2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump explained

Event:	Women's triple jump
Competition:	2019 World Championships
Venue:	Khalifa International Stadium
Dates:	3 October (qualification) 5 October (final)
Competitors:	26
Nations:	17
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	15.37
Gold:	Yulimar Rojas
Goldnoc:	VEN
Silver:	Shanieka Ricketts
Silvernoc:	JAM
Bronze:	Caterine Ibargüen
Bronzenoc:	COL
Prev:	2017
Next:	2022

The women's triple jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 3 to 5 October 2019.^[1]

Summary

Just a month before this event, Yulimar Rojas jumped 15.41m for the

1. 2 mark in history

. It was almost half a metre longer than world #2 Shanieka Ricketts. #6 of all time Caterine Ibargüen was also in this competition and has been in that neighborhood in the past, but hadn't jumped over 15 metres since 2016. At 35, she had already set the Masters world record twice this season.

As the third jumper in the finals, Rickets put her first effort out at 14.81m. The next jumper up was Rojas jumping marginally better with a 14.87m. The next best jumper in the first round was Kimberly Williams with a 14.64m, her personal best. As her second attempt, Rojas landed (-0.6) meaning into a slight headwind. It was the #4 jump in history, with only Françoise Mbango Etone's winning jump from the 2008 Olympics separating it from her own #2. Game. Set. Match.

Later in the round, Williams duplicated her personal best and held on to third place until the fifth round, when Ibargüen took the bronze away with a 14.73m. On her third attempt, the crowd was silenced for a moment as Rojas flew beyond the world record, but the jump was ruled a foul as she took off more than half a shoe length beyond the take off board. Inconsequential to the results, Rojas' fourth attempt of 15.18m equaled the #26 jump in history^[2] and was the sixth longest ancillary jump in history.^[3]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[4]

Record		Athlete		Date	Location
World	15.50	Inessa Kravets	Ukraine	10 Aug 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden
Championship	15.50	Inessa Kravets	Ukraine	10 Aug 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden
World leading		Yulimar Rojas	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	6 Sep 2019	Andújar, Spain
South American
African	15.39	Françoise Mbango Etone	Cameroon	17 Aug 2008	Beijing, China
Asian	15.25	Olga Rypakova	Kazakhstan	4 Sep 2010	Split, Croatia
NACAC	15.29	Yamilé Aldama	Cuba	11 Jul 2003	Rome, Italy
European	15.50	Inessa Kravets	Ukraine	10 Aug 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden
Oceanian	14.04	Nicole Mladenis	Australia	9 Mar 2002	Hobart, Australia
		Nicole Mladenis	Australia	7 Dec 2003	Perth, Australia

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:^[5]

Date	Time	Round
3 October	16:40	Qualification
5 October	20:35	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 14.30 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.^{[6] [7]}

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A			14.42			14.42	Q
2	A			13.97	14.32		14.32	Q
3	A					14.32	14.32	Q
4	B				14.31		14.31	Q
5	A			14.30			14.30	Q
6	A			14.26	14.10	14.06	14.26	q
7	B			14.25	14.04		14.25	q
8	B			14.11	14.23		14.23	q
9	B			14.23		13.86	14.23	q
10	A			14.21	11.95	14.18	14.21	q
11	B			14.20	13.75	13.73	14.20	q
12	B				14.12	14.02	14.12	q
13	B			14.09	14.05		14.09
14	B			14.01	14.09	12.62	14.09
15	B			14.01	14.08	13.98	14.08
16	A			13.84	13.98		13.98
17	B				13.97		13.97
18	A			13.48	13.89	13.58	13.89
19	B				13.77	13.73	13.77
20	B			13.71	13.77	13.65	13.77
21	A			13.67	13.57	12.48	13.67
22	A			13.58		13.64	13.64
23	A			13.58	13.40	13.46	13.58
24	A			13.48	13.56	13.16	13.56
25	B			13.16	13.14	13.09	13.16
26	B			13.05		12.71	13.05
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Final

The final was started on 5 October at 20:35.^[8]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
			14.87	15.37		15.18	14.77		15.37
			14.81	14.76	14.92	14.72	14.85		14.92
			14.16		14.40	14.46	14.73	14.47	14.73
4			14.64	14.64	14.53			14.17	14.64
5			14.52	14.40		12.34	14.25	14.05	14.52
6			14.47	13.41		14.27	14.20	14.20	14.47
7				14.46		14.37	14.24	14.45	14.46
8			14.40	14.34	14.30	14.17			14.40
9			14.07		14.08				14.08
10					14.08				14.08
11			14.07						14.07
12			13.81	13.99	13.74				13.99

Notes and References

1. Web site: Triple Jump Women − Qualification − Start List. IAAF. 2 October 2019. 2 October 2019.
2. Web site: Triple Jump - women - senior - outdoor. www.worldathletics.org.
3. Web site: Women's triple jump.
4. Web site: Triple jump Women − Records. IAAF. 27 September 2019.
5. Web site: Women's triple jump − Timetable. IAAF. 27 September 2019.
6. Web site: Qualification summary.
7. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-TJ-W-q----.RS6.pdf Qualification results
8. Web site: Triple Jump Women − Final − Results. IAAF. 5 October 2019. 6 October 2019.