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

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.

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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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
  Thea LaFond   Dominica 14.32 15.02 14.46 14.12 14.43 15.02 NR
  Shanieka Ricketts   Jamaica 14.61 14.87 x x x 14.73 14.87 SB
  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.