1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump

The women's triple jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7–8.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Rodica Mateescu Romania	Ashia Hansen Great Britain	Šárka Kašpárková Czech Republic

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 13.80 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Rodica Mateescu	Romania	14.60			14.60	Q
2	B	Šárka Kašpárková	Czech Republic	13.37	14.37		14.37	Q
3	B	Petra Lobinger	Germany	13.79	13.61	14.28	14.28	Q, NR
4	A	Ashia Hansen	Great Britain	14.24			14.24	Q
5	A	Cristina Nicolau	Romania	13.75	x	14.23	14.23	Q, PB
6	A	Inna Lasovskaya	Russia	x	14.06		14.06	Q
7	B	Xi Ni Yo	China	13.98			13.98	Q
8	A	Tereza Marinova	Bulgaria	13.90			13.90	Q
9	B	Natalya Kayukova	Russia	13.72	13.86		13.86	Q
10	A	Yamilé Aldama	Cuba	13.82			13.82	Q
11	B	Olena Hovorova	Ukraine	13.80			13.80	Q
12	B	Betty Lise	France	13.79	13.33	–	13.79	q
13	A	Gundega Sproģe	Latvia	13.48	13.68	13.62	13.68
14	A	Dorthe Jensen	Denmark	13.09	13.58	x	13.58	NR
15	A	Galina Chistyakova	Slovakia	13.30	12.89	13.46	13.46
16	A	Niambi Dennis	United States	13.09	12.72	13.37	13.37
17	B	Anja Valant	Slovenia	x	13.36	13.14	13.36
18	B	Concepción Paredes	Spain	13.10	13.26	x	13.26
19	A	Sylvie Borda	France	13.00	x	13.09	13.09
20	A	Olena Khlusovych	Ukraine	13.05	x	11.89	13.05
21	B	Maria de Souza	Brazil	12.43	12.45	x	12.45
22	B	Telisa Young	United States	12.36	x	x	12.36

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Inna Lasovskaya	Russia	14.60	14.72	15.01	–	14.94	14.59	15.01	WL
	Ashia Hansen	Great Britain	14.70	–	–	14.48	14.56	–	14.70	NR
	Šárka Kašpárková	Czech Republic	14.45	14.62	–	–	–	14.66	14.66	NR
4	Rodica Mateescu	Romania	14.63	14.48	14.65	–	14.37	14.62	14.65
5	Petra Lobinger	Germany	13.46	14.36	13.67	14.00	–	–	14.36	NR
6	Yamilé Aldama	Cuba	–	13.87	14.28	13.81	14.03	13.50	14.28	AR
7	Olena Hovorova	Ukraine	13.62	13.93	14.13	–	13.75	13.40	14.13
8	Tereza Marinova	Bulgaria	14.00	–	13.77	–	13.56	13.85	14.00	PB
9	Betty Lise	France	13.39	13.94	13.96				13.96	NR
10	Cristina Nicolau	Romania	13.94	13.90	13.83				13.94
11	Ren Ruiping	China	–	13.85	13.83				13.85
12	Natalya Kayukova	Russia	–	13.58	–				13.58