2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump

The women's triple jump at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 and 10 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

Gold medal winner Yamilé Aldama celebrating her win.

Ageless wonder 39-year-old Yamilé Aldama improved upon her already pending W35 World Record in qualifying. In the second attempt of the finals, she exceeded the existing record by 31 cm, which also proved to good enough for the win. While this competition is indoors, since 2000 IAAF rules allow for indoor records to count for overall (outdoor) records.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Yamilé Aldama
  Great Britain
Olga Rypakova
  Kazakhstan
Mabel Gay
  Cuba

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record   Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) 15.36 Budapest, Hungary 6 March 2004
Championship record   Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) 15.36 Budapest, Hungary 6 March 2004
World Leading   Olga Rypakova (KAZ) 14.84 Karaganda, Kazakhstan 27 January 2012
African record   Yamilé Aldama (SUD) 14.90 Budapest, Hungary 6 March 2004
Asian record   Olga Rypakova (KAZ) 15.14 Doha, Qatar 13 March 2010
European record   Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) 15.36 Budapest, Hungary 6 March 2004
North and Central American
and Caribbean record
  Yargelis Savigne (CUB) 15.05 Valencia, Spain 8 March 2008
Oceanian record   Nicole Mladenis (AUS) 13.31 Budapest, Hungary 5 March 2004
South American record   Keila Costa (BRA) 14.11 Moscow, Russia 10 March 2006

Qualification standards

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Indoor
14.10

Schedule

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Date Time Round
March 9, 2012 9:30 Qualification
March 10, 2012 17:05 Final

Results

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Qualification

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Qualification standard 14.30 m (Q) or at least best 8 qualified. 30 athletes from 20 countries participated. The qualification round started at 09:32 and ended at 10:20.[1]

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Yamilé Aldama   Great Britain 14.62 14.62 Q, SB
2 A Olga Rypakova   Kazakhstan 14.39 14.39 Q
3 B Anna Krylova   Russia 14.01 14.27 x 14.27 q
4 B Li Yanmei   China 14.23 x 14.23 q, SB
5 A Mabel Gay   Cuba x x 14.22 q
6 A Dana Velďáková   Slovakia x 14.21 x 14.21 q, SB
7 B Kimberly Williams   Jamaica 14.09 14.15 13.88 14.15 q
8 B Yargelis Savigne   Cuba 13.84 14.00 14.09 14.09 q
9 A Marija Šestak   Slovenia x 14.05 14.04 14.05
10 A Viktoriya Valyukevich   Russia 13.71 13.49 14.00 14.00
11 A Níki Panéta   Greece 13.45 13.98 13.81 13.98
12 B Mayookha Johny   India 13.74 13.95 x 13.95 NR
13 A Aleksandra Kotlyarova   Uzbekistan 13.67 13.66 13.95 13.95
14 A Baya Rahouli   Algeria 13.83 x x 13.83
15 A Cristina Bujin   Romania 13.75 x 13.80 13.80
16 B Irina Litvinenko Ektova   Kazakhstan 13.26 13.62 13.70 13.70
17 B Kristin Gierisch   Germany 13.67 13.67 13.67
18 B Kseniya Dziatsuk   Belarus 13.49 x 13.66 13.66
19 B Adelina Gavrilă   Romania x 13.63 13.65 13.65
20 A Petia Dacheva   Bulgaria 13.65 13.60 x 13.65 SB
21 B Hanna Knyazeva   Ukraine 13.65 13.51 13.28 13.65
22 B Gisele de Oliveira   Brazil x 13.60 13.49 13.60
23 A Xie Limei   China 13.54 x 11.99 13.54
24 B Valeriya Kanatova   Uzbekistan 13.51 13.48 13.48 13.51
25 B Andriana Bânova   Bulgaria 13.50 13.50 12.86 13.50
26 A Amanda Smock   United States x 12.99 13.25 13.25
27 A Ruslana Tsykhotska   Ukraine 13.21 x x 13.21
28 B Sevim Sinmez   Turkey x 13.13 12.64 13.13
A Patricia Sarrapio   Spain x x x NM
B Snežana Rodič   Slovenia x x x NM

Final

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8 athletes from 7 countries participated. The final started at 17:06 and ended at 18:10.[2]

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
  Yamilé Aldama   Great Britain 14.10 14.82 x 14.82 SB
  Olga Rypakova   Kazakhstan x x x 14.45 14.63 x 14.63
  Mabel Gay   Cuba 14.08 14.05 14.19 x 14.29 14.13 14.29
4 Yargelis Savigne   Cuba 14.28 14.18 14.12 13.68 14.11 13.90 14.28
5 Kimberly Williams   Jamaica 14.05 13.41 14.22 13.72 13.76 14.27 14.27
6 Anna Krylova   Russia 13.92 14.21 x 14.04 x 14.06 14.21
7 Li Yanmei   China 13.82 x x x 14.02 x 14.02
8 Dana Velďáková   Slovakia x x 13.97 x x x 13.97

References

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  1. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump (qualification)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  2. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-03-10.