Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's triple jump

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Women's triple jump
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
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Olympic Athletics
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date21–23 August
Competitors33 from 24 nations
Winning distance15.30 AF
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Françoise Mbango Etone Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Silver medal icon.svg Hrysopiyi Devetzi Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Bronze medal icon.svg Tatyana Lebedeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
  2000
2008  

The women's triple jump competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 21–23 August. [1]

Coming into the competition, reigning world champion Tatyana Lebedeva was a favorite, having jumped 15.34m and 15.33m. earlier in July, slightly improving her position as the number two jumper in history which she had held since 2000. World record holder Inessa Kravets from nine years earlier, was no longer a factor, but Yamilé Aldama was also jumping well with a 15.28 just three weeks before the Olympics.

In the qualifying round, Hrysopiyi Devetzi shocked everyone with her 15.32m automatic qualifier on her only attempt. That was a Beamonesque improvement of her personal best and placed her as the number three jumper in history at that point in time, just 2 cm short of Lebedeva. Only 14.45 was required as an automatic qualifier and 14 other women managed that, though none went over 14.90m.

In the first round of the final, Devetzi showed she was serious taking the early lead with 14.96m. In the second round Trecia-Kaye Smith jumped 15.02m but was overshadowed by Françoise Mbango Etone's 15.30 m (50 ft 2+14 in) African record, a 25 cm improvement over her own record best. In the third round Devetzi improved to 15.14m to move back into second place. In the fourth round Devetzi improved her position again to 15.25m with Aldama moving into third place with her best of the day 14.99m. In the fifth round Lebedeva finally got over 15m with a 15.04m to take third place. She solidified her position with a 15.14m in the final round but Etone also solidified her position with a second 15.30m. After fouling her first attempt, Etone had five successive jumps over 15m including two at 15.30m. It would be the first Olympic gold medal for Cameroon. Etone would go on to defend her medal four year later with Cameroon's second gold medal. Her winning 15.39m jump in Beijing stood as the second best jump in history until 2019.

Of the top 16 jumps in history, most are between Etone, Devetzi, Lebedeva and Aldama, and mostly from jumps in 2004. The only other athletes included in that group are two jumps by world record holder Kravets, two in 2019 by Yulimar Rojas and one each by Caterine Ibargüen and Yargelis Savigne (all three two time World Champions). [2]

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete jumped three times (stopping early if they made the qualifying distance). At least the top twelve athletes moved on to the final; if more than twelve reached the qualifying distance, all who did so advanced. Distances were reset for the final round. Finalists jumped three times, after which the eight best jumped three more times (with the best distance of the six jumps counted). [3]

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 21 August 200420:35Qualification
Monday, 23 August 200418:45Final

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading jump were as follows:

World recordFlag of Ukraine.svg  Inessa Kravets  (UKR)15.50 m Gothenburg, Sweden10 August 1995
Olympic recordFlag of Ukraine.svg  Inessa Kravets  (UKR)15.33 m Atlanta, United States4 August 1996
World LeadingFlag of Russia.svg  Tatyana Lebedeva  (RUS)15.36 m Budapest, Hungary6 March 2004

No new records were set during the competition.

Results

Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 14.45 (Q) or at least 12 best qualified (q).

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1A Hrysopiyi Devetzi Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 15.3215.32Q, NR
2A Baya Rahouli Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 14.8914.89Q, NR
3B Yamilé Aldama Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 14.8014.80Q
4A Kéné Ndoye Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 14.3214.7914.79Q
5A Tatyana Lebedeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14.7114.71Q
6B Huang Qiuyan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 14.0914.2914.6614.66Q, SB
7B Trecia-Kaye Smith Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica x14.6514.65Q
8B Anna Pyatykh Flag of Russia.svg  Russia x14.6214.62Q
9B Françoise Mbango Etone Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 14.6114.61Q
10A Magdelín Martínez Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 14.5714.57Q
11A Olena Hovorova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 14.5614.56Q
11B Adelina Gavrilă Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 14.5614.56Q
13A Olga Vasdeki Flag of Greece.svg  Greece x14.5414.54Q, SB
14A Yusmay Bicet Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 14.2114.5314.53Q
15A Natallia Safronava Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 14.5214.52Q, SB
16A Mariana Solomon Flag of Romania.svg  Romania x14.2914.4214.42PB
17B Simona La Mantia Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 14.0014.39x14.39
18B Carlota Castrejana Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 14.3214.37x14.37=SB
19A Mariya Dimitrova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria xx14.1614.16
20A Ineta Radēviča Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 14.1214.0314.0614.12PB
21B Viktoriya Gurova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14.04x14.0314.04
22A Tiombe Hurd Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13.9813.9713.9313.98
23B Heli Koivula Kruger Flag of Finland.svg  Finland x13.7013.9813.98
24A Olga Bolşova Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 13.9013.8713.6413.90
25A Tatyana Bocharova Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 13.1813.4113.8113.81
26A Šárka Kašpárková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic xx13.7913.79
27B Anastasiya Juravleva Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 13.6413.5213.5113.64
28B Yuliana Pérez Flag of the United States.svg  United States x13.6213.5113.62
29B Liliana Zagacka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 13.3613.5913.4113.59
30B Tetyana Shchurenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine x13.1213.5513.55
31B Julia Dubina Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 13.3612.6112.9013.36
32A Zhang Hao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China x13.30x13.30
33B Athanasia Perra Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 13.19x13.19

Final

RankNameCountry123456ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Françoise Mbango Etone Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon x15.3015.0215.1715.2115.3015.30 AF
Silver medal icon.svg Hrysopiyi Devetzi Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 14.9614.5915.1415.25x14.9215.25
Bronze medal icon.svg Tatyana Lebedeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia x14.8414.95x15.0415.1415.14
4 Trecia-Kaye Smith Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica x15.0213.23xx14.7015.02
5 Yamilé Aldama Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan x14.9014.7414.9913.9214.1914.99
6 Baya Rahouli Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 14.7514.8614.5714.76x14.6814.86
7 Magdelín Martínez Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 14.7014.8514.5814.5014.5114.7614.85
8 Anna Pyatykh Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14.1614.58xxx14.7914.79
9 Yusmay Bicet Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba xx14.57Did not advance14.57
10 Olena Hovorova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 14.0714.3514.35Did not advance14.35
11 Olga Vasdeki Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 14.3414.08xDid not advance14.34
12 Huang Qiuyan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 13.8514.3314.04Did not advance14.33
13 Natallia Safronava Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 14.20x14.22Did not advance14.22
14 Kéné Ndoye Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal x14.0914.18Did not advance14.18
15 Adelina Gavrilă Flag of Romania.svg  Romania xx13.86Did not advance13.86

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