2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump

Women's triple jump at the 2023 World Championships
Yulimar Rojas jumping in the final.
Venue	National Athletics Centre
Dates	23 August (qualification) 25 August (final)
Competitors	36 from 25 nations
Winning distance	15.08
Medalists
Yulimar Rojas    Venezuela   Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk    Ukraine   Leyanis Pérez Hernández    Cuba
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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 15.08 m (49 ft 5+1⁄2 in), 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: ^[1]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Yulimar Rojas  (VEN)	15.74 m (i)	Belgrade, Serbia	20 March 2022
Championship record	Inessa Kravets  (UKR)	15.50 m	Gothenburg, Sweden	10 August 1995
World Leading	Yulimar Rojas  (VEN)	15.18 m	Chorzów, Poland	16 July 2023
African Record	Françoise Mbango Etone  (CMR)	15.39 m	Beijing, China	17 August 2008
Asian Record	Olga Rypakova  (KAZ)	15.25 m	Split, Croatia	26 October 2009
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Yamilé Aldama  (CUB)	15.29 m	Rome, Italy	11 July 2003
South American Record	Yulimar Rojas  (VEN)	15.74 m (i)	Belgrade, Serbia	20 March 2022
European Record	Inessa Kravets  (UKR)	15.50 m	Gothenburg, Sweden	10 August 1995
Oceanian record	Nicole Mladenis  (AUS)	14.04 m	Hobart, Australia	9 March 2002
			Perth, Australia	7 December 2003

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 14.52 m. ^[2]

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Round
23 August	19:10	Qualification
25 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. ^{[3] [4]}

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A	Shanieka Ricketts	Jamaica  (JAM)	14.67			14.67	Q, SB
2	B	Thea LaFond	Dominica  (DMA)	x	14.62		14.62	Q, NR
3	B	Yulimar Rojas	Venezuela  (VEN)	14.59			14.59	Q
4	A	Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk	Ukraine  (UKR)	14.55			14.55	Q
5	A	Leyanis Pérez Hernandez	Cuba  (CUB)	14.50			14.50	Q
6	A	Keturah Orji	United States  (USA)	x	14.33		14.33	Q
7	B	Liadagmis Povea	Cuba  (CUB)	14.05	14.31		14.31	Q
8	B	Kimberly Williams	Jamaica  (JAM)	14.30			14.30	Q, SB
9	A	Ottavia Cestonaro	Italy  (ITA)	13.74	14.20	13.97	14.20	q, SB
10	A	Dariya Derkach	Italy  (ITA)	x	14.15	13.95	14.15	q
11	A	Jasmine Moore	United States  (USA)	14.01	13.90	14.13	14.13	q
12	B	Tori Franklin	United States  (USA)	x	14.13	14.00	14.13	q
13	A	Maria Vicente	Spain  (ESP)	13.72	13.57	14.13	14.13
14	A	Tuğba Danişmaz	Turkey  (TUR)	13.86	x	14.11	14.11
15	A	Elena Andreea Taloş	Romania  (ROM)	x	x	14.06	14.06	SB
16	B	Maja Åskag	Sweden  (SWE)	13.78	13.98	13.85	13.98
17	B	Ackelia Smith	Jamaica  (JAM)	13.95	13.79	13.63	13.95
18	A	Kristiina Mäkelä	Finland  (FIN)	13.64	x	13.88	13.88
19	A	Rüta Kate Lasmane	Latvia  (LAT)	x	13.77	13.87	13.87
20	A	Dovile Kilty	Lithuania  (LTU)	13.76	13.87	x	13.87
21	B	Adrianna Laskowska  [ pl ]	Poland  (POL)	13.69	13.66	13.51	13.69
22	B	Diana Ana Maria Ion	Romania  (ROM)	x	13.58	13.66	13.66
23	B	Gabriele dos Santos	Brazil  (BRA)	13.34	x	13.66	13.66
24	A	Sharifa Davronova	Uzbekistan  (UZB)	13.66	13.17	13.22	13.66
25	A	Neja Filipič	Slovenia  (SLO)	13.24	13.58	13.64	13.64
26	A	Mariko Morimoto	Japan  (JPN)	x	x	13.64	13.64
26	A	Kira Wittmann  [ de ]	Germany  (GER)	x	13.64	x	13.64
28	B	Eva Pepelnak  [ de ]	Slovenia  (SLO)	13.29	13.47	13.60	13.60
29	B	Charisma Taylor	Bahamas  (BAH)	13.37	12.17	13.51	13.51
30	B	Senni Salminen	Finland  (FIN)	12.67	13.26	13.50	13.50
31	A	Véronique Kossenda Rey  [ fr ]	Cameroon  (CMR)	13.21	13.39	13.20	13.39
32	B	Mariya Siney	Ukraine  (UKR)	x	13.38	13.09	13.38
33	B	Aina Grikšaitė  [ lt ]	Lithuania  (LTU)	x	13.31	13.36	13.36
34	B	Maoko Takashima	Japan  (JPN)	13.34	x	13.25	13.34
35	A	Sangoné Kandji	Senegal  (SEN)	12.58	12.57	12.82	12.82
36	B	Beatrix Szabó	Hungary  (HUN)	12.68	12.79	12.61	12.79

Final

Results: ^[5]

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

References

1. "Triple Jump Women − Records". World Athletics . Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
2. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics . 19 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
3. "Start List Triple Jump Women - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics . 22 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
4. "Triple Jump Women - Qualification Results" (PDF). World Athletics . 23 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
5. "Revised Results Triple Jump Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics . 25 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.