Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's triple jump

Women's triple jump at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	10 April
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Winning distance	14.64 m
Medalists
Kimberly Williams    Jamaica   Shanieka Ricketts    Jamaica   Thea LaFond    Dominica
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The women's triple jump at the 2018 Commonwealth Games , as part of the athletics programme, took place in Carrara Stadium on 10 April 2018. ^[1] Bronze medalist Thea LaFond was the first Dominican athlete to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games. ^[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: ^[3]

World record	Inessa Kravets  (UKR)	15.50 m	Gothenburg, Sweden	10 August 1995
Games record	Ashia Hansen  (ENG)	14.86 m	Manchester, England	31 July 2002

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 10 April 2018	19:35	Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

With twelve entrants, the event was held as a straight final. ^[3]

Final

Rank	Name	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Kimberly Williams  (JAM)	x +0.6 m/s	14.34 +0.6 m/s	x +0.8 m/s	14.37 +1.2 m/s	x +0.5 m/s	14.64 +0.7 m/s	14.64	PB
	Shanieka Ricketts  (JAM)	14.52 +1.0 m/s	x +0.7 m/s	14.33 +1.2 m/s	14.16 +0.6 m/s	14.39 +0.8 m/s	x +1.0 m/s	14.52	SB
	Thea LaFond  (DMA)	13.82 +0.2 m/s	13.52 0.0 m/s	13.92 +0.3 m/s	13.62 +0.6 m/s	x +0.6 m/s	13.62 +0.6 m/s	13.92
4	Lerato Sechele  (LES)	13.10 +1.4 m/s	13.57 +0.6 m/s	11.57 +0.9 m/s	13.21 +0.1 m/s	13.22 +0.5 m/s	13.29 +1.3 m/s	13.57	NR
5	Blessing Ibrahim  (NGR)	13.20 +0.2 m/s	13.48 +0.4 m/s	x +1.1 m/s	12.99 +0.8 m/s	13.27 +0.9 m/s	13.00 +0.9 m/s	13.48
6	Ayanna Alexander  (TTO)	13.39 +0.9 m/s	13.47 +0.8 m/s	x +0.6 m/s	13.34 +0.9 m/s	13.21 +1.5 m/s	13.27 +1.1 m/s	13.47
7	Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin  (CMR)	13.22 +1.4 m/s	13.45 +0.7 m/s	13.10 +0.9 m/s	12.93 +0.5 m/s	x +1.1 m/s	13.04 +0.8 m/s	13.45
8	Natricia Hooper  (GUY)	13.07 +1.3 m/s	13.19 +0.3 m/s	13.36 +1.3 m/s	13.24 +1.2 m/s	13.34 +0.9 m/s	11.64 +0.7 m/s	13.36	PB
9	Tamara Myers  (BAH)	x +1.3 m/s	13.06 +0.2 m/s	13.15 +1.1 m/s	—			13.15
10	Nadia Eke  (GHA)	13.05 +0.3 m/s	x +1.0 m/s	12.86 +1.1 m/s				13.05
11	Natrena Hooper  (GUY)	12.32 +0.6 m/s	12.62 +0.8 m/s	12.04 +1.3 m/s				12.62	SB
–	Rellie Kaputin  (PNG)	x +0.6 m/s	x +0.4 m/s	x +0.9 m/s				NM

References

1. "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Women's triple jump". Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
2. "UPDATE: Thea Lafond wins bronze for Dominica at Commonwealth Games". Dominica News Online. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
3. Athletics | Women's Triple Jump - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 203. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.