Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

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Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
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Venues Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
DatesAugust 1, 1992 (1992-08-01) (qualifying)
August 3, 1992 (1992-08-03) (final)
Competitors47 from 32 nations
Winning distance18.17
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Mike Conley Sr.
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Charles Simpkins
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Frank Rutherford
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
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The final of the men's triple jump event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain was held on August 3, 1992. There were 47 participating athletes from 32 nations, with two qualifying groups. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. Mike Conley Sr. set a new Olympic record with 17.63 m. He also jumped 18.17 m which would also improve the standing world record, but this jump had wind assistance 2.1 m/s. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 17.00 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held on August 1, 1992. [1] Conley's gold was the United States's fifth victory in the men's triple jump, surpassing the Soviet Union's four. Conley was the 11th man to win two medals in the event, and the first to do so in non-consecutive Games. Frank Rutherford's bronze was the first medal for the Bahamas in the event.

Background

This was the 22nd appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1988 Games were gold medalist Khristo Markov of Bulgaria, bronze medalist Aleksandr Kovalenko of the Soviet Union/Unified Team, fifth-place finisher Charles Simpkins of the United States, tenth-place finisher Norbert Elliott of the Bahamas, and twelfth-place finisher Norifumi Yamashita of Japan. American Mike Conley Sr., silver medalist in 1984 but who had not made the team in 1988, returned and was favored. Leonid Voloshin, on the Unified Team, was the biggest challenger. [2]

Barbados, Honduras, Israel, Latvia, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe each made their first appearance in the event; some former Soviet republics appeared as the Unified Team. The United States competed for the 21st time, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936. In the qualifying round, each jumper received three attempts to reach the qualifying distance of 17.00 metres; if fewer than 12 men did so, the top 12 (including all those tied) would advance. In the final round, each athlete had three jumps; the top eight received an additional three jumps, with the best of the six to count. [2] [3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Willie Banks  (USA)17.97 Indianapolis, United States 16 June 1985
Olympic recordFlag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Khristo Markov  (BUL)17.61 Seoul, South Korea 24 September 1988

Mike Conley Sr. broke the Olympic record with a jump of 17.63 metres in the second round of the final. In the sixth round, he jumped 18.17 metres, which would have been a new world record, but the 2.1 metres per second wind assistance was just slightly over the limit of 2.0 metres per second required for record consideration.

The following national records were set during the competition:

NationAthleteRoundDistance
Flag of Kuwait (3-2).svg  Kuwait Marsoq Al-Yoha Qualifying16.75
Flag of Swaziland.svg  Swaziland Sydney Mdluli Qualifying16.18

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 1 August 199218:00Qualifying
Monday, 3 August 199219:30Final

Results

Qualifying

RankAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1 Pierre Camara Flag of France.svg  France X16.5817.3417.34Q
2 Frank Rutherford Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas X16.9617.2817.28Q
3 Mike Conley Sr. Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17.2317.23Q
4 Yoelvis Quesada Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 16.9316.9017.2117.21Q
5 Leonid Voloshin Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 17.2117.21Q
6 Brian Wellman Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda 16.2616.6917.1617.16Q
7 Charles Simpkins Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.4116.5917.0517.05Q
8 Zou Sixin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 17.0717.07Q
9 Māris Bružiks Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 16.94XX16.94q
10 Aleksandr Kovalenko Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team X16.93X16.93q
11 Eugeniusz Bedeniczuk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland X16.92X16.92q
12 Vasiliy Sokov Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 16.9113.52X16.91q
13 Ralf Jaros Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 16.89XX16.89
14 Toussaint Rabenala Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 16.4516.5816.8416.84
15 Milan Mikuláš Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia XX16.8216.82
16 Marsoq Al-Yoha Flag of Kuwait (3-2).svg  Kuwait 16.4416.75X16.75NR
17 Wendell Lawrence Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 14.5716.5316.7016.70
18 Francis Agyepong Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain X16.55X16.55
19 Georges Sainte-Rose Flag of France.svg  France 16.2516.5016.1716.50
20 Serge Hélan Flag of France.svg  France 16.2716.2316.4716.47
21 Khristo Markov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria XX16.4616.46
22 Paul Nioze Flag of Seychelles (1977-1996).svg  Seychelles 16.3215.8615.6616.32
23 Lotfi Khaïda Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 16.3116.30X16.31
24 Rogel Nachum Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 16.1316.2316.23
25 John Tillman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.22XX16.22
26 Julian Golley Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 16.1616.18X16.18
27 Sydney Mdluli Flag of Swaziland.svg  Swaziland 15.7816.0716.1816.18NR
28 Santiago Moreno Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 15.7116.0416.0416.04
29 Anísio Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 16.03XX16.03
30 Norifumi Yamashita Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan X15.5115.9715.97
31 Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe XX15.9615.96
32 Alvin Haynes Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados X15.9315.6415.93
33 Norbert Elliot Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas XX15.8515.85
34 Andrzej Grabarczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland X15.7915.5215.79
35 Jonathan Edwards Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain X15.7615.0615.76
36 Chen Yanping Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 15.6615.48X15.66
37 Tord Henriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 14.4815.3015.6615.66
38 Jorge Luis Teixeira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 15.6415.50X15.64
39 Marios Hadjiandreou Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 15.6415.3215.64
40 António Dias dos Santos Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 15.4815.4115.3815.48
41 Banarus Muhammad Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan XX15.3715.37
42 Luis Flores Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 15.0813.8814.5215.08
43 Nikolay Raev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria X14.6714.67
44 Elston Shaw Flag of Belize (1981-2019).svg  Belize X13.1313.5613.56
Oral Ogilvie Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada XXXNo mark
Galin Georgiev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria XXNo mark
Francis Dodoo Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana XNo mark

Final

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Mike Conley Sr. Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.8217.63 OR 17.1917.54X18.17(w)18.17 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Charles Simpkins Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.8716.66X16.7417.2917.6017.60
Bronze medal icon.svg Frank Rutherford Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 16.7517.3617.3617.1616.33X17.36
4 Leonid Voloshin Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 17.3217.24XX17.3216.8217.32
5 Brian Wellman Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda 16.9817.2416.99XXX17.24
6 Yoelbi Quesada Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 17.1516.7517.05X17.0417.1817.18
7 Aleksandr Kovalenko Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 16.8416.92X16.7817.06X17.06
8 Zou Sixin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China X17.00XX17.00
9 Vasiliy Sokov Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 16.8615.84XDid not advance16.86
10 Māris Bružiks Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 16.56X16.80Did not advance16.80
11 Pierre Camara Flag of France.svg  France 16.52X14.48Did not advance16.52
12 Eugeniusz Bedeniczuk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 16.23X16.15Did not advance16.23

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