1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Heptathlon	men

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

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

Qualification: 13.80 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

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

^[2]

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