2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump

The women's triple jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 and 24 August.

Women's triple jump at the 2015 World Championships
Winner Caterine Ibargüen
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	22 August (qualification) 24 August (final)
Competitors	28 from 19 nations
Winning distance	14.90
Medalists
Caterine Ibargüen   Colombia   Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko   Israel   Olga Rypakova   Kazakhstan

The returning champion Caterine Ibargüen looked like the favorite, the most consistent jumper year round. The world leader was the returning silver medalist Ekaterina Koneva and even her world leading jump lost the competition to a wind aided jump by Ibargüen. The Olympic Champion Olga Rypakova had beaten Ibargüen both in the Olympics and at the 2011 World Championships, but not in the last three years.

Gabriela Petrova took the early lead with her first jump 14.52. Former Ukrainian Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko made a big improvement to her own National Record of her new country Israel with a 14.78. Her lead lasted through two jumpers before Ibargüen took the lead with her second round 14.80. That wasn't even her best jump of the day, but it was enough to beat any other athlete in the competition. In the fourth round Ibargüen jumped 14.90 for the winner. Rypakova moved into third position with a 14.59 in the fourth round. Petrova answered with a 14.66 on her fifth attempt. Rypakova came back on her final attempt, her 14.77 tickled Knyazyeva-Minenko's second place mark but was a cm short putting her in the bronze medal after Petrova was unable to answer a second time. All of the first five performers had season bests. Knyazyeva-Minenko's medal was the first World Championship medal for an Israeli woman.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	15.50	Göteborg, Sweden	10 August 1995
Championship record
World leading	Ekaterina Koneva (RUS)	15.04	Eugene, OR, United States	30 May 2015
African record	Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR)	15.39	Beijing, China	17 August 2008
Asian record	Olga Rypakova (KAZ)	15.25	Split, Croatia	4 September 2010
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Yargelis Savigne (CUB)	15.28	Osaka, Japan	31 August 2007
South American record	Caterine Ibargüen (COL)	15.31	Fontvieille, Monaco	18 July 2014
European record	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	15.50	Göteborg, Sweden	10 August 1995
Oceanian record	Nicole Mladenis (AUS)	14.04	Hobart, Australia	9 March 2002
			Perth, Australia	7 December 2003

Qualification standards

Entry standards
14.20

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
22 August 2015	19:10	Qualification
24 August 2015	19:30	Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

KEY:

Q

Qualified

q

12 best performers

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: 14.25 m (Q) or at least best 12 performers (q)

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Mark	Notes
1	B	Gabriela Petrova	Bulgaria (BUL)	14.09	14.11	14.44	14.44	Q
2	B	Caterine Ibargüen	Colombia (COL)	14.42			14.42	Q
3	A	Olha Saladuha	Ukraine (UKR)	14.34			14.34	Q
4	B	Olga Rypakova	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	14.33			14.33	Q
5	A	Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko	Israel (ISR)	14.27			14.27	Q
6	A	Kimberly Williams	Jamaica (JAM)	x	14.23	13.92	14.23	q
7	A	Ekaterina Koneva	Russia (RUS)	14.12	13.69	13.65	14.12	q
8	B	Shanieka Thomas	Jamaica (JAM)	13.90	14.05	13.89	14.05	q
9	B	Jeanine Assani Issouf	France (FRA)	x	13.77	14.04	14.04	q
10	B	Keila Costa	Brazil (BRA)	13.60	13.86	14.03	14.03	q
11	B	Kristin Gierisch	Germany (GER)	13.71	x	13.95	13.95	q
12	A	Yosiri Urrutia	Colombia (COL)	x	13.84	13.17	13.84	q
13	B	Kristiina Mäkelä	Finland (FIN)	x	x	13.83	13.83
14	A	Simona La Mantia	Italy (ITA)	x	13.49	13.77	13.77
15	A	Dana Velďáková	Slovakia (SVK)	x	13.76	13.74	13.76
16	A	Patrícia Mamona	Portugal (POR)	13.61	13.74	13.58	13.74
17	A	Irina Ektova	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	x	13.61	x	13.61
18	A	Elena Panțuroiu	Romania (ROM)	13.58	x	13.50	13.58
19	A	Dovilė Dzindzaletaitė	Lithuania (LTU)	13.58	12.51	x	13.58
20	B	Li Yanmei	China (CHN)	x	13.40	13.57	13.57
21	A	Li Xiaohong	China (CHN)	13.52	13.46	x	13.52
22	A	Núbia Soares	Brazil (BRA)	x	x	13.52	13.52	SB
23	A	Wang Wupin	China (CHN)	12.93	12.94	13.48	13.48
24	B	Christina Epps	United States (USA)	x	13.36	x	13.36
25	B	Cristina Bujin	Romania (ROM)	x	13.21	x	13.21
26	B	Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin	Cameroon (CMR)	x	x	13.06	13.06
27	B	Tetyana Ptashkina	Ukraine (UKR)	x	x	13.05	13.05
	B	Susana Costa	Portugal (POR)	x	x	x	NM

Final

The final was started at 19:30.

Rank	Name	Nationality	# 1	# 2	# 3	# 4	# 5	# 6	Result	Wind	Notes
	Caterine Ibargüen	Colombia (COL)	14.47	14.80	14.54	14.90	13.93	14.70	14.90	+0.1	SB
	Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko	Israel (ISR)	x	14.78	14.53	x	x	x	14.78	-0.1	NR
	Olga Rypakova	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	14.23	x	x	14.59	x	14.77	14.77	+0.1	SB
4	Gabriela Petrova	Bulgaria (BUL)	14.52	14.33	14.47	14.23	14.66	14.44	14.66	+0.4	PB
5	Kimberly Williams	Jamaica (JAM)	13.97	14.26	14.16	14.06	14.45	x	14.45	+0.0	SB
6	Olha Saladuha	Ukraine (UKR)	14.22	14.05	14.04	14.41	x	14.39	14.41	+0.4
7	Ekaterina Koneva	Russia (RUS)	14.03	14.37	14.05	14.36	14.25	14.35	14.37	+0.0
8	Kristin Gierisch	Germany (GER)	x	13.63	14.25	14.18	14.25	12.87	14.25	+0.1
9	Jeanine Assani Issouf	France (FRA)	13.83	x	14.12				14.12	+0.0
10	Yosiri Urrutia	Colombia (COL)	14.09	13.93	x				14.09	-0.3
11	Shanieka Thomas	Jamaica (JAM)	13.88	14.01	14.08				14.08	+0.2
12	Keila Costa	Brazil (BRA)	13.72	x	13.90				13.90	+0.2