2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

Men's triple jump at the 2017 World Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	7 August (qualification) 10 August (final)
Competitors	30 from 20 nations
Winning distance	17.68
Medalists
Christian Taylor    United States   Will Claye    United States   Nelson Évora    Portugal
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The men's triple jump at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 7 and 10 August. ^[1]

Summary

In the first round of the final, Alexis Copello (Azerjaijan) was the first over 17 metres with a jump of 17.16 metres, and Will Claye (USA) took the lead with a 17.54 metre jump. In the second round, Nelson Évora (Portugal) moved into silver medal position, until Christian Taylor (USA) took the lead with a 17.57 metre jump. That lasted until Claye's next jump, 17.63 metres, which Taylor answered with a 17.68 m (58 ft 0 in) effort. None of the leaders were able to improve in the last three rounds. By the end of the competition, three jumpers had jumped 17.16 metres, their places settled by their second best jump, which in the case of Cristian Nápoles (CUB) was another 17.16 metres.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[2]

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	18.29	Jonathan Edwards	GBR	7 Aug 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden
Championship
World leading	18.11	Christian Taylor	USA	27 May 2017	Eugene, OR, United States
African	17.37	Tarik Bouguetaïb	MAR	14 Jul 2007	Khemisset, Morocco
Asian	17.59	Li Yanxi	CHN	26 Oct 2009	Jinan, China
NACAC	18.21	Christian Taylor	USA	27 Aug 2015	Beijing, China
South American	17.90	Jadel Gregório	BRA	20 May 2007	Belém, Brazil
European	18.29	Jonathan Edwards	GBR	7 Aug 1995	Göteborg, Sweden
Oceanian	17.46	Ken Lorraway	AUS	7 Aug 1982	London, Great Britain

No records were set at the competition. ^[3]

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 16.80 metres. ^[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows: ^[5]

Date	Time	Round
7 August	18:35	Qualification
10 August	20:20	Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 7 August, in two groups, both starting at 18:35. ^[6] Athletes attaining a mark of at least 17.00 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows: ^[7]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A	Chris Benard	United States  (USA)	17.20			17.20	Q
2	A	Christian Taylor	United States  (USA)	17.15			17.15	Q
3	B	Cristian Nápoles	Cuba  (CUB)	17.06			17.06	Q
4	A	Andy Díaz	Cuba  (CUB)	16.96	16.86	x	16.96	q
5	B	Will Claye	United States  (USA)	16.95	16.57	x	16.95	q
6	A	Nelson Évora	Portugal  (POR)	16.64	16.94	x	16.94	q
7	A	Alexis Copello	Azerbaijan  (AZE)	16.89	16.88	16.53	16.89	q
8	A	Pablo Torrijos	Spain  (ESP)	16.57	16.00	16.80	16.80	q
9	B	Jean-Marc Pontvianne	France  (FRA)	16.66	16.17	16.78	16.78	q
10	B	Yordanys Durañona	Dominica  (DMA)	16.71	16.63	16.49	16.71	q
11	A	Wu Ruiting	China  (CHN)	x	16.40	16.66	16.66	q
12	B	Lázaro Martínez	Cuba  (CUB)	16.36	x	16.66	16.66	q
13	B	Donald Scott	United States  (USA)	16.55	16.63	16.27	16.63
14	B	Nazim Babayev	Azerbaijan  (AZE)	15.76	16.58	16.61	16.61
15	A	Momchil Karailiev	Bulgaria  (BUL)	x	16.01	16.57	16.57
16	B	Elvijs Misāns	Latvia  (LAT)	16.55	16.39	x	16.55
17	A	Simo Lipsanen	Finland  (FIN)	16.54	16.48	16.41	16.54
18	B	Georgi Tsonov	Bulgaria  (BUL)	16.53	16.32	x	16.53
19	A	Nathan Fox	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	16.27	16.49	16.02	16.49
20	B	Alberto Álvarez	Mexico  (MEX)	15.60	16.41	16.48	16.48
21	A	Benjamin Compaoré	France  (FRA)	16.46	16.35	x	16.46
22	B	Troy Doris	Guyana  (GUY)	16.43	x	16.24	16.43
23	A	Miguel van Assen	Suriname  (SUR)	16.38	x	x	16.38
24	A	Melvin Raffin	France  (FRA)	16.18	14.25	x	16.18
25	B	Tosin Oke	Nigeria  (NGR)	x	16.14	16.17	16.17
26	B	Fang Yaoqing	China  (CHN)	x	16.17	x	16.17
27	A	Mateus de Sá	Brazil  (BRA)	16.10	16.09	x	16.10
28	B	Dimitrios Tsiamis	Greece  (GRE)	16.06	x	x	16.06
29	A	Ryoma Yamamoto	Japan  (JPN)	x	x	16.01	16.01
30	B	Clive Pullen	Jamaica  (JAM)	x	x	15.61	15.61
	B	Max Heß	Germany  (GER)				DNS

Final

The final took place on 10 August at 20:20. The results were as follows: ^[8]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Christian Taylor	United States  (USA)	16.97	17.57	17.68	17.26	17.38	17.03	17.68
	Will Claye	United States  (USA)	17.54	17.52	17.63	17.49	17.53	x	17.63
	Nelson Évora	Portugal  (POR)	17.02	17.19	16.58	x	x	16.01	17.19
4	Cristian Nápoles	Cuba  (CUB)	x	x	17.16	x	x	17.16	17.16
5	Alexis Copello	Azerbaijan  (AZE)	17.16	x	x	16.87	16.91	17.06	17.16	SB
6	Chris Benard	United States  (USA)	16.88	x	16.94	x	x	17.16	17.16
7	Andy Díaz	Cuba  (CUB)	17.13	x	x	x	–	x	17.13
8	Jean-Marc Pontvianne	France  (FRA)	x	16.62	16.79	x	x	16.57	16.79
9	Wu Ruiting	China  (CHN)	16.47	16.66	16.53				16.66
10	Pablo Torrijos	Spain  (ESP)	16.60	16.51	16.53				16.60
11	Yordanys Durañona	Dominica  (DMA)	16.42	x	x				16.42
12	Lázaro Martínez	Cuba  (CUB)	x	16.25	16.09				16.25

References

1. Start list
2. "Records & Lists – Triple Jump". IAAF . Retrieved 1 August 2017.
3. "Records Set – Final" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 14 August 2017.
4. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
5. "Triple Jump Men − Timetable". IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
6. "Triple Jump Men − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
7. "Triple Jump Men − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
8. "Triple Jump Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 10 August 2017.