian record of 14.52 m for fourth place, but no other athletes managed beyond 14.50 m.Ramsak, Bob (2009-08-17). Event Report - Women's Triple Jump - Final . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-18.

Medalists GoldSilverBronze

Records World record15.50Gothenburg, Sweden10 August 1995Championship record15.50Gothenburg, Sweden10 August 1995World leading15.14Cheboksary, Russia26 July 2009African record15.39Beijing, China17 August 2008Asian record15.11Beijing, China17 August 2008North American record15.29Rome, Italy11 July 2003South American record14.57São Paulo, Brazil9 June 2007European record15.50Gothenburg, Sweden10 August 1995Oceanian record14.04Hobart, Australia9 March 2002

Qualification standards A standardB standard 14.20m 14.00m

Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 15, 2009 11:00 QualificationAugust 17, 2009 20:00 Final

Results

Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 14.45 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes B Xie Limei 14.62 14.62 Q, SB A Yargelis Savigne 14.53 14.53 Q B Mabel Gay 14.53 14.53 Q A Tatyana Lebedeva 14.45 14.45 Q, Doping B Biljana Topić 14.37 13.80 14.37 q, SB A Teresa Nzola Meso Ba 13.87 14.32 14.32 q B Cristina Bujin 14.22 12.82 14.29 14.29 q A Anna Pyatykh 14.01 14.27 14.27 q A Dana Velďáková 14.25 14.20 14.25 q 10 B Trecia-Kaye Smith 14.21 14.21 q 11 B Gisele de Oliveira 13.70 13.79 14.14 14.14 q 12 B Olga Rypakova 14.02 14.13 14.13 q 13 A Yamilé Aldama 13.96 13.83 14.11 14.11 14 A Petia Dacheva 13.63 13.56 14.11 14.11 15 A Kimberly Williams 14.08 14.08 PB 16 B Małgorzata Trybańska 14.06 13.80 14.06 17 B Shakeema Walker-Welsch 14.01 14.01 18 B Svitlana Mamyeyeva 13.92 13.35 13.70 13.92 19 A Snežana Rodic 13.92 13.92 20 A Svetlana Bolshakova 13.89 13.73 13.89 21 A Magdelín Martínez 13.80 13.72 13.87 13.87 22 A Martina Šestáková 13.69 13.84 13.84 23 A Irina Litvinenko 13.63 13.77 13.82 13.82 24 B Nataliya Yastrebova 13.58 13.74 13.74 25 B Athanasia Perra 13.69 13.69 25 B Marija Šestak 13.69 13.69 27 A Shani Marks 13.67 13.67 28 B Nadezhda Alekhina 13.60 13.60 29 A Paraskevi Papahristou 13.58 13.58 13.58 30 B Vanessa Gladone 13.51 13.42 13.40 13.51 31 A Liliya Kulyk 13.37 13.41 13.41 13.41 32 A Erica McLain 13.34 13.39 13.39 33 A Patricia Sylvester 13.22 13.05 12.98 13.22 34 B Katja Demut 11.38 11.38 B Françoise Mbango Etone

Key: DNS = Did not start, PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Yargelis Savigne 14.4514.14 14.89 14.8514.9514.39 14.95 Mabel Gay 13.87 14.50 14.61 14.48 14.0414.61 SB Anna Pyatykh 13.72 14.23 13.66 14.5814.46 14.5314.58 Biljana Topić 14.2114.38 14.2714.52 14.43 14.10 14.52 NR Trecia-Kaye Smith 14.31 14.41 14.48 14.48 SB Cristina Bujin 14.26 14.00 14.03 14.2014.16 14.15 14.26 Dana Velďáková 14.25 12.86 14.14 14.19 14.13 14.25 Xie Limei 14.16 11.46 14.06 14.16 9 Olga Rypakova 13.9113.71 13.91 10 Teresa Nzola Meso Ba 13.77 13.79 13.79 11 Gisele de Oliveira 13.19 13.19 Tatyana Lebedeva 14.37 14.23 14.2214.26 14.28 14.37 Doping

Key: NR = National record, SB = Seasonal best

References General Triple jump results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-16. Specific