Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

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Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Christian Taylor Daegu 2011.jpg
Christian Taylor (2011)
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates7–9 August
Competitors27 from 21 nations
Winning distance17.81
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Christian Taylor
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Will Claye
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Fabrizio Donato
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  2008
2016  
Official video highlights TV-icon-2.svg
Official video highlights

The men's triple jump competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 7–9 August. [1] Twenty-seven athletes from 21 nations competed. [2] The event was won by Christian Taylor of the United States, the nation's first victory in the event since 1996 and seventh overall. His teammate Will Claye won silver; Claye was the first man to medal in both the long jump and triple jump since 1936. Fabrizio Donato earned Italy's first medal in the men's triple jump since 1968.

Summary

In the qualifying round, Christian Taylor made the automatic qualifier on his first attempt, Leevan Sands made the only other auto qualifier. The two Italian jumpers Daniele Greco and Fabrizio Donato anticipated the outcome and let their first attempt marks qualify them to the finals, taking the rest of the other rounds off. Lyukman Adams and Will Claye took all three attempts to get in a sufficient jump. Host team favorite 2009 world champion Phillips Idowu made it to the qualifying round, [3] but could not advance.

In the first round, 35-year-old Fabrizio Donato took the lead over 40 cm ahead of Alexis Copello. In the second round Will Claye took the lead, while Donato improved and his teammate Daniele Greco moved into third. Meanwhile, reigning world champion Christian Taylor was struggling to find the board, taking until his third jump just to get a mark to allow him three more attempts. Donato improved again. In the fourth round Taylor put it all together, jumping 17.81 to take what turned out to be an insurmountable lead. Donato made another improvement for his best attempt 17.48, though any of his four legal jumps would have won the bronze. Then Claye secured another silver medal with a 17.62 [4]

Background

This was the 27th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 2008 Games were silver medalist Phillips Idowu of Great Britain, bronze medalist Leevan Sands of the Bahamas, and fourth-place finisher Arnie David Giralt of Cuba. Idowu was among the favorites; he had won the 2009 world championship and come in second in 2011. The man who had beaten him was Christian Taylor of the United States, who led a smaller but stronger American team: only two Americans were in London, but both Taylor and Will Claye had made the podium at the 2011 worlds. [2]

Haiti, the United Arab Emirates, and the Virgin Islands each made their first appearance in the event. The United States competed for the 26th time, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's triple jump event if all athletes met the A standard, or 1 athlete if they met the B standard. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The qualifying distance standards could be obtained in various meets during the qualifying period that had the approval of the IAAF. Both outdoor and indoor meets were eligible. The A standard for the 2012 men's triple jump was 17.20 metres; the B standard was 16.85 metres. The qualifying period for was from 1 May 2011 to 8 July 2012. NOCs could also have an athlete enter the triple jump through a universality place. NOCs could enter one male athlete in an athletics event, regardless of time, if they had no male athletes meeting the qualifying A or B standards in any men's athletic event. [5] [6] [7]

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 of 17.10 metres). 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). [8]

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 August 1996
World LeadingFlag of the United States.svg  Will Claye  (USA)17.70 (i) Istanbul, Turkey11 March 2012

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 7 August 201210:45Qualifying
Thursday, 9 August 201219:20Final

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 17.10m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q). [9]

RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1B Christian Taylor Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17.21
(+0.2)
17.21Q
2B Leevan Sands Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 17.17
(-0.4)
17.17Q
3A Benjamin Compaoré Flag of France.svg  France 16.82
(-0.5)
17.06
(+0.8)
17.06q
4A Daniele Greco Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 17.00
(+0.6)
17.00q
5B Dong Bin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China X16.94
(+0.1)
16.94q
6A Lyukman Adams Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 16.67
(-1.0)
X16.88
(-0.9)
16.88q
7A Will Claye Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.56
(-0.5)
16.44
(-1.5)
16.87
(-0.2)
16.87q
8B Fabrizio Donato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16.86
(-1.2)
16.86q
9A Tosin Oke Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 16.59
(-1.3)
16.83
(-0.3)
X16.83q
10A Samyr Lainé Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 16.14
(0.0)
16.81
(+1.4)
X
(+0.1)
16.81q
11B Alexis Copello Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba X16.70
(-0.7)
16.79
(+1.0)
16.79q
12A Dzmitry Platnitski Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus X15.66
(-0.4)
16.62
(+0.3)
16.62q
13B Sheryf El-Sheryf Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 16.60
(+0.4)
14.83
(-2.5)
X16.60
14A Phillips Idowu Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 16.47
(-0.7)
X16.53
(-1.0)
16.53
15B Issam Nima Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 15.21
(-0.7)
X16.50
(+0.5)
16.50
16A Arnie David Giralt Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 15.74
(+1.1)
16.42
(+0.1)
16.45
(+1.1)
16.45
17B Henry Frayne Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 16.25
(+0.2)
16.35
(+0.2)
16.40
(-0.2)
16.40
18B Muhammad Halim Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 15.54
(-0.6)
16.39
(-0.6)
15.31
(+0.5)
16.39
19A Yevgeniy Ektov Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan X16.31
(-0.1)
X16.31
20A Cao Shuo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 16.11
(-1.8)
16.26
(+1.2)
16.27
(-1.2)
16.27
21B Roman Valiyev Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan XX16.23
(-1.0)
16.23
22B Kim Deok-Hyeon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 15.35
(-0.8)
X16.22
(-0.3)
16.22
23B Yoandris Betanzos Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 14.84
(+0.2)
16.22
(+2.9)
X16.22
24B Mohamed Abbas Darwish Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates X16.06
(+1.7)
15.93
(+1.6)
16.06
25A José Adrián Sornoza Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 15.61
(-0.5)
16.04
(-2.4)
X16.04
26B Jonathan Henrique Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 15.59
(-1.3)
XX15.59
A Renjith Maheshwary Flag of India.svg  India XXXNo mark

Final

[10]

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Christian Taylor Flag of the United States.svg  United States XX17.1517.8117.55X17.81SB
Silver medal icon.svg Will Claye Flag of the United States.svg  United States X17.5417.4317.6217.2516.6617.62
Bronze medal icon.svg Fabrizio Donato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 17.3817.4417.4517.48X17.48
4 Daniele Greco Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16.9017.34XX16.9217.34
5 Leevan Sands Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas X17.1917.12X17.19
6 Benjamin Compaoré Flag of France.svg  France 15.5317.0814.1616.2713.68X17.08
7 Tosin Oke Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria X16.9116.95XXX16.95
8 Alexis Copello Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 16.92XX14.75X16.6816.92
9 Lyukman Adams Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 16.78XXDid not advance16.78DPG [11]
9 Dong Bin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 16.75XXDid not advance16.75
10 Samyr Lainé Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti X16.6516.59Did not advance16.65
11 Dzmitry Platnitski Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 16.08X16.19Did not advance16.19

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