# Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's triple jump

The Women's triple jump competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 3–5 August.
Greece's Paraskevi Papachristou was sent home by the national delegation for comments she made on Twitter.
Four athletes achieved the automatic qualifier, Kimberly Williams and home team favorite Yamilé Aldama, just two weeks short of her 40th birthday, hit the mark in their first attempt. Olga Rypakova's third round jump of 14.79 led the way, while it took 14.16 to make the final.
The only returning medalist from 2008 was Tatyana Lebedeva, but at 36, she was jumping more than 1.20 m less than four years ago. Fourth place from that competition Olga Rypakova took the lead in the first round. Hanna Knyazyeva edged ahead in the second round. In the third round Caterine Ibargüen took the lead briefly, but then Rypakova hit the winner at 14.98 on the next jump. In the final round, Olha Saladukha nailed her best jump to move into silver medal position. Two jumps later, Ibargüen bested that by a mere centimeter to push Saladukha back to bronze. Rypakova's winning jump was 13 cm less than her 4th place jump, even less than the 6th place jump in 2008.

## Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete jumped three times (stopping early if they made the qualifying distance). At least the top twelve athletes moved on to the final; if more than twelve reached the qualifying distance, all who did so advanced. Distances were reset for the final round. Finalists jumped three times, after which the eight best jumped three more times (with the best distance of the six jumps counted).

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Friday, 3 August 2012 | 10:25 | Qualifications |
| Sunday, 5 August 2012 | 19:35 | Finals |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Inessa Kravets (UKR) | 15.50 m | Göteborg, Sweden | 10 August 1995 |
| Olympic record | Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR) | 15.39 m | Beijing, China | 17 August 2008 |
| 2012 World leading | Olha Saladukha (UKR) | 14.99 m | Helsinki, Finland | 29 June 2012 |

## Results
### Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 14.40m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Olga Rypakova | Kazakhstan | x | 13.99 | 14.79 | 14.79 | Q |
| 2 | A | Kimberly Williams | Jamaica | 14.53 | — | — | 14.53 | Q, PB |
| 3 | A | Yamilé Aldama | Great Britain | 14.45 | — | — | 14.45 | Q |
| 4 | B | Caterine Ibargüen | Colombia | 14.24 | 14.42 | — | 14.42 | Q |
| 5 | A | Olha Saladukha | Ukraine | 14.26 | 14.35 | x | 14.35 | q |
| 6 | B | Hanna Knyazyeva | Ukraine | 14.33 | x | x | 14.33 | q |
| 7 | B | Trecia-Kaye Smith | Jamaica | x | 14.31 | x | 14.31 | q, SB |
| 8 | A | Tatyana Lebedeva | Russia | 14.17 | 14.30 | — | 14.30 | q |
| 9 | B | Yargelis Savigne | Cuba | 14.22 | 14.28 | 14.02 | 14.28 | q |
| 10 | A | Dana Velďáková | Slovakia | x | 14.22 | 13.84 | 14.22 | q |
| DSQ | A | Viktoriya Valyukevich | Russia | 14.09 | 14.19 | 13.86 | 14.19 | q |
| 12 | A | Marija Šestak | Slovenia | x | 14.16 | 14.12 | 14.16 | q |
| 13 | B | Patrícia Mamona | Portugal | 14.11 | 13.97 | 13.96 | 14.11 | |
| 14 | B | Ayanna Alexander | Trinidad and Tobago | 13.98 | 13.92 | 14.09 | 14.09 | |
| 15 | A | Hanna Demydova | Ukraine | 13.97 | 13.60 | x | 13.97 | |
| 15 | B | Dailenys Alcántara | Cuba | 13.97 | x | x | 13.97 | |
| 17 | B | Veronika Mosina | Russia | 13.72 | 13.56 | 13.96 | 13.96 | |
| 18 | B | Simona La Mantia | Italy | 13.77 | 13.92 | 13.73 | 13.92 | |
| 19 | A | Josleidy Ribalta | Cuba | 13.71 | 13.12 | 13.88 | 13.88 | |
| 20 | B | Keila Costa | Brazil | x | 13.69 | 13.84 | 13.84 | |
| 21 | B | Svetlana Bolshakova | Belgium | 13.84 | 13.42 | 13.45 | 13.84 | |
| 22 | B | Mayookha Johny | India | 13.77 | 13.68 | 13.62 | 13.77 | |
| 23 | B | Xie Limei | China | 13.63 | x | 13.69 | 13.69 | |
| 24 | A | Niki Panetta | Greece | x | 13.66 | 13.63 | 13.66 | |
| 25 | B | Biljana Topić | Serbia | x | x | 13.66 | 13.66 | |
| 26 | B | Patricia Sarrapio | Spain | x | 13.64 | x | 13.64 | |
| 27 | A | Amanda Smock | United States | x | 13.43 | 13.61 | 13.61 | |
| 28 | A | Aleksandra Kotlyarova | Uzbekistan | 13.33 | x | 13.55 | 13.55 | |
| 29 | B | Anastasiya Juravleva | Uzbekistan | 13.54 | x | x | 13.54 | |
| 30 | A | Li Yanmei | China | 13.43 | 12.78 | 13.15 | 13.43 | |
| 31 | A | Irina Litvinenko Ektova | Kazakhstan | 13.39 | x | x | 13.39 | |
| 32 | A | Andriana Banova | Bulgaria | x | 12.88 | 13.33 | 13.33 | |
| 33 | B | Athanasia Perra | Greece | x | x | 11.93 | 11.93 | |
| – | A | Cristina Bujin | Romania | x | x | x | NM | |
| – | A | Kseniya Dziatsuk | Belarus | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Olga Rypakova | Kazakhstan | 14.54 | x | 14.98 | x | 14.89 | 14.40 | 14.98 | |
| | Caterine Ibargüen | Colombia | 14.45 | 13.99 | 14.67 | 14.37 | 14.35 | 14.80 | 14.80 | |
| | Olha Saladukha | Ukraine | 13.92 | 14.48 | x | 14.53 | 14.51 | 14.79 | 14.79 | |
| 4 | Hanna Knyazyeva | Ukraine | X | 14.56 | 14.16 | 14.14 | 14.16 | x | 14.56 | |
| 5 | Yamilé Aldama | Great Britain | 14.10 | 14.09 | 14.39 | 14.32 | 14.43 | 14.48 | 14.48 | |
| 6 | Kimberly Williams | Jamaica | 14.35 | x | 14.48 | 14.19 | x | 14.20 | 14.48 | |
| 7 | Trecia-Kaye Smith | Jamaica | x | x | 14.35 | 14.34 | 13.74 | x | 14.35 | |
| 8 | Yargelis Savigne | Cuba | 14.12 | 12.13 | 13.91 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14.12 | |
| 9 | Tatyana Lebedeva | Russia | 14.11 | 14.03 | 14.01 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14.11 | |
| 10 | Marija Šestak | Slovenia | 13.84 | 13.98 | 13.98 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13.98 | |
| 11 | Dana Velďáková | Slovakia | x | x | 11.92 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11.92 | |
| DSQ | Viktoriya Valyukevich | Russia | 14.24 | 13.75 | 14.18 | 13.75 | 14.15 | x | 14.24 | DSQ for doping |