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

Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing Olympic Stadium
Date 18 August 2008 (qualification)
21 August 2008 (final)
Competitors 39 from 27 nations
Winning distance 17.67
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Nelson Évora  Portugal
2nd, silver medalist(s) Phillips Idowu  Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Leevan Sands  Bahamas

The men's triple jump at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 18–21 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.[1]

The qualifying standards were 17.10 m (56.1 ft) (A standard) and 16.80 m (55.12 ft) (B standard).[2]

Records

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

World recordUnited Kingdom Jonathan Edwards (GBR)18.29 mGothenburg, Sweden7 August 1995
Olympic record Kenny Harrison (USA)18.09 mAtlanta, United States27 August 1996

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Qualifying round

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

RankGroupNameNationality123MarkNotes
1APhillips Idowu Great Britain 17.44
(+1.0)
17.44Q
2ANelson Évora Portugal x17.34
(+1.1)
17.34Q, SB
3BLi Yanxi China 16.93
(+0.6)
16.83
(-0.5)
17.30
(+0.6)
17.30Q, PB
4AArnie David Giralt Cuba 17.30
(+0.9)
17.30Q
5BLeevan Sands Bahamas 17.25
(+0.5)
17.25Q
6AIgor Spasovkhodskiy Russia 16.79
(+1.8)
16.85
(+1.2)
17.23
(+0.4)
17.23Q
7BOnochie Achike Great Britain x17.18
(+1.1)
17.18Q
8AMarian Oprea Romania x16.99
(-0.1)
17.17
(-0.7)
17.17Q
9AJadel Gregório Brazil 17.15
(+0.4)
17.15Q
10BHéctor Dairo Fuentes Cuba 16.73
(+0.3)
16.42
(+0.8)
17.14
(+1.1)
17.14Q
11BMomchil Karailiev Bulgaria 17.06
(+0.4)
17.12
(+0.6)
17.12Q
12AViktor Kuznyetsov Ukraine 16.70
(+0.8)
17.11
(+0.1)
17.11Q
13AAlexis Copello Cuba 17.09
(+0.6)
16.92
(+0.1)
x17.09
14ADmitrij Valukevic Slovakia x16.86
(+0.4)
17.08
(+0.5)
17.08
15BRandy Lewis Grenada x17.06
(+0.6)
x17.06
16BMykola Savolaynen Ukraine 17.00
(+0.9)
16.55
(+0.5)
16.29
(+0.5)
17.00SB
17BAleksandr Petrenko Russia 16.84
(+0.6)
16.97
(+1.1)
16.74
(+0.9)
16.97
18AKim Deok-Hyeon South Korea 16.68
(+0.4)
14.68
(+1.0)
16.88
(+0.4)
16.88
19ARafeeq Curry United States x16.23
(+1.7)
16.88
(+0.4)
16.88
20BNathan Douglas Great Britain 16.45
(+0.8)
16.68
(+1.2)
16.72
(+0.1)
16.72
21AFabrizio Donato Italy 16.10
(+0.4)
x16.70
(+0.1)
16.70
22BDanil Burkenya Russia 16.44
(+0.5)
16.69
(+1.0)
15.65
(+0.5)
16.69
23BDimitrios Tsiamis Greece 16.37
(+0.6)
16.65
(+1.0)
16.48
(+0.5)
16.65
24BVladimir Letnicov Moldova 16.62
(+0.5)
xx16.62
25AKenta Bell United States 16.55
(+0.9)
x16.17
(0.0)
16.55
26BViktor Yastrebov Ukraine xx16.52
(+0.4)
16.52
27ADzmitry Platnitski Belarus 16.51
(+0.1)
xx16.51
28AJefferson Sabino Brazil 16.12
(+0.6)
16.45
(+1.0)
x16.45
29BColomba Fofana France 16.42
(+1.2)
15.47
(+0.6)
x16.42
30ARoman Valiyev Kazakhstan x16.20
(+0.6)
15.93
(+0.3)
16.20
31AIbrahim Mohamdein Aboubaker Qatar 16.03
(+0.4)
16.02
(+1.4)
15.90
(+0.1)
16.03
32BHugo Mamba-Schlick Cameroon 16.01
(+0.3)
14.98
(+0.6)
x16.01
33BAarik Wilson United States x15.51
(+0.8)
15.97
(+0.9)
15.97
34BGu Junjie China 15.94
(+1.0)
15.87
(+0.8)
x15.94
35BRenjith Maheshwary India 15.77
(+0.5)
x15.51
(0.5)
15.77
36AZhong Minwei China 15.59
(+0.4)
x14.91
(0.8)
15.59
37ARedzep Selman Macedonia 14.98
(+0.5)
15.29
(+1.6)
15.28
(+0.2)
15.29
BNdiss Kaba Badji Senegal xx-NM
BTarik Bouguetaïb Morocco xxxNM

Final

RankNameNationality123456ResultNotes
1st, gold medalist(s) Nelson Évora Portugal 17.3117.56x17.6717.2416.5217.67SB
2nd, silver medalist(s) Phillips Idowu Great Britain 17.5117.3117.62x17.2616.4117.62SB
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Leevan Sands Bahamas 16.9116.5517.5917.2617.32x17.59NR
4 Arnie David Giralt Cuba 17.2717.5217.2417.48x17.0817.52PB
5 Marian Oprea Romania 17.22xxxx16.6917.22
6 Jadel Gregório Brazil 17.1416.5513.7916.8316.7817.2017.20
7 Onochie Achike Great Britain 16.74x17.17x17.04x17.17
8 Viktor Kuznyetsov Ukraine 16.7116.87x16.8116.48x16.87
9 Igor Spasovkhodskiy Russia 16.7916.3715.6316.79
10 Yanxi Li China 15.9316.3516.7716.77
11 Momchil Karailiev Bulgaria 16.4816.3916.3816.48
12 Héctor Dairo Fuentes Cuba 15.92x16.2816.28

References

  1. "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  2. "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.
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