# Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's triple jump

The Women's triple jump competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 13–14 August.

## Summary

Before the competition, 2015 World Champion Caterine Ibargüen of Colombia had the longest jump of the season with 15.04 m. Kazakhstan's Olga Rypakova entered as the defending Olympic champion from 2012 and had been the first athlete to beat Ibargüen that year, ending her rival's 34-meet-long winning streak. Twenty-year-old Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas was the only other athlete over fifteen metres that season and had won the 2016 World Indoor Championships. The remaining top challengers formed the 2016 European Championships podium – Patrícia Mamona of Portugal, Greek jumper Paraskeví Papahrístou (third on the world rankings), and 2015 world medallist Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko of Israel.
Ibargüen topped qualifying with her sole jump of 14.52 m. Papahrístou and Rypakova were the only other automatic qualifiers, both requiring two attempts. It took 14.08 m to make the final. All the main contenders progressed with Germany's Kristin Gierisch and Finn Kristiina Mäkelä posting the next best marks. A 2012 Olympic medallist and former world champion, Olha Saladuha of Ukraine, failed to progress.
In the final, on the third jump of the competition, Keturah Orji took the lead with an American record 14.71 m (48 ft 3 in). Four jumps later, defending champion Olga Rypakova edged ahead with 14.73 m. The final jumper in every round of the competition, Caterine Ibargüen moved into bronze medal position with 14.65 m. In the second round, Ibargüen took the lead she would never relinquish, with a 15.03 m. In the third round Yulimar Rojas jumped 14.87 m to take over the silver medal position she would not relinquish. Rojas jumped her best in the fourth round, 14.98 m (49 ft 1+3⁄4 in) and Ibargüen followed that with her best of 15.17 m (49 ft 9 in). In the fifth round, Rypakova jumped her best of 14.74 m but the tiny improvement was not enough to improve the color of her medal.

## 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 Brasília Time (UTC−3)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Saturday, 13 August 2016 | 09:40 | Qualifications |
| Sunday, 14 August 2016 | 20:55 | Finals |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading jump were as follows:
| World record | Inessa Kravets (UKR) | 15.50 m | Gothenburg, Sweden | 10 August 1995 |
| Olympic record | Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR) | 15.39 m | Beijing, China | 17 August 2008 |
| World Leading | Caterine Ibargüen (COL) | 15.04 m | Doha, Qatar | 6 May 2016 |
The following national records were established during the competition:
| Country | Athlete | Round | Distance | Notes |
| United States | Keturah Orji (USA) | Final | 14.71 m | |
| Portugal | Patrícia Mamona (POR) | Final | 14.65 m | |

## Results
### Qualifying round

Progression rules: Qualifying performance 14.30 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Caterine Ibargüen | Colombia | 14.52 | — | — | 14.52 | Q |
| 2 | A | Paraskevi Papachristou | Greece | 13.83 | 14.43 | — | 14.43 | Q |
| 3 | B | Olga Rypakova | Kazakhstan | 14.10 | 14.39 | — | 14.39 | Q |
| 4 | B | Kristin Gierisch | Germany | 13.97 | 13.81 | 14.26 | 14.26 | q |
| 5 | A | Kristiina Mäkelä | Finland | 13.73 | 14.01 | 14.24 | 14.24 | q, PB |
| 6 | B | Kimberly Williams | Jamaica | 14.19 | 14.03 | 14.22 | 14.22 | q |
| 7 | A | Yulimar Rojas | Venezuela | 14.21 | 13.79 | 12.89 | 14.21 | q |
| 8 | A | Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko | Israel | x | x | 14.20 | 14.20 | q |
| 9 | B | Patrícia Mamona | Portugal | 13.80 | 14.07 | 14.18 | 14.18 | q |
| 10 | B | Anna Jagaciak-Michalska | Poland | 14.04 | 14.13 | x | 14.13 | q |
| 11 | A | Susana Costa | Portugal | 13.70 | 13.72 | 14.12 | 14.12 | q |
| 12 | B | Keturah Orji | United States | x | 14.08 | x | 14.08 | q |
| 13 | A | Jenny Elbe | Germany | 14.00 | 13.85 | 14.02 | 14.02 | |
| 14 | A | Shanieka Thomas | Jamaica | 13.95 | 13.95 | 14.02 | 14.02 | |
| 15 | B | Christina Epps | United States | 14.01 | x | x | 14.01 | |
| 16 | A | Elena Panțuroiu | Romania | 14.00 | x | 13.68 | 14.00 | |
| 17 | B | Dana Velďáková | Slovakia | 13.74 | 13.98 | x | 13.98 | |
| 18 | B | Olha Saladuha | Ukraine | 13.77 | 13.97 | 13.61 | 13.97 | |
| 19 | A | Jeanine Assani Issouf | France | 13.51 | x | 13.97 | 13.97 | |
| 20 | A | Yosiris Urrutia | Colombia | 13.67 | 13.95 | x | 13.95 | |
| 21 | A | Andrea Geubelle | United States | 13.67 | x | 13.93 | 13.93 | |
| 22 | B | Gabriela Petrova | Bulgaria | x | 13.50 | 13.92 | 13.92 | |
| 23 | B | Núbia Soares | Brazil | x | 13.81 | 13.85 | 13.85 | |
| 24 | A | Keila Costa | Brazil | x | 13.62 | 13.78 | 13.78 | |
| 25 | A | Liadagmis Povea | Cuba | 13.60 | 13.63 | 13.55 | 13.63 | |
| 26 | A | Ruslana Tsykhotska | Ukraine | 13.16 | 13.19 | 13.63 | 13.63 | |
| 27 | B | Ana José Tima | Dominican Republic | 13.61 | 13.59 | 13.28 | 13.61 | |
| 28 | B | Dariya Derkach | Italy | 13.19 | 13.55 | 13.56 | 13.56 | |
| 29 | B | Yekaterina Ektova | Kazakhstan | 13.38 | 13.31 | 13.51 | 13.51 | |
| 30 | B | Cristina Bujin | Romania | x | x | 13.38 | 13.38 | |
| 31 | B | Iryna Vaskouskaya | Belarus | 12.85 | 13.35 | 13.23 | 13.35 | |
| 32 | A | Patricia Sarrapio | Spain | 13.35 | x | x | 13.35 | |
| 33 | A | Irina Ektova | Kazakhstan | x | 13.17 | 13.33 | 13.33 | |
| 34 | B | Li Xiaohong | China | 13.30 | x | 13.25 | 13.30 | SB |
| 35 | A | Natallia Viatkina | Belarus | x | 13.14 | 13.25 | 13.25 | |
| 36 | B | Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin | Cameroon | 13.11 | 12.33 | 12.58 | 13.11 | |
| 37 | A | Thea LaFond | Dominica | 12.82 | x | x | 12.82 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Caterine Ibargüen | Colombia | 14.65 | 15.03 | 14.38 | 15.17 | 14.76 | 14.80 | 15.17 | SB |
| | Yulimar Rojas | Venezuela | 14.32 | x | 14.87 | 14.98 | 14.66 | 14.95 | 14.98 | |
| | Olga Rypakova | Kazakhstan | 14.73 | 14.49 | 14.52 | 14.20 | 14.74 | 14.58 | 14.74 | SB |
| 4 | Keturah Orji | United States | 14.71 | x | x | 14.50 | 14.40 | 14.39 | 14.71 | NR |
| 5 | Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko | Israel | 14.25 | 14.39 | 14.32 | 14.68 | x | 14.33 | 14.68 | SB |
| 6 | Patrícia Mamona | Portugal | 14.39 | 14.14 | 14.45 | 14.42 | 14.65 | 14.59 | 14.65 | NR |
| 7 | Kimberly Williams | Jamaica | 14.33 | 14.48 | x | 14.38 | x | 14.53 | 14.53 | |
| 8 | Paraskevi Papachristou | Greece | 14.26 | 14.19 | x | 14.04 | 13.99 | 13.81 | 14.26 | |
| 9 | Susana Costa | Portugal | x | x | 14.12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14.12 | |
| 10 | Anna Jagaciak-Michalska | Poland | 14.07 | x | 13.84 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14.07 | |
| 11 | Kristin Gierisch | Germany | 13.65 | 13.96 | x | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13.96 | |
| 12 | Kristiina Mäkelä | Finland | x | 13.95 | 13.70 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13.95 | |