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