Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's triple jump

Men's triple jump at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	12 April (qualifying round) 14 April (final)
Competitors	20 from 18 nations
Winning distance	16.88 m
Medalists
Troy Doris    Guyana   Yordanys Durañona    Dominica   Marcel Mayack    Cameroon
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The men's triple jump at the 2018 Commonwealth Games , part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 12 and 14 April 2018. ^[1]

India's A.V. Rakesh Babu did not start the final as he was removed from the games after a needle was found in his possession, breaking games policy. ^[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: ^[3]

World record	Jonathan Edwards  (GBR)	18.29 m	Gothenburg, Sweden	7 August 1995
Games record	Jonathan Edwards  (ENG)	17.86 m	Manchester, England	28 July 2002

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 12 April 2018	10:30	Qualification
Saturday 14 April 2018	15:15	Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

Qualifying round

Across two groups, those who jumped ≥16.60 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final. ^[4]

Rank	Group	Name	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	A	Yordanys Durañona  (DMA)	16.75 -0.2 m/s			16.75		Q
2	B	Arpinder Singh  (IND)	16.39 -0.5 m/s	16.16 +0.5 m/s	–	16.39		q
3	B	Roger Haitengi  (NAM)	x +0.7 m/s	16.27 -0.1 m/s	16.36 +0.4 m/s	16.36		q
4	B	Muhammad Hakimi Ismail  (MAS)	16.18 +0.1 m/s	16.21 -1.0 m/s	16.36 -0.9 m/s	16.36		q
5	A	Troy Doris  (GUY)	16.33 -0.6 m/s	–	–	16.33		q
6	A	Marcel Mayack  (CMR)	15.07 +0.8 m/s	16.02 +0.1 m/s	16.32 -0.5 m/s	16.32	PB	q
7	A	Nathan Douglas  (ENG)	16.27 -0.5 m/s	x -0.5 m/s	–	16.27		q
8	B	Clive Pullen  (JAM)	16.05 +1.3 m/s	x +0.9 m/s	16.15 -0.3 m/s	16.15		q
9	B	Jonathan Drack  (MRI)	16.14 -1.3 m/s	x -1.1 m/s	15.76 -3.4 m/s	16.14		q
10	B	Jumonne Exeter  (SVG)	16.09 -0.1 m/s	15.51 -1.4 m/s	15.51 -2.0 m/s	16.09	NR	q
11	B	Latario Collie-Minns  (BAH)	15.83 -0.3 m/s	15.54 +0.6 m/s	15.98 -1.3 m/s	15.98		q
12	A	A.V. Rakesh Babu  (IND)	15.98 -0.6 m/s	15.71 -0.3 m/s	x -0.5 m/s	15.98		q
13	A	Elijah Kimitei  (KEN)	15.34 -1.2 m/s	15.58 -0.4 m/s	15.75 -0.3 m/s	15.75
14	A	Goabaone Mosheleketi  (BOT)	x +1.4 m/s	15.74 +1.1 m/s	13.86 -0.3 m/s	15.74
15	A	Emmanuel Fakiye  (AUS)	15.70 0.0 m/s	x -1.2 m/s	x -0.3 m/s	15.70
16	B	Eugene Vollmer  (FIJ)	15.28 -0.9 m/s	15.32 -1.4 m/s	x -0.7 m/s	15.32	=SB
17	B	Peniel Richard  (PNG)	13.36 +0.6 m/s	14.58 -1.0 m/s	15.23 -0.2 m/s	15.23
18	A	Brandon Jones  (BIZ)	x 0.0 m/s	x +0.6 m/s	14.78 -3.5 m/s	14.78
19	A	Anthony Mwanga  (TAN)	13.97 +0.3 m/s	14.08 -2.1 m/s	14.22 +0.4 m/s	14.22
–	B	Nathan Fox  (ENG)				DNS

Final

The medals were determined in the final. ^[3]

Rank	Name	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Troy Doris  (GUY)	16.67 -1.2 m/s	16.88 +0.5 m/s	16.26 +0.4 m/s	x -0.1 m/s	–	x -1.5 m/s	16.88	SB
	Yordanys Durañona  (DMA)	16.86 -2.3 m/s	16.85 +0.3 m/s	16.77 0.0 m/s	–	–	x -1.3 m/s	16.86
	Marcel Mayack  (CMR)	15.71 -2.2 m/s	16.17 -1.2 m/s	16.29 -0.3 m/s	15.69 -1.9 m/s	16.30 -1.1 m/s	16.80 -0.4 m/s	16.80	PB
4	Arpinder Singh  (IND)	16.35 -1.1 m/s	x -1.0 m/s	x -2.0 m/s	16.46 -0.1 m/s	16.39 +0.2 m/s	15.98 -0.4 m/s	16.46
5	Nathan Douglas  (ENG)	16.35 -2.1 m/s	16.35 -0.8 m/s	x -0.3 m/s	x -0.4 m/s	x 0.0 m/s	x -1.6 m/s	16.35
6	Jonathan Drack  (MRI)	15.54 -1.5 m/s	16.25 -0.8 m/s	15.95 0.0 m/s	15.77 -0.6 m/s	x -0.1 m/s	16.28 -0.3 m/s	16.28
7	Clive Pullen  (JAM)	x -1.8 m/s	x -0.6 m/s	16.16 -0.6 m/s	16.20 -0.1 m/s	x -0.8 m/s	16.25 -0.1 m/s	16.25
8	Roger Haitengi  (NAM)	16.24 -0.4 m/s	16.12 -1.1 m/s	x +1.2 m/s	15.85 -0.3 m/s	15.70 -0.9 m/s	15.38 -1.2 m/s	16.24
9	Muhammad Hakimi Ismail  (MAS)	15.77 -0.6 m/s	x 0.0 m/s	15.97 -0.1 m/s	—			15.97
10	Jumonne Exeter  (SVG)	15.22 -1.9 m/s	15.92 -0.5 m/s	x +0.8 m/s				15.92
11	Latario Collie-Minns  (BAH)	15.71 -0.7 m/s	x -1.0 m/s	15.90 +0.8 m/s				15.90
–	A.V. Rakesh Babu  (IND)							DNS

References

1. "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Men's triple jump". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.^{[ dead link ]}
2. Commonwealth Games: Two Indians sent home for violating 'no-needles' policy. BBC Sport (2018-04-13). Retrieved 2018-04-15.
3. Athletics | Men's Triple Jump - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 77. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
4. Athletics | Men's Triple Jump - Qualification (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. pp. 78–80. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.