2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump

Cuban Yargelis Savigne had registered nine of the ten farthest jumps pre-championships and was seen as a strong favourite.

The reigning Olympic champion, Françoise Mbango, had failed to perform well in the buildup to the championships and did not start the competition.

[1] 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.

[2] The jumps in the final of the competition were not of the standard shown in previous years, and favourite Savigne was largely unchallenged.

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.[3] Qualification: Qualifying Performance 14.45 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.