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.Start list

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 record15.50Gothenburg, Sweden10 August 1995Championship recordWorld leading15.04Eugene, OR, United States30 May 2015African record15.39Beijing, China17 August 2008Asian record15.25Split, Croatia4 September 2010North, Central American and Caribbean record15.28Osaka, Japan31 August 2007South American record15.31 Fontvieille, Monaco18 July 2014European record15.50Göteborg, Sweden10 August 1995Oceanian record14.04Hobart, Australia9 March 2002Perth, Australia7 December 2003

Qualification standards Entry standards 14.20

Schedule Date Time Round22 August 2015 19:10 Qualification24 August 2015 19:30 Final

Results KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Qualification Qualification: 14.25 m (Q) or at least best 12 performers (q)Qualification results

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Mark Notes 1 B Gabriela Petrova 14.09 14.11 14.44 14.44 2 B Caterine Ibargüen 14.42 14.42 3 A Olha Saladuha 14.34 14.34 4 B Olga Rypakova 14.33 14.33 5 A Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko 14.27 14.27 6 A Kimberly Williams 14.23 13.92 14.23 7 A Ekaterina Koneva 14.12 13.69 13.65 14.12 8 B Shanieka Thomas 13.90 14.05 13.89 14.05 9 B Jeanine Assani Issouf 13.77 14.04 14.04 10 B Keila Costa 13.60 13.86 14.03 14.03 11 B Kristin Gierisch 13.71 13.95 13.95 12 A Yosiris Urrutia 13.84 13.17 13.84 13 B Kristiina Mäkelä 13.83 13.83 14 A Simona La Mantia 13.49 13.77 13.77 15 A Dana Velďáková 13.76 13.74 13.76 16 A Patrícia Mamona 13.61 13.74 13.58 13.74 17 A Irina Ektova 13.61 13.61 18 A Elena Panțuroiu 13.58 13.50 13.58 19 A Dovilė Dzindzaletaitė 13.58 12.51 13.58 20 B Li Yanmei 13.40 13.57 13.57 21 A Li Xiaohong 13.52 13.46 13.52 22 A Núbia Soares 13.52 13.52 23 A Wang Wupin 12.93 12.94 13.48 13.48 24 B Christina Epps 13.36 13.36 25 B Cristina Bujin 13.21 13.21 26 B Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin 13.06 13.06 27 B Tetyana Ptashkina 13.05 13.05 B Susana Costa

Final The final was started at 19:30.Final results

Rank Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 # 4 # 5 # 6 Result Wind Notes Caterine Ibargüen 14.47 14.80 14.54 14.90 13.93 14.70 14.90 +0.1 14.78 14.53 14.78 -0.1 Olga Rypakova 14.23 14.59 14.77 14.77 +0.1 Gabriela Petrova 14.52 14.33 14.47 14.23 14.66 14.44 14.66 +0.4 Kimberly Williams 13.97 14.26 14.16 14.06 14.45 14.45 +0.0 Olha Saladuha 14.22 14.05 14.04 14.41 14.39 14.41 +0.4 Ekaterina Koneva 14.03 14.37 14.05 14.36 14.25 14.35 14.37 +0.0 Kristin Gierisch 13.63 14.25 14.18 14.25 12.87 14.25 +0.1 Jeanine Assani Issouf 13.83 14.12 14.12 +0.0 10 Yosiris Urrutia 14.09 13.93 14.09 -0.3 11 Shanieka Thomas 13.88 14.01 14.08 14.08 +0.2 12 Keila Costa 13.72 13.90 13.90 +0.2

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