Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's triple jump

These are the official results of the Women's Triple Jump event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 31 competitors, with one non-starter.[1]

Women's triple jump
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
VenueCentennial Olympic Stadium
Date29 July 1996 (qualifications)
31 July 1996 (finals)
Competitors31 from 23 nations
Winning distance15.33 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Inessa Kravets
 Ukraine
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Inna Lasovskaya
 Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Šárka Kašpárková
 Czech Republic
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It took 14.22m to get into the final. The key players from the previous year's world championships which had rewritten the record books were all in attendance. World record holder Inessa Kravets put out a long first jump, but it wasn't measured as it was ruled a foul. The first round leader was Ren Ruiping with a 14.30m. The only other jumper over 14 meters in the first round was Sheila Hudson at 14.02m. The second round advanced the distances significantly. Inna Lasovskaya jumped 14.98m to take a commanding lead. Ashia Hansen jumped her best of the day 14.49m to pull into second, but in total, five women jumped over 14.40m in the second round. In the third round Šárka Kašpárková equalled Lasovskaya with a 14.98m and with a 14.45m in the second round, Kašpárková held the tiebreaker. Iva Prandzheva and Kravets both produced 14.84m's in the round to play in bronze medal territory, with Kravets holding the tiebreaker 14.40m from the second round. In the fourth round Lasovskaya and Kašpárková continued to spar, first Lasovskaya jumping 14.66m to take the tiebreaker edge, answered by Kašpárková's 14.69m. Prandzheva jumped 14.39m but still never got into third place. The fifth round settled the medals as Lasovskaya jumped 14.70m to edge ahead on the tiebreaker. Then Kravets bounded down the runway, almost making the pit on her step phase, landing at 15.33 m (50 ft 3+12 in), to date the second longest jump in history only to her world record.

Iva Prandzheva from Bulgaria, ranking 4th with 14.92, was disqualified because of doping.

Medalists edit

Gold Inessa Kravets
  Ukraine
Silver Inna Lasovskaya
  Russia
Bronze Šárka Kašpárková
  Czech Republic

Results edit

Qualification edit

Qualification Rules: Qualifying performance 14.20 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Group Athlete Nation #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 B Inna Lasovskaya   Russia 14.75 14.75 Q
2 A Iva Prandzheva   Bulgaria x 14.61 14.61 Q
2 A Olena Govorova   Ukraine x 14.60 14.60 Q
3 B Inessa Kravets   Ukraine 14.57 14.57 Q
4 A Ren Ruiping   China x x 14.56 14.56 Q
5 B Ashia Hansen   Great Britain 14.55 14.55 Q
6 A Olga Vasdeki   Greece 14.13 14.48 14.48 Q
7 B Šárka Kašpárková   Czech Republic 14.42 14.42 Q
8 A Olena Khlusovych   Ukraine 14.38 14.38 Q
9 B Sheila Hudson   United States 14.26 14.26 Q
10 A Jeļena Blaževiča   Latvia 14.24 14.24 Q
11 B Rodica Mateescu   Romania 13.85 14.22 14.22 Q
12 A Anna Biryukova   Russia 13.81 13.94 14.19 14.19
13 A Galina Čisťaková   Slovakia 14.08 14.14 13.54 14.14
14 A Virge Naeris   Estonia 13.94 13.95 14.00 14.00
15 A Cynthea Rhodes   United States x 13.95 13.88 13.95
16 A Barbara Lah   Italy x 13.74 x 13.74
17 A Michelle Griffith   Great Britain 13.38 x 13.70 13.70
18 B Gundega Sproģe   Latvia 13.67 x x 13.67
19 A Suzette Lee   Jamaica 13.64 13.65 x 13.65
20 B Natalya Kayukova   Russia 13.35 x 13.54 13.54
21 B Maria de Souza   Brazil 13.12 13.38 13.13 13.38
22 B Wang Xiangrong   China x 13.06 13.32 13.32
23 B Heli Koivula   Finland 12.43 x 13.25 13.25
24 A Nicola Martial   Guyana 12.75 x 12.91 12.91
25 A Vera Bitanji   Albania 12.55 12.82 x 12.82
26 B Althea Gilharry   Belize x 12.78 12.75 12.78
27 B Chantal Ouoba   Burkina Faso 12.40 12.19 12.24 12.40
A Diana Orrange   United States x x x NM
B Zita Bálint   Hungary x x x NM
B Concepción Paredes   Spain x x x NM
B Petra Laux-Lobinger   Germany x x x NM
B Yamile Aldama   Cuba DNS

Final edit

Rank Athlete Nation #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
  Inessa Kravets   Ukraine x 14.40 14.84 x 15.33 14.75 15.33
  Inna Lasovskaya   Russia x 14.98 x 14.66 14.70 14.21 14.98
  Šárka Kašpárková   Czech Republic x 14.45 14.98 14.69 x 14.48 14.98
4 Iva Prandzheva   Bulgaria x x 14.84 14.39 x 14.92 14.92 DQ
4 Ashia Hansen   Great Britain 13.61 14.49 13.75 14.35 14.24 14.30 14.49
5 Olga Vasdeki   Greece 13.94 14.44 14.39 x 14.17 14.33 14.44
6 Ren Ruiping   China 14.30 14.11 13.80 13.70 13.75 13.91 14.30
7 Rodica Mateescu   Romania x 13.92 14.21 14.07 13.68 x 14.21
8 Jeļena Blaževiča   Latvia 13.98 14.12 13.88 14.12
9 Olena Govorova   Ukraine x 14.04 14.09 14.09
10 Sheila Hudson   United States 14.02 13.91 13.69 14.02
11 Olena Khlusovych   Ukraine 13.81 13.65 13.81

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Triple Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2017.

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