# 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump

The Women's triple jump event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 30 and September 1.
Yargelis Savigne of Cuba had won the last two world titles (2007 and 2009) and led the world rankings before the competition with a jump of 14.99 m. She and Ukrainian Olha Saladuha each had three wins on the Diamond League before the event. Colombia's Caterine Ibargüen was joint number one in the rankings, having set a South American record two weeks earlier. Olga Rypakova, who was dominant in 2010, had the fourth best jump among the entrants with her mark of 14.96 m. Paraskeví Papahrístou, the 2009 runner-up Mabel Gay, and Josleidy Ribalta were the other top-eight ranked athletes to start.
Saladukha popped 14.94 on the third jump of the competition. Nobody, including Saladukha herself was able to improve upon that through the six rounds. Defending champion Savigne hurt herself on her second attempt and was not a factor. Gay made her personal best jump in the fifth round to move into a tie for third. Ibargüen followed her with her best attempt to move into second place. Rypakova then followed her with the silver medal winning jump, pushing Ibargüen to third.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Olha Saladukha Ukraine (UKR) | Olga Rypakova Kazakhstan (KAZ) | Caterine Ibargüen Colombia (COL) |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.
| World record | Inessa Kravets (UKR) | 15.50 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 10 August 1995 |
| Championship record | Inessa Kravets (UKR) | 15.50 | Göteborg, Sweden | 10 August 1995 |
| World leading | Yargelis Savigne (CUB) | 14.99 | Paris, France | 8 July 2011 |
| World leading | Caterine Ibargüen (COL) | 14.99 | Bogotá, Colombia | 13 August 2011 |
| African record | Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR) | 15.39 | Beijing, China | 17 August 2008 |
| Asian record | Olga Rypakova (KAZ) | 15.25 | Split, Croatia | 4 September 2010 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Yamilé Aldama (CUB) | 15.29 | Rome, Italy | 11 July 2003 |
| South American record | Caterine Ibargüen (COL) | 14.99 | Bogotá, Colombia | 13 August 2011 |
| European record | Inessa Kravets (UKR) | 15.50 | Göteborg, Sweden | 10 August 1995 |
| Oceanian record | Nicole Mladenis (AUS) | 14.04 | Hobart, Australia | 9 March 2002 |
| Oceanian record | Nicole Mladenis (AUS) | 14.04 | Perth, Australia | 7 December 2003 |

## Qualification standards

| A standard | B standard |
| 14.30 | 14.10 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 30, 2011 | 11:45 | Qualification |
| September 1, 2011 | 19:20 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 14.45 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Yargelis Savigne | Cuba (CUB) | 14.32 | 14.40 | 14.62 | 14.62 | Q |
| 2 | A | Mabel Gay | Cuba (CUB) | 14.21 | 14.53 | | 14.53 | Q |
| 3 | A | Caterine Ibargüen | Colombia (COL) | 14.52 | | | 14.52 | Q |
| 4 | A | Olha Saladukha | Ukraine (UKR) | 14.40 | 14.36 | 14.35 | 14.40 | q |
| 5 | B | Yamilé Aldama | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 14.35 | 14.20 | x | 14.35 | q, SB |
| 6 | B | Olga Rypakova | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | x | 14.33 | x | 14.33 | q |
| 7 | A | Anna Kuropatkina | Russia (RUS) | 14.05 | x | 14.31 | 14.31 | q |
| 8 | B | Baya Rahouli | Algeria (ALG) | 14.30 | 13.95 | x | 14.30 | q |
| 9 | B | Dana Velďáková | Slovakia (SVK) | x | 14.28 | x | 14.28 | q |
| 10 | A | Natalia Iastrebova | Ukraine (UKR) | 13.94 | 14.07 | 14.21 | 14.21 | q |
| 11 | B | Biljana Topić | Serbia (SRB) | 14.03 | 13.93 | 14.21 | 14.21 | q, SB |
| 12 | A | Keila Costa | Brazil (BRA) | 13.50 | 14.02 | 14.15 | 14.15 | q |
| 13 | A | Yarianna Martínez | Cuba (CUB) | 14.07 | 13.92 | x | 14.07 | |
| 14 | B | Kimberly Williams | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.10 | 14.06 | 14.03 | 14.06 | |
| 15 | A | Simona La Mantia | Italy (ITA) | 14.06 | x | x | 14.06 | |
| 16 | B | Paraskevi Papahristou | Greece (GRE) | 13.71 | 14.05 | x | 14.05 | |
| 17 | A | Irina Litvinenko Ektova | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 13.66 | 13.57 | 14.01 | 14.01 | |
| 18 | B | Anastasiya Juravleva | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 14.00 | 13.82 | 13.79 | 14.00 | |
| 19 | A | Mayookha Johny | India (IND) | 13.64 | 13.99 | 13.79 | 13.99 | |
| 20 | A | Níki Panéta | Greece (GRE) | 12.87 | 13.75 | 13.97 | 13.97 | |
| 21 | A | Marija Šestak | Slovenia (SLO) | x | 13.87 | x | 13.87 | |
| 22 | A | Valeriya Kanatova | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 13.86 | 13.72 | 13.75 | 13.86 | |
| 23 | B | Dailenys Alcántara | Cuba (CUB) | 13.66 | 13.78 | x | 13.78 | |
| 24 | B | Aleksandra Kotlyarova | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 13.49 | 13.78 | x | 13.78 | |
| 25 | B | Xie Limei | China (CHN) | 13.55 | 13.74 | 13.75 | 13.75 | |
| 26 | B | Andriyana Bânova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 13.34 | 13.63 | 13.66 | 13.66 | |
| 27 | A | Patrícia Mamona | Portugal (POR) | 13.48 | 13.27 | 13.59 | 13.59 | |
| 28 | B | Anna Jagaciak | Poland (POL) | 13.57 | 13.57 | x | 13.57 | |
| 29 | A | Li Yanmei | China (CHN) | x | x | 13.52 | 13.52 | |
| 30 | A | Jung Hye-Kyung | South Korea (KOR) | x | 11.35 | 13.50 | 13.50 | |
| 31 | A | Amanda Smock | United States (USA) | x | 13.48 | 13.37 | 13.48 | |
| 32 | B | Ruslana Tsykhotska | Ukraine (UKR) | x | x | 13.28 | 13.28 | |
| 33 | B | Sarah Nambawa | Uganda (UGA) | 11.65 | 13.22 | 13.19 | 13.22 | |
| 34 | B | Patricia Sarrapio | Spain (ESP) | x | 13.11 | 13.12 | 13.12 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Olha Saladukha | Ukraine (UKR) | 14.94 | 13.64 | 14.68 | 14.65 | 14.22 | 14.48 | 14.94 | |
| | Olga Rypakova | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | x | 14.72 | x | x | 14.89 | 14.54 | 14.89 | |
| | Caterine Ibargüen | Colombia (COL) | 14.64 | 14.67 | 13.76 | 14.81 | 14.84 | 14.80 | 14.84 | |
| 4 | Mabel Gay | Cuba (CUB) | 14.45 | 14.31 | x | 14.53 | 14.67 | 14.18 | 14.67 | PB |
| 5 | Yamilé Aldama | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 14.50 | x | x | x | x | 14.33 | 14.50 | SB |
| 6 | Yargelis Savigne | Cuba (CUB) | 14.43 | x | x | – | – | – | 14.43 | |
| 7 | Anna Kuropatkina | Russia (RUS) | 13.89 | 14.23 | x | 14.09 | x | 14.06 | 14.23 | |
| 8 | Baya Rahouli | Algeria (ALG) | 13.95 | 13.79 | 14.12 | x | 14.03 | 13.97 | 14.12 | |
| 9 | Natalia Iastrebova | Ukraine (UKR) | 13.34 | 13.89 | 14.12 | | | | 14.12 | |
| 10 | Biljana Topić | Serbia (SRB) | 14.03 | 13.84 | x | | | | 14.03 | |
| 11 | Dana Velďáková | Slovakia (SVK) | 13.96 | x | x | | | | 13.96 | |
| 12 | Keila Costa | Brazil (BRA) | 13.71 | x | 13.72 | | | | 13.72 | |