Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's triple jump

The women's triple jump event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held the 28 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Yargelis Savigne of the Cuba.

Women's triple jump at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 28
Competitors	15 from 11 nations
Winning distance	14.92
Medalists
Caterine Ibargüen   Colombia   Yargelis Savigne   Cuba   Mabel Gay   Cuba
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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	15.50	Gothenburg, Sweden	August 10, 1995
Pan American Games record	Yargelis Savigne (CUB)	14.80	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 27, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (13.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 28, 2011	16:50	Final

Results

All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Final

The final was held on October 28.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Caterine Ibargüen	Colombia	14.80	14.49	14.75	x	14.73	14.92	14.92	GR
	Yargelis Savigne	Cuba	14.10	x	14.36	13.19	13.90	x	14.36
	Mabel Gay	Cuba	13.47	14.08	14.28	x	14.23	14.24	14.28
4	Keila Costa	Brazil	13.77	13.85	13.89	13.89	14.01	13.93	14.01
5	Ayanna Alexander	Trinidad and Tobago	13.48	13.54	13.40	13.53	13.02	13.43	13.54
6	Crystal Manning	United States	13.53	x	x	13.18	12.99	x	13.53
7	Yvette Lewis	United States	12.84	x	13.17	12.89	12.99	–	13.17
8	Aidé Yesenia Villareal	Mexico	x	x	12.92	13.06	12.77	12.66	13.06
9	Estefany Cruz	Guatemala	12.83	x	12.86				12.86
10	Ana José	Dominican Republic	12.69	12.69	12.80				12.80
11	Mayra Pachito	Ecuador	12.74	12.30	x				12.74
12	Jaqueline Triana	Mexico	x	12.58	x				12.58
13	Pascale Delaunay	Haiti	x	12.30	12.41				12.41
14	Kay-De Vaughn	Belize	x	11.49	11.64				11.64
15	Ana Camargo	Guatemala	x	x	11.59				11.59