2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump

Gold medal winner Yamilé Aldama celebrating her win.

The women's triple jump at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 and 10 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

Ageless wonder 39-year-old Yamilé Aldama improved upon her already pending W35 World Record in qualifying. In the second attempt of the finals, she exceeded the existing record by 31 cm, which also proved to good enough for the win. While this competition is indoors, since 2000 IAAF rules allow for indoor records to count for overall (outdoor) records.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Yamilé Aldama
 Great Britain
Olga Rypakova
 Kazakhstan
Mabel Gay
 Cuba

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record  Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) 15.36 Budapest, Hungary 6 March 2004
Championship record  Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) 15.36 Budapest, Hungary 6 March 2004
World Leading  Olga Rypakova (KAZ) 14.84 Karaganda, Kazakhstan 27 January 2012
African record  Yamilé Aldama (SUD) 14.90 Budapest, Hungary 6 March 2004
Asian record  Olga Rypakova (KAZ) 15.14 Doha, Qatar 13 March 2010
European record  Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) 15.36 Budapest, Hungary 6 March 2004
North and Central American
and Caribbean record
 Yargelis Savigne (CUB) 15.05 Valencia, Spain 8 March 2008
Oceanian record  Nicole Mladenis (AUS) 13.31 Budapest, Hungary 5 March 2004
South American record  Keila Costa (BRA) 14.11 Moscow, Russia 10 March 2006

Qualification standards

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Indoor
14.10

Schedule

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Date Time Round
March 9, 2012 9:30 Qualification
March 10, 2012 17:05 Final

Results

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Qualification

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Qualification standard 14.30 m (Q) or at least best 8 qualified. 30 athletes from 20 countries participated. The qualification round started at 09:32 and ended at 10:20.[1]

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Yamilé Aldama  Great Britain 14.62 14.62 Q, SB
2 A Olga Rypakova  Kazakhstan 14.39 14.39 Q
3 B Anna Krylova  Russia 14.01 14.27 x 14.27 q
4 B Li Yanmei  China 14.23 x 14.23 q, SB
5 A Mabel Gay  Cuba x x 14.22 q
6 A Dana Velďáková  Slovakia x 14.21 x 14.21 q, SB
7 B Kimberly Williams  Jamaica 14.09 14.15 13.88 14.15 q
8 B Yargelis Savigne  Cuba 13.84 14.00 14.09 14.09 q
9 A Marija Šestak  Slovenia x 14.05 14.04 14.05
10 A Viktoriya Valyukevich  Russia 13.71 13.49 14.00 14.00
11 A Níki Panéta  Greece 13.45 13.98 13.81 13.98
12 B Mayookha Johny  India 13.74 13.95 x 13.95 NR
13 A Aleksandra Kotlyarova  Uzbekistan 13.67 13.66 13.95 13.95
14 A Baya Rahouli  Algeria 13.83 x x 13.83
15 A Cristina Bujin  Romania 13.75 x 13.80 13.80
16 B Irina Litvinenko Ektova  Kazakhstan 13.26 13.62 13.70 13.70
17 B Kristin Gierisch  Germany 13.67 13.67 13.67
18 B Kseniya Dziatsuk  Belarus 13.49 x 13.66 13.66
19 B Adelina Gavrilă  Romania x 13.63 13.65 13.65
20 A Petia Dacheva  Bulgaria 13.65 13.60 x 13.65 SB
21 B Hanna Knyazeva  Ukraine 13.65 13.51 13.28 13.65
22 B Gisele de Oliveira  Brazil x 13.60 13.49 13.60
23 A Xie Limei  China 13.54 x 11.99 13.54
24 B Valeriya Kanatova  Uzbekistan 13.51 13.48 13.48 13.51
25 B Andriana Bânova  Bulgaria 13.50 13.50 12.86 13.50
26 A Amanda Smock  United States x 12.99 13.25 13.25
27 A Ruslana Tsykhotska  Ukraine 13.21 x x 13.21
28 B Sevim Sinmez  Turkey x 13.13 12.64 13.13
A Patricia Sarrapio  Spain x x x NM
B Snežana Rodič  Slovenia x x x NM

Final

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8 athletes from 7 countries participated. The final started at 17:06 and ended at 18:10.[2]

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yamilé Aldama  Great Britain 14.10 14.82 x 14.82 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Olga Rypakova  Kazakhstan x x x 14.45 14.63 x 14.63
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mabel Gay  Cuba 14.08 14.05 14.19 x 14.29 14.13 14.29
4 Yargelis Savigne  Cuba 14.28 14.18 14.12 13.68 14.11 13.90 14.28
5 Kimberly Williams  Jamaica 14.05 13.41 14.22 13.72 13.76 14.27 14.27
6 Anna Krylova  Russia 13.92 14.21 x 14.04 x 14.06 14.21
7 Li Yanmei  China 13.82 x x x 14.02 x 14.02
8 Dana Velďáková  Slovakia x x 13.97 x x x 13.97

References

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  1. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump (qualification)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  2. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-03-10.