1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump

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These are the official results of the Women's Triple Jump event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Thursday August 10, 1995.

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This event was jumping in the same facility as Jonathan Edwards had set the still standing world record for men just three days earlier. Over the course of his series, Edwards had added 32 cm to Willie Banks' previous record that had stood for over a decade. The leader from the qualifying round was former world record holder Iolanda Chen.

The final started uneventfully with Rodica Mateescu taking the lead with 14.44m. The second round intensified with world record holder and defending champion Anna Biryukova jumping 14.85m to take the lead and Iva Prandzheva moving into second with a 14.76m.

The third round became eventful. Biryukova jumped 15.08m, within one cm of her existing world record. Meanwhile Inessa Kravets had fouled on her first two attempts, and a third foul would mean she was eliminated from the competition with no mark.

She adjusted her run up to be sure she would make a legal jump. Giving up almost the entire 20 cm width of the take off board, she took off at the back of the board. On three smooth, elongated steps she flew well past the 15 metre mark into the pit. The jump was measured at 15.50 m (50 ft 10 in), adding 41 cm to the existing world record - like Edwards, a Beamonesque improvement. Erom where she took off, the jump was closer to 15.78m.

The competition continued. In the fourth round, Inna Lasovskaya jumped 14.85m to move into third place. In the fifth round Prandzheva jumped past Lasovskaya and Biryukova with a 15.18m, at that point in time, the second best jump in history only to the world record set minutes earlier. And in the final round, Prandzheva again jumped 15.00m exactly, only her second best jump of the day.

Almost a year later, Kravets showed her jump was not a fluke, jumping 15.33m to win at the 1996 Olympics; Prandzheva was disqualified at those Olympics for a doping violation. Kravets was unable to defend her Olympic title in 2000 because she was suspended for the second time in her career for a doping violation.

At the 2020 Olympics, Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela jumped 15.67m on her final jump to finally break Kravets' world record after 26 years.

Medalists

Gold Flag of Ukraine.svg Inessa Kravets
Ukraine (UKR)
Silver Flag of Bulgaria.svg Iva Prandzheva
Bulgaria (BUL)
Bronze Flag of Russia.svg Anna Biryukova
Russia (RUS)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
08.08.1995 17:45h08.08.1995 17:45h
Final Round
10.08.1995 16:55h

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 14.05 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Qualifying round

RankGroupNameResult
1.AFlag of Russia.svg  Iolanda Chen  (RUS)14.56 m
2.AFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Iva Prandzheva  (BUL)14.46 m
3.BFlag of Ukraine.svg  Inessa Kravets  (UKR)14.44 m
4.AFlag of Belarus.svg  Zhanna Gureyeva  (BLR)14.41 m
5.AFlag of Russia.svg  Inna Lasovskaya  (RUS)14.38 m
5.BFlag of Russia.svg  Anna Biryukova  (RUS)14.38 m
7.BFlag of Latvia.svg  Jeļena Blaževiča  (LAT)14.29 m
8.BFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ren Ruiping  (CHN)14.17 m
9.AFlag of Italy.svg  Barbara Lah  (ITA)14.17 m
10.BFlag of Romania.svg  Rodica Mateescu  (ROM)14.06 m
11.AFlag of Ukraine.svg  Olena Hovorova  (UKR)14.05 m
12.BFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Michelle Griffith  (GBR)14.03 m
13.AFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Šárka Kašpárková  (CZE)13.94 m
14.AFlag of France.svg  Valerie Guiyoule  (FRA)13.92 m
15.BFlag of Germany.svg  Ramona Molzan  (GER)13.90 m
16.BFlag of the United States.svg  Sheila Hudson  (USA)13.80 m
17.BFlag of Estonia.svg  Virge Naeris  (EST)13.76 m
18.BFlag of Spain.svg  Concepción Paredes  (ESP)13.75 m
19.AFlag of the United States.svg  Diana Wills-Orrange  (USA)13.71 m
20.BFlag of the United States.svg  Cynthea Rhodes  (USA)13.68 m
21.AFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ashia Hansen  (GBR)13.61 m
22.AFlag of Romania.svg  Monica Toth  (ROM)13.52 m
23.AFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wu Lingmei  (CHN)13.43 m
24.BFlag of France.svg  Caroline Honoré  (FRA)13.41 m
25.AFlag of Argentina.svg  Andrea Avila  (ARG)13.41 m
26.BFlag of France.svg  Betty Lise  (FRA)13.35 m
27.AFlag of Finland.svg  Kaisa Gustafsson  (FIN)13.18 m
28.AFlag of Guyana.svg  Nicole Martial  (GUY)12.95 m
29.AFlag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Elisa Perez  (DOM)12.02 m
29.BFlag of Benin.svg  Sonya Agbessi  (BEN)12.02 m
31.BFlag of Cuba.svg  Niurka Montalvo  (CUB)11.40 m
BFlag of Belize.svg  Althea Moses  (BIZ)NM

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Ukraine.svg  Inessa Kravets  (UKR)XX15.50X14.5515.50 mWR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Iva Prandzheva  (BUL)14.2814.7614.4814.6515.1815.0015.18 m
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Anna Biryukova  (RUS)X14.8515.08X14.66X15.08 m
4Flag of Russia.svg  Inna Lasovskaya  (RUS)XX14.5214.85X14.9014.90 m
5Flag of Romania.svg  Rodica Mateescu  (ROM)14.4414.56X14.8214.3914.6414.82 m
6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ren Ruiping  (CHN)14.0913.8714.25X12.3113.4514.25 m
7Flag of Belarus.svg  Zhanna Gureyeva  (BLR)14.2213.97XXX13.8014.22 m
8Flag of Italy.svg  Barbara Lah  (ITA)14.02X14.18XXX14.18 m
9Flag of Latvia.svg  Jeļena Blaževiča  (LAT)X13.9314.0914.09 m
10Flag of Ukraine.svg  Olena Hovorova  (UKR)14.07XX14.07 m
11Flag of Russia.svg  Iolanda Chen  (RUS)XX14.0514.05 m
12Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Michelle Griffith  (GBR)13.2212.9713.5913.59 m

See also

References