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 (after Lebedeva's 2001 and 2003 double). Second-placed Gay (14.61) 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.

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 14.45 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
	B	Xie Limei	China	14.62			14.62	Q, SB
	A	Yargelis Savigne	Cuba		14.53		14.53	Q
	B	Mabel Gay	Cuba		14.53		14.53	Q
	A	Tatyana Lebedeva	Russia	14.45			14.45	Q, Doping
	B	Biljana Topić	Serbia	14.37	13.80		14.37	q, SB
	A	Teresa Nzola Meso Ba	France		13.87	14.32	14.32	q
	B	Cristina Bujin	Romania	14.22	12.82	14.29	14.29	q
	A	Anna Pyatykh	Russia		14.01	14.27	14.27	q
	A	Dana Velďáková	Slovakia		14.25	14.20	14.25	q
10	B	Trecia-Kaye Smith	Jamaica			14.21	14.21	q
11	B	Gisele de Oliveira	Brazil	13.70	13.79	14.14	14.14	q
12	B	Olga Rypakova	Kazakhstan	14.02		14.13	14.13	q
13	A	Yamilé Aldama	Sudan	13.96	13.83	14.11	14.11
14	A	Petia Dacheva	Bulgaria	13.63	13.56	14.11	14.11
15	A	Kimberly Williams	Jamaica		14.08		14.08	PB
16	B	Małgorzata Trybańska	Poland		14.06	13.80	14.06
17	B	Shakeema Walker-Welsch	United States			14.01	14.01
18	B	Svitlana Mamyeyeva	Ukraine	13.92	13.35	13.70	13.92
19	A	Snežana Rodic	Slovenia	13.92			13.92
20	A	Svetlana Bolshakova	Belgium	13.89		13.73	13.89
21	A	Magdelín Martínez	Italy	13.80	13.72	13.87	13.87
22	A	Martina Šestáková	Czech Republic		13.69	13.84	13.84
23	A	Irina Litvinenko	Kazakhstan	13.63	13.77	13.82	13.82
24	B	Nataliya Yastrebova	Ukraine		13.58	13.74	13.74
25	B	Athanasia Perra	Greece	13.69			13.69
25	B	Marija Šestak	Slovenia			13.69	13.69
27	A	Shani Marks	United States			13.67	13.67
28	B	Nadezhda Alekhina	Russia			13.60	13.60
29	A	Paraskevi Papahristou	Greece	13.58		13.58	13.58
30	B	Vanessa Gladone	France	13.51	13.42	13.40	13.51
31	A	Liliya Kulyk	Ukraine	13.37	13.41	13.41	13.41
32	A	Erica McLain	United States	13.34		13.39	13.39
33	A	Patricia Sylvester	Grenada	13.22	13.05	12.98	13.22
34	B	Katja Demut	Germany		11.38		11.38
	B	Françoise Mbango Etone	Cameroon				****

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

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Yargelis Savigne	Cuba	14.45	14.14	14.89	14.85	14.95	14.39	14.95
	Mabel Gay	Cuba	13.87	14.50		14.61	14.48	14.04	14.61	SB
	Anna Pyatykh	Russia	13.72	14.23	13.66	14.58	14.46	14.53	14.58
	Biljana Topić	Serbia	14.21	14.38	14.27	14.52	14.43	14.10	14.52	NR
	Trecia-Kaye Smith	Jamaica	14.31			14.41	14.48		14.48	SB
	Cristina Bujin	Romania	14.26	14.00	14.03	14.20	14.16	14.15	14.26
	Dana Velďáková	Slovakia	14.25		12.86	14.14	14.19	14.13	14.25
	Xie Limei	China	14.16	11.46	14.06				14.16
9	Olga Rypakova	Kazakhstan		13.91	13.71				13.91
10	Teresa Nzola Meso Ba	France	13.77	13.79					13.79
11	Gisele de Oliveira	Brazil		13.19					13.19
	Tatyana Lebedeva	Russia		14.37	14.23	14.22	14.26	14.28	14.37	Doping

Key: NR = National record, SB = Seasonal best