Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump
The Men's Triple Jump event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, had an entry list of 25 competitors, with two qualifying groups (23 jumpers) before the final (12) took place on Friday July 30, 1976. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 16.30 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held in Thursday July 29, 1976.[1]
| Men's triple jump at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Date | 29 July 1976 (qualifications) 30 July 1976 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 18 nations | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 17.29 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
Summary
Three world record holders came to compete; João Carlos de Oliveira was the current record holder at the 1975 Pan American Games; two time defending champion Viktor Saneyev and Pedro Pérez who had taken Saneyev's record and held it for a year until Saneyev took it back.
All but two finalists hit the 16.30 automatic qualifier, de Oliveira the leader in that round. In the final, Pérez took the early lead with a 16.81 in the first round, James Butts was in second at 16.69, while Saneyev and de Oliveira fouled. In the second round, Saneyev landed a 16.71 but was only third as Butts improved to 16.76. The order switched in the third round when Saneyev jumped 17.06 and de Oliveira went 16.85 to take over the top two spots. In the fourth round, Butts leaped into the lead with 17.18. Saneyev jumped the winner 17.29 m (56 ft 8 1⁄2 in) in the fifth round. On his final attempt, de Oliveira improved to 16.90, but couldn't improve enough to change his medal from bronze.[2]
Saneyev became the third man to win the same event three times in a row, after John Flanagan in the hammer throw and Al Oerter in the discus.
Medalists
| Gold | Viktor Saneyev.svg.png){kind=small} |
| Silver | James Butts |
| Bronze | João Carlos de Oliveira.svg.png){kind=small} |
Abbreviations
- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| OR | olympic record |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  | 17.89 m | October 15, 1975 |  |
| Olympic Record |  | 17.39 m | October 17, 1968 | |
Qualification
Group A
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | |
16.81 | — | — | 16.81 m | |
| 2 | 2 | |
16.77 | — | — | 16.77 m | |
| 3 | 4 | |
16.62 | — | — | 16.62 m | |
| 4 | 5 | |
16.55 | — | — | 16.55 m | |
| 5 | 6 |  |
X | 16.00 | 16.54 | 16.54 m | |
| 6 | 8 | |
14.29 | 16.20 | 16.50 | 16.50 m | |
| 7 | 10 |  |
16.39 | — | — | 16.39 m | |
| 8 | 11 |  |
16.31 | — | — | 16.31 m | |
| 9 | 13 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
16.08 | 16.29 | X | 16.29 m | |
| 10 | 14 | |
16.18 | 16.22 | 14.79 | 16.22 m | |
| 11 | 19 |  |
15.98 | X | X | 15.98 m | |
| 12 | 20 | |
15.72 | 15.30 | 15.82 | 15.82 m | |
Group B
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 3 |  |
16.68 | — | — | 16.68 m | |
| 2 | 7 | |
16.51 | — | — | 16.51 m | |
| 3 | 9 | |
16.46 | — | — | 16.46 m | |
| 4 | 12 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
16.30 | — | — | 16.30 m | |
| 5 | 15 | |
16.15 | 15.97 | 16.00 | 16.15 m | |
| 6 | 16 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
16.06 | X | 15.99 | 16.06 m | |
| 7 | 17 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
15.50 | 16.03 | 16.00 | 16.03 m | |
| 8 | 18 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
16.00 | X | X | 16.00 m | |
| 9 | 21 |  |
14.94 | X | X | 14.94 m | |
| 10 | 22 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
14.13 | X | X | 14.13 m | |
| 11 | 23 |  |
13.85 | X | X | 13.85 m | |
| — | — |  | X | X | X | NM | |
| — | — |  | X | X | X | NM | |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
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X | 16.71 | 17.06 | X | 17.29 | X | 17.29 m | |
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16.69 | 16.76 | 14.80 | 17.18 | 16.55 | 16.61 | 17.18 m | |
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X | 16.15 | 16.85 | 14.91 | 16.69 | 16.90 | 16.90 m | |
| 4 | |
16.81 | 16.24 | 16.48 | 16.47 | X | X | 16.81 m | |
| 5 | |
15.46 | X | 16.68 | 16.78 | 16.71 | 16.71 | 16.78 m | |
| 6 | |
16.23 | X | 16.68 | 16.58 | 16.31 | X | 16.68 m | |
| 7 | |
15.91 | X | 16.49 | X | 15.79 | X | 16.49 m | |
| 8 | |
16.07 | 16.18 | 16.43 | X | 16.00 | X | 16.43 m | |
| 9 | |
X | X | 16.28 | 16.28 m | ||||
| 10 | |
16.15 | 16.14 | 16.23 | 16.23 m | ||||
| 11 | |
X | 16.23 | 15.93 | 16.23 m | ||||
| 12 | |
X | 16.23 | 15.90 | 16.23 m | ||||
References
- "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- https://www.olympic.org/montreal-1976/athletics/triple-jump-men