2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

American Christian Taylor beat the defending champion Phillips Idowu.

The Men's triple jump event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 2 and 4.

Seven made the automatic qualifying mark. The eventual winner was not one of them, barely qualifying with the 9th best mark.

Favorite Phillips Idowu led through the first three rounds as Will Claye failed to make a legal jump through the first two rounds, waited until his third jump to jump 17.50, to not only qualify for his final three jumps but to move into second place. In the fourth round, unheralded American collegian Christian Taylor popped 17.96, the number ten all time jump to blast into the lead. Idowu jumped 17.77 in his fourth attempt but was unable to improve upon that.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Christian Taylor
 United States (USA)
Phillips Idowu
 Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
Will Claye
 United States (USA)

Records

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

World record  Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 18.29 Gothenburg, Sweden 7 August 1995
Championship record  Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 18.29 Gothenburg, Sweden 7 August 1995
World leading  Teddy Tamgho (FRA) 17.91 Lausanne, Switzerland 30 June 2011
African record  Tarik Bouguetaïb (MAR) 17.37 Khemisset, Morocco 14 July 2007
Asian record  Li Yanxi (CHN) 17.59 Jinan, 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 Gothenburg, Sweden 7 August 1995
Oceanian record  Ken Lorraway (AUS) 17.46 London, United Kingdom 7 August 1982

Qualification standards

A standard B standard
17.10 16.85

Schedule

Date Time Round
September 2, 201110:30Qualification
September 4, 201119:05Final

Results

Qualification

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

RankGroupAthleteNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1BAlexis Copello Cuba (CUB)17.0617.3117.31Q
2BNelson Évora Portugal (POR)17.0517.2017.20Q
3AWill Claye United States (USA)x17.1917.19Q
4APhillips Idowu Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)17.1717.17Q
5BChristian Olsson Sweden (SWE)16.5517.1617.16Q
6ALeevan Sands Bahamas (BAH)17.1317.13Q, SB
7ABenjamin Compaoré France (FRA)17.1117.11Q
8BYoandri Betanzos Cuba (CUB)17.0113.66-17.01q
9AChristian Taylor United States (USA)x16.9916.8116.99q
10BFabrizio Donato Italy (ITA)16.5516.7016.8816.88q
11BHenry Frayne Australia (AUS)16.5416.8316.6416.83q
12AŞeref Osmanoğlu Ukraine (UKR)16.81x16.7316.81q
13AArnie David Giralt Cuba (CUB)16.7416.6816.1716.74
14AFabrizio Schembri Italy (ITA)16.7116.2816.6316.71
15BMarian Oprea Romania (ROM)x16.6116.1916.61
16BTosin Oke Nigeria (NGR)x16.5016.6016.60
17BJefferson Sabino Brazil (BRA)16.1815.9116.5116.51
18AAleksey Fyodorov Russia (RUS)15.8416.4216.2616.42
19ASamyr Lainé Haiti (HAI)16.3815.8316.3016.38
20ALi Yanxi China (CHN)15.6816.2815.4216.28
21BHugo Mamba-Schlick Cameroon (CMR)15.6615.9316.1516.15
22BAnders Møller Denmark (DEN)16.1414.07x16.14
23BWalter Davis United States (USA)15.2813.9016.1216.12
24AWilbert Walker Jamaica (JAM)15.6614.5015.9715.97
25BYevhen Semenenko Ukraine (UKR)x15.7215.9615.96
26BMaximiliano Díaz Argentina (ARG)15.9115.65x15.91
ASief El Islem Temacini Algeria (ALG)xxxNM
ARenjith Maheshwary India (IND)xxxNM
AKim Deok-hyeon South Korea (KOR)xxxNM
ATumelo Thagane South Africa (RSA)xxxNM
BYevgeniy Ektov Kazakhstan (KAZ)xxxNM

Final

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Christian Taylor United States (USA)x17.0417.4017.9615.6417.96WL, PB
2nd, silver medalist(s)Phillips Idowu Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)17.5617.3817.7017.7717.4817.4917.77SB
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Will Claye United States (USA)xx17.5017.3017.1417.50PB
4Alexis Copello Cuba (CUB)x17.19x17.3617.4716.1117.47
5Nelson Évora Portugal (POR)17.3516.8016.6316.1816.5716.9517.35SB
6Christian Olsson Sweden (SWE)17.2316.8017.2216.7517.23
7Leevan Sands Bahamas (BAH)16.81x17.0717.1217.2116.5917.21
8Benjamin Compaoré France (FRA)x17.0417.17x16.99x17.17
9Henry Frayne Australia (AUS)16.4516.7816.6016.78
10Fabrizio Donato Italy (ITA)16.77xx16.77
11Yoandri Betanzos Cuba (CUB)14.9316.2216.6716.67
12Şeref Osmanoğlu Ukraine (UKR)16.29x16.3816.38

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