1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump

None thumb|110px|BH9zsAu6OMQ Official video These are the official results of the Women's Triple Jump event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Thursday August 10, 1995. This event was jumping in the same facility as Jonathan Edwards had set the still standing world record for men just three days earlier. Over the course of his series, Edwards had added 32 cm to Willie Banks' previous record that had stood for over a decade. The leader from the qualifying round was former world record holder Iolanda Chen. The final started uneventfully with Rodica Mateescu taking the lead with 14.44m. The second round intensified with world record holder and defending champion Anna Biryukova jumping 14.85m to take the lead and Iva Prandzheva moving into second with a 14.76m. The third round became eventful. Biryukova jumped 15.08m, within one cm of her existing world record. Meanwhile Inessa Kravets had fouled on her first two attempts, and a third foul would mean she was eliminated from the competition with no mark. She adjusted her run up to be sure she would make a legal jump. Giving up almost the entire 20 cm width of the take off board, she took off at the back of the board. On three smooth, elongated steps she flew well past the 15 metre mark into the pit. The jump was measured at 15.50, adding 41 cm to the existing world record - like Edwards, a Beamonesque improvement. Erom where she took off, the jump was closer to 15.78m. The competition continued. In the fourth round, Inna Lasovskaya jumped 14.85m to move into third place. In the fifth round Prandzheva jumped past Lasovskaya and Biryukova with a 15.18m, at that point in time, the second best jump in history only to the world record set minutes earlier. And in the final round, Prandzheva again jumped 15.00m exactly, only her second best jump of the day. Almost a year later, Kravets showed her jump was not a fluke, jumping 15.33m to win at the 1996 Olympics; Prandzheva was disqualified at those Olympics for a doping violation. Kravets was unable to defend her Olympic title in 2000 because she was suspended for the second time in her career for a doping violation. At the 2020 Olympics, Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela jumped 15.67m on her final jump to finally break Kravets' world record after 26 years. Medalists GoldUKR Inessa KravetsUkraine (UKR)SilverBUL Iva PrandzhevaBulgaria (BUL)BronzeRUS Anna BiryukovaRussia (RUS) Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B08.08.1995 – 17:45h08.08.1995 – 17:45hFinal Round10.08.1995 – 16:55h Qualifying round Held on Tuesday 1995-08-08 Qualification: Qualifying Performance 14.05 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. Qualifying round Held on Saturday 1997-08-02 RankGroupNameResult1.AIolanda Chen RUS14.56 m2.AIva Prandzheva BUL14.46 m3.BInessa Kravets UKR14.44 m4.AZhanna Gureyeva BLR14.41 m5.AInna Lasovskaya RUS14.38 m5.BAnna Biryukova RUS14.38 m7.BJeļena Blaževiča LAT14.29 m8.BRen Ruiping CHN14.17 m9.ABarbara Lah ITA14.17 m10.BRodica Mateescu ROM14.06 m11.AOlena Hovorova UKR14.05 m12.BMichelle Griffith GBR14.03 m13.AŠárka Kašpárková CZE13.94 m14.AValerie Guiyoule FRA13.92 m15.BRamona Molzan GER13.90 m16.BSheila Hudson USA13.80 m17.BVirge Naeris EST13.76 m18.BConcepción Paredes ESP13.75 m19.ADiana Wills-Orrange USA13.71 m20.BCynthea Rhodes USA13.68 m21.AAshia Hansen GBR13.61 m22.AMonica Toth ROM13.52 m23.AWu Lingmei CHN13.43 m24.BCaroline Honoré FRA13.41 m25.AAndrea Avila ARG13.41 m26.BBetty Lise FRA13.35 m27.AKaisa Gustafsson FIN13.18 m28.ANicole Martial GUY12.95 m29.AElisa Perez DOM12.02 m29.BSonya Agbessi BEN12.02 m31.BNiurka Montalvo CUB11.40 m99. –BAlthea Moses BIZ00.00 NM Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Inessa Kravets UKR X X 15.50 X — 14.5515.50 m WR Iva Prandzheva BUL 14.28 14.76 14.48 14.65 15.18 15.0015.18 m Anna Biryukova RUS X 14.85 15.08 X 14.66 X15.08 m 4 Inna Lasovskaya RUSX X 14.52 14.85 X 14.9014.90 m 5 Rodica Mateescu ROM 14.44 14.56 X 14.82 14.39 14.6414.82 m 6 Ren Ruiping CHN 14.09 13.87 14.25 X 12.31 13.4514.25 m 7 Zhanna Gureyeva BLR 14.22 13.97 X X X 13.8014.22 m 8 Barbara Lah ITA 14.02 X 14.18 X X X14.18 m 9 Jeļena Blaževiča LAT X 13.93 14.09 14.09 m 10 Olena Hovorova UKR14.07 X X 14.07 m 11 Iolanda Chen RUS X X 14.05 14.05 m 12 Michelle Griffith GBR 13.22 12.97 13.59 13.59 m See also 1996 Women's Olympic Triple Jump References Results IAAF T Category:Triple jump at the World Athletics Championships