Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

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Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue Stade de France, Paris, France
Date
  • 7 August 2024 (qualification)
    9 August 2024 (final)
Winning distance17.86 m
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jordan Díaz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Silver medal icon.svg Pedro Pichardo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Bronze medal icon.svg Andy Díaz Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  2020
2028  

The men's triple jump at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 7 and 9 August 2024. This was the 30th time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics.

Summary

The entire podium from Tokyo was back. Pedro Pichardo, Zhu Yaming and Hugues Fabrice Zango. The same three individuals were the podium in 2022 though Zango was silver. In 2023, Zango was the winner ahead of Lázaro Martínez and Cristian Nápoles. Earlier in the season Jordan Díaz popped an 18.18m in Rome, the #3 legal jump in history. Pichardo, dropped to #6, was the only other person over the magic 18 metre mark all year.

Almir dos Santos got things off with 16.41m. Zango upped that by a metre to 17.43m. Pichardo followed him with 17.79m, from the back of the take off board. Martínez moved into third at exactly 17 metres. Jaydon Hibbert then took over third with a 17.31m. It was four more jumps before Jordan Díaz took the lead, popping a 17.86 m (58 ft 7 in). A couple of jumpers later, Andy Díaz moved into third position with 17.63m. In the second round, Pichardo made things close jumping a 17.84m from the middle of the board, giving up 19cm. Had he taken off from the front of the board, that would be a winner. Hibbert improved to 17.61m to tickle 3rd place but didn't get there. Pichardo continued to have trouble with his marks and couldn't make an improvement. Jaydon jumped 17.85 and 17.84 on his third and fourth jumps to confirm his position. Other than Andy adding a single cm on his final attempt, none of the leaders were able to improve or change position.

All three medalists were born in Cuba and had previously represented Cuba in international competition.

Background

The men's triple jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the inaugural edition in 1896.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
RecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)LocationDate
World record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jonathan Edwards  (GBR)18.29 [1] Gothenburg, Sweden7 August 1995
Olympic record Flag of the United States.svg  Kenny Harrison  (USA)18.09 Atlanta, United States27 July 1996
World leadingFlag of Spain.svg  Jordan Díaz  (ESP)18.18 [2] Rome, Italy11 June 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics [3]
Area RecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)
Africa ( records )Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Hugues Fabrice Zango  (BUR)18.07
Asia ( records )Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Yanxi  (CHN)17.59
Europe ( records )Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jonathan Edwards  (GBR)18.29 WR
North, Central America

and Caribbean ( records )

Flag of the United States.svg  Christian Taylor  (USA)18.21
Oceania ( records )Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Kenneth Lorraway  (AUS)17.46
South America ( records )Flag of Brazil.svg  Jadel Gregório  (BRA)17.90

Qualification

For the men's triple jump event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 17.22 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event. [4] [5]

Results

Qualification

The qualification is scheduled to be held on 7 August, starting at 19:15 (UTC+2) in the morning. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification time or world ranking. [6] Progression rules: Qualifying performance 17.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final. [7]

RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1B Pedro Pichardo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 17.4417.44 Q
2A Jordan Díaz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 17.2417.24 Q
3B Salif Mane Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17.1617.16 Q
A Hugues Fabrice Zango Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 17.1617.16 Q
5A Almir dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil x17.06x17.06 q
6B Jaydon Hibbert Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 16.9916.95x16.99 q
7B Max Heß Flag of Germany.svg  Germany x16.9816.6716.98 q
8B Zhu Yaming Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 16.4716.9116.6616.91 q
9A Yasser Triki Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria x16.8516.7716.85 q
10B Connor Murphy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 16.8016.4916.5816.80 q
11B Lázaro Martínez Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 16.7916.7916.7116.79 q
12A Andy Díaz Flag of Italy.svg  Italy x16.7916.6916.79 q
13A Jean-Marc Pontvianne Flag of France.svg  France x16.79x16.79
14A Donald Scott Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.5816.7716.7416.77
15B Thomas Gogois Flag of France.svg  France 16.6714.6316.7716.77
16B Su Wen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 16.2116.70x16.70
17A Andy Hechavarría Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba x15.8616.7016.70
18B Cristian Nápoles Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 16.2816.6716.3916.67
19B Andrea Dallavalle Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16.6513.4416.4816.65
20B Emmanuel Ihemeje Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16.3915.6516.5016.50
21B Abdulla Aboobacker Flag of India.svg  India 15.9916.1916.4916.49
22B Russell Robinson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.4716.3716.2116.47
23B Geiner Moreno Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 16.3215.8816.4016.40
24A Jordan Scott Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica x16.3615.9716.36
25A Tiago Pereira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 15.8415.9616.3616.36
26A Kim Jang-woo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 15.6616.1416.3116.31
27A Praveen Chithravel Flag of India.svg  India 15.9916.2516.2116.25
28A Jah-Nhai Perinchief Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda x16.1416.2316.23
29A Leodan Torrealba Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 16.18x15.4416.18
30A Ethan Olivier Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 16.1615.9115.9816.16
31A Fang Yaoqing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China xx15.8515.85
32B Necati Er Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 13.65xx13.65

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Final

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Jordan Díaz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 17.8617.6417.8517.8417.2517.86
Silver medal icon.svg Pedro Pichardo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 17.7917.84x17.5217.8117.84
Bronze medal icon.svg Andy Díaz Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 17.6317.33x17.6417.64 SB
4 Jaydon Hibbert Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 17.3117.6117.53xx17.61
5 Hugues Fabrice Zango Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 17.4316.1417.2516.0517.50x17.50
6 Salif Mane Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17.2816.6317.02x17.1917.4117.41
7 Max Heß Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 16.5016.9217.38xx17.0717.38 SB
8 Lázaro Martínez Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 17.00x17.3413.35x16.6317.34 SB
9 Yasser Triki Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria x17.0517.22Did not advance17.22
10 Zhu Yaming Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China x16.76xDid not advance16.76
11 Almir dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 16.41x16.28Did not advance16.41
12 Connor Murphy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15.9916.3016.11Did not advance16.30

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