2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
Men's triple jump at the 2017 World Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | 7 August (qualification) 10 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 30 from 20 nations | |||||||||
Winning distance | 17.68 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Before the competition records were as follows:[2]
Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
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World | 18.29 | Jonathan Edwards | ![]() | 7 Aug 1995 | Göteborg, Sweden |
Championship | |||||
World leading | 18.11 | Christian Taylor | ![]() | 27 May 2017 | Eugene, OR, United States |
African | 17.37 | Tarik Bouguetaïb | ![]() | 14 Jul 2007 | Khemisset, Morocco |
Asian | 17.59 | Li Yanxi | ![]() | 26 Oct 2009 | Jinan, China |
NACAC | 18.21 | Christian Taylor | ![]() | 27 Aug 2015 | Beijing, China |
South American | 17.90 | Jadel Gregório | ![]() | 20 May 2007 | Belém, Brazil |
European | 18.29 | Jonathan Edwards | ![]() | 7 Aug 1995 | Göteborg, Sweden |
Oceanian | 17.46 | Ken Lorraway | ![]() | 7 Aug 1982 | London, Great Britain |
No records were set at the competition.[3]
Qualification standard
[edit]The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 16.80 metres.[4]
Schedule
[edit]The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:[5]
Date | Time | Round |
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7 August | 18:35 | Qualification |
10 August | 20:20 | Final |
Results
[edit]Qualification
[edit]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 | ||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
1 | A | Chris Benard | ![]() | 17.20 | 17.20 | Q | ||
2 | A | Christian Taylor | ![]() | 17.15 | 17.15 | Q | ||
3 | B | Cristian Nápoles | ![]() | 17.06 | 17.06 | Q | ||
4 | A | Andy Díaz | ![]() | 16.96 | 16.86 | x | 16.96 | q |
5 | B | Will Claye | ![]() | 16.95 | 16.57 | x | 16.95 | q |
6 | A | Nelson Évora | ![]() | 16.64 | 16.94 | x | 16.94 | q |
7 | A | Alexis Copello | ![]() | 16.89 | 16.88 | 16.53 | 16.89 | q |
8 | A | Pablo Torrijos | ![]() | 16.57 | 16.00 | 16.80 | 16.80 | q |
9 | B | Jean-Marc Pontvianne | ![]() | 16.66 | 16.17 | 16.78 | 16.78 | q |
10 | B | Yordanys Durañona | ![]() | 16.71 | 16.63 | 16.49 | 16.71 | q |
11 | A | Wu Ruiting | ![]() | x | 16.40 | 16.66 | 16.66 | q |
12 | B | Lázaro Martínez | ![]() | 16.36 | x | 16.66 | 16.66 | q |
13 | B | Donald Scott | ![]() | 16.55 | 16.63 | 16.27 | 16.63 | |
14 | B | Nazim Babayev | ![]() | 15.76 | 16.58 | 16.61 | 16.61 | |
15 | A | Momchil Karailiev | ![]() | x | 16.01 | 16.57 | 16.57 | |
16 | B | Elvijs Misāns | ![]() | 16.55 | 16.39 | x | 16.55 | |
17 | A | Simo Lipsanen | ![]() | 16.54 | 16.48 | 16.41 | 16.54 | |
18 | B | Georgi Tsonov | ![]() | 16.53 | 16.32 | x | 16.53 | |
19 | A | Nathan Fox | ![]() | 16.27 | 16.49 | 16.02 | 16.49 | |
20 | B | Alberto Álvarez | ![]() | 15.60 | 16.41 | 16.48 | 16.48 | |
21 | A | Benjamin Compaoré | ![]() | 16.46 | 16.35 | x | 16.46 | |
22 | B | Troy Doris | ![]() | 16.43 | x | 16.24 | 16.43 | |
23 | A | Miguel van Assen | ![]() | 16.38 | x | x | 16.38 | |
24 | A | Melvin Raffin | ![]() | 16.18 | 14.25 | x | 16.18 | |
25 | B | Tosin Oke | ![]() | x | 16.14 | 16.17 | 16.17 | |
26 | B | Fang Yaoqing | ![]() | x | 16.17 | x | 16.17 | |
27 | A | Mateus de Sá | ![]() | 16.10 | 16.09 | x | 16.10 | |
28 | B | Dimitrios Tsiamis | ![]() | 16.06 | x | x | 16.06 | |
29 | A | Ryoma Yamamoto | ![]() | x | x | 16.01 | 16.01 | |
30 | B | Clive Pullen | ![]() | x | x | 15.61 | 15.61 | |
B | Max Heß | ![]() | DNS |
Final
[edit]The final took place on 10 August at 20:20. The results were as follows:[8]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Mark | Notes | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
![]() | Christian Taylor | ![]() | 16.97 | 17.57 | 17.68 | 17.26 | 17.38 | 17.03 | 17.68 | |
![]() | Will Claye | ![]() | 17.54 | 17.52 | 17.63 | 17.49 | 17.53 | x | 17.63 | |
![]() | Nelson Évora | ![]() | 17.02 | 17.19 | 16.58 | x | x | 16.01 | 17.19 | |
4 | Cristian Nápoles | ![]() | x | x | 17.16 | x | x | 17.16 | 17.16 | |
5 | Alexis Copello | ![]() | 17.16 | x | x | 16.87 | 16.91 | 17.06 | 17.16 | SB |
6 | Chris Benard | ![]() | 16.88 | x | 16.94 | x | x | 17.16 | 17.16 | |
7 | Andy Díaz | ![]() | 17.13 | x | x | x | – | x | 17.13 | |
8 | Jean-Marc Pontvianne | ![]() | x | 16.62 | 16.79 | x | x | 16.57 | 16.79 | |
9 | Wu Ruiting | ![]() | 16.47 | 16.66 | 16.53 | 16.66 | ||||
10 | Pablo Torrijos | ![]() | 16.60 | 16.51 | 16.53 | 16.60 | ||||
11 | Yordanys Durañona | ![]() | 16.42 | x | x | 16.42 | ||||
12 | Lázaro Martínez | ![]() | x | 16.25 | 16.09 | 16.25 |
References
[edit]- ^ Start list
- ^ "Records & Lists – Triple Jump". IAAF. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Records Set – Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Triple Jump Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Triple Jump Men − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Triple Jump Men − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Triple Jump Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 10 August 2017.