The Women's triple jump competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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. The event was held at the

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on 13–14 August.

Summary

Before the competition, 2015 World Champion

Caterine Ibargüen Caterine Ibargüen Mena ODB (born 12 February 1984) is a retired Colombian athlete competing in high jump, long jump and triple jump. Her notable achievements include a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, silver medal in the 2012 Summer ...

of Colombia had the longest jump of the season with 15.04 m. Kazakhstan's

Olga Rypakova Olga Rypakova (russian: Ольга Сергеевна Рыпакова; née Alekseyeva; 30 November 1984) is a Kazakhstani track and field athlete. Originally a heptathlete, she switched to focus on the long jump and began to compete in the trip ...

entered as the defending Olympic champion from 2012 and had been the first athlete to beat Ibargüen that year, ending her rival's 34-meet-long winning streak. Twenty-year-old Venezuelan

Yulimar Rojas Yulimar Rojas Rodríguez (Venezuelan ; also known as Yolimar Rojas; born 21 October 1995) is a Venezuelan athlete who holds the world record for women's triple jump, at . She is the current Olympic champion, a three-time World Champion ( 2017 L ...

was the only other athlete over fifteen metres that season and had won the 2016 World Indoor Championships. The remaining top challengers formed the 2016 European Championships podium – Patricia Mamona of Portugal, Greek jumper Paraskeví Papahrístou (third on the world rankings), and 2015 world medallist Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko of Israel. Ibargüen topped qualifying with her sole jump of 14.52 m. Papahrístou and Rypakova were the only other automatic qualifiers, both requiring two attempts. It took 14.08 m to make the final. All the main contenders progressed with Germany's Kristin Gierisch and Finn

Kristiina Mäkelä Meri Kristiina Mäkelä (born 20 November 1992) is a Finnish athlete whose specialty is the triple jump. She has competed in two Olympics and four World Athletics Championships, with the best result of 9th in 2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clo ...

posting the next best marks. A 2012 Olympic medallist and former world champion, Olha Saladuha of Ukraine, failed to progress. In the final, on the third jump of the competition,

Keturah Orji Keturah Orji (born March 5, 1996) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the triple jump. She has set a new US triple jump record twice. Early life Born in Hoboken, New Jersey to Nigerian parents, Orji grew up in Mount Olive Towns ...

took the lead with an American record . Four jumps later, defending champion

edged ahead with 14.73 m. The final jumper in every round of the competition,

moved into bronze medal position with 14.65 m. In the second round, Ibargüen took the lead she would never relinquish, with a 15.03 m. In the third round

jumped 14.87 m to take over the silver medal position she would not relinquish. Rojas jumped her best in the fourth round, and Ibargüen followed that with her best of . In the fifth round, Rypakova jumped her best of 14.74 m but the tiny improvement was not enough to improve the color of her medal.

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete jumped three times (stopping early if they made the qualifying distance). At least the top twelve athletes moved on to the final; if more than twelve reached the qualifying distance, all who did so advanced. Distances were reset for the final round. Finalists jumped three times, after which the eight best jumped three more times (with the best distance of the six jumps counted).

Schedule

All times are

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( UTC-3)

Records

, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows. The following national records were established during the competition:

Results

Qualifying round

Progression rules: Qualifying performance 14.30 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final

Final

References

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