2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump

The women's triple jump at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5 and 7 August.Start list

The winning margin was 2 cm which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's triple jump has been won by less than 4 cm at these championships.

Summary The final started off with Shanieka Ricketts jumping 14.13 metres, which turned out to be her best. The second jumper Kristin Gierisch improved 3 centimeters to 14.16 metres then the fifth jumper, Olympic bronze medalist Olga Rypakova took the lead out to 14.45 metres. That lasted four more jumps until the young Venezuelan Olympic silver medalist Yulimar Rojas added 10 more centimeters to 14.55 metres which only lasted until the next athlete down the runway, gold medalist Colombian veteran Caterine Ibargüen added another dozen to 14.67 metres. The second round saw Rojas improve up to 14.82 metres, while Ibargüen only improved to 10.69 metres. The third round saw Rypakova jump past Ibargüen to 14.77 metres. Rojas improved a centimetre, then Ibargüen leaped past both of them back into the lead with a 14.89 metres. In the fifth round, Rojas edged ahead again with a 14.91 metres, but Ibargüen had two more attempts left. Her 14.88 metres final attempt didn't quite get there.

It was the same medalists as the Olympics, but a South American changing of the guard at the top. Rojas' was the first gold medal in the World Championships for Venezuela, only a day after Robeilys Peinado got their first medal ever.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

Record Athlete Date LocationWorld15.50Inessa Kravets10 Aug 1995Gothenburg, SwedenChampionshipWorld leading14.96Yulimar Rojas2 Jun 2017Andújar, SpainAfrican15.39Françoise Mbango EtoneBeijing, ChinaAsian15.25Olga Rypakova4 Sep 2010Split, CroatiaNACAC15.28Yargelis Savigne31 Aug 2007Osaka, JapanSouth American15.31Caterine Ibargüen18 Jul 2014Fontvieille, MonacoEuropean15.50Inessa Kravets10 Aug 1995Göteborg, SwedenOceanian14.04Nicole Mladenis9 Mar 2002Hobart, Australia7 Dec 2003Perth, Australia

No records were set at the competition.

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 14.10 metres.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows: Date Time Round5 August 11:00 Qualification7 August 20:25 Final

Results

Qualification The qualification round took place on 5 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 11:01 and Group B starting at 11:00. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 14.20 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 B Olga Rypakova 14.57 14.57 2 A Yulimar Rojas 14.17 14.52 14.52 3 A Susana Costa 13.83 13.88 14.35 14.35 , 4 B Patrícia Mamona 13.97 14.29 14.29 5 B Kristin Gierisch 14.11 14.25 14.25 6 B Shanieka Ricketts 13.93 14.21 14.21 7 B Caterine Ibargüen 14.21 14.21 8 B Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko 14.17 13.72 14.17 , 9 A Kimberly Williams 14.09 14.14 14.14 10 A Anna Jagaciak 14.09 13.72 14.04 14.09 11 B Ana Peleteiro 13.84 14.07 13.09 14.07 12 A Neele Eckhardt 11.95 13.97 14.07 14.07 13 B Tori Franklin 14.03 12.96 14.03 14 B Elena Panțuroiu 13.91 14.01 14.02 14.02 15 B Dovilė Dzindzaletaitė 13.97 13.43 13.97 16 A Kristiina Mäkelä 13.92 13.69 13.77 13.92 17 A Gabriela Petrova 13.66 13.90 13.66 13.90 18 A Jeanine Assani Issouf 13.87 13.67 13.87 19 B Thea LaFond 13.38 13.82 13.50 13.82 20 A Paraskevi Papahristou 13.40 13.75 13.75 21 A Tânia da Silva 13.74 13.70 13.14 13.74 22 A Liadagmis Povea 13.44 13.55 13.55 23 B Nadia Eke 13.25 13.54 13.54 24 B Tamara Myers 13.41 13.41 25 A Fátima Diame 12.97 13.28 13.36 13.36 26 A Mariya Ovchinnikova 13.18 12.90 13.18

Final The final took place on 7 August at 20:25. The results were as follows:

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yulimar Rojas 14.55 14.82 14.83 13.69 14.91 14.50 14.91 Caterine Ibargüen 14.67 14.69 14.89 14.80 14.71 14.88 14.89 Olga Rypakova 14.45 14.77 14.32 14.52 14.36 14.77 Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko 14.11 14.04 14.29 14.42 13.97 14.42 Kristin Gierisch 14.16 14.23 14.30 13.84 14.33 14.33 Anna Jagaciak 14.13 14.25 14.13 14.05 14.0213.88 14.25 Ana Peleteiro 13.92 14.23 14.23 Shanieka Ricketts 14.13 14.04 14.10 13.82 13.81 14.0114.13 Patrícia Mamona 14.04 14.12 14.12 10 Kimberly Williams 14.01 13.95 14.01 11Susana Costa 13.99 13.97 13.99 12Neele Eckhardt 13.94 13.97 11.81 13.97

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