Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's triple jump

The Women's triple jump competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 13–14 August.[1]

Women's triple jump
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates13 August 2016 (qualification)
14 August 2016 (final)
Competitors37 from 25 nations
Winning distance15.17 m
Medalists
Caterine Ibargüen  Colombia
Yulimar Rojas  Venezuela
Olga Rypakova  Kazakhstan

Summary

Before the competition, 2015 World Champion Caterine Ibargüen of Colombia had the longest jump of the season with 15.04 m. Kazakhstan's Olga Rypakova entered as the defending Olympic champion from 2012 and had been the first athlete to beat Ibargüen that year, ending her rival's 34-meet-long winning streak. Twenty-year-old Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas was the only other athlete over fifteen metres that season and had won the 2016 World Indoor Championships. The remaining top challengers formed the 2016 European Championships podium – Patricia Mamona of Portugal, Greek jumper Paraskeví Papahrístou (third on the world rankings), and 2015 world medallist Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko of Israel.[2][3]

Ibargüen topped qualifying with her sole jump of 14.52 m. Papahrístou and Rypakova were the only other automatic qualifiers, both requiring two attempts. It took 14.08 m to make the final. All the main contenders progressed with Germany's Kristin Gierisch and Finn Kristiina Mäkelä posting the next best marks. A 2012 Olympic medallist and former world champion, Olha Saladuha of Ukraine, failed to progress.[4][5]

In the final, on the third jump of the competition, Keturah Orji took the lead with an American record 14.71 m (48 ft 3 in). Four jumps later, defending champion Olga Rypakova edged ahead with 14.73 m. The final jumper in every round of the competition, Caterine Ibargüen moved into bronze medal position with 14.65 m. In the second round, Ibargüen took the lead she would never relinquish, with a 15.03 m. In the third round Yulimar Rojas jumped 14.87 m to take over the silver medal position she would not relinquish. Rojas jumped her best in the fourth round, 14.98 m (49 ft 1 34 in) and Ibargüen followed that with her best of 15.17 m (49 ft 9 in). In the fifth round, Rypakova jumped her best of 14.74 m but the tiny improvement was not enough to improve the color of her medal.

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).

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 13 August 201609:40Qualifications
Sunday, 14 August 201620:55Finals

Records

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

World record  Inessa Kravets (UKR) 15.50 m Göteborg, Sweden 10 August 1995
Olympic record  Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR) 15.39 m Beijing, China 17 August 2008

The following national records were established during the competition:

CountryAthleteRoundDistanceNotes
United States Keturah Orji (USA)Final14.71 m
Portugal Patrícia Mamona (POR)Final14.65 m

Results

Qualifying round

Progression rules: Qualifying performance 14.30 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final[6]

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1BCaterine Ibargüen Colombia 14.5214.52Q
2AParaskevi Papachristou Greece 13.8314.4314.43Q
3BOlga Rypakova Kazakhstan 14.1014.3914.39Q
4BKristin Gierisch Germany 13.9713.8114.2614.26q
5AKristiina Mäkelä Finland 13.7314.0114.2414.24q, PB
6BKimberly Williams Jamaica 14.1914.0314.2214.22q
7AYulimar Rojas Venezuela 14.2113.7912.8914.21q
8AHanna Knyazyeva-Minenko Israel xx14.2014.20q
9BPatrícia Mamona Portugal 13.8014.0714.1814.18q
10BAnna Jagaciak-Michalska Poland 14.0414.13x14.13q
11ASusana Costa Portugal 13.7013.7214.1214.12q
12BKeturah Orji United States x14.08x14.08q
13AJenny Elbe Germany 14.0013.8514.0214.02
14AShanieka Thomas Jamaica 13.9513.9514.0214.02
15BChristina Epps United States 14.01xx14.01
16AElena Panțuroiu Romania 14.00x13.6814.00
17BDana Velďáková Slovakia 13.7413.98x13.98
18BOlha Saladuha Ukraine 13.7713.9713.6113.97
19AJeanine Assani Issouf France 13.51x13.9713.97
20AYosiri Urrutia Colombia 13.6713.95x13.95
21AAndrea Geubelle United States 13.67x13.9313.93
22BGabriela Petrova Bulgaria x13.5013.9213.92
23BNúbia Soares Brazil x13.8113.8513.85
24AKeila Costa Brazil x13.6213.7813.78
25ALiadagmis Povea Cuba 13.6013.6313.5513.63
26ARuslana Tsykhotska Ukraine 13.1613.1913.6313.63
27BAna José Tima Dominican Republic 13.6113.5913.2813.61
28BDariya Derkach Italy 13.1913.5513.5613.56
29BYekaterina Ektova Kazakhstan 13.3813.3113.5113.51
30BCristina Bujin Romania xx13.3813.38
31BIryna Vaskouskaya Belarus 12.8513.3513.2313.35
32APatricia Sarrapio Spain 13.35xx13.35
33AIrina Ektova Kazakhstan x13.1713.3313.33
34BLi Xiaohong China 13.30x13.2513.30SB
35ANatallia Viatkina Belarus x13.1413.2513.25
36BJoëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin Cameroon 13.1112.3312.5813.11
37AThea LaFond Dominica 12.82xx12.82

Final

RankNameNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Caterine Ibargüen Colombia 14.6515.0314.3815.1714.7614.8015.17SB
Yulimar Rojas Venezuela 14.32x14.8714.9814.6614.9514.98
Olga Rypakova Kazakhstan 14.7314.4914.5214.2014.7414.5814.74SB
4Keturah Orji United States 14.71xx14.5014.4014.3914.71NR
5Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko Israel 14.2514.3914.3214.68x14.3314.68SB
6Patrícia Mamona Portugal 14.3914.1414.4514.4214.6514.5914.65NR
7Kimberly Williams Jamaica 14.3314.48x14.38x14.5314.53
8Paraskevi Papachristou Greece 14.2614.19x14.0413.9913.8114.26
9Susana Costa Portugal xx14.12Did not advance14.12
10Anna Jagaciak-Michalska Poland 14.07x13.84Did not advance14.07
11Kristin Gierisch Germany 13.6513.96xDid not advance13.96
12Kristiina Mäkelä Finland x13.9513.70Did not advance13.95

References

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