Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

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Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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Christian Taylor jumping
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates15 August 2016 (qualifying)
16 August 2016 (final)
Competitors48 from 34 nations
Winning distance17.86
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Christian Taylor
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Will Claye
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dong Bin
 China
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The men's triple jump competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 15–16 August.[1] Forty-seven athletes from 35 nations competed.[2] The event was won by Christian Taylor of the United States, the fifth man to successfully defend Olympic gold in the triple jump. It was the United States' eighth victory in the event. Just as in London four years earlier, Will Claye took silver; the two Americans were the 13th and 14th men to win multiple medals in the event. Dong Bin of China earned bronze, the nation's first medal in the men's triple jump.

Background[]

This was the 28th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Georgia, Guyana, and Mauritius each made their first appearance in the event. The United States competed for the 27th time, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

The top entrant was Christian Taylor of the United States, who was the defending 2012 Olympic champion and the 2015 World Champion. The second best athlete of all-time, he held the season's top mark at 17.78 m. He had been beaten by Will Claye at the American Olympic Trials, who was second on the world rankings and runner-up at the previous Olympics. Cuban Pedro Pablo Pichardo (the 2015 world silver medallist and fourth best of all-time) entered but had not performed highly that year. The 2016 World Indoor Champion Dong Bin started as the fourth best on the world lists. India's Renjith Maheswary and American Chris Benard filled out the world's top five of 2016. The event had enjoyed a resurgence globally and an unusually large starting field of 48 athletes had made the qualifying grade.[3][4]

Summary[]

The qualifying round saw perhaps the most significant non-event as #4 all time Pedro Pablo Pichardo scratched. European champion and world indoor silver medalist Max Heß was also unable to qualify.

The final was barely dramatic. On the third jump of the competition, Dong Bin jumped his personal best of 17.58 m (just 1 cm less than the Asian continental record) to take the lead. Four jumpers later, Christian Taylor jumped 17.86 m (58 ft 7 in) which proved to be the gold medal winning jump. Three jumps after Taylor, Will Claye jumped a personal best 17.76 m to take over silver medal position. The 1 cm improvement moved him into the #23 position of all time. From a medal perspective, the next five rounds were unnecessary, none of the medalists improved and no other athlete seriously challenged their position. Taylor jumped 17.77m two times during those subsequent rounds, either of those jumps would have still edged Claye for the win. Taylor and Claye repeated their medals from 2012.

In the medal ceremony, the medals were presented by Austin Sealy, Barbados, IOC member, and the gifts were presented by Alberto Juantorena, Vice President of the IAAF.

Qualification[]

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's triple jump event if all athletes meet the entry standard during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard was 16.85 metres. The qualifying period was from 1 May 2015 to 11 July 2016. The qualifying distance standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. Only outdoor meets were accepted. NOCs could also use their universality place—each NOC could enter one male athlete regardless of time if they had no male athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the triple jump.[5][6]

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 16.95 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).[7]

Records[]

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 18.29 Gothenburg, Sweden 7 August 1995
Olympic record  Kenny Harrison (USA) 18.09 Atlanta, United States 27 August 1996
2016 World leading  Christian Taylor (USA) 17.78 London, United Kingdom 22 July 2016

The following record was established during the competition:

Date Event Nation Athlete Distance Record
16 August Final  United States Christian Taylor 17.86 2016 World Leading

The following national record was established during the competition:

Nation Athlete Round Distance Notes
Colombia  Jhon Murillo (COL) Final 17.09

Schedule[]

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3)

Date Time Round
Monday, 15 August 2016 09:30 Qualifying
Tuesday, 16 August 2016 09:50 Final

Results[]

Qualifying round[]

Qualification rule: qualification standard 16.95 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank Group Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 B Christian Taylor  United States 17.24 — — 17.24 Q
2 A Dong Bin  China 17.10 — — 17.10 Q
3 A Will Claye  United States 16.43 16.76 17.05 17.05 Q
4 B Nelson Évora  Portugal 16.48 16.72 16.99 16.99 Q, SB
5 A Cao Shuo  China 16.97 — — 16.97 Q
6 A Troy Doris  Guyana 16.54 16.58 16.81 16.81 q
7 B Karol Hoffmann  Poland 16.79 16.75 X 16.79 q
8 B Jhon Murillo  Colombia 16.78 16.58 X 16.78 q
9 A Benjamin Compaore  France 16.34 16.57 16.72 16.72 q
10 A Alberto Álvarez  Mexico 16.50 16.67 16.60 16.67 q
11 B Xu Xiaolong  China X 16.35 16.65 16.65 q, SB
12 B Lazaro Martinez  Cuba 16.38 X 16.61 16.61 q
13 B Harold Correa  France 16.31 16.60 16.55 16.60
14 A Ernesto Reve  Cuba 16.13 16.16 16.58 16.58
15 A Max Hess  Germany 13.88 X 16.56 16.56
16 B Chris Benard  United States X 16.44 16.55 16.55
17 A Fabrizio Donato  Italy 16.54 X X 16.54
18 A Leevan Sands  Bahamas 16.47 X 16.53 16.53
19 B Dzmitry Platnitski  Belarus X 16.48 16.52 16.52
20 A Maksim Niastsiarenka  Belarus 16.12 16.39 16.52 16.52
21 B Godfrey Khotso Mokoena  South Africa 15.13 16.51 16.44 16.51
22 A Fabian Florant  Netherlands 16.51 X X 16.51
23 B Tosin Oke  Nigeria X 16.45 16.47 16.47
24 B Mamadou Cherif Dia  Mali X 16.45 16.19 16.45 SB
25 A Nazim Babayev  Azerbaijan X 16.38 15.60 16.38
26 A Rumen Dimitrov  Bulgaria 16.23 X 16.36 16.36
27 B Kim Deok-hyeon  South Korea X 16.13 16.36 16.36
28 B Jonathan Drack  Mauritius X X 16.21 16.21
29 A Daigo Hasegawa  Japan 16.17 15.93 X 16.17
30 B Renjith Maheswary  India 15.80 16.13 15.99 16.13
31 B Pablo Torrijos  Spain 15.78 16.11 15.74 16.11
32 A Olu Olamigoke  Nigeria 16.10 15.95 15.64 16.10
33 A Clive Pullen  Jamaica X X 16.08 16.08
34 B Hugues Fabrice Zango  Burkina Faso 15.99 X X 15.99
35 B Kohei Yamashita  Japan 15.71 15.46 15.66 15.71
36 A Levon Aghasyan  Armenia X 15.54 X 15.54
37 B Artsem Bandarenka  Belarus 15.43 X X 15.43
38 B Vladimir Letnicov  Moldova X 15.29 X 15.29
39 B Georgi Tsonov  Bulgaria X X 15.20 15.20
— B Latario Collie-Minns  Bahamas X X X No mark
A Yordanys Durañona  Dominica X X X No mark
A Muhammad Halim  Virgin Islands X X X No mark
B Ruslan Kurbanov  Uzbekistan X X X No mark
A Marian Oprea  Romania X X X No mark
B Şeref Osmanoğlu  Turkey X X X No mark
A Lasha Torgvaidze  Georgia X X X No mark
A Roman Valiyev  Kazakhstan X X X No mark
— A Pedro Pablo Pichardo  Cuba DNS

Final[]

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Christian Taylor  United States 17.86 17.77 X 17.77 X X 17.86 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Will Claye  United States 17.76 X X 17.61 X 17.55 17.76 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dong Bin  China 17.58 X X – – – 17.58 PB
4 Cao Shuo  China 16.78 X 16.89 X 17.13 15.27 17.13 SB
5 Jhon Murillo  Colombia X 17.09 16.43 16.79 16.66 X 17.09 NR
6 Nelson Évora  Portugal 16.90 16.93 17.03 X X X 17.03 SB
7 Troy Doris  Guyana 16.88 X 16.63 X 16.90 X 16.90
8 Lázaro Martínez  Cuba 16.68 x x 15.89 – 15.23 16.68
9 Alberto Álvarez  Mexico 16.26 16.56 16.47 Did not advance 16.56
10 Benjamin Compaore  France 15.53 16.54 16.47 Did not advance 16.54
11 Xu Xiaolong  China 16.41 X 16.29 Did not advance 16.41
12 Karol Hoffmann  Poland 16.31 X X Did not advance 16.31

References[]

  1. ^ Men's Triple Jump - Standings Archived 2 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Rio2016. Retrieved on 2016-08-14.
  2. ^ "Triple Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  3. ^ Morse, Parker (2016-08-08). Preview: men's triple jump – Rio 2016 Olympic Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-14.
  4. ^ Senior outdoor 2016 Triple Jump men. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-14.
  5. ^ "IAAF approves entry standards for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Athletics". IAAF. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Men's Triple Jump competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
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