2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump
Introduction 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.
Medalists '''Gold''''''Silver''''''Bronze'''
Records '''World record''''''15.50'''Göteborg, Sweden10 August 1995'''Championship record''''''15.50'''Göteborg, Sweden10 August 1995'''World leading''''''15.14'''Cheboksary, Russia26 July 2009'''African record''''''15.39'''Beijing, China17 August 2008'''Asian record''''''15.11'''Beijing, China17 August 2008'''North American record''''''15.29'''Rome, Italy11 July 2003'''South American record''''''14.57'''São Paulo, Brazil9 June 2007'''European record''''''15.50'''Göteborg, Sweden10 August 1995'''Oceanian record''''''14.04'''Hobart, Australia9 March 2002
Qualification standards A standardB standard 14.20m 14.00m
Schedule  Date Time RoundAugust 15, 2009  '''11:00'''   '''Qualification'''August 17, 2009  '''20:00'''   '''Final'''
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     '''14.62'''    '''14.62'''  Q, SB    A  Yargelis Savigne      '''14.53'''   '''14.53'''  Q    B  Mabel Gay       '''14.53'''   '''14.53'''  Q  A  Tatyana Lebedeva    '''14.45'''    '''14.45'''  Q, Doping   B  Biljana Topić    '''14.37'''  13.80    '''14.37'''  q, SB   A  Teresa Nzola Meso Ba      13.87  '''14.32'''  '''14.32'''  q    B  Cristina Bujin     14.22  12.82  '''14.29'''  '''14.29'''  q   A  Anna Pyatykh       14.01  '''14.27'''  '''14.27'''  q    A  Dana Velďáková      '''14.25'''  14.20  '''14.25'''  q 10  B  Trecia-Kaye Smith        '''14.21'''  '''14.21'''  q 11  B  Gisele de Oliveira    13.70  13.79  '''14.14'''  '''14.14'''  q 12  B  Olga Rypakova     14.02    '''14.13'''  '''14.13'''  q  13   A  Yamilé Aldama    13.96  13.83  '''14.11'''  '''14.11'''  14   A  Petia Dacheva    13.63  13.56  '''14.11'''  '''14.11'''  15   A  Kimberly Williams      '''14.08'''    '''14.08'''  PB  16  B  Małgorzata Trybańska      '''14.06'''  13.80  '''14.06'''   17   B  Shakeema Walker-Welsch         '''14.01'''  '''14.01'''   18  B  Svitlana Mamyeyeva    '''13.92'''  13.35  13.70  '''13.92'''  19   A  Snežana Rodic    '''13.92'''      '''13.92'''  20   A  Svetlana Bolshakova    '''13.89'''    13.73  '''13.89'''   21  A  Magdelín Martínez    13.80  13.72  '''13.87'''  '''13.87'''  22   A  Martina Šestáková      13.69  '''13.84'''  '''13.84'''  23   A  Irina Litvinenko    13.63  13.77  '''13.82'''  '''13.82'''  24   B  Nataliya Yastrebova       13.58  '''13.74'''  '''13.74'''  25   B  Athanasia Perra    '''13.69'''      '''13.69'''  25   B  Marija Šestak        '''13.69'''  '''13.69'''  27   A  Shani Marks        '''13.67'''  '''13.67'''  28   B  Nadezhda Alekhina          '''13.60'''  '''13.60'''  29   A  Paraskevi Papahristou    '''13.58'''    13.58  '''13.58'''  30  B  Vanessa Gladone    '''13.51'''  13.42  13.40  '''13.51'''  31   A  Liliya Kulyk    13.37  '''13.41'''  13.41  '''13.41'''  32   A  Erica McLain    13.34    '''13.39'''  '''13.39'''   33  A  Patricia Sylvester     '''13.22'''  13.05  12.98  '''13.22'''  34   B  Katja Demut       '''11.38'''     '''11.38'''    B  Françoise Mbango Etone             DNS'''Key''':  DNS = Did not start, PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best===Final===Cubans Yargelis Savigne and Mabel Gay took the gold and silver. Rank   Athlete  Nationality  #1  #2  #3   #4  #5  #6  Result  Notes   Yargelis Savigne    14.4514.14  14.89 14.85'''14.95'''14.39  '''14.95'''    Mabel Gay    13.87 14.50   '''14.61'''  14.48 14.04'''14.61'''  SB   Anna Pyatykh   13.72 14.23  13.66 '''14.58'''14.46  14.53'''14.58'''    Biljana Topić    14.2114.38  14.27'''14.52''' 14.43 14.10 '''14.52'''   '''NR'''   Trecia-Kaye Smith    14.31    14.41 '''14.48'''  '''14.48'''  SB   Cristina Bujin    '''14.26''' 14.00 14.03  14.2014.16 14.15 '''14.26'''    Dana Velďáková   '''14.25'''  12.86 14.14 14.19 14.13 '''14.25 '''    Xie Limei    '''14.16''' 11.46 14.06    '''14.16'''   9  Olga Rypakova       '''13.91'''13.71    '''13.91'''  10  Teresa Nzola Meso Ba   13.77 '''13.79'''     '''13.79'''   11  Gisele de Oliveira     '''13.19'''      '''13.19'''   Tatyana Lebedeva    '''14.37''' 14.23  14.2214.26 14.28 '''14.37'''  Doping'''Key''':  NR = National record, SB = Seasonal best
References ;General* Triple jump results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-16.;Specific