2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump

Women's triple jump
at the 2023 World Championships
Yulimar Rojas jumping in the final.
VenueNational Athletics Centre
Dates23 August (qualification)
25 August (final)
Competitors36 from 25 nations
Winning distance15.08
Medalists
gold medal Yulimar Rojas   Venezuela
silver medal Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk   Ukraine
bronze medal Leyanis Pérez Hernández   Cuba
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The women's triple jump at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 23 and 25 August 2023.

Summary

On paper this would be a shoo-in for the three time defending champion/world record holder/world leader Yulimar Rojas. It didn't exactly work out that way.

Tori Franklin was unable to start the finals after qualifying the day before. In the first round, returning silver medalist Shanieka Ricketts got things started with a 14.84m. Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk then put up 15.00m almost answered immediately by Leyanis Pérez with a 14.96m. Six jumps into the competition, there was already what would prove to be medal winning jumps. Rojas later fouled. Rickets improved on her second attempt to 14.87m. Rojas' second attempt was only 14.33m, which put her in a tie with Keturah Orji for the seventh and thus last qualifying position. In the third round, Kimberly Williams jumped 14.38m to take the seventh spot. And Rojas was unable to improve on her third attempt, only making 14.26m. With only 8 getting their final 3 jumps, to break the tie, they look at the second best jump for each athlete. Rojas was fortunate that Orji had fouled her other two attempts. Rojas made the final eight by the skin of her teeth. She didn't make use of the first two extra jumps, though none of the other leaders improved either. In the unfamiliar position of starting the final round. Taking a safe mark, Rojas took off with her toes barely touching the leading edge of the board, giving up most of the 20cm width, but she clearly did not foul. She bounded out to 15.08 m (49 ft 5+12 in), in turn jumping from eighth to first. All the other competitors still had one more attempt to improve. Rickets used that opportunity to improve to 14.93m, but that wasn't enough to get her a medal. Rojas had to sweat it out as neither Pérez or Bekh-Romanchuk were able to improve and Rojas was able to squeak into a fourth consecutive World Championship.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[1]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record  Yulimar Rojas (VEN) 15.74 m (i) Belgrade, Serbia 20 March 2022
Championship record  Inessa Kravets (UKR) 15.50 m Gothenburg, Sweden 10 August 1995
World Leading  Yulimar Rojas (VEN) 15.18 m Chorzów, Poland 16 July 2023
African Record  Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR) 15.39 m Beijing, China 17 August 2008
Asian Record  Olga Rypakova (KAZ) 15.25 m Split, Croatia 26 October 2009
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Yamilé Aldama (CUB) 15.29 m Rome, Italy 11 July 2003
South American Record  Yulimar Rojas (VEN) 15.74 m (i) Belgrade, Serbia 20 March 2022
European Record  Inessa Kravets (UKR) 15.50 m Gothenburg, Sweden 10 August 1995
Oceanian record  Nicole Mladenis (AUS) 14.04 m Hobart, Australia 9 March 2002
Perth, Australia 7 December 2003

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 14.52 m.[2]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Date Time Round
23 August 19:10 Qualification
25 August 19:38 Final

Results

Qualification

Athletes attaining a mark of at least 14.30 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualify for the final.[3][4]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 A Shanieka Ricketts  Jamaica (JAM) 14.67 14.67 Q, SB
2 B Thea LaFond  Dominica (DMA) x 14.62 14.62 Q, NR
3 B Yulimar Rojas  Venezuela (VEN) 14.59 14.59 Q
4 A Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk  Ukraine (UKR) 14.55 14.55 Q
5 A Leyanis Pérez Hernandez  Cuba (CUB) 14.50 14.50 Q
6 A Keturah Orji  United States (USA) x 14.33 14.33 Q
7 B Liadagmis Povea  Cuba (CUB) 14.05 14.31 14.31 Q
8 B Kimberly Williams  Jamaica (JAM) 14.30 14.30 Q, SB
9 A Ottavia Cestonaro  Italy (ITA) 13.74 14.20 13.97 14.20 q, SB
10 A Dariya Derkach  Italy (ITA) x 14.15 13.95 14.15 q
11 A Jasmine Moore  United States (USA) 14.01 13.90 14.13 14.13 q
12 B Tori Franklin  United States (USA) x 14.13 14.00 14.13 q
13 A Maria Vicente  Spain (ESP) 13.72 13.57 14.13 14.13
14 A Tuğba Danişmaz  Turkey (TUR) 13.86 x 14.11 14.11
15 A Elena Andreea Taloş  Romania (ROM) x x 14.06 14.06 SB
16 B Maja Åskag  Sweden (SWE) 13.78 13.98 13.85 13.98
17 B Ackelia Smith  Jamaica (JAM) 13.95 13.79 13.63 13.95
18 A Kristiina Mäkelä  Finland (FIN) 13.64 x 13.88 13.88
19 A Rüta Kate Lasmane  Latvia (LAT) x 13.77 13.87 13.87
20 A Dovile Kilty  Lithuania (LTU) 13.76 13.87 x 13.87
21 B Adrianna Laskowska [pl]  Poland (POL) 13.69 13.66 13.51 13.69
22 B Diana Ana Maria Ion  Romania (ROM) x 13.58 13.66 13.66
23 B Gabriele dos Santos  Brazil (BRA) 13.34 x 13.66 13.66
24 A Sharifa Davronova  Uzbekistan (UZB) 13.66 13.17 13.22 13.66
25 A Neja Filipič  Slovenia (SLO) 13.24 13.58 13.64 13.64
26 A Mariko Morimoto [ja]  Japan (JPN) x x 13.64 13.64
26 A Kira Wittmann [de]  Germany (GER) x 13.64 x 13.64
28 B Eva Pepelnak [de]  Slovenia (SLO) 13.29 13.47 13.60 13.60
29 B Charisma Taylor  Bahamas (BAH) 13.37 12.17 13.51 13.51
30 B Senni Salminen  Finland (FIN) 12.67 13.26 13.50 13.50
31 A Véronique Kossenda Rey [fr]  Cameroon (CMR) 13.21 13.39 13.20 13.39
32 B Mariya Siney  Ukraine (UKR) x 13.38 13.09 13.38
33 B Aina Grikšaitė [lt]  Lithuania (LTU) x 13.31 13.36 13.36
34 B Maoko Takashima  Japan (JPN) 13.34 x 13.25 13.34
35 A Sangoné Kandji [fr]  Senegal (SEN) 12.58 12.57 12.82 12.82
36 B Beatrix Szabó  Hungary (HUN) 12.68 12.79 12.61 12.79

Final

Results:[5]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yulimar Rojas  Venezuela (VEN) x 14.33 14.26 x x 15.08 15.08
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk  Ukraine (UKR) 15.00 14.81 14.66 x 14.87 x 15.00 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leyanis Pérez Hernandez  Cuba (CUB) 14.96 x 14.70 14.82 14.90 14.83 14.96
4 Shanieka Ricketts  Jamaica (JAM) 14.84 14.87 14.79 14.73 11.69 14.93 14.93 SB
5 Thea LaFond  Dominica (DMA) 14.71 14.49 14.57 x 14.90 14.42 14.90 NR
6 Liadagmis Povea  Cuba (CUB) 14.23 14.52 14.55 14.87 14.71 14.86 14.87 SB
7 Kimberly Williams  Jamaica (JAM) 14.04 14.08 14.38 13.60 14.25 13.89 14.38 SB
8 Dariya Derkach  Italy (ITA) 14.36 x x x x x 14.36 SB
9 Keturah Orji  United States (USA) 14.33 x x 14.33
10 Ottavia Cestonaro  Italy (ITA) 14.05 x 13.69 14.05
11 Jasmine Moore  United States (USA) x x 13.54 13.54
12 Tori Franklin  United States (USA) DNS

References

  1. ^ "Triple Jump Women − Records". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Start List Triple Jump Women - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics. 22 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Triple Jump Women - Qualification Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 23 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Revised Results Triple Jump Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 25 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.