2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump explained

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

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

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Yamilé Aldama	Olga Rypakova	Mabel Gay

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record		15.36	Budapest, Hungary	6 March 2004
Championship record		15.36	Budapest, Hungary	6 March 2004
World Leading		14.84	Karaganda, Kazakhstan	27 January 2012
African record		14.90	Budapest, Hungary	6 March 2004
Asian record		15.14	Doha, Qatar	13 March 2010
European record		15.36	Budapest, Hungary	6 March 2004
North and Central American and Caribbean record		15.05	Valencia, Spain	8 March 2008
Oceanian record		13.31	Budapest, Hungary	5 March 2004
South American record		14.11	Moscow, Russia	10 March 2006

Schedule

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

Results

Qualification

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			14.62			14.62	Q, SB
2	A			14.39			14.39	Q
3	B			14.01	14.27		14.27	q
4	B			14.23			14.23	q, SB
5	A				14.22		14.22	q
6	A				14.21		14.21	q, SB
7	B			14.09	14.15	13.88	14.15	q
8	B			13.84	14.00	14.09	14.09	q
9	A				14.05	14.04	14.05
10	A			13.71	13.49	14.00	14.00
11	A			13.45	13.98	13.81	13.98
12	B			13.74	13.95		13.95	NR
13	A			13.67	13.66	13.95	13.95
14	A			13.83			13.83
15	A			13.75		13.80	13.80
16	B			13.26	13.62	13.70	13.70
17	B			13.67	13.67		13.67
18	B			13.49		13.66	13.66
19	B				13.63	13.65	13.65
20	A			13.65	13.60		13.65	SB
21	B			13.65	13.51	13.28	13.65
22	B				13.60	13.49	13.60
23	A			13.54		11.99	13.54
24	B			13.51	13.48	13.48	13.51
25	B			13.50	13.50	12.86	13.50
26	A				12.99	13.25	13.25
27	A			13.21			13.21
28	B				13.13	12.64	13.13
	A
	B

Final

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
			14.10	14.82					14.82	SB
						14.45	14.63		14.63
			14.08	14.05	14.19		14.29	14.13	14.29
4			14.28	14.18	14.12	13.68	14.11	13.90	14.28
5			14.05	13.41	14.22	13.72	13.76	14.27	14.27
6			13.92	14.21		14.04		14.06	14.21
7			13.82				14.02		14.02
8					13.97				13.97

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump (qualification) . Omega Timing . 2012-03-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120827225244/http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-TJ-W-q----.RS6.pdf . 2012-08-27 .
2. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump (final). Omega Timing. 2012-03-10.