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 GoldSilverBronzeYamilé AldamaOlga RypakovaMabel Gay

Records Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld record15.36Budapest, Hungary6 March 2004Championship record15.36Budapest, Hungary6 March 2004World Leading14.84Karaganda, Kazakhstan27 January 2012African record14.90Budapest, Hungary6 March 2004Asian record15.14Doha, Qatar13 March 2010European record15.36Budapest, Hungary6 March 2004North and Central American and Caribbean record15.05 Valencia, Spain8 March 2008Oceanian record13.31Budapest, Hungary5 March 2004South American record14.11Moscow, Russia10 March 2006

Qualification standards Indoor 14.10

Schedule Date Time RoundMarch 9, 2012 9:30 QualificationMarch 10, 2012 17:05 Final

Results

Qualification

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.

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

Final

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

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Yamilé Aldama 14.10 14.82 14.82 SB Olga Rypakova 14.45 14.63 14.63 Mabel Gay 14.08 14.05 14.19 14.29 14.13 14.29 4 Yargelis Savigne 14.28 14.18 14.12 13.68 14.11 13.90 14.28 5 Kimberly Williams 14.05 13.41 14.22 13.72 13.76 14.27 14.27 6 Anna Krylova 13.92 14.21 14.04 14.06 14.21 7 Li Yanmei 13.82 14.02 14.02 8 Dana Velďáková 13.97 13.97

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