2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump

The Women's Triple Jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on August 15 and August 17. Cuban Yargelis Savigne had registered nine of the ten farthest jumps pre-championships and was seen as a strong favourite. The twice world gold medallist Tatyana Lebedeva and world-leader Nadezhda Alekhina were also considered possible medallists. The reigning Olympic champion, Françoise Mbango, had failed to perform well in the buildup to the championships and did not start the competition.

In the qualifying rounds, Asian record holder Xie Limei had the biggest jump of the day with 14.62 m, improving on her previous season's best by more than 40 cm. Savigne, Lebedeva, and Mabel Gay were the only other athletes to reach the 14.45 m automatic qualifying mark in what was a largely modest qualifying round.

The jumps in the final of the competition were not of the standard shown in previous years, and favourite Savigne was largely unchallenged. She took the gold with a best of 14.95 m to become only the second athlete to win consecutive world titles in the event (after Lebedeva's 2001 and 2003 double). Second-placed Gay (14.61) won her first ever World Championship medal and Pyatykh reached the podium with a mark of 14.58 m. Biljana Topic set a Serbian record of 14.52 m for fourth place, but no other athletes managed beyond 14.50 m.

Medalists

Gold	Yargelis Savigne  (Cuba)
Silver	Mabel Gay  (Cuba)
Bronze	Anna Pyatykh  (Russia)

Records

World record	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	15.50	Göteborg, Sweden	10 August 1995
Championship record	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	15.50	Göteborg, Sweden	10 August 1995
World leading	Nadezhda Bazhenova-Alekhina (RUS)	15.14	Cheboksary, Russia	26 July 2009
African record	Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR)	15.39	Beijing, China	17 August 2008
Asian record	Olga Rypakova (KAZ)	15.11	Beijing, China	17 August 2008
North American record	Yamilé Aldama (CUB)	15.29	Rome, Italy	11 July 2003
South American record	Keila Costa (BRA)	14.57	São Paulo, Brazil	9 June 2007
European record	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	15.50	Göteborg, Sweden	10 August 1995
Oceanian record	Nicole Mladenis (AUS)	14.04	Hobart, Australia	9 March 2002

Qualification standards

A standard	B standard
14.20m	14.00m

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 15, 2009	11:00	Qualification
August 17, 2009	20:00	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 14.45 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Xie Limei	China (CHN)	14.62			14.62	Q, SB
2	A	Yargelis Savigne	Cuba (CUB)	x	14.53		14.53	Q
3	B	Mabel Gay	Cuba (CUB)	x	14.53		14.53	Q
4	A	Tatyana Lebedeva	Russia (RUS)	14.45			14.45	Q, SB
5	B	Biljana Topić	Serbia (SRB)	14.37	13.80	–	14.37	q, SB
6	A	Teresa Nzola Meso Ba	France (FRA)	x	13.87	14.32	14.32	q
7	B	Cristina Bujin	Romania (ROM)	14.22	12.82	14.29	14.29	q
8	A	Anna Pyatykh	Russia (RUS)	x	14.01	14.27	14.27	q
9	A	Dana Velďáková	Slovakia (SVK)	x	14.25	14.20	14.25	q
10	B	Trecia-Kaye Smith	Jamaica (JAM)	x	x	14.21	14.21	q
11	B	Gisele de Oliveira	Brazil (BRA)	13.70	13.79	14.14	14.14	q
12	B	Olga Rypakova	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	14.02	x	14.13	14.13	q
13	A	Yamilé Aldama	Sudan (SUD)	13.96	13.83	14.11	14.11
14	A	Petia Dacheva	Bulgaria (BUL)	13.63	13.56	14.11	14.11
15	A	Kimberly Williams	Jamaica (JAM)	x	14.08	x	14.08	PB
16	B	Małgorzata Trybańska	Poland (POL)	x	14.06	13.80	14.06
17	B	Shakeema Walker-Welsch	United States (USA)	x	x	14.01	14.01
18	B	Svitlana Mamyeyeva	Ukraine (UKR)	13.92	13.35	13.70	13.92
19	A	Snežana Rodic	Slovenia (SLO)	13.92	x	x	13.92
20	A	Svetlana Bolshakova	Belgium (BEL)	13.89	x	13.73	13.89
21	A	Magdelín Martínez	Italy (ITA)	13.80	13.72	13.87	13.87
22	A	Martina Šestáková	Czech Republic (CZE)	x	13.69	13.84	13.84
23	A	Irina Litvinenko	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	13.63	13.77	13.82	13.82
24	B	Nataliya Yastrebova	Ukraine (UKR)	x	13.58	13.74	13.74
25	B	Athanasia Perra	Greece (GRE)	13.69	x	x	13.69
25	B	Marija Šestak	Slovenia (SLO)	x	x	13.69	13.69
27	A	Shani Marks	United States (USA)	x	x	13.67	13.67
28	B	Nadezhda Alekhina	Russia (RUS)	x	x	13.60	13.60
29	A	Paraskevi Papahristou	Greece (GRE)	13.58	x	13.58	13.58
30	B	Vanessa Gladone	France (FRA)	13.51	13.42	13.40	13.51
31	A	Liliya Kulyk	Ukraine (UKR)	13.37	13.41	13.41	13.41
32	A	Erica McLain	United States (USA)	13.34	x	13.39	13.39
33	A	Patricia Sylvester	Grenada (GRN)	13.22	13.05	12.98	13.22
34	B	Katja Demut	Germany (GER)	x	11.38	x	11.38
	B	Françoise Mbango Etone	Cameroon (CMR)					DNS

Key: DNS = Did not start, PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Final

Cubans Yargelis Savigne and Mabel Gay took the gold and silver.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Yargelis Savigne	Cuba (CUB)	14.45	14.14	14.89	14.85	14.95	14.39	14.95
	Mabel Gay	Cuba (CUB)	13.87	14.50	x	14.61	14.48	14.04	14.61	SB
	Anna Pyatykh	Russia (RUS)	13.72	14.23	13.66	14.58	14.46	14.53	14.58
4	Biljana Topić	Serbia (SRB)	14.21	14.38	14.27	14.52	14.43	14.10	14.52	NR
5	Trecia-Kaye Smith	Jamaica (JAM)	14.31	x	x	14.41	14.48	x	14.48	SB
6	Tatyana Lebedeva	Russia (RUS)	x	14.37	14.23	14.22	14.26	14.28	14.37
7	Cristina Bujin	Romania (ROM)	14.26	14.00	14.03	14.20	14.16	14.15	14.26
8	Dana Velďáková	Slovakia (SVK)	14.25	x	12.86	14.14	14.19	14.13	14.25
9	Xie Limei	China (CHN)	14.16	11.46	14.06				14.16
10	Olga Rypakova	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	x	13.91	13.71				13.91
11	Teresa Nzola Meso Ba	France (FRA)	13.77	13.79	x				13.79
12	Gisele de Oliveira	Brazil (BRA)	x	13.19	–				13.19

Key: NR = National record, SB = Seasonal best

References

General

• Triple jump results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-16.

Specific