Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's triple jump

The women's triple jump competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 21–23 August.[1]

Women's triple jump
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date21–23 August
Competitors33 from 24 nations
Winning distance15.30 AF
Medalists
Françoise Mbango Etone  Cameroon
Hrysopiyi Devetzi  Greece
Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia

Coming into the competition, reigning world champion Tatyana Lebedeva was a favorite, having jumped 15.34m and 15.33m. earlier in July, slightly improving her position as the number two jumper in history which she had held since 2000. World record holder Inessa Kravets from nine years earlier, was no longer a factor, but Yamilé Aldama was also jumping well with a 15.28 just three weeks before the Olympics.

In the qualifying round, Hrysopiyi Devetzi shocked everyone with her 15.32m automatic qualifier on her only attempt. That was a Beamonesque improvement of her personal best and placed her as the number three jumper in history at that point in time, just 2 cm short of Lebedeva. Only 14.45 was required as an automatic qualifier and 14 other women managed that, though none went over 14.90m.

In the first round of the final, Devetzi showed she was serious taking the early lead with 14.96m. In the second round Trecia-Kaye Smith jumped 15.02m but was overshadowed by Françoise Mbango Etone's 15.30 m (50 ft 2 14 in) African record, a 25 cm improvement over her own record best. In the third round Devetzi improved to 15.14m to move back into second place. In the fourth round Devetzi improved her position again to 15.25m with Aldama moving into third place with her best of the day 14.99m. In the fifth round Lebedeva finally got over 15m with a 15.04m to take third place. She solidified her position with a 15.14m in the final round but Etone also solidified her position with a second 15.30m. After fouling her first attempt, Etone had five successive jumps over 15m including two at 15.30m. It would be the first Olympic gold medal for Cameroon. Etone would go on to defend her medal four year later with Cameroon's second Gold medal. Her winning 15.39m jump in Beijing stood as the second best jump in history until 2019.

Of the top 16 jumps in history, most are between Etone, Devetzi, Lebedeva and Aldama, and mostly from jumps in 2004. The only other athletes included in that group are two jumps by world record holder Kravets, two in 2019 by Yulimar Rojas and one each by Caterine Ibargüen and Yargeris Savigne (all three two time World Champions).[2]

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete jumped three times (stopping early if they made the qualifying distance). At least the top twelve athletes moved on to the final; if more than twelve reached the qualifying distance, all who did so advanced. Distances were reset for the final round. Finalists jumped three times, after which the eight best jumped three more times (with the best distance of the six jumps counted).[3]

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 21 August 200420:35Qualification
Monday, 23 August 200418:45Final

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Inessa Kravets (UKR)15.50 mGothenburg, Sweden10 August 1995
Olympic record Inessa Kravets (UKR)15.33 mAtlanta, United States4 August 1996

No new records were set during the competition.

Results

Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 14.45 (Q) or at least 12 best qualified (q).

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1AHrysopiyi Devetzi Greece15.3215.32Q, NR
2ABaya Rahouli Algeria14.8914.89Q, NR
3BYamilé Aldama Sudan14.8014.80Q
4AKéné Ndoye Senegal14.3214.7914.79Q
5ATatyana Lebedeva Russia14.7114.71Q
6BHuang Qiuyan China14.0914.2914.6614.66Q, SB
7BTrecia-Kaye Smith Jamaicax14.6514.65Q
8BAnna Pyatykh Russiax14.6214.62Q
9BFrançoise Mbango Etone Cameroon14.6114.61Q
10AMagdelín Martínez Italy14.5714.57Q
11AOlena Hovorova Ukraine14.5614.56Q
11BAdelina Gavrilă Romania14.5614.56Q
13AOlga Vasdeki Greecex14.5414.54Q, SB
14AYusmay Bicet Cuba14.2114.5314.53Q
15ANatallia Safronava Belarus14.5214.52Q, SB
16AMariana Solomon Romaniax14.2914.4214.42PB
17BSimona La Mantia Italy14.0014.39x14.39
18BCarlota Castrejana Spain14.3214.37x14.37=SB
19AMariya Dimitrova Bulgariaxx14.1614.16
20AIneta Radēviča Latvia14.1214.0314.0614.12PB
21BViktoriya Gurova Russia14.04x14.0314.04
22ATiombe Hurd United States13.9813.9713.9313.98
23BHeli Koivula Kruger Finlandx13.7013.9813.98
24AOlga Bolşova Moldova13.9013.8713.6413.90
25ATatyana Bocharova Kazakhstan13.1813.4113.8113.81
26AŠárka Kašpárková Czech Republicxx13.7913.79
27BAnastasiya Juravleva Uzbekistan13.6413.5213.5113.64
28BYuliana Pérez United Statesx13.6213.5113.62
29BLiliana Zagacka Poland13.3613.5913.4113.59
30BTetyana Shchurenko Ukrainex13.1213.5513.55
31BJulia Dubina Georgia13.3612.6112.9013.36
32AZhang Hao Chinax13.30x13.30
33BAthanasia Perra Greece13.19x13.19

Final

RankNameCountry123456ResultNotes
Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon x15.3015.0215.1715.2115.3015.30AF
Hrysopiyi Devetzi Greece 14.9614.5915.1415.25x14.9215.25
Tatyana Lebedeva Russia x14.8414.95x15.0415.1415.14
4Trecia-Kaye Smith Jamaica x15.0213.23xx14.7015.02
5Yamilé Aldama Sudan x14.9014.7414.9913.9214.1914.99
6Baya Rahouli Algeria 14.7514.8614.5714.76x14.6814.86
7Magdelín Martínez Italy 14.7014.8514.5814.5014.5114.7614.85
8Anna Pyatykh Russia 14.1614.58xxx14.7914.79
9Yusmay Bicet Cuba xx14.5714.57
10Olena Hovorova Ukraine 14.0714.3514.3514.35
11Olga Vasdeki Greece 14.3414.08x14.34
12Huang Qiuyan China 13.8514.3314.0414.33
13Natallia Safronava Belarus 14.20x14.2214.22
14Kéné Ndoye Senegal x14.0914.1814.18
15Adelina Gavrilă Romania xx13.8613.86

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.