Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

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Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Athletics pictogram.svg
Pictogram for athletics
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates20–22 August
Competitors47 from 35 nations
Winning distance17.79
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Christian Olsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg Marian Oprea
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Bronze medal icon.svg Danil Burkenya
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
  2000
2008  

The men's triple jump competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20–22 August. [1] Forty-seven athletes from 35 nations competed. [2] The event was won by Christian Olsson of Sweden, the nation's first victory in the event since 1948 and third overall. Marian Oprea won Romania's first men's triple jump medal with his silver. Russia earned bronze for the second consecutive Games, this time with Danil Burkenya taking the medal.

Background

This was the 25th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 2000 Games were fourth-place finisher Yoelbi Quesada of Cuba, sixth-place finisher Phillips Idowu of Great Britain, tenth-place finisher Andrew Murphy of Australia, eleventh-place finisher Walter Davis of the United States, and twelfth-place finisher Charles Friedek of Germany. Christian Olsson of Sweden was the reigning (2003) world champion and had also finished second in 2001; he was the favorite. [2]

Belarus, Burkina Faso, Estonia, Grenada, Moldova, Qatar, Slovenia, Syria, and Trinidad and Tobago each made their first appearance in the event. The United States competed for the 24th time, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

The qualification period for Athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's triple jump, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had jumped 16.95 metres or further during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had jumped 16.55 metres or further could be entered. [3]

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete jumped three times (stopping early if they made the qualifying distance). At least the top twelve athletes moved on to the final; if more than twelve reached the qualifying distance, all who did so advanced. Distances were reset for the final round. Finalists jumped three times, after which the eight best jumped three more times (with the best distance of the six jumps counted). [4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading jump were as follows:

World recordFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jonathan Edwards  (GBR)18.29 Gothenburg, Sweden7 August 1995
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Kenny Harrison  (USA)18.09 Atlanta, United States27 July 1996
World LeadingFlag of Sweden.svg  Christian Olsson  (SWE)17.83 i Budapest, Hungary7 March 2004

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition. The following national records were set during the competition:

NationAthleteRoundDistance
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Christian Olsson Final17.79

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 20 August 200409:55Qualifying
Sunday, 22 August 200420:10Final

Results

Qualifying

Rule: Qualifying standard 17.00 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1A Christian Olsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 17.6817.68Q
2B Yoandri Betanzos Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 17.5317.53Q, PB
3B Marian Oprea Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 17.4417.44Q
4A Phillips Idowu Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 17.3317.33Q
5B Jadel Gregório Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 17.2017.20Q
6B Viktor Gushchinskiy Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 16.7117.1717.17Q
7A Danil Burkenya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 16.7716.9117.0817.08Q
8A Hristos Meletoglou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 16.7516.5017.0617.06Q, SB
9A Yoelbi Quesada Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 16.89X17.0117.01Q
10B Kenta Bell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.7716.8216.9816.98q
11A Walter Davis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.2814.7716.9416.94q
12A Julien Kapek Flag of France.svg  France 16.67X16.9116.91q
13B Nathan Douglas Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 16.84XX16.84
14A Andrew Murphy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 16.5916.82X16.82
15B Li Yanxi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China X16.7016.7416.74
16A Ibrahim Mohamdein Aboubaker Flag of Qatar (3-2).svg  Qatar 15.9816.3716.7116.71
17B Arnie David Giralt Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba X16.6316.7016.70
18B Melvin Lister Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.62X16.6416.64
19A Andrew Owusu Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 15.85X16.6416.64SB
20A Mykola Savolaynen Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 16.5616.4815.5716.56
21B Fabrizio Donato Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 16.1616.4516.3416.45
22B Momchil Karailiev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria X16.45X16.45
23B Viktor Yastrebov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 16.4316.32X16.43
24A Ivaylo Rusenov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 16.39XX16.39
25B Mohammad Hazzory Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg  Syria 16.37X16.1416.37
26A Péter Tölgyesi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 16.3315.7416.3616.36
27A Leevan Sands Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas XX16.3516.35
28A Randy Lewis Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada XX16.3316.33
29B Godfrey Khotso Mokoena Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 16.2316.32X16.32
30B Dmitrij Vaľukevič Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus XX16.3216.32
31B Andreas Pohle Flag of Germany.svg  Germany X16.2916.2316.29
32B Vladimir Letnicov Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova X15.8816.2516.25
33B Lauri Leis Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia X16.0616.1816.18
34A Aliaksandar Hlavatski Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 16.1815.73X16.18
35B Salem Mouled Al-Ahmadi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 16.1616.03X16.16
36A LeJuan Simon Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago X14.7516.1616.16
37B Boštjan Šimunič Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia XX16.0716.07
38B Takanori Sugibayashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 15.3815.6715.9515.95
39B Park Hyung-jun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea X15.84X15.84
40B Nelson Évora Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 15.7215.84X15.72
41A Olivier Sanou Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso X15.67X15.67
42B Karl Taillepierre Flag of France.svg  France 15.50XX15.50
43A Armen Martirosyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 15.05XX15.05
A Charles Friedek Flag of Germany.svg  Germany XNo mark
A Vitaliy Moskalenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia XXXNo mark
A Berk Tuna Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey XXNo mark
A Roman Valiyev Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan XXXNo mark
A Sergey Bochkov Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Azerbaijan DNS

Final

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Christian Olsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 17.6917.7917.6916.8217.5817.79 NR
Silver medal icon.svg Marian Oprea Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 17.55X17.4717.3417.3817.55SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Danil Burkenya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 16.9916.6816.1617.4517.4817.4717.48
4 Yoandri Betanzos Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba X17.47XX17.24X17.47
5 Jadel Gregório Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 17.2217.2715.97X16.8217.3117.31
6 Hristos Meletoglou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 17.13X17.1017.0516.6517.0617.13SB
7 Viktor Gushchinskiy Flag of Russia.svg  Russia XX17.1116.2716.95X17.11
8 Yoelbi Quesada Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 16.93X16.96XX16.96
9 Kenta Bell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.90X16.39Did not advance16.90
10 Julien Kapek Flag of France.svg  France X16.7916.81Did not advance16.81
11 Walter Davis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.7816.6516.59Did not advance16.78
Phillips Idowu Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain XXXDid not advanceNo mark

References

  1. "Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics". Athens 2004 . IAAF . Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Triple Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  3. "2004 OLYMPIC GAMES - ATHLETICS QUALIFYING STANDARDS". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  4. "Athletics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump". Athens 2004 . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2015.