# 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump

The women's triple jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 and 24 August.
The returning champion Caterine Ibargüen looked like the favorite, the most consistent jumper year round. The world leader was the returning silver medalist Ekaterina Koneva and even her world leading jump lost the competition to a wind aided jump by Ibargüen. The Olympic Champion Olga Rypakova had beaten Ibargüen both in the Olympics and at the 2011 World Championships, but not in the last three years.
Gabriela Petrova took the early lead with her first jump 14.52. Former Ukrainian Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko made a big improvement to her own National Record of her new country Israel with a 14.78. Her lead lasted through two jumpers before Ibargüen took the lead with her second round 14.80. That wasn't even her best jump of the day, but it was enough to beat any other athlete in the competition. In the fourth round Ibargüen jumped 14.90 for the winner. Rypakova moved into third position with a 14.59 in the fourth round. Petrova answered with a 14.66 on her fifth attempt. Rypakova came back on her final attempt, her 14.77 tickled Knyazyeva-Minenko's second place mark but was a cm short putting her in the bronze medal after Petrova was unable to answer a second time. All of the first five performers had season bests. Knyazyeva-Minenko's medal was the first World Championship medal for an Israeli woman.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Inessa Kravets (UKR) | 15.50 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 10 August 1995 |
| Championship record | Inessa Kravets (UKR) | 15.50 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 10 August 1995 |
| World leading | Ekaterina Koneva (RUS) | 15.04 | Eugene, OR, United States | 30 May 2015 |
| 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 | Yargelis Savigne (CUB) | 15.28 | Osaka, Japan | 31 August 2007 |
| South American record | Caterine Ibargüen (COL) | 15.31 | Fontvieille, Monaco | 18 July 2014 |
| 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

* Entry standards
* 14.20

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 22 August 2015 | 19:10 | Qualification |
| 24 August 2015 | 19:30 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+8)

## Results

| KEY: | Q | Qualified | q | 12 best performers | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Qualification

Qualification: 14.25 m (Q) or at least best 12 performers (q)
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | B | Gabriela Petrova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 14.09 | 14.11 | 14.44 | 14.44 | Q |
| 2 | B | Caterine Ibargüen | Colombia (COL) | 14.42 | | | 14.42 | Q |
| 3 | A | Olha Saladuha | Ukraine (UKR) | 14.34 | | | 14.34 | Q |
| 4 | B | Olga Rypakova | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 14.33 | | | 14.33 | Q |
| 5 | A | Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko | Israel (ISR) | 14.27 | | | 14.27 | Q |
| 6 | A | Kimberly Williams | Jamaica (JAM) | x | 14.23 | 13.92 | 14.23 | q |
| 7 | A | Ekaterina Koneva | Russia (RUS) | 14.12 | 13.69 | 13.65 | 14.12 | q |
| 8 | B | Shanieka Thomas | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.90 | 14.05 | 13.89 | 14.05 | q |
| 9 | B | Jeanine Assani Issouf | France (FRA) | x | 13.77 | 14.04 | 14.04 | q |
| 10 | B | Keila Costa | Brazil (BRA) | 13.60 | 13.86 | 14.03 | 14.03 | q |
| 11 | B | Kristin Gierisch | Germany (GER) | 13.71 | x | 13.95 | 13.95 | q |
| 12 | A | Yosiris Urrutia | Colombia (COL) | x | 13.84 | 13.17 | 13.84 | q |
| 13 | B | Kristiina Mäkelä | Finland (FIN) | x | x | 13.83 | 13.83 | |
| 14 | A | Simona La Mantia | Italy (ITA) | x | 13.49 | 13.77 | 13.77 | |
| 15 | A | Dana Velďáková | Slovakia (SVK) | x | 13.76 | 13.74 | 13.76 | |
| 16 | A | Patrícia Mamona | Portugal (POR) | 13.61 | 13.74 | 13.58 | 13.74 | |
| 17 | A | Irina Ektova | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | x | 13.61 | x | 13.61 | |
| 18 | A | Elena Panțuroiu | Romania (ROM) | 13.58 | x | 13.50 | 13.58 | |
| 19 | A | Dovilė Dzindzaletaitė | Lithuania (LTU) | 13.58 | 12.51 | x | 13.58 | |
| 20 | B | Li Yanmei | China (CHN) | x | 13.40 | 13.57 | 13.57 | |
| 21 | A | Li Xiaohong | China (CHN) | 13.52 | 13.46 | x | 13.52 | |
| 22 | A | Núbia Soares | Brazil (BRA) | x | x | 13.52 | 13.52 | SB |
| 23 | A | Wang Wupin | China (CHN) | 12.93 | 12.94 | 13.48 | 13.48 | |
| 24 | B | Christina Epps | United States (USA) | x | 13.36 | x | 13.36 | |
| 25 | B | Cristina Bujin | Romania (ROM) | x | 13.21 | x | 13.21 | |
| 26 | B | Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin | Cameroon (CMR) | x | x | 13.06 | 13.06 | |
| 27 | B | Tetyana Ptashkina | Ukraine (UKR) | x | x | 13.05 | 13.05 | |
| | B | Susana Costa | Portugal (POR) | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

The final was started at 19:30.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | # 1 | # 2 | # 3 | # 4 | # 5 | # 6 | Result | Wind | Notes |
| | Caterine Ibargüen | Colombia (COL) | 14.47 | 14.80 | 14.54 | 14.90 | 13.93 | 14.70 | 14.90 | +0.1 | SB |
| | Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko | Israel (ISR) | x | 14.78 | 14.53 | x | x | x | 14.78 | -0.1 | NR |
| | Olga Rypakova | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 14.23 | x | x | 14.59 | x | 14.77 | 14.77 | +0.1 | SB |
| 4 | Gabriela Petrova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 14.52 | 14.33 | 14.47 | 14.23 | 14.66 | 14.44 | 14.66 | +0.4 | PB |
| 5 | Kimberly Williams | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.97 | 14.26 | 14.16 | 14.06 | 14.45 | x | 14.45 | +0.0 | SB |
| 6 | Olha Saladuha | Ukraine (UKR) | 14.22 | 14.05 | 14.04 | 14.41 | x | 14.39 | 14.41 | +0.4 | |
| 7 | Ekaterina Koneva | Russia (RUS) | 14.03 | 14.37 | 14.05 | 14.36 | 14.25 | 14.35 | 14.37 | +0.0 | |
| 8 | Kristin Gierisch | Germany (GER) | x | 13.63 | 14.25 | 14.18 | 14.25 | 12.87 | 14.25 | +0.1 | |
| 9 | Jeanine Assani Issouf | France (FRA) | 13.83 | x | 14.12 | | | | 14.12 | +0.0 | |
| 10 | Yosiris Urrutia | Colombia (COL) | 14.09 | 13.93 | x | | | | 14.09 | -0.3 | |
| 11 | Shanieka Thomas | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.88 | 14.01 | 14.08 | | | | 14.08 | +0.2 | |
| 12 | Keila Costa | Brazil (BRA) | 13.72 | x | 13.90 | | | | 13.90 | +0.2 | |