Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's triple jump

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Women's triple jump
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
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Olympic Athletics
Venue Japan National Stadium
Dates30 July 2021 (qualifying)
1 August 2021 (final)
Competitors33 from 23 nations
Winning distance15.67 m WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Yulimar Rojas Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
Silver medal icon.svg Patrícia Mamona Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Bronze medal icon.svg Ana Peleteiro Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
  2016
2024  

The women's triple jump event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 30 July and 1 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [1]

The event was won by Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela: Her winning jump of 15.67 meters also broke the 26-year-old world record.

Summary

On the second jump of the competition, the overwhelming favorite, Yulimar Rojas opened equalling the third best jump of her career, 15.41 m, which was also the fourth best jump in history, and an Olympic record. Patrícia Mamona followed her with a personal best 14.91 m to move into silver position. Liadagmis Povea jumped 14.70 m to get into third position. In the second round, she was displaced by Ana Peleteiro who jumped 14.77 m. Rojas' third jump was spectacular, video estimation showed her landing close to a foot beyond the world record, the front of her feet crossing 16 metres, but it was a foul by 13.5 cm. With fouls on her first two attempts, Shanieka Ricketts barely made it into the next round, jumping 14.47 m on her third attempt. On her fourth attempt to start the round, she jumped 14.84 m to move into bronze medal position. Towards the end of the fourth round, Mamona made her second personal best, getting over 15 metres with a 15.01 m. Peleteiro jumped 14.87 m in the fifth round to take over the bronze position. The 2016 champion, Caterine Ibargüen, made it to the final but was eliminated after three jumps, finishing tenth. [2]

On the final jump of the competition, with the gold medal already secured, Rojas jumped 15.67 m (51 ft 4+34 in), improving on Inessa Kravets' 26-year-old world record by 17 centimeters (6.7 inches). [2]

Background

This was the 7th appearance of the event, having appeared at every Summer Olympics since 1996.

Qualification

Approximately 35 athletes were expected to compete; the exact number was dependent on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through distance or ranking (1 universality place was used in 2016). [3]

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the women's triple jump event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 14.32 metres. This standard was "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the World Athletics Rankings pathway." The world rankings, based on the average of the best five results for the athlete over the qualifying period and weighted by the importance of the meet, will then be used to qualify athletes until the cap of 32 is reached. [3] [4]

The qualifying period was originally from 1 May 2019 to 29 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020, with the end date extended to 29 June 2021. The world rankings period start date was also changed from 1 May 2019 to 30 June 2020; athletes who had met the qualifying standard during that time were still qualified, but those using world rankings would not be able to count performances during that time. The qualifying distance standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of World Athletics. Both outdoor and indoor meets are eligible. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period. [3] [5]

NOCs can also use their universality place—each NOC can enter one female athlete regardless of time if they had no female athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the triple jump. [3]

Competition format

The 2020 competition continued to use the two-round format with divided final introduced in 1936. The qualifying round gave each competitor three jumps to achieve the qualifying distance of 14.40 metres; if fewer than 12 women do so, the top 12 (including all those tied) will advance. The final provided each jumper with three jumps; the top eight jumpers received an additional three jumps for a total of six, with the best to count (qualifying round jumps are not considered for the final). [6]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing global and area records were as follows.

World recordFlag of Ukraine.svg  Inessa Kravets  (UKR)15.50 Gothenburg, Sweden10 August 1995
Olympic recordFlag of Cameroon.svg  Françoise Mbango Etone  (CMR)15.39 Beijing, China17 August 2008
World LeadingFlag of Venezuela.svg  Yulimar Rojas  (VEN)15.43 Andújar, Spain22 May 2021
AreaDistance (m)WindAthleteNation
Africa ( records )15.39+0.5 Françoise Mbango Etone Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
Asia ( records )15.25+1.7 Olga Rypakova Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
Europe ( records )15.50 WR +0.9 Inessa Kravets Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
North, Central America
and the Caribbean
( records )
15.29+0.3 Yamilé Aldama Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Oceania ( records )14.04+1.8 Nicole Mladenis Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
South America ( records )15.41+1.5 Yulimar Rojas Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateEventAthleteNationDistance (m)WROR
1 AugustFinal Yulimar Rojas Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 15.67WROR

The following national records were established during the competition:

NationAthleteRoundDistanceNotes
Dominica Thea LaFond Qualifying14.60 m
Venezuela Yulimar Rojas Final15.67 m WR, OR, AR
Portugal Patrícia Mamona Final15.01 m
Spain Ana Peleteiro Final14.87 m

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

The women's triple jump took place over two separate days. [1]

DateTimeRound
Friday, 30 July 202119:00Qualifying
Sunday, 1 August 202119:00Final

Results

Qualifying round

Progression rules: Qualifying performance 14.40 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1A Yulimar Rojas Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 14.7714.77 Q
2A Ana Peleteiro Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 14.3414.6214.62 Q, SB
3B Thea Lafond Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 14.6014.60 Q, NR
4B Patrícia Mamona Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 14.5414.54 Q
5B Liadagmis Povea Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 14.5014.50 Q
6B Shanieka Ricketts Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 14.4314.43 Q
7A Caterine Ibargüen Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 14.0214.0814.3714.37 q, SB
8B Hanna Minenko Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 14.2714.3514.3614.36 q, =SB
9A Kimberly Williams Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 13.3813.8614.3014.30 q
10B Rouguy Diallo Flag of France.svg  France 14.2014.2913.9114.29 q
11A Keturah Orji Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14.2613.9114.1714.26 q
12B Kristiina Mäkelä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 14.2114.0614.0814.21 q
13A Senni Salminen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 14.2013.6814.0714.20
14A Neele Eckhardt-Noack Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 13.8813.9214.2014.20
15B Davisleydi Velazco Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 14.14xx14.14
16B Ana José Tima Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 13.8714.11x14.11
17B Núbia Soares Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil x14.0414.0714.07
18B Viyaleta Skvartsova Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 13.93x14.0514.05
19A Evelise Veiga Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 13.9313.6313.5713.93 SB
20A Olha Saladukha Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 13.4913.9113.8813.91=SB
21A Dariya Derkach Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 13.6913.7313.9013.90
22A Gabriela Petrova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria x13.79x13.79
23A Jasmine Moore Flag of the United States.svg  United States xx13.7613.76
24B Olga Rypakova Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 13.6613.69x13.69 SB
25B Tori Franklin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13.2313.6813.5813.68
26A Mariya Ovchinnikova Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan x13.34x13.34
27B Yosiris Urrutia Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia xx13.1613.16 SB
28B Diana Zagainova Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania x13.10x13.10
29A Roksana Khudoyarova Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 12.6313.0213.0113.02
30B Kristin Gierisch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany x13.02r13.02
31A Irina Ektova Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan x12.90x12.90
32B Paraskevi Papachristou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece x12.23x12.23
A Nadia Eke Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana xxx NM
A Leyanis Pérez Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba DNS

Final

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Yulimar Rojas Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 15.4114.53x15.25x15.6715.67 WR, OR
Silver medal icon.svg Patrícia Mamona Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 14.9112.30x15.0114.6614.9715.01 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg Ana Peleteiro Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 14.5514.77x14.6314.8714.6514.87 NR
4 Shanieka Ricketts Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica xx14.4714.8414.6214.7614.84
5 Liadagmis Povea Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 14.7014.7014.5214.3114.3814.5014.70
6 Hanna Minenko Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 14.5214.6014.2714.29xx14.60 SB
7 Keturah Orji Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14.5914.1013.8214.1214.43x14.59
8 Kimberly Williams Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 13.77x14.5114.1214.4714.2814.51
9 Rouguy Diallo Flag of France.svg  France 14.3814.28xDid not advance14.38
10 Caterine Ibargüen Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 14.2514.0114.19Did not advance14.25
11 Kristiina Mäkelä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 14.1714.0313.90Did not advance14.17
12 Thea LaFond Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica x12.57xDid not advance12.57

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