2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

Men's triple jump at the 2013 World Championships
Gold medalist Teddy Tamgho
Venue	Luzhniki Stadium
Dates	16 August (qualification) 18 August (final)
Competitors	21 from 15 nations
Winning distance	18.04 m (59 ft 2 in)
Medalists
Teddy Tamgho  France (FRA)   Pedro Pablo Pichardo  Cuba (CUB)   Will Claye  United States (USA)
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Events at the 2013 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's triple jump at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 16–18 August.^[1]

Qualifying three triple jumpers to the final, including top qualifier Teddy Tamgho, the No. 3 jumper of all time coming back from injury, No. 2 qualifier Yoann Rapinier and Gaëtan Saku Bafuanga Baya who squeaked in on a tie breaker, France looks to be the new triple jump power.

The first round revealed what would be the final order of finish for the first four jumpers, but not the final distances. Tamgho's first round jump of 17.65 m (57 ft 10+3⁄4 in) took the lead. In the second round Pedro Pablo Pichardo took the lead, putting one out to 17.68 m (58 ft 0 in), just one centimeter short of his world lead. Will Claye bounced his best jump in the third round, 17.52 m (57 ft 5+3⁄4 in). In the fourth round Tamgho equalled Pichardo with a 17.68 m (58 ft 0 in), though with the earlier 17.65 m (57 ft 10+3⁄4 in) he held the tiebreaker. With two more rounds, would it be enough? Pichardo's 17.52 m (57 ft 5+3⁄4 in) in the fifth round was long but meaningless. In the final round, defending champion and reigning Olympic champion Christian Taylor made his best effort to get on the medal stand, but 17.20 m (56 ft 5 in) was only good enough for fourth place. With Pichardo holding the last attempt, Tamgho had to make sure. His 18.04 m (59 ft 2 in) world leader and personal best left no doubt. It increased his standing as the third best performer ever and moved him up as the third member of the 18-meter club. Pichardo's 16.98 m (55 ft 8+1⁄2 in) couldn't compete with that.

Records[]

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:^[2]

World record	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	18.29	Göteborg, Sweden	7 August 1995
Championship record	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	18.29	Göteborg, Sweden	7 August 1995
World leading	Pedro Pablo Pichardo (CUB)	17.69	La Habana, Cuba	4 June 2013
African record	Tarik Bouguetaïb (MAR)	17.37	Khemisset, Morocco	14 July 2007
Asian record	Li Yanxi (CHN)	17.59	Jinan, People's Republic of China	26 October 2009
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Kenny Harrison (USA)	18.09	Atlanta, United States	27 July 1996
South American record	Jadel Gregório (BRA)	17.90	Belém, Brazil	20 May 2007
European record	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	18.29	Göteborg, Sweden	7 August 1995
Oceanian record	Ken Lorraway (AUS)	17.46	London, Great Britain	7 August 1982

Qualification standards[]

Schedule[]

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results[]

Qualification[]

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.05 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.^[4]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	Result	Notes
1	A	Teddy Tamgho	France (FRA)	x	17.41		17.41	Q
2	B	Yoann Rapinier	France (FRA)	16.79	17.39		17.39	Q
3	B	Christian Taylor	United States (USA)	17.36			17.36	Q
4	A	Will Claye	United States (USA)	16.81	17.08		17.08	Q
5	B	Pedro Pablo Pichardo	Cuba (CUB)	17.06			17.06	Q
6	A	Dong Bin	China (CHN)	x	x	16.98	16.98	q
7	A	Marian Oprea	Romania (ROM)	16.91	x	x	16.91	q
8	B	Samyr Laine	Haiti (HAI)	16.87	16.54		16.87	q
9	B	Fabrizio Schembri	Italy (ITA)	16.57	16.83		16.83	q
10	B	Aleksey Fedorov	Russia (RUS)	x	15.98	16.83	16.83	q
11	B	Dimitrios Tsiamis	Greece (GRE)	16.69	16.06	16.47	16.69	q
12	A	Gaëtan Saku Bafuanga Baya	France (FRA)	16.63	16.37	15.91	16.63	q
13	A	Renjith Maheshwary	India (IND)	16.08	16.63	16.28	16.63
14	B	Viktor Kuznyetsov	Ukraine (UKR)	16.50	16.60	x	16.60
15	A	Fabrizio Donato	Italy (ITA)	x	16.20	16.53	16.53
16	A	Jefferson Sabino	Brazil (BRA)	x	16.49	16.05	16.49
17	B	Roman Valiyev	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	16.34	16.43	15.97	16.43
18	B	Omar Craddock	United States (USA)	14.91	16.18	16.40	16.40
19	A	Zlatozar Atanasov	Bulgaria (BUL)	16.16	16.04	16.21	16.21
20	B	Jonathan Drack	Mauritius (MRI)	x	14.89	15.54	15.54
	A	Daniele Greco	Italy (ITA)	–	–	–	DNF
	A	Tosin Oke	Nigeria (NGR)				DNS

Final[]

The final was started at 16:45.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6	Result	Notes
	Teddy Tamgho	France (FRA)	17.65	x	x	17.68	x	18.04	18.04	WL
	Pedro Pablo Pichardo	Cuba (CUB)	17.38	17.68	x	17.22	17.52	16.98	17.68
	Will Claye	United States (USA)	17.19	17.33	17.52	17.38	16.94	17.46	17.52	SB
4	Christian Taylor	United States (USA)	16.99	x	16.49	16.69	17.13	17.20	17.20
5	Aleksey Fedorov	Russia (RUS)	16.34	16.90	x	16.79	x	16.42	16.90
6	Marian Oprea	Romania (ROM)	16.82	x	16.59	x	x	x	16.82
7	Gaëtan Saku Bafuanga Baya	France (FRA)	16.64	16.79	15.97	16.70	16.64	16.24	16.79
8	Fabrizio Schembri	Italy (ITA)	x	16.61	16.74	x	16.00	x	16.74
9	Dong Bin	China (CHN)	x	16.65	16.73				16.73
10	Dimitrios Tsiamis	Greece (GRE)	16.66	x	16.38				16.66
11	Samyr Laine	Haiti (HAI)	x	16.09	x				16.09
12	Yoann Rapinier	France (FRA)	13.98	x	15.17				15.17

References[]

External links[]

• Triple jump results at IAAF website