Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's triple jump

Women's triple jump at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	10 April
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Winning distance	14.64 m
Medalists
Kimberly Williams    Jamaica   Shanieka Ricketts    Jamaica   Thea LaFond    Dominica
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Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Para events
100 m (T12)	men
100 m (T35)		women
100 m (T38)	men	women
100 m (T47)	men
1500 m (T54)	men	women
Marathon (T54)	men	women
Long jump (T38)		women
Shot put (F38)	men
Javelin throw (F46)		women
v t e

The women's triple jump at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in Carrara Stadium on 10 April 2018.^[1] Bronze medalist Thea LaFond was the first Dominican athlete to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games.^[2]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:^[3]

World record	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	15.50 m	Gothenburg, Sweden	10 August 1995
Games record	Ashia Hansen (ENG)	14.86 m	Manchester, England	31 July 2002

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

With twelve entrants, the event was held as a straight final.^[3]

Rank	Name	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Kimberly Williams (JAM)	x +0.6 m/s	14.34 +0.6 m/s	x +0.8 m/s	14.37 +1.2 m/s	x +0.5 m/s	14.64 +0.7 m/s	14.64	PB
	Shanieka Ricketts (JAM)	14.52 +1.0 m/s	x +0.7 m/s	14.33 +1.2 m/s	14.16 +0.6 m/s	14.39 +0.8 m/s	x +1.0 m/s	14.52	SB
	Thea LaFond (DMA)	13.82 +0.2 m/s	13.52 0.0 m/s	13.92 +0.3 m/s	13.62 +0.6 m/s	x +0.6 m/s	13.62 +0.6 m/s	13.92
4	Lerato Sechele (LES)	13.10 +1.4 m/s	13.57 +0.6 m/s	11.57 +0.9 m/s	13.21 +0.1 m/s	13.22 +0.5 m/s	13.29 +1.3 m/s	13.57	NR
5	Blessing Ibrahim (NGR)	13.20 +0.2 m/s	13.48 +0.4 m/s	x +1.1 m/s	12.99 +0.8 m/s	13.27 +0.9 m/s	13.00 +0.9 m/s	13.48
6	Ayanna Alexander (TTO)	13.39 +0.9 m/s	13.47 +0.8 m/s	x +0.6 m/s	13.34 +0.9 m/s	13.21 +1.5 m/s	13.27 +1.1 m/s	13.47
7	Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin (CMR)	13.22 +1.4 m/s	13.45 +0.7 m/s	13.10 +0.9 m/s	12.93 +0.5 m/s	x +1.1 m/s	13.04 +0.8 m/s	13.45
8	Natricia Hooper (GUY)	13.07 +1.3 m/s	13.19 +0.3 m/s	13.36 +1.3 m/s	13.24 +1.2 m/s	13.34 +0.9 m/s	11.64 +0.7 m/s	13.36	PB
9	Tamara Myers (BAH)	x +1.3 m/s	13.06 +0.2 m/s	13.15 +1.1 m/s	—			13.15
10	Nadia Eke (GHA)	13.05 +0.3 m/s	x +1.0 m/s	12.86 +1.1 m/s				13.05
11	Natrena Hooper (GUY)	12.32 +0.6 m/s	12.62 +0.8 m/s	12.04 +1.3 m/s				12.62	SB
–	Rellie Kaputin (PNG)	x +0.6 m/s	x +0.4 m/s	x +0.9 m/s				NM