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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's triple jump

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Women's triple jump
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueStade de France, Paris, France
Date
  • 2 August 2024 (qualification)
    3 August 2024 (final)
Competitors31 from 22 nations
Winning time15.02 m
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Thea LaFond  Dominica
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shanieka Ricketts  Jamaica
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jasmine Moore  United States
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The women's triple jump at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 2 and 3 August 2024. This was the eighth time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics.

Summary

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Since the 2017 World Championships, Yulimar Rojas has won every major championship. In addition to the world record, Rojas owns half of the top triple jumps ever. With Rojas out for the season, this opened the door for other athletes to step up. With silver at three major championships Shanieka Ricketts, tied for #21 all time seemed the likely candidate. Ana Peleteiro, the returning bronze medalist was also in the competition. Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk was the silver medalist at the most recent World Championships ahead of Leyanis Pérez. Earlier in the year, Thea LaFond won the World Indoor Championship over Pérez and Peleteiro.

Liadagmis Povea, Jasmine Moore, Peleteiro and Ricketts beat the automatic qualifier on their first attempt. Dariya Derkach and LaFond hit it exactly both on their second attempt. Pérez took all three attempts to pound out the best qualifier 14.68m. Bekh-Romanchuk was the next best non-automatic qualifier.

Peleteiro started off the final with 14.55m. That held up through the round until the last two jumpers, Ricketts taking the lead with 14.61m until the last jumper, Pérez, went a centimeter further. The second round got serious. Moore stepped into the lead with a 14.67m which lasted two jumps until LaFond blasted a PB 15.02 m (49 ft 3+14 in). Dropped to fourth place, Ricketts improved to 14.87m to move into silver position. And the rain came. Peleteiro improved to 14.59 in the fourth round, Povea improved to 14.64m in the fifth, but neither reached Moore.[1][2] LaFond was the first medal winner of any kind for the island nation of Dominica with a population barely over 70,000. Her winning mark improved her own National Record and moved her into a tie with Bekh-Romanchuk as #24 of all time.[3]

Background

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The women's triple jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1996.

Reigning Olympic gold medallist, world record holder and seven-time world champion Yulimar Rojas was absent from the event after undergoing surgery to repair an achilles injury incurred during a training session in Spain in April 2024.[4]

Records

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Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (Nation) Distance (m) Location Date
World record  Yulimar Rojas (VEN) 15.74[5] Belgrade, Serbia 20 March 2022
Olympic record  Yulimar Rojas (VEN) 15.67 Tokyo, Japan 1 August 2021
World leading  Thea LaFond (DMA) 15.01[6] Glasgow, Great Britain 3 March 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[7]
Area Record Athlete (Nation) Distance (m)
Africa (records)  Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR) 15.39
Asia (records)  Olga Rypakova (KAZ) 15.25
Europe (records)  Inessa Kravets (UKR) 15.50
North, Central America

and Caribbean (records)

 Yamilé Aldama (CUB) 15.29
Oceania (records)  Nicole Mladenis (AUS) 14.04
South America (records)  Yulimar Rojas (VEN) 15.74 WR

Qualification

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For the women's triple jump event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 14.55 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[8][9]

Results

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Qualifying round

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Progression rules: Qualifying performance 14.35 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Group Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 B Leyanis Pérez  Cuba x 14.29 14.68 14.68 Q
2 B Shanieka Ricketts  Jamaica 14.47 14.47 Q
3 A Jasmine Moore  United States 14.43 14.43 Q, SB
4 A Liadagmis Povea  Cuba 14.39 14.39 Q
5 B Ana Peleteiro  Spain 14.36 14.36 Q
6 B Dariya Derkach  Italy 14.19 14.35 14.35 Q, SB
7 A Thea LaFond  Dominica x 14.35 14.35 Q
8 A Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk  Ukraine 14.30 x 14.09 14.30 q
9 B Elena Andreea Taloș  Romania x 14.23 14.21 14.23 q
10 A Ackelia Smith  Jamaica 14.08 13.98 14.09 14.09 q
11 B Keturah Orji  United States 13.58 x 14.09 14.09 q
12 B Ilionis Guillaume  France 13.82 13.58 14.05 14.05 q
13 A Diana Ana Maria Ion  Romania x x 14.03 14.03
14 B Tori Franklin  United States 13.84 14.02 13.82 14.02
15 B Charisma Taylor  Bahamas 14.01 13.98 13.71 14.01
16 A Tuğba Danışmaz  Turkey x 13.97 13.95 13.97
17 A Saly Sarr  Senegal x 13.96 11.72 13.96
18 A Neja Filipič  Slovenia 13.75 13.78 13.85 13.85
19 A Maja Åskag  Sweden 13.79 13.63 x 13.79
20 B Kimberley Williams  Jamaica 13.77 13.09 13.76 13.77
21 A Gabriela Petrova  Bulgaria 13.77 x 13.67 13.77
22 B Rūta Kate Lasmane  Latvia 13.76 11.43 13.54 13.76
23 B Sharifa Davronova  Uzbekistan 13.74 x 13.55 13.74
24 B Zeng Rui  China 13.03 13.69 13.36 13.69
25 A Dovilè Kilty  Lithuania 13.63 13.51 13.64 13.64
26 A Ottavia Cestonaro  Italy 13.63 x 13.48 13.63 SB
27 A Gabriele dos Santos  Brazil x 13.63 13.48 13.63
28 B Mariko Morimoto  Japan x 13.40 13.19 13.40
29 B Olha Korsun  Ukraine 13.06 x x 13.06
30 B Diana Zagainova  Lithuania x x 12.86 12.86
A Senni Salminen  Finland DNS

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Thea LaFond  Dominica 14.32 15.02 14.46 14.12 14.43 15.02 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shanieka Ricketts  Jamaica 14.61 14.87 x x x 14.73 14.87 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jasmine Moore  United States x 14.67 x 14.16 x x 14.67 SB
4 Liadagmis Povea  Cuba 14.28 x 14.39 14.25 14.64 14.56 14.64
5 Leyanis Pérez  Cuba 14.62 14.12 14.50 14.37 14.42 x 14.62
6 Ana Peleteiro  Spain 14.55 13.73 14.52 14.59 14.26 14.31 14.59
7 Ackelia Smith  Jamaica 13.88 x 14.15 13.86 13.91 14.42 14.42
8 Dariya Derkach  Italy 14.14 14.08 13.79 x x 13.79 14.14
9 Keturah Orji  United States 13.97 x 14.05 Did not advance 14.05
10 Elena Andreea Taloș  Romania x x 14.03 Did not advance 14.03
11 Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk  Ukraine x x 13.98 Did not advance 13.98
12 Ilionis Guillaume  France x 13.78 x Did not advance 13.78

References

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  1. ^ https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_N59A_ATHWTRPLJUMP----------FNL-000100--.pdf
  2. ^ https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_C73H2_ATHWTRPLJUMP----------FNL-000100--.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.alltime-athletics.com/wtripleok.htm
  4. ^ "Paris 2024: Triple Jump champion Yulimar Rojas to miss Olympic Games through injury". BBC. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  5. ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – Triple jump women", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – Triple jump women", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Records – Triple jump women". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  8. ^ Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Road To | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-07.