1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump

Events at the 1997 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the Women's Triple Jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 41 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Monday August 4, 1997. The qualification mark was set at 14.30 metres.

Gold	Šárka Kašpárková Czech Republic (CZE)
Silver	Rodica Mateescu Romania (ROM)
Bronze	Olena Hovorova Ukraine (UKR)

Held on Saturday 1997-08-02

Qualification: 14.30 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Ashia Hansen	Great Britain	x	14.77		14.77	Q
2	B	Rodica Mateescu	Romania	13.63	14.57		14.57	Q
3	A	Betty Lise	France	13.97	13.81	14.50	14.50	Q, NR
4	A	Olga Vasdeki	Greece	14.23	14.49		14.49	Q, NR
5	A	Šárka Kašpárková	Czech Republic	14.17	14.44		14.44	Q
6	A	Olena Hovorova	Ukraine	14.39			14.39	Q
7	A	Zhanna Gureyeva	Belarus	x	x	14.35	14.35	Q, PB
7	A	Jeļena Blaževiča	Latvia	x	14.35		14.35	Q, SB
9	B	Tereza Marinova	Bulgaria	13.65	13.99	14.28	14.28	Q
10	A	Cynthea Rhodes	United States	x	13.77	14.25	14.25	q, PB
11	B	Gundega Sproge	Latvia	14.22	13.73	x	14.22	q
12	B	Petra Laux-Lobinger	Germany	12.77	14.02	14.17	14.17	q
13	B	Yamilé Aldama	Cuba	14.09	13.80	13.72	14.09
14	A	Yelena Donkina	Russia	13.19	14.07	13.79	14.07
15	A	Natalya Kayukova	Russia	x	13.90	14.06	14.06
16	A	Ren Ruiping	China	14.06	x	x	14.06
17	B	Galina Čisťaková	Slovakia	14.02	x	13.99	14.02
18	B	Olena Khlusovych	Ukraine	13.87	13.42	x	13.87
19	A	Heli Koivula	Finland	13.81	13.85		13.85
20	A	Suzette Lee	Jamaica	x	13.82	13.82	13.82
21	B	Maria de Souza	Brazil	13.51	x	13.75	13.75
22	B	Yelena Stakhova	Belarus	x	13.54	13.71	13.71
23	B	Barbara Lah	Italy	13.70	x	x	13.70
24	B	Dorthe Jensen	Denmark	13.17	x	13.69	13.69	PB
25	B	Michelle Griffith	Great Britain	x	12.88	13.67	13.67
26	A	Zlatka Georgieva	Bulgaria	13.52	x	12.87	13.52
27	B	Niambi Dennis	United States	x	13.51	x	13.51
28	B	Andrea Ávila	Argentina	x	13.45	13.25	13.45
29	A	Jackie Edwards	Bahamas	x	12.95	13.39	13.39
30	A	Anja Valant	Slovenia	x	13.36	12.74	13.36
31	B	Trecia Smith	Jamaica	13.00	x	13.34	13.34
32	A	Antonella Capriotti	Italy	13.32	x	x	13.32
33	A	Marija Martinović	FR Yugoslavia	12.94	12.84	13.30	13.30
34	A	Cristina Nicolau	Romania	x	x	13.25	13.25
35	B	María Fletschmann	Guatemala	12.18	x	x	12.18
36	B	Valérie Guiyoule	France	x	x	11.37	11.37
	A	Shonda Swift	United States	x	x	x	NM
	B	Anna Biryukova	Russia	x	x	x	NM
	B	Cristina Morujão	Portugal	x	x	x	NM
	A	Oksana Zelinskaya	Kazakhstan	x	x	x	DQ
	B	Inessa Kravets	Ukraine	x	x	x	DNS

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Šárka Kašpárková	Czech Republic	14.86	14.65	15.01	x	15.20	14.83	15.20	WL
	Rodica Mateescu	Romania	15.16	x	14.90	14.38	14.84	12.21	15.16	NR
	Olena Hovorova	Ukraine	14.59	14.50	x	14.58	14.67	x	14.67	PB
4	Olga Vasdeki	Greece	14.39	14.36	14.26	14.46	14.62	14.60	14.62	NR
5	Ashia Hansen	Great Britain	13.99	14.36	x	14.41	14.21	14.49	14.49
6	Tereza Marinova	Bulgaria	14.34	13.78	x	14.10	14.09	12.54	14.34
7	Jeļena Blaževiča	Latvia	x	14.06	13.88	13.78	x	x	14.06
8	Betty Lise	France	13.49	14.02	x	x	14.03	13.77	14.03
9	Gundega Sproge	Latvia	13.65	x	13.98				13.98
10	Petra Laux-Lobinger	Germany	x	13.64	13.86				13.86
11	Cynthea Rhodes	United States	13.44	13.69	13.79				13.79
12	Zhanna Gureyeva	Belarus	13.59	x	13.45				13.59

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