# 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump

The women's triple jump at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 and 10 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.
Ageless wonder 39-year-old Yamilé Aldama improved upon her already pending W35 World Record in qualifying. In the second attempt of the finals, she exceeded the existing record by 31 cm, which also proved to good enough for the win. While this competition is indoors, since 2000 IAAF rules allow for indoor records to count for overall (outdoor) records.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Yamilé Aldama Great Britain | Olga Rypakova Kazakhstan | Mabel Gay Cuba |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships :
| World record | Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) | 15.36 | Budapest, Hungary | 6 March 2004 |
| Championship record | Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) | 15.36 | Budapest, Hungary | 6 March 2004 |
| World Leading | Olga Rypakova (KAZ) | 14.84 | Karaganda, Kazakhstan | 27 January 2012 |
| African record | Yamilé Aldama (SUD) | 14.90 | Budapest, Hungary | 6 March 2004 |
| Asian record | Olga Rypakova (KAZ) | 15.14 | Doha, Qatar | 13 March 2010 |
| European record | Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) | 15.36 | Budapest, Hungary | 6 March 2004 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record | Yargelis Savigne (CUB) | 15.05 | Valencia, Spain | 8 March 2008 |
| Oceanian record | Nicole Mladenis (AUS) | 13.31 | Budapest, Hungary | 5 March 2004 |
| South American record | Keila Costa (BRA) | 14.11 | Moscow, Russia | 10 March 2006 |

## Qualification standards

* Indoor
* 14.10

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| March 9, 2012 | 9:30 | Qualification |
| March 10, 2012 | 17:05 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification standard 14.30 m (Q) or at least best 8 qualified. 30 athletes from 20 countries participated. The qualification round started at 09:32 and ended at 10:20.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Yamilé Aldama | Great Britain | 14.62 | | | 14.62 | Q, SB |
| 2 | A | Olga Rypakova | Kazakhstan | 14.39 | | | 14.39 | Q |
| 3 | B | Anna Krylova | Russia | 14.01 | 14.27 | x | 14.27 | q |
| 4 | B | Li Yanmei | China | 14.23 | x | — | 14.23 | q, SB |
| 5 | A | Mabel Gay | Cuba | x | x | 14.22 | q |
| 6 | A | Dana Velďáková | Slovakia | x | 14.21 | x | 14.21 | q, SB |
| 7 | B | Kimberly Williams | Jamaica | 14.09 | 14.15 | 13.88 | 14.15 | q |
| 8 | B | Yargelis Savigne | Cuba | 13.84 | 14.00 | 14.09 | 14.09 | q |
| 9 | A | Marija Šestak | Slovenia | x | 14.05 | 14.04 | 14.05 | |
| 10 | A | Viktoriya Valyukevich | Russia | 13.71 | 13.49 | 14.00 | 14.00 | |
| 11 | A | Níki Panéta | Greece | 13.45 | 13.98 | 13.81 | 13.98 | |
| 12 | B | Mayookha Johny | India | 13.74 | 13.95 | x | 13.95 | NR |
| 13 | A | Aleksandra Kotlyarova | Uzbekistan | 13.67 | 13.66 | 13.95 | 13.95 | |
| 14 | A | Baya Rahouli | Algeria | 13.83 | x | x | 13.83 | |
| 15 | A | Cristina Bujin | Romania | 13.75 | x | 13.80 | 13.80 | |
| 16 | B | Irina Litvinenko Ektova | Kazakhstan | 13.26 | 13.62 | 13.70 | 13.70 | |
| 17 | B | Kristin Gierisch | Germany | 13.67 | 13.67 | — | 13.67 | |
| 18 | B | Kseniya Dziatsuk | Belarus | 13.49 | x | 13.66 | 13.66 | |
| 19 | B | Adelina Gavrilă | Romania | x | 13.63 | 13.65 | 13.65 | |
| 20 | A | Petia Dacheva | Bulgaria | 13.65 | 13.60 | x | 13.65 | SB |
| 21 | B | Hanna Knyazeva | Ukraine | 13.65 | 13.51 | 13.28 | 13.65 | |
| 22 | B | Gisele de Oliveira | Brazil | x | 13.60 | 13.49 | 13.60 | |
| 23 | A | Xie Limei | China | 13.54 | x | 11.99 | 13.54 | |
| 24 | B | Valeriya Kanatova | Uzbekistan | 13.51 | 13.48 | 13.48 | 13.51 | |
| 25 | B | Andriana Bânova | Bulgaria | 13.50 | 13.50 | 12.86 | 13.50 | |
| 26 | A | Amanda Smock | United States | x | 12.99 | 13.25 | 13.25 | |
| 27 | A | Ruslana Tsykhotska | Ukraine | 13.21 | x | x | 13.21 | |
| 28 | B | Sevim Sinmez | Turkey | x | 13.13 | 12.64 | 13.13 | |
| | A | Patricia Sarrapio | Spain | x | x | x | NM | |
| | B | Snežana Rodič | Slovenia | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

8 athletes from 7 countries participated. The final started at 17:06 and ended at 18:10.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Yamilé Aldama | Great Britain | 14.10 | 14.82 | x | — | — | — | 14.82 | SB |
| | Olga Rypakova | Kazakhstan | x | x | x | 14.45 | 14.63 | x | 14.63 | |
| | Mabel Gay | Cuba | 14.08 | 14.05 | 14.19 | x | 14.29 | 14.13 | 14.29 | |
| 4 | Yargelis Savigne | Cuba | 14.28 | 14.18 | 14.12 | 13.68 | 14.11 | 13.90 | 14.28 | |
| 5 | Kimberly Williams | Jamaica | 14.05 | 13.41 | 14.22 | 13.72 | 13.76 | 14.27 | 14.27 | |
| 6 | Anna Krylova | Russia | 13.92 | 14.21 | x | 14.04 | x | 14.06 | 14.21 | |
| 7 | Li Yanmei | China | 13.82 | x | x | x | 14.02 | x | 14.02 | |
| 8 | Dana Velďáková | Slovakia | x | x | 13.97 | x | x | x | 13.97 | |