Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's triple jump

The women's triple jump event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy on 29 and 30 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Olena Govorova Ukraine	Olga Cepero Cuba	Zhanna Gureyeva Belarus

Results

Qualification

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	A	Olena Govorova	Ukraine	14.19w
2	A	Cristina Nicolau	Romania	14.04w
3	A	Yelena Donkina	Russia	14.02w
4	A	Olga Cepero	Cuba	14.02w
5	A	Olena Khlusovych	Ukraine	14.00w
6	B	Maria Costanza Moroni	Italy	13.97
7	A	Zhanna Gureyeva	Belarus	13.96
8	?	Dorthe Jensen	Denmark	13.84	NR
9	?	Barbara Lah	Italy	13.84
10	?	Zita Bálint	Hungary	13.79w
11	?	Maria de Souza	Brazil	13.71w
11	?	Zlatka Georgieva	Bulgaria	13.71w
13	?	Anja Valant	Slovenia	13.53
14	?	Vanitta Kinard	United States	13.50
15	?	Nkechi Madubuko	Germany	13.49
16	?	Luciana dos Santos	Brazil	13.28
17	?	Kristel Berendsen	Estonia	13.17
18	?	Marija Martinović	Yugoslavia	13.15
19	?	Cristina Morujão	Portugal	12.79
20	?	Naïma Barakat	Algeria	11.98
21	?	Patricia Traña	Nicaragua	11.61
22	?	Shonda Swift	United States	10.96
23	?	Cecilia Asalde	Peru	10.80

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Olena Govorova	Ukraine	14.23
	Olga Cepero	Cuba	14.12
	Zhanna Gureyeva	Belarus	13.93
4	Yelena Donkina	Russia	13.69
5	Cristina Nicolau	Romania	13.65
6	Olena Khlusovych	Ukraine	13.62
7	Barbara Lah	Italy	13.58
8	Zita Bálint	Hungary	13.48
9	Zlatka Georgieva	Bulgaria	13.30
10	Dorthe Jensen	Denmark	13.17
11	Maria Costanza Moroni	Italy	13.06
12	Maria de Souza	Brazil	13.03