Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's triple jump explained

Event:	Women's triple jump
Games:	2019
Venue:	Athletics Stadium
Dates:	August 9
Competitors:	14
Nations:	11
Win Value:	15.11 m
Win Label:	Winning distance
Gold:	Yulimar Rojas
Goldnoc:	VEN
Silver:	Shanieka Ricketts
Silvernoc:	JAM
Bronze:	Liadagmis Povea
Bronzenoc:	CUB
Prev:	2015
Next:	2023

The women's triple jump competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 9 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Caterine Ibargüen from Colombia.

Summary

With Caterine Ibargüen not competing after participating in the long jump, Yulimar Rojas took the lead with her first jump that no the competitor would beat. Along the way to gold, her fourth attempt was, making her the number 16 jumper in history. Silver medalist Shanieka Ricketts displayed amazing consistency with three jumps within 1 cm of her best. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record		15.50	Gothenburg, Sweden	August 10, 1995
Pan American Games record		14.92	Guadalajara, Mexico	October 28, 2011

Results

All times shown are in meters.

KEY:

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Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Final

The results were as follows^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Mark	Notes
			14.90		14.67	15.11			15.11 +0.6	,
				14.76	14.76	14.43	14.70	14.77	14.77 +0.7
			14.39	14.60	14.16	14.10	14.38	14.29	14.60 -0.6
4				14.15	13.82	13.87	12.23	13.64	14.15 +1.4
5			13.54			13.96		13.84	13.96 -0.2
6			13.64		13.63	13.78	13.42	13.37	13.78 +0.3
7			13.58	13.41	13.75		13.16	13.04	13.75 -0.2
8			13.70	11.44		13.60	13.42	13.31	13.70 -0.5
9					13.35				13.35 +0.1
10					13.32				13.32 +1.2
11			13.27	12.83	12.28				13.27 +1.0
12			13.15	12.75	12.84				13.15 +0.8
13					12.68				12.68 +0.3
14			12.13						12.13 +1.9

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lima-2019: os seis nomes de destaque nos Pan-americanos. 12 August 2019. gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br. Zero Hora. Portuguese. 10 June 2023.
2. Web site: Rojas leaps world-leading 15.11m at Pan-American Games. 10 August 2019. worldathletics.org. World Athletics. 10 June 2023.
3. Web site: 10 June 2023. Panam Sports. panamsports.org. Libro de Resultados Atletismo.