2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Triple Jump (Women)

sport	athletics
discipline	Triple jump
gender	Women
Attendees	37 athletes from 25 countries
Competition location	Estádio Nilton Santos
Competition phase	August 13, 2016 (qualification) ; August 14, 2016 (final)
	Medalists
	Caterine Ibargüen ( COL )
	Yulimar Rojas ( VEN )
	Olga Rypakowa ( KAZ )

The women's triple jump at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 13 and 14, 2016 at the Estádio Nilton Santos . 37 athletes took part.

The Colombian Caterine Ibargüen became Olympic champion . She won ahead of Yulimar Rojas from Venezuela and the Kazakh Olga Rypakowa .

Jenny Elbe and Kristin Gierisch started for Germany . Elbe failed in the qualification. Gierisch qualified for the final and finished eleventh.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current titleholders

Olympic Champion	Olga Rypakowa ( Kazakhstan ) Kazakhstan	14.98 m	London 2012
world champion	Caterine Ibargüen ( Colombia ) Colombia	14.98 m	Beijing 2015
European champion	Patrícia Mamona ( Portugal ) Portugal	14.58 m	Amsterdam 2016
North / Central America / Caribbean Champion	Shanieka Thomas ( Jamaica ) Jamaica	14.23 m	San José 2015
South America Champion	Yulimar Rojas ( Venezuela ) Venezuela	14.14 m	Lima 2015
Asian champion	Wang Wupin ( People's Republic of China ) China People's Republic	13.76 m	Wuhan 2015
African champion	Nadia Eke ( Ghana ) Ghana	13.42 m	Durban 2016
Oceania champion	Milika Tuivanuavou ( Fiji ) Fiji	12.29 m	Cairns 2015

Existing records

World record	Inessa Krawez ( Ukraine ) Ukraine	15.50 m	Gothenburg , Sweden	August 10, 1995
Olympic record	Françoise Mbango Etone ( Cameroon ) Cameroon	15.39 m	Beijing Final , People's Republic of China	August 17, 2008

Remarks:

All times are based on local time in Rio ( UTC-3 ).
All widths are given in meters (m).

qualification

The athletes competed in two groups for a qualifying round. The qualification distance required for direct entry into the final was 14.30 m. Since only three jumpers exceeded this distance - highlighted in light blue, the final field was filled with the following best participants from both groups to a total of twelve athletes - highlighted in light green. So finally 14.08 m had to be achieved to be in the final.

Group A

The German Jenny Elbe was eliminated from the qualification with her 14.02 m

The Kazakh Irina Ektowa did not reach the final with 13.33 m

The Ukrainian Olha Saladucha was eliminated in the preliminary round with 13.97 m

Dariya Derkach, who started for Italy, did not reach the final with her 13.56 m

August 13, 2016, 9:40 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)
1	Paraskevi Papachristou	Greece Greece	13.80	14.43	-	14.43
2	Kristiina Mäkelä	Finland Finland	13.73	14.01	14.24	14.24
3	Yulimar Rojas	Venezuela Venezuela	14.21	13.79	12.89	14.21
4th	Hanna Knjasjewa-Minenko	Israel Israel	x	x	14.20	14.20
5	Susana Costa	Portugal Portugal	13.70	13.72	14.12	14.12
6th	Jenny Elbe	Germany Germany	14.00	13.85	14.02	14.02
7th	Shanieka Thomas	Jamaica Jamaica	13.95	13.95	14.02	14.02
8th	Elena Panțuroiu	Romania Romania	14.00	x	13.68	14.00
9	Jeanine Assani-Issouf	France France	13.51	x	13.97	13.97
10	Yosiris Urrutia	Colombia Colombia	13.67	13.95	x	13.95
11	Andrea Geubelle	United States United States	13.67	x	13.93	13.93
12	Keila Costa	Brazil Brazil	x	13.62	13.78	13.78
13	Liadagmis Povea	Cuba Cuba	13.60	13.63	13.55	13.63
14th	Ruslana Zychozka	Ukraine Ukraine	13.16	13.19	13.63	13.63
15th	Patricia Sarrapio	Spain Spain	13.35	x	x	13.35
16	Irina Ektova	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	x	13.17	13.33	13.33
17th	Natallia Vyatkina	Belarus Belarus	x	13.14	13.25	13.25
18th	Thea LaFond	Dominica Dominica	12.82	x	x	12.82

Group B

August 13, 2016, 9:40 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)
1	Caterine Ibargüen	Colombia Colombia	14.52	-	-	14.52
2	Olga Rypakova	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	14.10	14.39	-	14.39
3	Kristin Gierisch	Germany Germany	13.97	13.01	14.26	14.26
4th	Kimberly Williams	Jamaica Jamaica	14.19	14.03	14.22	14.22
5	Patrícia Mamona	Portugal Portugal	13.80	14.07	14.10	14.10
6th	Anna Jagaciak-Michalska	Poland Poland	14.04	14.13	x	14.13
7th	Keturah Orji	United States United States	x	14.08	x	14.08
8th	Christina Epps	United States United States	14.01	x	x	14.01
9	Dana Velďáková	Slovakia Slovakia	13.74	13.98	x	13.98
10	Olha Saladucha	Ukraine Ukraine	13.77	13.97	13.61	13.97
11	Gabriela Petrowa	Bulgaria Bulgaria	x	13.50	13.92	13.92
12	Núbia Soares	Brazil Brazil	x	13.81	13.85	13.85
13	Ana José Tima	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	13.61	13.59	13.28	13.85
14th	Dariya Derkach	Italy Italy	13.19	13.55	13.56	13.56
15th	Ekaterina Ektova	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	13.38	13.31	13.51	13.51
16	Cristina Bujin	Romania Romania	x	x	13.38	13.38
17th	Iryna Waskouskaya	Belarus Belarus	12.84	13.35	13.23	13.35
18th	Li Xiaohong	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	13.30	x	13.25	13.30
19th	Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin	Cameroon Cameroon	13.11	12.33	12.58	13.11

final

August 14, 2016, 8:55 p.m.

In the final, each participant initially had three attempts, the length of the qualifying round was not counted. The best eight athletes then had three more attempts, the last four were eliminated.

Twelve athletes from twelve different countries qualified for the final, three of them by qualifying distance, the other nine by their placements.

The favorites of the competition were the 2012 Olympic champion Olga Rypakowa from Kazakhstan and the Colombian 2013 and 2015 world champion Caterine Ibargüen. Other medal candidates were Vice World Champion and Vice European Champion Hanna Knjasjewa-Minenko from Israel, the Kazakh World Cup third Olga Rypakowa and the Portuguese European Champion Patrícia Mamona.

With 14.73 m Rypakowa took the lead in the first round. The US jumpers Keturah Orji and Ibargüen followed. The Colombian reached 15.03 m in the second attempt, taking her to the top. In lap three, Yulimar Rojas from Venezuela improved to second place with 14.87 m ahead of Rypakowa. In the fourth round, Ibargüen extended their lead with 15.17 m, Rojas improved to 14.98 m. Olga Rypakowa improved in the fifth attempt to 14.74 m, but remained on the bronze rank. Caterine Ibargüen was Olympic champion, silver went to Yulimar Rojas. Fourth place went to the American Keturah Orji, who set a new national record with 14.71 m. Hanna Knjasjewa-Minenko was fifth ahead of Patrícia Mamona, who also jumped the national record with 14.68 m.

Caterine Ibargüen was the first ever Colombian Olympic champion in athletics.
Yulimar Rojas was the first Venezuelan athlete to win an Olympic medal.

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Width (m)	annotation
1	Caterine Ibargüen	Colombia Colombia	14.65	15.03	14.38	15.17	14.76	14.80	15.17
2	Yulimar Rojas	Venezuela Venezuela	14.32	x	14.87	14.98	14.66	14.95	14.98
3	Olga Rypakova	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	14.73	14.49	14.52	14.20	14.74	14.58	14.74
4th	Keturah Orji	United States United States	14.71	x	x	14.50	14.40	14.39	14.71	NO
5	Hanna Knjasjewa-Minenko	Israel Israel	14.25	14.39	14.32	14.68	x	14.33	14.68
6th	Patrícia Mamona	Portugal Portugal	14.39	14.14	14.45	14.42	14.65	14.59	14.65	NO
7th	Kimberly Williams	Jamaica Jamaica	14.33	14.48	x	14.38	x	14.53	14.53
8th	Paraskevi Papachristou	Greece Greece	14.26	14.19	x	14.04	13.99	13.81	14.26

9	Susana Costa	Portugal Portugal	x	x	14.12	not in the final of the eight best jumpers			14.12
10	Anna Jagaciak-Michalska	Poland Poland	14.07	x	13.84				18.07
11	Kristin Gierisch	Germany Germany	13.65	13.96	x				13.96
12	Kristiina Mäkelä	Finland Finland	x	13.95	13.70				13.95