2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

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Men's triple jump
at the 2017 World Championships
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates7 August (qualification)
10 August (final)
Competitors30 from 20 nations
Winning distance17.68
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Portugal (official).svg  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]

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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]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World 18.29 Jonathan Edwards Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR 7 Aug 1995 Gothenburg, Sweden
Championship
World leading18.11 Christian Taylor Flag of the United States.svg USA 27 May 2017 Eugene, OR, United States
African 17.37 Tarik Bouguetaïb Flag of Morocco.svg MAR 14 Jul 2007 Khemisset, Morocco
Asian 17.59 Li Yanxi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN 26 Oct 2009 Jinan, China
NACAC 18.21 Christian Taylor Flag of the United States.svg USA 27 Aug 2015 Beijing, China
South American 17.90 Jadel Gregório Flag of Brazil.svg BRA 20 May 2007 Belém, Brazil
European 18.29 Jonathan Edwards Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR 7 Aug 1995Göteborg, Sweden
Oceanian 17.46 Ken Lorraway Flag of Australia (converted).svg 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]

DateTimeRound
7 August18:35 Qualification
10 August20:20 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]

RankGroupNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123
1A Chris Benard Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17.2017.20 Q
2A Christian Taylor Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17.1517.15 Q
3B Cristian Nápoles Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 17.0617.06 Q
4A Andy Díaz Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 16.9616.86x16.96 q
5B Will Claye Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.9516.57x16.95 q
6A Nelson Évora Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 16.6416.94x16.94 q
7A Alexis Copello Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 16.8916.8816.5316.89 q
8A Pablo Torrijos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 16.5716.0016.8016.80 q
9B Jean-Marc Pontvianne Flag of France.svg  France 16.6616.1716.7816.78 q
10B Yordanys Durañona Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 16.7116.6316.4916.71 q
11A Wu Ruiting Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China x16.4016.6616.66 q
12B Lázaro Martínez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 16.36x16.6616.66 q
13B Donald Scott Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.5516.6316.2716.63
14B Nazim Babayev Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 15.7616.5816.6116.61
15A Momchil Karailiev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria x16.0116.5716.57
16B Elvijs Misāns Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 16.5516.39x16.55
17A Simo Lipsanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 16.5416.4816.4116.54
18B Georgi Tsonov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 16.5316.32x16.53
19A Nathan Fox Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 16.2716.4916.0216.49
20B Alberto Álvarez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 15.6016.4116.4816.48
21A Benjamin Compaoré Flag of France.svg  France 16.4616.35x16.46
22B Troy Doris Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 16.43x16.2416.43
23A Miguel van Assen Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 16.38xx16.38
24A Melvin Raffin Flag of France.svg  France 16.1814.25x16.18
25B Tosin Oke Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria x16.1416.1716.17
26B Fang Yaoqing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China x16.17x16.17
27A Mateus de Sá Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 16.1016.09x16.10
28B Dimitrios Tsiamis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 16.06xx16.06
29A Ryoma Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan xx16.0116.01
30B Clive Pullen Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica xx15.6115.61
B Max Heß Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNS

Final

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

RankNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123456
Gold medal icon.svg Christian Taylor Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.9717.5717.6817.2617.3817.0317.68
Silver medal icon.svg Will Claye Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17.5417.5217.6317.4917.53x17.63
Bronze medal icon.svg Nelson Évora Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 17.0217.1916.58xx16.0117.19
4 Cristian Nápoles Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba xx17.16xx17.1617.16
5 Alexis Copello Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 17.16xx16.8716.9117.0617.16 SB
6 Chris Benard Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.88x16.94xx17.1617.16
7 Andy Díaz Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 17.13xxxx17.13
8 Jean-Marc Pontvianne Flag of France.svg  France x16.6216.79xx16.5716.79
9 Wu Ruiting Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 16.4716.6616.5316.66
10 Pablo Torrijos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 16.6016.5116.5316.60
11 Yordanys Durañona Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 16.42xx16.42
12 Lázaro Martínez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba x16.2516.0916.25

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.