2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

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The men's triple jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 16 and 18 August. The season had seen a number of athletes performing to a high level before the championships, with reigning World and Olympic champion Nelson Évora leading with 17.66 metres and all three athletes of the Cuban team having jumped over 17.60 m in the season. The other athlete to jump that distance was Phillips Idowu, who was keen make up for his loss to Évora in the 2008 Olympics. The Olympic medallists Évora, Idowu, and Leevan Sands, and the Cuban trio of David Giralt, Yoandris Betanzos and Alexis Copello, were judged to be the strongest competitors entering the competition. [1]

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In the qualifying rounds, Évora and Idowu were the first to pass the automatic qualifying mark of 17.15 metres, recording bests of 17.44 and 17.32 m respectively. Chinese jumper Li Yanxi was the third through the qualifying mark, and Sands and Giralt soon followed. The qualifying was not of the same standard as the 2008 Olympic final, as Copello and Dmitrij Valukevic rounded out the top twelve competitors with jumps under 17 m. [2]

In the final, Olympic champion Évora set the standard with a first jump of 17.54 m, Idowu also started well with a jump of 17.51 m. Giralt and Sands moved into third and fourth with jumps around the 17.2 m mark. Évora led the competition until round three, where Idowu produced a personal best and world-leading jump of 17.73 m to take the top spot. A large jump by Alexis Copello followed, but he was given the red flag, indicating a foul. Sands' season's best jump of 17.32 m moved him into the third medal spot, but it was Copello's final jump of 17.36 m that took the bronze medal. Évora's best also came in the final round, but the 17.55-metre jump did not rival that of Idowu. It was the thirty-one-year-old Briton's first ever major title, building on his silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. [3]

Medalists

Gold Phillips Idowu
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)
Silver Nelson Évora
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)
Bronze Alexis Copello
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jonathan Edwards  (GBR)18.29 Gothenburg, Sweden7 August 1995
Championship record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jonathan Edwards  (GBR)18.29Gothenburg, Sweden7 August 1995
World leadingFlag of Portugal.svg  Nelson Évora  (POR)17.66 Belém, Brazil24 May 2009
African record Flag of Morocco.svg  Tarik Bouguetaïb  (MAR)17.37 Khemisset, Morocco 14 July 2007
Asian record Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Oleg Sakirkin  (KAZ)17.35Moscow, Russia5 June 1994
North American recordFlag of the United States.svg  Kenny Harrison  (USA)18.09 Atlanta, United States27 July 1996
South American record Flag of Brazil.svg  Jadel Gregório  (BRA)17.90 Belém, Brazil20 May 2007
European record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jonathan Edwards  (GBR)18.29Gothenburg, Sweden7 August 1995
Oceanian recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Ken Lorraway  (AUS)17.46London, United Kingdom7 August 1982

Qualification standards

A standardB standard
17.10m16.65m

Schedule

DateTimeRound
16 August 200919:00 Qualification
18 August 200918:05 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.15 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

RankGroupAthleteNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1B Nelson Évora Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)17.4417.44Q
2A Phillips Idowu Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)17.1017.3217.32Q
3B Li Yanxi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)16.7817.2717.27Q, SB
4A Leevan Sands Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas  (BAH)17.0216.8417.2017.20Q, SB
5A Arnie David Giralt Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)16.92x17.1517.15Q
6B Teddy Tamgho Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)x17.11x17.11q, SB
7A Momchil Karailiev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)x16.8717.0717.07q
8B Jadel Gregório Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)17.06x15.4817.06q
9A Igor Spasovkhodskiy Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)16.8716.8417.0217.02q
10A Nathan Douglas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)17.00x16.9017.00q
11B Alexis Copello Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)16.9916.7816.9816.99q
12A Dmitrij Valukevic Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)16.9616.6916.8516.96q
13A Onochie Achike Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)16.8816.94x16.94
14B Brandon Roulhac Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)16.7816.5616.9416.94
15A Fabrizio Schembri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)16.8816.88x16.88
16B Tosin Oke Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)16.8716.82x16.87PB
17A Yoandris Betanzos Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)xx16.7716.77
18B Randy Lewis Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada  (GRN)16.7313.3816.5216.73
19B Mykola Savolaynen Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)16.6816.6416.7216.72
20B Hugo Chila Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador  (ECU)16.3416.7016.5216.70 NR
21B Hugo Mamba-Schlick Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon  (CMR)16.2116.0616.6316.63SB
22B Walter Davis Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)16.2716.6215.8716.62
23A Dzmitry Dziatsuk Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)16.5816.15x16.58
24A Kim Deok-Hyeon Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)x16.0216.5816.58
25B Alwyn Jones Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)16.2016.5716.5016.57
26A Yevhen Semenenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)16.2916.5216.5416.54
27A Julian Reid Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)16.4116.4916.1616.49
28A Jefferson Sabino Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)x16.2416.3416.34
29A Samyr Lainé Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti  (HAI)x16.0616.3416.34
30A Kenta Bell Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x16.3216.1816.32
31B Viktor Yastrebov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)x16.3116.1516.31
32B Evgeniy Plotnir Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)16.1316.2915.9616.29
33B Dimitrios Tsiamis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)15.6816.23x16.23
34B Daniele Greco Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)16.18xx16.18
35B Yevgeniy Ektov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)16.13x16.0116.13
36B Mantas Dilys Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)16.0916.0215.7016.09
37A Mohamed Youssef Salman Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)x16.0515.7116.05
38B Lauri Leis Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)15.2815.9815.8415.98
39B Leonardo Elisiario dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)15.95x15.8515.95
40A Vladimir Letnicov Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova  (MDA)15.2815.7715.8815.88
41A Fabrizio Donato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)15.81xx15.81SB
42A Andrés Capellán Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)15.3515.8015.6715.80
43B Nguyen Van Hung Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam  (VIE)x15.0315.5615.56
44B Si Kuan Wong Flag of Macau.svg  Macau  (MAC)x14.7814.7114.78
A Charles Friedek Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)xxxNM
A Yochai Halevi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel  (ISR)DNS

Key: NR = National record, PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Final

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Phillips Idowu Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)17.5117.4417.73xxx17.73WL
Silver medal icon.svg Nelson Évora Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)17.54x17.38x17.3317.5517.55
Bronze medal icon.svg Alexis Copello Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)17.0617.1914.82x17.0417.3617.36
4 Leevan Sands Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas  (BAH)17.2017.0816.9617.0517.3216.9917.32SB
5 Arnie David Giralt Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)17.2617.18x17.1917.0117.0617.26
6 Li Yanxi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)16.9516.9214.2317.23x16.7517.23
7 Igor Spasovkhodskiy Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)16.7316.9114.6614.7516.37x16.91
8 Jadel Gregório Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)x16.8916.8416.70xx16.89
9 Momchil Karailiev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)16.8216.7816.8116.82
10 Nathan Douglas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)16.7815.4416.7916.79
11 Teddy Tamgho Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)x16.79x16.79
12 Dmitrij Valukevic Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)xx16.5416.54

Key: SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)

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