2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump

The women's triple jump at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 23 and 25 August 2023. Summary

On paper this would be a shoo-in for the three time defending champion/world record holder/world leader Yulimar Rojas. It didn't exactly work out that way.

Tori Franklin was unable to start the finals after qualifying the day before. In the first round, returning silver medalist Shanieka Ricketts got things started with a 14.84m. Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk then put up 15.00m almost answered immediately by Leyanis Pérez with a 14.96m. Six jumps into the competition, there was already what would prove to be medal winning jumps. Rojas later fouled. Rickets improved on her second attempt to 14.87m. Rojas' second attempt was only 14.33m, which put her in a tie with Keturah Orji for the seventh and thus last qualifying position. In the third round, Kimberly Williams jumped 14.38m to take the seventh spot. And Rojas was unable to improve on her third attempt, only making 14.26m. With only 8 getting their final 3 jumps, to break the tie, they look at the second best jump for each athlete. Rojas was fortunate that Orji had fouled her other two attempts. Rojas made the final eight by the skin of her teeth. She didn't make use of the first two extra jumps, though none of the other leaders improved either. In the unfamiliar position of starting the final round. Taking a safe mark, Rojas took off with her toes barely touching the leading edge of the board, giving up most of the 20cm width, but she clearly did not foul. She bounded out to , in turn jumping from eighth to first. All the other competitors still had one more attempt to improve. Rickets used that opportunity to improve to 14.93m, but that wasn't enough to get her a medal. Rojas had to sweat it out as neither Pérez or Bekh-Romanchuk were able to improve and Rojas was able to squeak into a fourth consecutive World Championship.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record15.74 m (i)Belgrade, Serbia20 March 2022Championship record15.50 mGothenburg, Sweden10 August 1995World Leading15.18 mChorzów, Poland16 July 2023African Record15.39 mBeijing, China17 August 2008Asian Record15.25 mSplit, Croatia26 October 2009North, Central American and Caribbean record15.29 mRome, Italy11 July 2003South American Record15.74 m (i)Belgrade, Serbia20 March 2022European Record15.50 mGothenburg, Sweden10 August 1995Oceanian record14.04 mHobart, Australia9 March 2002Perth, Australia7 December 2003 Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 14.52 m.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Date Time Round23 August 19:10 Qualification25 August 19:38 Final

Results

Qualification Athletes attaining a mark of at least 14.30 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualify for the final.

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 31 A Shanieka Ricketts 14.67 14.67 , 2 B Thea LaFond 14.62 14.62 , 3 B Yulimar Rojas 14.59 14.59 4 A Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk 14.55 14.55 5 A Leyanis Pérez Hernandez 14.50 14.50 6 A Keturah Orji 14.33 14.33 7 B Liadagmis Povea 14.05 14.31 14.31 8 B Kimberly Williams 14.30 14.30 , 9 A Ottavia Cestonaro 13.74 14.20 13.97 14.20 , 10 A Dariya Derkach 14.15 13.95 14.15 11 A Jasmine Moore 14.01 13.90 14.13 14.13 12 B Tori Franklin x 14.13 14.00 14.13 13 A Maria Vicente 13.72 13.57 14.13 14.13 14 A Tuğba Danişmaz 13.86 x 14.11 14.11 15 A Elena Andreea Taloş x x 14.06 14.06 16 B Maja Åskag 13.78 13.98 13.85 13.98 17 B Ackelia Smith 13.95 13.79 13.63 13.95 18 A Kristiina Mäkelä 13.64 x 13.88 13.88 19 A Rüta Kate Lasmane x 13.77 13.87 13.87 20 A Dovile Kilty 13.76 13.87 x 13.87 21 B 13.69 13.66 13.51 13.69 22 B Diana Ana Maria Ion x 13.5813.66 13.66 23 B Gabriele dos Santos 13.34 x 13.66 13.66 24 A Sharifa Davronova 13.66 13.17 13.22 13.66 25 A Neja Filipič 13.24 13.58 13.64 13.64 26 A Mariko Morimoto x x 13.64 13.64 26 A Kira Wittmann x 13.64 x 13.64 28 B 13.29 13.47 13.60 13.60 29 B Charisma Taylor 13.37 12.17 13.51 13.51 30 B Senni Salminen 12.67 13.26 13.50 13.50 31 A Véronique Kossenda Rey 13.21 13.39 13.20 13.39 32 B Mariya Siney x 13.38 13.09 13.38 33 B x 13.31 13.36 13.36 34 B Maoko Takashima 13.34 x 13.25 13.34 35 A Sangoné Kandji 12.58 12.57 12.82 12.82 36 B Beatrix Szabó 12.68 12.7912.61 12.79

Final Results:

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yulimar Rojas x 14.33 14.26 x x 15.08 15.08 Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk 15.00 14.81 14.66 x 14.87 x 15.00 Leyanis Pérez Hernandez 14.96 x 14.70 14.82 14.90 14.83 14.96 4 Shanieka Ricketts 14.84 14.87 14.79 14.73 11.69 14.93 14.93 5 Thea LaFond 14.71 14.49 14.57 x 14.90 14.42 14.90 6 Liadagmis Povea 14.23 14.52 14.55 14.87 14.71 14.86 14.87 7 Kimberly Williams 14.04 14.08 14.38 13.60 14.25 13.89 14.38 8 Dariya Derkach 14.36 x x x x x 14.36 9 Keturah Orji 14.33 x x 14.33 10 Ottavia Cestonaro 14.05 x 13.69 14.05 11 Jasmine Moore x x 13.54 13.54 12 Tori Franklin DNS

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