2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump

The final started off with Shanieka Ricketts jumping 14.13 metres, which turned out to be her best. The second jumper Kristin Gierisch improved 3 centimeters to 14.16 metres then the fifth jumper, Olympic bronze medalist Olga Rypakova took the lead out to 14.45 metres. That lasted four more jumps until the young Venezuelan Olympic silver medalist Yulimar Rojas added 10 more centimeters to 14.55 metres which only lasted until the next athlete down the runway, gold medalist Colombian veteran Caterine Ibargüen added another dozen to 14.67 metres. The second round saw Rojas improve up to 14.82 metres, while Ibargüen only improved to 10.69 metres. The third round saw Rypakova jump past Ibargüen to 14.77 metres. Rojas improved a centimetre, then Ibargüen leaped past both of them back into the lead with a 14.89 metres. In the fifth round, Rojas edged ahead again with a 14.91 metres, but Ibargüen had two more attempts left. Her 14.88 metres final attempt didn't quite get there.

It was the same medalists as the Olympics, but a South American changing of the guard at the top. Rojas' was the first gold medal in the World Championships for Venezuela, only a day after Robeilys Peinado got their first medal ever.

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	15.50	Inessa Kravets	UKR	10 Aug 1995	Göteborg, Sweden
Championship
World leading	14.96	Yulimar Rojas	VEN	2 Jun 2017	Andújar, Spain
African	15.39	Françoise Mbango Etone	CMR	17 Aug 2008	Beijing, China
Asian	15.25	Olga Rypakova	KAZ	4 Sep 2010	Split, Croatia
NACAC	15.28	Yargeris Savigne	CUB	31 Aug 2007	Osaka, Japan
South American	15.31	Caterine Ibargüen	COL	18 Jul 2014	Fontvieille, Monaco
European	15.50	Inessa Kravets	UKR	10 Aug 1995	Göteborg, Sweden
Oceanian	14.04	Nicole Mladenis	AUS	9 Mar 2002	Hobart, Australia
				7 Dec 2003	Perth, Australia

No records were set at the competition.[3]

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 14.10 metres.[4]

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:[5]