2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

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.

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	18.29	Jonathan Edwards	GBR	7 Aug 1995	Göteborg, Sweden
Championship
World leading	18.11	Christian Taylor	USA	27 May 2017	Eugene, OR, United States
African	17.37	Tarik Bouguetaïb	MAR	14 Jul 2007	Khemisset, Morocco
Asian	17.59	Li Yanxi	CHN	26 Oct 2009	Jinan, China
NACAC	18.21	Christian Taylor	USA	27 Aug 2015	Beijing, China
South American	17.90	Jadel Gregório	BRA	20 May 2007	Belém, Brazil
European	18.29	Jonathan Edwards	GBR	7 Aug 1995	Göteborg, Sweden
Oceanian	17.46	Ken Lorraway	AUS	7 Aug 1982	London, Great Britain

No records were set at the competition.[3]

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 16.80 metres.[4]

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:[5]