2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

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American Christian Taylor beat the defending champion Phillips Idowu. Christian Taylor Daegu 2011.jpg
American Christian Taylor beat the defending champion Phillips Idowu.
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The Men's triple jump event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 2 and 4.

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Seven made the automatic qualifying mark. The eventual winner was not one of them, barely qualifying with the 9th best mark.

Favorite Phillips Idowu led through the first three rounds as Will Claye failed to make a legal jump through the first two rounds, waited until his third jump to jump 17.50, to not only qualify for his final three jumps but to move into second place. In the fourth round, unheralded American collegian Christian Taylor popped 17.96, the number ten all time jump to blast into the lead. Idowu jumped 17.77 in his fourth attempt but was unable to improve upon that.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Christian Taylor
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Phillips Idowu
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)
Will Claye
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)

Records

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

World record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jonathan Edwards  (GBR)18.29 Gothenburg, Sweden 7 August 1995
Championship record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jonathan Edwards  (GBR)18.29Gothenburg, Sweden7 August 1995
World leadingFlag of France.svg  Teddy Tamgho  (FRA)17.91 Lausanne, Switzerland 30 June 2011
African record Flag of Morocco.svg  Tarik Bouguetaïb  (MAR)17.37 Khemisset, Morocco 14 July 2007
Asian record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Yanxi  (CHN)17.59 Jinan, China 26 October 2009
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Kenny Harrison  (USA)18.09 Atlanta, United States 27 July 1996
South American record Flag of Brazil.svg  Jadel Gregório  (BRA)17.90 Belém, Brazil 20 May 2007
European record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jonathan Edwards  (GBR)18.29Gothenburg, Sweden7 August 1995
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Ken Lorraway  (AUS)17.46 London, United Kingdom 7 August 1982

Qualification standards

A standardB standard
17.1016.85

Schedule

DateTimeRound
September 2, 201110:30 Qualification
September 4, 201119:05 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

RankGroupAthleteNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1B Alexis Copello Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)17.0617.3117.31Q
2B Nelson Évora Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)17.0517.2017.20Q
3A Will Claye Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x17.1917.19Q
4A Phillips Idowu Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)17.1717.17Q
5B Christian Olsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)16.5517.1617.16Q
6A Leevan Sands Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas  (BAH)17.1317.13Q, SB
7A Benjamin Compaoré Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)17.1117.11Q
8B Yoandri Betanzos Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)17.0113.66-17.01q
9A Christian Taylor Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x16.9916.8116.99q
10B Fabrizio Donato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)16.5516.7016.8816.88q
11B Henry Frayne Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)16.5416.8316.6416.83q
12A Şeref Osmanoğlu Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)16.81x16.7316.81q
13A Arnie David Giralt Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)16.7416.6816.1716.74
14A Fabrizio Schembri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)16.7116.2816.6316.71
15B Marian Oprea Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)x16.6116.1916.61
16B Tosin Oke Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)x16.5016.6016.60
17B Jefferson Sabino Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)16.1815.9116.5116.51
18A Aleksey Fyodorov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)15.8416.4216.2616.42
19A Samyr Lainé Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti  (HAI)16.3815.8316.3016.38
20A Li Yanxi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)15.6816.2815.4216.28
21B Hugo Mamba-Schlick Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon  (CMR)15.6615.9316.1516.15
22B Anders Møller Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)16.1414.07x16.14
23B Walter Davis Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)15.2813.9016.1216.12
24A Wilbert Walker Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)15.6614.5015.9715.97
25B Yevhen Semenenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)x15.7215.9615.96
26B Maximiliano Díaz Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)15.9115.65x15.91
A Sief El Islem Temacini Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)xxxNM
A Renjith Maheshwary Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)xxxNM
A Kim Deok-hyeon Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)xxxNM
A Tumelo Thagane Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)xxxNM
B Yevgeniy Ektov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)xxxNM

Final

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Christian Taylor Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x17.0417.4017.9615.6417.96WL, PB
Silver medal icon.svg Phillips Idowu Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)17.5617.3817.7017.7717.4817.4917.77SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Will Claye Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)xx17.5017.3017.1417.50PB
4 Alexis Copello Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)x17.19x17.3617.4716.1117.47
5 Nelson Évora Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)17.3516.8016.6316.1816.5716.9517.35SB
6 Christian Olsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)17.2316.8017.2216.7517.23
7 Leevan Sands Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas  (BAH)16.81x17.0717.1217.2116.5917.21
8 Benjamin Compaoré Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)x17.0417.17x16.99x17.17
9 Henry Frayne Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)16.4516.7816.6016.78
10 Fabrizio Donato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)16.77xx16.77
11 Yoandri Betanzos Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)14.9316.2216.6716.67
12 Şeref Osmanoğlu Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)16.29x16.3816.38

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