Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Panorama of Phillips Idowu jumping
VenueBeijing Olympic Stadium
Dates18 August 2008 (qualifying)
21 August 2008 (final)
Competitors39 from 27 nations
Winning distance17.67
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nelson Évora
 Portugal
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Phillips Idowu
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leevan Sands
 Bahamas
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The men's triple jump at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 18–21 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.[1] Thirty-nine athletes from 26 nations competed.[2] The event was won by Nelson Évora of Portugal, the nation's first medal and victory in the men's triple jump. Leevan Sands's bronze medal was the Bahamas' second bronze in the event, with the previous one in 1992.

Background

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This was the 26th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 2004 Games were silver medalist Marian Oprea of Romania, bronze medalist Danil Burkenya of Russia, fifth-place finisher Jadel Gregório of Brazil, ninth-place finisher Kenta Bell of the United States, and Phillips Idowu of Great Britain, who had not made a legal mark in the final but whose qualifying round score (if it could have been carried over) would have placed him fifth. Nelson Évora of Portugal, who had finished 40th in 2004, had become the best triple jumper in the world over the intervening four years, winning the 2007 world championship and coming into the Beijing Games as the favorite.[2]

Macedonia, Morocco, and Slovakia each made their first appearance in the event. The United States competed for the 25th time, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

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The qualifying standards were 17.10 m (26.9 ft) (A standard) and 16.80 m (26.41 ft) (B standard).[3] Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to three entrants providing they had met the A qualifying standard in the qualifying period (1 January 2007 to 23 July 2008). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing he had met the B standard in the same qualifying period.[4] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.

Competition format

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The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936. In the qualifying round, each jumper received three attempts to reach the qualifying distance of 17.10 metres; if fewer than 12 men did so, the top 12 (including all those tied) would advance. In the final round, each athlete had three jumps; the top eight received an additional three jumps, with the best of the six to count.[2][5]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading jump 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
World Leading  Phillips Idowu (GBR) 17.75 (i) Valencia, Spain 9 March 2008

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition. The following national records were set during the competition:

Nation Athlete Round Distance
 Bahamas Leevan Sands Final 17.59

Schedule

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All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Monday, 18 August 2008 10:00 Qualifying
Thursday, 21 August 2008 20:25 Final

Results

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Qualifying

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Qualifying Performance 17.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Group Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 A Phillips Idowu  Great Britain 17.44
(+1.0)
17.44 Q
2 A Nelson Évora  Portugal X 17.34
(+1.1)
17.34 Q, SB
3 B Li Yanxi  China 16.93
(+0.6)
16.83
(-0.5)
17.30
(+0.6)
17.30 Q, PB
4 A Arnie David Giralt  Cuba 17.30
(+0.9)
17.30 Q
5 B Leevan Sands  Bahamas 17.25
(+0.5)
17.25 Q
6 A Igor Spasovkhodskiy  Russia 16.79
(+1.8)
16.85
(+1.2)
17.23
(+0.4)
17.23 Q
7 B Onochie Achike  Great Britain X 17.18
(+1.1)
17.18 Q
8 A Marian Oprea  Romania X 16.99
(-0.1)
17.17
(-0.7)
17.17 Q
9 A Jadel Gregório  Brazil 17.15
(+0.4)
17.15 Q
10 B Héctor Dairo Fuentes  Cuba 16.73
(+0.3)
16.42
(+0.8)
17.14
(+1.1)
17.14 Q
11 B Momchil Karailiev  Bulgaria 17.06
(+0.4)
17.12
(+0.6)
17.12 Q
12 A Viktor Kuznyetsov  Ukraine 16.70
(+0.8)
17.11
(+0.1)
17.11 Q
13 A Alexis Copello  Cuba 17.09
(+0.6)
16.92
(+0.1)
X 17.09
14 A Dmitrij Valukevic  Slovakia X 16.86
(+0.4)
17.08
(+0.5)
17.08
15 B Randy Lewis  Grenada X 17.06
(+0.6)
X 17.06
16 B Mykola Savolaynen  Ukraine 17.00
(+0.9)
16.55
(+0.5)
16.29
(+0.5)
17.00 SB
17 B Aleksandr Petrenko  Russia 16.84
(+0.6)
16.97
(+1.1)
16.74
(+0.9)
16.97
18 A Kim Deok-Hyeon  South Korea 16.68
(+0.4)
14.68
(+1.0)
16.88
(+0.4)
16.88
19 A Rafeeq Curry  United States X 16.23
(+1.7)
16.88
(+0.4)
16.88
20 B Nathan Douglas  Great Britain 16.45
(+0.8)
16.68
(+1.2)
16.72
(+0.1)
16.72
21 A Fabrizio Donato  Italy 16.10
(+0.4)
x 16.70
(+0.1)
16.70
22 B Danil Burkenya  Russia 16.44
(+0.5)
16.69
(+1.0)
15.65
(+0.5)
16.69
23 B Dimitrios Tsiamis  Greece 16.37
(+0.6)
16.65
(+1.0)
16.48
(+0.5)
16.65
24 B Vladimir Letnicov  Moldova 16.62
(+0.5)
X X 16.62
25 A Kenta Bell  United States 16.55
(+0.9)
X 16.17
(0.0)
16.55
26 B Viktor Yastrebov  Ukraine X X 16.52
(+0.4)
16.52
27 A Dzmitry Platnitski  Belarus 16.51
(+0.1)
X X 16.51
28 A Jefferson Sabino  Brazil 16.12
(+0.6)
16.45
(+1.0)
X 16.45
29 B Colomba Fofana  France 16.42
(+1.2)
15.47
(+0.6)
X 16.42
30 A Roman Valiyev  Kazakhstan X 16.20
(+0.6)
15.93
(+0.3)
16.20
31 A Ibrahim Mohamdein Aboubaker  Qatar 16.03
(+0.4)
16.02
(+1.4)
15.90
(+0.1)
16.03
32 B Hugo Mamba-Schlick  Cameroon 16.01
(+0.3)
14.98
(+0.6)
X 16.01
33 B Aarik Wilson  United States X 15.51
(+0.8)
15.97
(+0.9)
15.97
34 B Gu Junjie  China 15.94
(+1.0)
15.87
(+0.8)
X 15.94
35 B Renjith Maheshwary  India 15.77
(+0.5)
X 15.51
(0.5)
15.77
36 A Zhong Minwei  China 15.59
(+0.4)
X 14.91
(0.8)
15.59
37 A Redzep Selman  Macedonia 14.98
(+0.5)
15.29
(+1.6)
15.28
(+0.2)
15.29
B Ndiss Kaba Badji  Senegal X X No mark
B Tarik Bouguetaïb  Morocco X X X No mark

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nelson Évora  Portugal 17.31 17.56 X 17.67 17.24 16.52 17.67 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Phillips Idowu  Great Britain 17.51 17.31 17.62 X 17.26 16.41 17.62 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leevan Sands  Bahamas 16.91 16.55 17.59 17.26 17.32 X 17.59 NR
4 Arnie David Giralt  Cuba 17.27 17.52 17.24 17.48 X 17.08 17.52 PB
5 Marian Oprea  Romania 17.22 X X X X 16.69 17.22
6 Jadel Gregório  Brazil 17.14 16.55 13.79 16.83 16.78 17.20 17.20
7 Onochie Achike  Great Britain 16.74 X 17.17 X 17.04 X 17.17
8 Viktor Kuznyetsov  Ukraine 16.71 16.87 X 16.81 16.48 X 16.87
9 Igor Spasovkhodskiy  Russia 16.79 16.37 15.63 Did not advance 16.79
10 Yanxi Li  China 15.93 16.35 16.77 Did not advance 16.77
11 Momchil Karailiev  Bulgaria 16.48 16.39 16.38 Did not advance 16.48
12 Héctor Dairo Fuentes  Cuba 15.92 X 16.28 Did not advance 16.28

References

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  1. ^ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  2. ^ a b c "Triple Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  4. ^ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  5. ^ Official Report, Results Book for Athletics.