2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump


The Women's Triple Jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on August 15 and August 17. Cuban Yargelis Savigne had registered nine of the ten farthest jumps pre-championships and was seen as a strong favourite. The twice world gold medallist Tatyana Lebedeva and world-leader Nadezhda Alekhina were also considered possible medallists. The reigning Olympic champion, Françoise Mbango, had failed to perform well in the buildup to the championships and did not start the competition.
In the qualifying rounds, Asian record holder Xie Limei had the biggest jump of the day with 14.62 m, improving on her previous season's best by more than 40 cm. Savigne, Lebedeva, and Mabel Gay were the only other athletes to reach the 14.45 m automatic qualifying mark in what was a largely modest qualifying round.
The jumps in the [|final] of the competition were not of the standard shown in previous years, and favourite Savigne was largely unchallenged. She took the gold with a best of 14.95 m to become only the second athlete to win consecutive world titles in the event. Second-placed Gay won her first ever World Championship medal and Pyatykh reached the podium with a mark of 14.58 m. Biljana Topic set a Serbian record of 14.52 m for fourth place, but no other athletes managed beyond 14.50 m.

Medalists

Records

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 14.45 or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.
RankGroupAthleteNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
BXie Limei14.6214.62Q, SB
AYargelis Savigne14.5314.53Q
BMabel Gay14.5314.53Q
ATatyana Lebedeva14.4514.45Q, SB
BBiljana Topić14.3713.8014.37q, SB
ATeresa Nzola Meso Ba13.8714.3214.32q
BCristina Bujin14.2212.8214.2914.29q
AAnna Pyatykh14.0114.2714.27q, Doping
ADana Velďáková14.2514.2014.25q
10BTrecia-Kaye Smith14.2114.21q
11BGisele de Oliveira13.7013.7914.1414.14q
12BOlga Rypakova14.0214.1314.13q
13AYamilé Aldama13.9613.8314.1114.11
14APetia Dacheva13.6313.5614.1114.11
15AKimberly Williams14.0814.08PB
16BMałgorzata Trybańska14.0613.8014.06
17BShakeema Walker-Welsch14.0114.01
18BSvitlana Mamyeyeva13.9213.3513.7013.92
19ASnežana Rodic13.9213.92
20ASvetlana Bolshakova13.8913.7313.89
21AMagdelín Martínez13.8013.7213.8713.87
22AMartina Šestáková13.6913.8413.84
23AIrina Litvinenko13.6313.7713.8213.82
24BNataliya Yastrebova13.5813.7413.74
25BAthanasia Perra13.6913.69
25BMarija Šestak13.6913.69
27AShani Marks13.6713.67
28BNadezhda Alekhina13.6013.60
29AParaskevi Papahristou13.5813.5813.58
30BVanessa Gladone13.5113.4213.4013.51
31ALiliya Kulyk13.3713.4113.4113.41
32AErica McLain13.3413.3913.39
33APatricia Sylvester13.2213.0512.9813.22
34BKatja Demut11.3811.38
BFrançoise Mbango EtoneDNS

Key: DNS = Did not start, PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Final

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Yargelis Savigne14.4514.1414.8914.8514.9514.3914.95
Mabel Gay13.8714.5014.6114.4814.0414.61SB
Biljana Topić14.2114.3814.2714.5214.4314.1014.52NR
Trecia-Kaye Smith14.3114.4114.4814.48SB
Tatyana Lebedeva14.3714.2314.2214.2614.2814.37
Cristina Bujin14.2614.0014.0314.2014.1614.1514.26
Dana Velďáková14.2512.8614.1414.1914.1314.25
Xie Limei14.1611.4614.0614.16
9Olga Rypakova13.9113.7113.91
10Teresa Nzola Meso Ba13.7713.7913.79
11Gisele de Oliveira13.1913.19
Anna Pyatykh13.7214.2313.6614.5814.4614.5314.58Doping

Key: NR = National record, SB = Seasonal best