Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's triple jump

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Women's triple jump
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates13 August 2016 (qualification)
14 August 2016 (final)
Competitors37 from 25 nations
Winning distance15.17 m
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Caterine Ibargüen Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Silver medal icon.svg Yulimar Rojas Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Bronze medal icon.svg Olga Rypakova Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan
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The Women's triple jump competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 13–14 August. [1]

Summary

Before the competition, 2015 World Champion Caterine Ibargüen of Colombia had the longest jump of the season with 15.04 m. Kazakhstan's Olga Rypakova entered as the defending Olympic champion from 2012 and had been the first athlete to beat Ibargüen that year, ending her rival's 34-meet-long winning streak. Twenty-year-old Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas was the only other athlete over fifteen metres that season and had won the 2016 World Indoor Championships. The remaining top challengers formed the 2016 European Championships podium – Patrícia Mamona of Portugal, Greek jumper Paraskeví Papahrístou (third on the world rankings), and 2015 world medallist Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko of Israel. [2] [3]

Ibargüen topped qualifying with her sole jump of 14.52 m. Papahrístou and Rypakova were the only other automatic qualifiers, both requiring two attempts. It took 14.08 m to make the final. All the main contenders progressed with Germany's Kristin Gierisch and Finn Kristiina Mäkelä posting the next best marks. A 2012 Olympic medallist and former world champion, Olha Saladuha of Ukraine, failed to progress. [4] [5]

In the final, on the third jump of the competition, Keturah Orji took the lead with an American record 14.71 m (48 ft 3 in). Four jumps later, defending champion Olga Rypakova edged ahead with 14.73 m. The final jumper in every round of the competition, Caterine Ibargüen moved into bronze medal position with 14.65 m. In the second round, Ibargüen took the lead she would never relinquish, with a 15.03 m. In the third round Yulimar Rojas jumped 14.87 m to take over the silver medal position she would not relinquish. Rojas jumped her best in the fourth round, 14.98 m (49 ft 1+34 in) and Ibargüen followed that with her best of 15.17 m (49 ft 9 in). In the fifth round, Rypakova jumped her best of 14.74 m but the tiny improvement was not enough to improve the color of her medal.

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).

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 13 August 201609:40Qualifications
Sunday, 14 August 201620:55Finals

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 Göteborg, Sweden10 August 1995
Olympic recordFlag of Cameroon.svg  Françoise Mbango Etone  (CMR)15.39 m Beijing, China17 August 2008
World LeadingFlag of Colombia.svg  Caterine Ibargüen  (COL)15.04 m Doha, Qatar6 May 2016

The following national records were established during the competition:

CountryAthleteRoundDistanceNotes
United States Flag of the United States.svg  Keturah Orji  (USA)Final14.71 m
Portugal Flag of Portugal.svg  Patrícia Mamona  (POR)Final14.65 m

Results

Qualifying round

Progression rules: Qualifying performance 14.30 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final [6]

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1B Caterine Ibargüen Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 14.5214.52 Q
2A Paraskevi Papachristou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 13.8314.4314.43 Q
3B Olga Rypakova Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 14.1014.3914.39 Q
4B Kristin Gierisch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 13.9713.8114.2614.26 q
5A Kristiina Mäkelä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 13.7314.0114.2414.24 q, PB
6B Kimberly Williams Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 14.1914.0314.2214.22 q
7A Yulimar Rojas Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 14.2113.7912.8914.21 q
8A Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko Flag of Israel.svg  Israel xx14.2014.20 q
9B Patrícia Mamona Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 13.8014.0714.1814.18 q
10B Anna Jagaciak-Michalska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 14.0414.13x14.13 q
11A Susana Costa Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 13.7013.7214.1214.12 q
12B Keturah Orji Flag of the United States.svg  United States x14.08x14.08 q
13A Jenny Elbe Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14.0013.8514.0214.02
14A Shanieka Thomas Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 13.9513.9514.0214.02
15B Christina Epps Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14.01xx14.01
16A Elena Panțuroiu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 14.00x13.6814.00
17B Dana Velďáková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 13.7413.98x13.98
18B Olha Saladuha Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 13.7713.9713.6113.97
19A Jeanine Assani Issouf Flag of France.svg  France 13.51x13.9713.97
20A Yosiris Urrutia Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 13.6713.95x13.95
21A Andrea Geubelle Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13.67x13.9313.93
22B Gabriela Petrova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria x13.5013.9213.92
23B Núbia Soares Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil x13.8113.8513.85
24A Keila Costa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil x13.6213.7813.78
25A Liadagmis Povea Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 13.6013.6313.5513.63
26A Ruslana Tsykhotska Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 13.1613.1913.6313.63
27B Ana José Tima Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 13.6113.5913.2813.61
28B Dariya Derkach Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 13.1913.5513.5613.56
29B Yekaterina Ektova Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 13.3813.3113.5113.51
30B Cristina Bujin Flag of Romania.svg  Romania xx13.3813.38
31B Iryna Vaskouskaya Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 12.8513.3513.2313.35
32A Patricia Sarrapio Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13.35xx13.35
33A Irina Ektova Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan x13.1713.3313.33
34B Li Xiaohong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 13.30x13.2513.30 SB
35A Natallia Viatkina Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus x13.1413.2513.25
36B Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 13.1112.3312.5813.11
37A Thea LaFond Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 12.82xx12.82

Final

RankNameNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Caterine Ibargüen Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 14.6515.0314.3815.1714.7614.8015.17 SB
Silver medal icon.svg Yulimar Rojas Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 14.32x14.8714.9814.6614.9514.98
Bronze medal icon.svg Olga Rypakova Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 14.7314.4914.5214.2014.7414.5814.74 SB
4 Keturah Orji Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14.71xx14.5014.4014.3914.71 NR
5 Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 14.2514.3914.3214.68x14.3314.68 SB
6 Patrícia Mamona Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 14.3914.1414.4514.4214.6514.5914.65 NR
7 Kimberly Williams Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 14.3314.48x14.38x14.5314.53
8 Paraskevi Papachristou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 14.2614.19x14.0413.9913.8114.26
9 Susana Costa Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal xx14.12Did not advance14.12
10 Anna Jagaciak-Michalska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 14.07x13.84Did not advance14.07
11 Kristin Gierisch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 13.6513.96xDid not advance13.96
12 Kristiina Mäkelä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland x13.9513.70Did not advance13.95

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