Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's Triple Jump
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The Women's Triple Jump
event at the 2004 Summer Olympics
as part of the athletics program
was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium.
Triple jump
The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...
event at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
as part of the athletics program
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...
was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium.
Medalists
| Gold | |
| Silver | |
| Bronze |
Schedule
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)Qualification Round Group A Group B 21.08.2004 – 20:35h 21.08.2004 – 20:35h Final Round 23.08.2004 – 18:45h
Abbreviations
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| OR | Olympic record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics | ||||
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| World Record | 15.50 m | August 10, 1995 |  Goteborg, Sweden |
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| Olympic Record | 15.33 m | August 4, 1996 |  Atlanta, United States |
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Heat 1
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Hrysopiyi DevetziHrysopiyí DevetzíHrysopiyi "Pigi" Devetzi in Alexandroupoli is a former Greek athlete competing in the triple jump and long jump.She won the triple jump silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with 15.25 and the triple jump bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics with 15.23. At the 2004 Summer Olympics...
, Greece 15.32 m Q NR -
Baya RahouliBaya RahouliBaya Rahouli is an Algerian athlete who competes in the triple jump. She is a former African record holder in this event, and has two African championship titles, beating Françoise Mbango Etone and Kéné Ndoye on both occasions...
, AlgeriaAlgeriaAlgeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
14.89 m Q NR -
Kene NdoyeKene NdoyeKéné Ndoye is a female track and field athlete, competing internationally for Senegal. She was 14th in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....
, SenegalSenegalSenegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
14.79 m Q -
Tatyana LebedevaTatyana LebedevaTatyana Romanovna Lebedeva is a Russian athlete who competes in both the long jump and triple jump events. She is one of most successful athletes in the disciplines, having won gold medals at Olympic, world and European levels...
, Russia 14.71 m Q -
Magdelin MartinezMagdelin MartinezMagdelín Martínez Castillo is a female triple jumper, competing internationally for Italy....
, Italy 14.57 m Q -
Olena HovorovaOlena HovorovaOlena Ivanivna Hovorova , also known as Yelena Govorova, is a former Ukrainian track and field athlete who specialised in triple jump competitions. She won the triple jump bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with her personal best jump of 14.96 metres...
, UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
14.56 m Q - Olga VasdekiOlga VasdekiOlga Vasdeki is a Greek triple jumper.She was the most successful Greek triple jumper and Greek record holder until 1998, when she won the gold medal at the European Championships in Budapest, being at the time just the second female Greek athlete to be crowned European Champion after Anna Verouli...
, Greece 14.54 m Q SB -
Yusmay BicetYusmay BicetYusmay Bicet Planas is a Cuban triple jumper.Her personal best jump is 14.61 metres, achieved in March 2004 in Havana.-Achievements:-External links:...
, CubaCubaThe Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
14.53 m Q -
Natallia SafronavaNatallia SafronavaNatallia Safronava, née Klimovets is a Belarusian triple jumper.Her personal best jump is 14.65 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Minsk. She has 6.66 metres in the long jump, achieved in July 2006 in Brest.-Achievements:...
, BelarusBelarusBelarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
14.52 m Q SB -
Mariana SolomonMariana SolomonMariana Solomon is a Romanian triple jumper.Her personal best jump is 14.42 metres, achieved at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens . The result places her fifth on the all-time Romanian performers list, behind Rodica Mateescu, Adelina Gavrilă, Cristina Nicolau and Mihaela Gândila...
, RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
14.42 m m PB -
Mariya DimitrovaMariya DimitrovaMariya Dimitrova is a Bulgarian triple jumper.She finished seventh at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. She also competed at the World Championships in 2003 and 2007 and the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 without reaching the finals....
, BulgariaBulgariaBulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
14.16 m -
Ineta RadēvičaIneta RadevicaIneta Radēviča is a Latvian athlete, competing in the long jump and triple jump.Radēviča won the bronze medal in the 2003 European U-23 championship. She has also won two NCAA championships, while competing for the University of Nebraska. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, she was 13th in the triple...
, LatviaLatviaLatvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
14.12 m PB -
Tiombe HurdTiombe HurdTiombe Hurd is an American triple jumper. After winning the 2004 US Olympic Trials, she represented her native country at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, where she didn't reach the final. Her personal best jump is 14.45 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Sacramento...
, United States 13.98 m -
Olga BolşovaOlga BolsovaOlga Bolşova is a retired Moldovan athlete who specialized in the high jump and triple jump....
, MoldovaMoldovaMoldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
13.90 m -
Tatyana BocharovaTatyana BocharovaTatyana Bocharova is a Kazakhstani triple jumper.She finished sixth at the 2002 World Junior Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2002 Asian Games...
, KazakhstanKazakhstanKazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
13.81 m -
Sarka KasparkovaŠárka KašpárkováŠárka Kašpárková is a former Czech track and field athlete who specialised in the triple jump.She attended her first Summer Olympics in 1992, participating in the high jump...
, Czech RepublicCzech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
13.79 m -
Zhang HaoZhang Hao (athlete)Zhang Hao is a Chinese triple jumper. Her personal best jump is 14.22 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Nanning.She won the bronze medal at the 2003 Asian Championships. She competed at the 2004 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final round.-Achievements:-References:...
, ChinaPeople's Republic of ChinaChina , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
13.30 m
Heat 2
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Yamile AldamaYamilé AldamaYamilé Aldama Pozo is a Cuban-born triple jumper currently competing for Great Britain after formerly representing Cuba and Sudan.Aldama was born in Havana, Cuba, and initially represented her country of birth...
, SudanSudanSudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
14.80 m Q - Qiuyan Huang, ChinaPeople's Republic of ChinaChina , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
14.66 m m Q SB -
Trecia SmithTrecia SmithTrecia-Kaye Smith is a Jamaican athlete competing mainly in triple jump. In college, she competed for the University of Pittsburgh from 1996–1999 and was a seven-time NCAA national champion , 15-time All-American, a 14-time Big East Conference...
, JamaicaJamaicaJamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
14.65 m Q - Anna PyatykhAnna PyatykhAnna Viktorovna Pyatykh is a professional Russian triple jumper. She has won the SPAR European Cup four consecutive times, won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki and has also competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics.In 2006 she finished second at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor...
, Russia 14.62 m Q -
Françoise Mbango EtoneFrançoise Mbango EtoneFrançoise Mbango Etone is a female track and field athlete, competing internationally for France, formerly of the Cameroon. She was a gold medalist in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. She retained her title with an Olympic record distance of 15.39m at the Beijing...
, CameroonCameroonCameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
14.61 m Q - Adelina GavrilaAdelina GavrilaAdelina Gavrilă is a Romanian triple jumper.She was a bronze medalist at the 1996 World Junior Championships. In 1998 she broke the 14-metre barrier for the first time, with 14.53 metres...
, RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
14.56 m Q - Simona la MantiaSimona La MantiaSimona La Mantia is an Italian triple jumper. She represented Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2005 World Championships in Athletics...
, Italy 14.39 m -
Carlota CastrejanaCarlota CastrejanaMaría Carlota Castrejana Fernández is a female triple jumper from Spain. Her personal best jump is 14.60 metres, achieved at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería...
, Spain 14.37 m =SB - Viktoriya GurovaViktoriya GurovaViktoriya Gurova is a Russian triple jumper.She won the silver medal at the 2003 Summer Universiade, the gold medal at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and finished tenth at the 2005 World Championships. She also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the finals.Her personal...
, Russia 14.04 m -
Heli Koivula-Kruger, Finland 13.98 m -
Anastasiya Zhuravleva, UzbekistanUzbekistanUzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
13.64 m - Yuliana Perez, United States 13.62 m
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Lilianna Zagacka, Poland 13.59 m - Tetyana Shchurenko, UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
13.55 m -
Julia Dubina, GeorgiaGeorgia (country)Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
13.36 m - Athanasia PerraAthanasia PerraAthanasia Perra is a Greek triple jumper.She finished tenth at the 2002 World Junior Championships. She also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2005 World Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final....
, Greece 13.19 m
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Distance |
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15.30 m | |
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15.25 m | |
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15.14 m | |
| 4 | 15.02 m | |
| 5 | 14.99 m | |
| 6 | 14.86 m | |
| 7 | 14.85 m | |
| 8 | 14.79 m | |
| 9 | 14.57 m | |
| 10 | 14.35 m | |
| 11 | 14.34 m | |
| 12 | 14.33 m | |
| 13 | 14.22 m | |
| 14 | 14.18 m | |
| 15 | 13.86 m |