| Men's triple jump at the Pan American Games |
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| Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
The men's triple jump event at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Cali on 5 August. [1] [2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Pérez | 16.92 | 17.40 | 14.92 | 17.04 | 17.12 | 17.19 | 17.40 | WR | ||
| Nelson Prudêncio | 16.82 | |||||||||
| John Craft | 16.32 | |||||||||
| 4 | Juan Velásquez | 16.03 | ||||||||
| 5 | Tim Barrett | 15.75 | ||||||||
| 6 | Manuel Gutiérrez | 15.03 | ||||||||
| 7 | Luiz Carlos de Souza | 14.83 | ||||||||
| 8 | Jaime Pautt | 14.27 | ||||||||
| 9 | Clavia Squires | 13.37 |