2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

Men's triple jump
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates7 August (qualification)
10 August (final)
Competitors30 from 20 nations
Winning distance17.68
Medalists
gold medal Christian Taylor   United States
silver medal Will Claye   United States
bronze medal Nelson Évora   Portugal
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The men's triple jump at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 7 and 10 August.[1]

Summary

In the first round of the final, Alexis Copello (Azerjaijan) was the first over 17 metres with a jump of 17.16 metres, and Will Claye (USA) took the lead with a 17.54 metre jump. In the second round, Nelson Évora (Portugal) moved into silver medal position, until Christian Taylor (USA) took the lead with a 17.57 metre jump. That lasted until Claye's next jump, 17.63 metres, which Taylor answered with a 17.68 m (58 ft 0 in) effort. None of the leaders were able to improve in the last three rounds. By the end of the competition, three jumpers had jumped 17.16 metres, their places settled by their second best jump, which in the case of Cristian Nápoles (CUB) was another 17.16 metres.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 18.29 Jonathan Edwards GBR 7 Aug 1995 Gothenburg, Sweden
Championship
World leading 18.11 Christian Taylor USA 27 May 2017 Eugene, OR, United States
African 17.37 Tarik Bouguetaïb MAR 14 Jul 2007 Khemisset, Morocco
Asian 17.59 Li Yanxi CHN 26 Oct 2009 Jinan, China
NACAC 18.21 Christian Taylor USA 27 Aug 2015 Beijing, China
South American 17.90 Jadel Gregório BRA 20 May 2007 Belém, Brazil
European 18.29 Jonathan Edwards GBR 7 Aug 1995 Göteborg, Sweden
Oceanian 17.46 Ken Lorraway AUS 7 Aug 1982 London, Great Britain

No records were set at the competition.[3]

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 16.80 metres.[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
7 August 18:35 Qualification
10 August 20:20 Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 7 August, in two groups, both starting at 18:35.[6] Athletes attaining a mark of at least 17.00 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:[7]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 A Chris Benard  United States 17.20 17.20 Q
2 A Christian Taylor  United States 17.15 17.15 Q
3 B Cristian Nápoles  Cuba 17.06 17.06 Q
4 A Andy Díaz  Cuba 16.96 16.86 x 16.96 q
5 B Will Claye  United States 16.95 16.57 x 16.95 q
6 A Nelson Évora  Portugal 16.64 16.94 x 16.94 q
7 A Alexis Copello  Azerbaijan 16.89 16.88 16.53 16.89 q
8 A Pablo Torrijos  Spain 16.57 16.00 16.80 16.80 q
9 B Jean-Marc Pontvianne  France 16.66 16.17 16.78 16.78 q
10 B Yordanys Durañona  Dominica 16.71 16.63 16.49 16.71 q
11 A Wu Ruiting  China x 16.40 16.66 16.66 q
12 B Lázaro Martínez  Cuba 16.36 x 16.66 16.66 q
13 B Donald Scott  United States 16.55 16.63 16.27 16.63
14 B Nazim Babayev  Azerbaijan 15.76 16.58 16.61 16.61
15 A Momchil Karailiev  Bulgaria x 16.01 16.57 16.57
16 B Elvijs Misāns  Latvia 16.55 16.39 x 16.55
17 A Simo Lipsanen  Finland 16.54 16.48 16.41 16.54
18 B Georgi Tsonov  Bulgaria 16.53 16.32 x 16.53
19 A Nathan Fox  Great Britain & N.I. 16.27 16.49 16.02 16.49
20 B Alberto Álvarez  Mexico 15.60 16.41 16.48 16.48
21 A Benjamin Compaoré  France 16.46 16.35 x 16.46
22 B Troy Doris  Guyana 16.43 x 16.24 16.43
23 A Miguel van Assen  Suriname 16.38 x x 16.38
24 A Melvin Raffin  France 16.18 14.25 x 16.18
25 B Tosin Oke  Nigeria x 16.14 16.17 16.17
26 B Fang Yaoqing  China x 16.17 x 16.17
27 A Mateus de Sá  Brazil 16.10 16.09 x 16.10
28 B Dimitrios Tsiamis  Greece 16.06 x x 16.06
29 A Ryoma Yamamoto  Japan x x 16.01 16.01
30 B Clive Pullen  Jamaica x x 15.61 15.61
B Max Heß  Germany DNS

Final

The final took place on 10 August at 20:20. The results were as follows:[8]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Christian Taylor  United States 16.97 17.57 17.68 17.26 17.38 17.03 17.68
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Will Claye  United States 17.54 17.52 17.63 17.49 17.53 x 17.63
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nelson Évora  Portugal 17.02 17.19 16.58 x x 16.01 17.19
4 Cristian Nápoles  Cuba x x 17.16 x x 17.16 17.16
5 Alexis Copello  Azerbaijan 17.16 x x 16.87 16.91 17.06 17.16 SB
6 Chris Benard  United States 16.88 x 16.94 x x 17.16 17.16
7 Andy Díaz  Cuba 17.13 x x x – x 17.13
8 Jean-Marc Pontvianne  France x 16.62 16.79 x x 16.57 16.79
9 Wu Ruiting  China 16.47 16.66 16.53 16.66
10 Pablo Torrijos  Spain 16.60 16.51 16.53 16.60
11 Yordanys Durañona  Dominica 16.42 x x 16.42
12 Lázaro Martínez  Cuba x 16.25 16.09 16.25

References

  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "Records & Lists – Triple Jump". IAAF. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Records Set – Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Triple Jump Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Triple Jump Men − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Triple Jump Men − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Triple Jump Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
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