# 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump

The women's triple jump at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 12 and 13 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Ana Peleteiro Spain | Dovilė Dzindzaletaitė Lithuania | Liuba Zaldívar Cuba |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record | Tereza Marinova (BUL) | 14.62 m | Sydney, Australia | 25 August 1996 |
| Championship Record | Tereza Marinova (BUL) | 14.62 m | Sydney, Australia | 25 August 1996 |
| World Junior Leading | Liuba Zaldívar (CUB) | 13.91 m | Havana, Cuba | 27 May 2012 |
| Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics |||||
| World Junior Leading | Ana Peleteiro (ESP) | 14.17 | Barcelona, Spain | 13 July 2012 |
| World Junior Leading | Dovilė Dzindzaletaitė (LTU) | 14.17 | Barcelona, Spain | 13 July 2012 |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Standard 13.30 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Note |
| 1 | A | Dovilé Dzindzaletaité | Lithuania | 13.25 | 13.85 | | 13.85 | Q |
| 2 | B | Liuba Zaldívar | Cuba | 13.80 | | | 13.80 | Q |
| 3 | A | Ana Peleteiro | Spain | 13.63 | | | 13.63 | Q, NJ |
| 4 | A | Francesca Lanciano | Italy | X | X | 13.59 | 13.59 | Q, NJ |
| 5 | B | Ekaterina Sariyeva | Azerbaijan | 12.43 | 13.37 | | 13.37 | Q, NJ |
| 6 | A | Hanna Aleksandrova | Ukraine | 13.12 | 13.19 | 13.32 | 13.32 | Q |
| 7 | B | Ottavia Cestonaro | Italy | 13.00 | 13.23 | X | 13.23 | q |
| 8 | A | Darya Nelovko | Russia | X | 12.65 | 13.18 | 13.18 | q |
| 9 | B | Ciarra Brewer | United States | 13.02 | 12.81 | 13.11 | 13.11 | q |
| 10 | B | Dilyara Abuova | Kazakhstan | X | 12.91 | 13.06 | 13.06 | q |
| 11 | A | Mudan Chen | China | 12.61 | X | 13.01 | 13.01 | q |
| 12 | B | Victoria Leonova | Russia | 12.96 | X | 12.92 | 12.96 | q |
| 13 | B | Rabaa Rezgui | Tunisia | 12.30 | 12.79 | 12.96 | 12.96 | |
| 14 | A | Sabrina Mickenautsch | Germany | 12.84 | 11.42 | 12.68 | 12.84 | |
| 15 | A | Rouguy Diallo | France | 12.53 | 12.69 | 12.81 | 12.81 | |
| 16 | A | Jennifer Madu | United States | 12.38 | 12.68 | 12.74 | 12.74 | |
| 17 | B | Petra Koren | Slovenia | X | 12.70 | 12.53 | 12.70 | |
| 18 | A | Ivonne Rangel | Mexico | X | 12.45 | 12.68 | 12.68 | |
| 19 | A | Thea LaFond | Dominica | 11.99 | X | 12.66 | 12.66 | |
| 20 | B | Anna Krasutska | Ukraine | 12.46 | 12.49 | 12.42 | 12.49 | |
| 21 | B | Anastasiya Baykova | Uzbekistan | 12.45 | 12.22 | 12.33 | 12.45 | |
| 22 | A | Melika Kasumovic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | X | 12.39 | 12.33 | 12.39 | |
| 23 | A | Pei-Ning Hung | Chinese Taipei | X | 12.21 | 12.35 | 12.35 | |
| 24 | A | Josie Nichol | Australia | 12.20 | X | X | 12.20 | |
| 25 | B | Esra Emiroglu | Turkey | 11.70 | 12.12 | X | 12.12 | |
| 26 | B | Tatia Paikidze | Georgia | 11.46 | X | X | 11.46 | |
| - | B | Lynn Johnson | Sweden | X | | | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Note |
| | Ana Peleteiro | Spain | 13.64 | 13.96 | 14.17 | 13.80 | X | X | 14.17 | WJL |
| | Dovilé Dzindzaletaité | Lithuania | 13.59 | X | 13.73 | 13.60 | 14.17 | X | 14.17 | WJL, NR |
| | Liuba Zaldívar | Cuba | 13.62 | 13.90 | 13.89 | X | 13.61 | 13.38 | 13.90 | |
| 4 | Ganna Aleksandrova | Ukraine | 13.27 | 13.48 | 13.21 | 13.42 | 13.42 | 13.39 | 13.48 | |
| 5 | Mudan Chen | China | X | 13.42 | 13.27 | 13.21 | X | 13.14 | 13.42 | |
| 6 | Ciarra Brewer | United States | X | 13.38 | 13.37 | 13.15 | 12.97 | 13.18 | 13.38 | |
| 7 | Yekaterina Sariyeva | Azerbaijan | 13.33 | 12.35 | X | 12.65 | 12.75 | X | 13.33 | |
| 8 | Ottavia Cestonaro | Italy | 13.14 | 13.29 | 13.29 | 13.17 | X | 12.76 | 13.29 | |
| 9 | Dilyara Abuova | Kazakhstan | 13.11 | 12.97 | 13.26 | | | | 13.26 | PB |
| 10 | Victoria Leonova | Russia | 13.10 | 13.09 | 12.89 | | | | 13.10 | |
| 11 | Daria Nelovko | Russia | 12.87 | 12.98 | 12.61 | | | | 12.98 | |
| 12 | Francesca Lanciano | Italy | 12.86 | 12.95 | 12.87 | | | | 12.95 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (1)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* China (1)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Dominica (1)
* France (1)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (1)
* Italy (2)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Lithuania (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Russia (2)
* Slovenia (1)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Tunisia (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Ukraine (2)
* United States (2)
* Uzbekistan (1)