The women's triple jump at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 2 and 3 August 2024. This was the eighth time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics. It was won by Thea LaFond of Dominica, giving Dominica its first ever Olympic medal.
Summary Since the 2017 World Championships, Yulimar Rojas has won every major championship. However, she missed the 2024 Olympics after undergoing surgery to repair an achilles injury incurred during a training session in Spain in April 2024. With Rojas out for the season, this opened the door for other athletes.
With silver at three major championships Shanieka Ricketts, tied for #21 all time seemed the likely candidate. Ana Peleteiro, the returning bronze medalist was also in the competition. Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk was the silver medalist at the most recent World Championships ahead of Leyanis Pérez. Earlier in the year, Thea LaFond won the World Indoor Championship over Pérez and Peleteiro.
Liadagmis Povea, Jasmine Moore, Peleteiro and Ricketts beat the automatic qualifier on their first attempt. Dariya Derkach and LaFond hit it exactly both on their second attempt. Pérez took all three attempts to pound out the best qualifier 14.68m. Bekh-Romanchuk was the next best non-automatic qualifier.
Peleteiro started off the final with 14.55m. That held up through the round until the last two jumpers, Ricketts taking the lead with 14.61m until the last jumper, Pérez, went a centimeter further. The second round got serious. Moore stepped into the lead with a 14.67m which lasted two jumps until LaFond blasted a PB . Dropped to fourth place, Ricketts improved to 14.87m to move into silver position. And the rain came. Peleteiro improved to 14.59 in the fourth round, Povea improved to 14.64m in the fifth, but neither reached Moore.https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_N59A_ATHWTRPLJUMP----------FNL-000100--.pdf https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_C73H2_ATHWTRPLJUMP----------FNL-000100--.pdf LaFond was the first medal winner of any kind for the island nation of Dominica with a population barely over 70,000. Her winning mark improved her own National Record and moved her into a tie with Bekh-Romanchuk as #24 of all time.
Records +Global records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsRecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)LocationDateWorld record 15.74"All time Top lists – Senior – Triple jump women", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.Belgrade, Serbia20 March 2022Olympic record 15.67Tokyo, Japan1 August 2021World leading15.01"Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – Triple jump women", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.Glasgow, Great Britain3 March 2024 +Area records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsArea RecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)Africa (records)15.39Asia (records)15.25Europe (records)15.50 North, Central America and Caribbean (records)15.29Oceania (records)14.04South America (records)15.74 WR
Qualification
For the women's triple jump event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 14.55 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
Results
Qualifying round Progression rules: Qualifying performance 14.35 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final. RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes1BLeyanis Pérezx14.2914.6814.682BShanieka Ricketts14.47——14.473AJasmine Moore14.43——14.43, 4ALiadagmis Povea14.39——14.395BAna Peleteiro14.36——14.366BDariya Derkach14.1914.35—14.35, 7AThea LaFondx14.35—14.358AMaryna Bekh-Romanchuk14.30x14.0914.309BElena Andreea Taloșx14.2314.2114.2310AAckelia Smith14.0813.9814.0914.0911BKeturah Orji13.58x14.0914.0912BIlionis Guillaume13.8213.5814.0514.0513ADiana Ana Maria Ionxx14.0314.0314BTori Franklin13.8414.0213.8214.0215BCharisma Taylor14.0113.9813.7114.0116ATuğba Danışmazx13.9713.9513.9717ASaly Sarrx13.9611.7213.9618ANeja Filipič13.7513.7813.8513.8519AMaja Åskag13.7913.63x13.7920BKimberley Williams13.7713.0913.7613.7721AGabriela Petrova13.77x13.6713.7722BRūta Kate Lasmane13.7611.4313.5413.7623BSharifa Davronova13.74x13.5513.7424BZeng Rui13.0313.6913.3613.6925ADovilè Kilty13.6313.5113.6413.6426AOttavia Cestonaro13.63x13.4813.6327AGabriele dos Santosx13.6313.4813.6328BMariko Morimotox13.4013.1913.4029BOlha Korsun13.06xx13.0630BDiana Zagainovaxx12.8612.86ASenni Salminen
Final RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes Thea LaFond14.3215.0214.4614.1214.43 —15.02 Shanieka Ricketts14.6114.87xxx14.7314.87 Jasmine Moorex14.67x14.16xx14.67 4Liadagmis Povea14.28x14.3914.2514.6414.5614.64 5Leyanis Pérez14.6214.1214.5014.3714.42x14.62 6Ana Peleteiro14.55 13.7314.5214.5914.2614.3114.59 7Ackelia Smith13.88x14.1513.8613.9114.4214.42 8Dariya Derkach14.1414.0813.79xx13.7914.14 9Keturah Orji13.97x14.05Did not advance14.05 10Elena Andreea Taloșxx14.03Did not advance14.03 11Maryna Bekh-Romanchukxx13.98Did not advance13.98 12Ilionis Guillaumex13.78xDid not advance13.78
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