The women's

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was held at the

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on 5 and 7 August. The winning margin was 2 cm which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's triple jump has been won by less than 4 cm at these championships.

Summary

The final started off with Shanieka Ricketts jumping 14.13 metres, which turned out to be her best. The second jumper Kristin Gierisch improved 3 centimeters to 14.16 metres then the fifth jumper, Olympic bronze medalist

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took the lead out to 14.45 metres. That lasted four more jumps until the young Venezuelan Olympic silver medalist

Yulimar Rojas Yulimar Rojas Rodríguez (also known as Yolimar Rojas; born 21 October 1995) is a Venezuelan Sport of athletics, athlete who holds the Triple jump world record progression#Women, world record for women's triple jump, at . She is the Athletics a ...

added 10 more centimeters to 14.55 metres which only lasted until the next athlete down the runway, gold medalist Colombian veteran

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 ...

added another dozen to 14.67 metres. The second round saw Rojas improve up to 14.82 metres, while Ibargüen only improved to 10.69 metres. The third round saw Rypakova jump past Ibargüen to 14.77 metres. Rojas improved a centimetre, then Ibargüen leaped past both of them back into the lead with a 14.89 metres. In the fifth round, Rojas edged ahead again with a 14.91 metres, but Ibargüen had two more attempts left. Her 14.88 metres final attempt didn't quite get there. It was the same medalists as the Olympics, but a South American changing of the guard at the top. Rojas' was the first gold medal in the World Championships for Venezuela, only a day after

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got their first medal ever.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: No records were set at the competition.

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 14.10 metres.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 5 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 11:01 and Group B starting at 11:00. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 14.20 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:

Final

The final took place on 7 August at 20:25. The results were as follows:

References

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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