2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump

Men's triple jump at the 2023 World Championships
Venue	National Athletics Centre
Dates	19 August 2023 (qualification) 21 August 2023 (final)
Competitors	37 from 24 nations
Winning distance	17.64
Medalists
Hugues Fabrice Zango    Burkina Faso   Lázaro Martínez    Cuba   Cristian Nápoles    Cuba
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The men's triple jump at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 19 and 21 August 2023.

Summary

With 17.15m the automatic qualifier, only 18 year old world leader Jaydon Hibbert was able to muster such a distance, his 17.70m far outdistanced that requirement.

Seven time world medalist, #3 of all time, Will Claye put out the first mark over 16.50m with a 16.71m. Two jumpers later, Hibbert came down the runway but aborted his jump after hitting the take off board. Something was not right. He went to seek medical treatment and would not return. Two more jumpers, returning silver medalist Hugues Fabrice Zango hit a 17.37m to take a big lead. Towards the end of the round, Fang Yaoqing jumped 16.89m, to move into second place, only to be displaced by Yasser Triki with a 16.96m. In the second round, Claye moved back into second place with a 16.99m. Then Lázaro Martínez flew into the lead with a 17.41m. Zhu Yaming moved onto the leader board with a 17.12m. There were no changes until the fourth round, when Cristian Nápoles tickled the lead with a 17.40m. At that point the leaders were separated by 4cm. Near the end of the fifth round, Zango broke that up with what turned out to be the winner 17.64 m (57 ft 10+1⁄4 in) as none of the leaders could improve enough with their final attempts.

As it turns out, Hibbert's preliminary round jump would have been enough to take gold. Instead he finished with no mark.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[1]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Jonathan Edwards  (GBR)	18.29 m (60.0 ft)	Gothenburg, Sweden	7 August 1995
Championship record
World Leading	Jaydon Hibbert  (JAM)	17.87 m (58.6 ft)	Baton Rouge, United States	13 May 2023
African Record	Hugues Fabrice Zango  (BUR)	18.07 m (59.3 ft) (i)	Aubiere, France	16 January 2021
Asian Record	Li Yanxi  (CHN)	17.59 m (57.7 ft)	Jinan, China	26 October 2009
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Christian Taylor  (USA)	18.21 m (59.7 ft)	Beijing, China	27 August 2015
South American Record	Jadel Gregório  (BRA)	17.90 m (58.7 ft)	Belém, Brazil	20 May 2007
European Record	Jonathan Edwards  (GBR)	18.29 m (60.0 ft)	Gothenburg, Sweden	7 August 1995
Oceanian record	Kenneth Lorraway  (AUS)	17.46 m (57.3 ft)	London, United Kingdom	7 August 1982

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 17.20 m. ^[2]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
19 August	19:37	Qualification
21 August	19:40	Final

Results

Qualification

Athletes attaining a mark of at least 17.15 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualify for the final. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	B	Jaydon Hibbert	Jamaica  (JAM)	16.99	17.70		17.70	Q
2	A	Zhu Yaming	China  (CHN)	17.14	–	–	17.14	q
3	B	Lázaro Martínez	Cuba  (CUB)	16.65	16.50	17.12	17.12	q
4	A	Hugues Fabrice Zango	Burkina Faso  (BUR)	17.12	–	–	17.12	q
5	A	Cristian Nápoles	Cuba  (CUB)	x	16.82	16.95	16.95	q
6	B	Yasser Triki	Algeria  (ALG)	16.95	–	–	16.95	q
7	A	Emmanuel Ihemeje	Italy  (ITA)	16.91	16.54	–	16.91	q
8	B	Fang Yaoqing	China  (CHN)	16.83	16.80	x	16.83	q
9	B	Tiago Pereira	Portugal  (POR)	x	x	16.77	16.77	q
10	B	Will Claye	United States  (USA)	16.72	16.71	16.25	16.72	q
11	B	Leodan Torrealba	Venezuela  (VEN)	16.72	x	16.54	16.72	q
12	A	Chris Benard	United States  (USA)	x	x	16.71	16.71	q
13	A	Tobia Bocchi	Italy  (ITA)	16.20	16.18	16.66	16.66
14	A	Jean-Marc Pontvianne	France  (FRA)	x	16.64	15.93	16.64
15	A	Abdulla Aboobacker	India  (IND)	16.61	16.60	16.60	16.61
16	A	Necati Er	Turkey  (TUR)	x	16.59	16.32	16.59
17	B	Su Wen	China  (CHN)	x	x	16.59	16.59
18	B	Max Heß	Germany  (GER)	16.48	x	16.28	16.48
19	A	Hikaru Ikehata  [ de ]	Japan  (JPN)	16.00	16.40	15.99	16.40
20	B	Praveen Chithravel	India  (IND)	16.38	16.28	16.32	16.38
21	A	Almir dos Santos	Brazil  (BRA)	16.16	16.09	16.34	16.34
22	B	Donald Scott	United States  (USA)	x	16.33	16.30	16.33
23	A	Dimitrios Tsiamis	Greece  (GRE)	15.99	15.95	16.22	16.22
24	A	Kim Jang-woo  [ de ]	South Korea  (KOR)	15.89	16.19	16.21	16.21
25	A	Enzo Hodebar  [ fr ]	France  (FRA)	16.17	x	x	16.17
26	B	Aaro Davidila  [ fi ]	Finland  (FIN)	x	15.64	15.81	15.81
27	B	Nikolaos Andrikopoulos	Greece  (GRE)	15.77	x	x	15.77
28	A	Luis Reyes  [ de ]	Chile  (CHI)	15.75	x	x	15.75
29	B	Eldhose Paul	India  (IND)	15.59	15.33	15.31	15.59
30	B	Dániel Szenderffy	Hungary  (HUN)	15.18	x	15.38	15.38
31	A	Andreas Pantazis	Greece  (GRE)	x	14.67	x	14.67
	A	Alexis Copello	Azerbaijan  (AZE)	x	x	–	NM
	A	Julian Konle	Australia  (AUS)	x	x	x	NM
	A	Jah-Nhai Perinchief	Bermuda  (BER)	x	r		NM
	A	Geiner Moreno	Colombia  (COL)	x	x	x	NM
	A	Pedro Pichardo	Portugal  (POR)	DNS

Final

Results: ^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Hugues Fabrice Zango	Burkina Faso  (BUR)	17.37	x	17.28	17.36	17.64	x	17.64
	Lázaro Martínez	Cuba  (CUB)	x	17.41	16.55	x	x	16.83	17.41
	Cristian Nápoles	Cuba  (CUB)	x	17.02	x	17.40	x	x	17.40	PB
4	Zhu Yaming	China  (CHN)	x	17.12	16.53	x	17.07	17.15	17.15
5	Yasser Triki	Algeria  (ALG)	16.96	16.98	17.01	x	16.63	x	17.01
6	Fang Yaoqing	China  (CHN)	16.89	17.01	16.56	x	–	15.61	17.01
7	Will Claye	United States  (USA)	16.71	16.99	x	x	16.89	x	16.99	SB
8	Emmanuel Ihemeje	Italy  (ITA)	16.27	16.84	x	16.91	16.74	16.56	16.91
9	Chris Benard	United States  (USA)	16.21	16.62	16.03				16.62
10	Leodan Torrealba	Venezuela  (VEN)	16.39	16.36	16.58				16.58
11	Tiago Pereira	Portugal  (POR)	16.26	x	x				16.26
	Jaydon Hibbert	Jamaica  (JAM)	x	–	–				NM

References

1. "Triple Jump Men − Records". World Athletics . Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
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3. "Start List Triple Jump Men - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics . 17 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
4. "Summary Triple Jump Men - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics . 19 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
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