The women's triple jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 3 to 5 October 2019.
Summary Just a month before this event, Yulimar Rojas jumped 15.41m for the #2 mark in history. It was almost half a metre longer than world #2 Shanieka Ricketts. #6 of all time Caterine Ibargüen was also in this competition and has been in that neighborhood in the past, but hadn't jumped over 15 metres since 2016. At 35, she had already set the Masters world record twice this season.
As the third jumper in the finals, Rickets put her first effort out at 14.81m. The next jumper up was Rojas jumping marginally better with a 14.87m. The next best jumper in the first round was Kimberly Williams with a 14.64m, her personal best. As her second attempt, Rojas landed (-0.6) meaning into a slight headwind. It was the #4 jump in history, with only Françoise Mbango Etone's winning jump from the 2008 Olympics separating it from her own #2. Game. Set. Match.
Later in the round, Williams duplicated her personal best and held on to third place until the fifth round, when Ibargüen took the bronze away with a 14.73m. On her third attempt, the crowd was silenced for a moment as Rojas flew beyond the world record, but the jump was ruled a foul as she took off more than half a shoe length beyond the take off board. Inconsequential to the results, Rojas' fourth attempt of 15.18m equaled the #26 jump in history and was the sixth longest ancillary jump in history.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
Record Athlete Date LocationWorld15.50Inessa Kravets10 Aug 1995Gothenburg, SwedenChampionship15.50Inessa Kravets10 Aug 1995Gothenburg, SwedenWorld leadingYulimar Rojas6 Sep 2019Andújar, SpainSouth AmericanAfrican15.39Françoise Mbango Etone17 Aug 2008Beijing, ChinaAsian15.25Olga Rypakova4 Sep 2010Split, CroatiaNACAC15.29Yamilé Aldama11 Jul 2003Rome, ItalyEuropean15.50Inessa Kravets10 Aug 1995Gothenburg, SwedenOceanian14.04Nicole Mladenis9 Mar 2002Hobart, AustraliaNicole Mladenis7 Dec 2003Perth, Australia
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:
Date Time Round3 October 16:40 Qualification5 October 20:35 Final
Results Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 14.30 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.Qualification results
Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 A Shanieka Ricketts 14.42 14.42 Q 2 A Caterine Ibargüen 13.97 14.32 14.32 Q 3 A Olha Saladukha 14.32 14.32 Q 4 B Yulimar Rojas 14.31 14.31 Q 5 A Keturah Orji 14.30 14.30 Q 6 A Kristiina Mäkelä 14.26 14.10 14.06 14.26 q 7 B Rouguy Diallo 14.25 14.04 14.25 q 8 B Ana Peleteiro 14.11 14.23 14.23 q 9 B Tori Franklin 14.23 13.86 14.23 q 10 A Patrícia Mamona 14.21 11.95 14.18 14.21 q 11 B Kimberly Williams 14.20 13.75 13.73 14.20 q 12 B Andreea Panturoiu 14.12 14.02 14.12 q 13 B Olga Rypakova 14.09 14.05 14.09 14 B Dovilė Kilty 14.01 14.09 12.62 14.09 15 B Liadagmis Povea 14.01 14.08 13.98 14.08 16 A Gabriela Petrova 13.84 13.98 13.98 17 B Ottavia Cestonaro 13.97 13.97 18 A Evelise Veiga 13.48 13.89 13.58 13.89 19 B Yosiris Urrutia 13.77 13.73 13.77 20 B Susana Costa 13.71 13.77 13.65 13.77 21 A Iryna Vaskouskaya 13.67 13.57 12.48 13.67 22 A Diana Zagainova 13.58 13.64 13.64 23 A Patricia Sarrapio 13.58 13.40 13.46 13.58 24 A Liuba Zaldívar 13.48 13.56 13.16 13.56 25 B Anna Krasutska 13.16 13.14 13.09 13.16 26 B Aleksandra Nacheva 13.05 12.71 13.05 A Thea LaFond A Yanis David
Final The final was started on 5 October at 20:35.
Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yulimar Rojas 14.87 15.37 15.18 14.77 15.37 Shanieka Ricketts 14.81 14.76 14.92 14.72 14.85 14.92 Caterine Ibargüen 14.16 14.40 14.46 14.73 14.47 14.73 4 Kimberly Williams 14.64 14.64 14.53 14.17 14.64 5 Olha Saladukha 14.52 14.40 12.34 14.25 14.05 14.52 6 Ana Peleteiro 14.47 13.41 14.27 14.20 14.20 14.47 7 Keturah Orji 14.46 14.37 14.24 14.45 14.46 8 Patrícia Mamona 14.40 14.34 14.30 14.17 14.40 9 Tori Franklin 14.07 14.08 14.08 10 Rouguy Diallo 14.08 14.08 11 Andreea Panturoiu 14.07 14.07 12 Kristiina Mäkelä 13.81 13.99 13.74 13.99
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