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.

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:
RecordAthleteDateLocation
World15.50Inessa Kravets10 Aug 1995Göteborg, Sweden
Championship15.50Inessa Kravets10 Aug 1995Göteborg, Sweden
World leading14.96Yulimar Rojas2 Jun 2017Andújar, Spain
African15.39Françoise Mbango EtoneBeijing, China
Asian15.25Olga Rypakova4 Sep 2010Split, Croatia
NACAC15.28Yargeris Savigne31 Aug 2007Osaka, Japan
South American15.31Caterine Ibargüen18 Jul 2014Fontvieille, Monaco
European15.50Inessa Kravets10 Aug 1995Göteborg, Sweden
Oceanian14.04Nicole Mladenis9 Mar 2002Hobart, Australia
Oceanian14.04Nicole Mladenis7 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, was as follows:
DateTimeRound
5 August11:00Qualification
7 August20:25Final

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 or at least the 12 best performers qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:

Final

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