The Women's

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

event at the

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was held at the

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on August 30 and September 1.

Yargelis Savigne Yargelis Savigne Herrera (born 13 November 1984 in Niceto Pérez, Guantanamo) is a Cuban athlete competing in the triple jump and long jump. Her international breakthrough came in 2005, when she, competing in both the triple and long jump eve ...

of Cuba had won the last two world titles (2007 and 2009) and led the world rankings before the competition with a jump of 14.99 m. She and Ukrainian

Olha Saladuha Olha Valeriivna Saladukha (, born 4 June 1983) is a Ukrainian former triple jumper. Since the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election she is a member of the Ukrainian parliament. Biography Saladukha took up athletics at the same club as Sergey Bub ...

each had three wins on the

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before the event. Colombia's

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 Oly ...

was joint number one in the rankings, having set a South American record two weeks earlier.

Olga Rypakova Olga Rypakova Alekseyeva; 30 November 1984) is a former Kazakhstani track and field athlete. Originally a heptathlete, she switched to focus on the long jump and began to compete in the triple jump after 2007. Her first successes came in the co ...

, who was dominant in 2010, had the fourth best jump among the entrants with her mark of 14.96 m. Paraskeví Papahrístou, the 2009 runner-up

Mabel Gay Mabel Gay Tamayo (born 5 May 1983 in Santiago de Cuba) is a Cuban triple jumper. Her personal best jump is 14.67 metres, achieved in September 2011 in Daegu. Personal bests Outdoor *Long jump: 6.28 m – Rio de Janeiro, 17 May 2009 *Tripl ...

, and Josleidy Ribalta were the other top-eight ranked athletes to start.Triple Jump 2011
IAAF (2011-08-23). Retrieved on 2011-08-27. Saladukha popped 14.94 on the third jump of the competition. Nobody, including Saladukha herself was able to improve upon that through the six rounds. Defending champion Savigne hurt herself on her second attempt and was not a factor. Gay made her personal best jump in the fifth round to move into a tie for third. Ibargüen followed her with her best attempt to move into second place. Rypakova then followed her with the silver medal winning jump, pushing Ibargüen to third.

Medalists

Records

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Qualification

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

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Final

References

External links

Triple jump results
at IAAF website {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 World Championships in Athletics - Women's triple jump

Triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

Triple jump at the World Athletics Championships 2011 in women's athletics