Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

Men's triple jump at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Date	October 16–17
Competitors	34 from 24 nations
Winning distance	17.39 WR
Medalists
Viktor Saneyev   Soviet Union   Nelson Prudêncio   Brazil   Giuseppe Gentile   Italy

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 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
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 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

The Men's triple jump competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 16–17.

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete jumped three times. At least the top twelve athletes moved on to the final; if more than twelve reached the qualifying distance, all who did so advanced. Distances were reset for the final round. Finalists jumped three times, after which the eight best jumped three more times (with the best distance of the six jumps counted).

Records

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

World record	Józef Szmidt (POL)	17.03 m	Olsztyn, Poland	August 5, 1960
Olympic record		16.85 m	Tokyo, Japan	October 16, 1964

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 16.10m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Gentile, GiuseppeGiuseppe Gentile	Italy	X	17.10	–	17.10 WR	Q
2	B	Dia, MansourMansour Dia	Senegal	16.58	–	–	16.58	Q
3	B	Walker, ArtArt Walker	United States	16.49	–	–	16.49	Q
4	B	Prudêncio, NelsonNelson Prudêncio	Brazil	15.79	16.46	–	16.46	Q
5	A	May, PhilPhil May	Australia	16.32	–	–	16.32	Q
6	B	Stoykovski, GeorgiGeorgi Stoykovski	Bulgaria	15.26	X	16.24	16.24	Q
7	B	Saneyev, ViktorViktor Saneyev	Soviet Union	16.22	–	–	16.22	Q
8	A	Ciochină, ŞerbanŞerban Ciochină	Romania	15.93	16.07	16.21	16.21	Q
9	B	Areta, Luis FelipeLuis Felipe Areta	Spain	15.94	16.20	–	16.20	Q
10	B	Kugler, JoachimJoachim Kugler	West Germany	15.79	16.20	–	16.20	Q
11	A	Szmidt, JózefJózef Szmidt	Poland	X	16.19	–	16.19	Q
12	B	Kalocsai, HenrikHenrik Kalocsai	Hungary	15.44	16.16	–	16.16	Q
13	B	Dudkin, NikolayNikolay Dudkin	Soviet Union	15.81	16.15	–	16.15	Q
14	B	Jaskólski, JanJan Jaskólski	Poland	15.79	16.04	–	16.04
15	A	Sauer, MichaelMichael Sauer	West Germany	15.61	16.02	15.84	16.02
16	A	Boosey, DerekDerek Boosey	Great Britain	15.07	15.99	16.01	16.01
17	A	Tate, NormanNorman Tate	United States	13.43	15.84	15.83	15.84
18	B	Pousi, PerttiPertti Pousi	Finland	X	15.84	15.74	15.84
19	A	Muraki, YukitoYukito Muraki	Japan	X	15.37	15.83	15.83
20	A	Barrett, TimTim Barrett	Bahamas	X	15.06	15.79	15.79
21	A	Smith, DaveDave Smith	United States	X	X	15.75	15.75
22	A	Vlasis, EvangelosEvangelos Vlasis	Greece	15.47	15.52	15.71	15.71
23	B	Alsop, FredFred Alsop	Great Britain	12.93	15.71	15.50	15.71
24	B	Amoah, JohnsonJohnson Amoah	Ghana	15.65	15.28	15.65	15.65
25	B	Tuna, AşkınAşkın Tuna	Turkey	15.65	X	15.43	15.65
26	B	Schenk, Heinz-GünterHeinz-Günter Schenk	East Germany	X	14.72	15.61	15.61
27	B	Ivanov, DragánDragán Ivanov	Hungary	15.61	X	14.42	15.61
28	A	Igun, SamuelSamuel Igun	Nigeria	15.40	13.86	15.46	15.46
29	A	Zolotarev, AleksandrAleksandr Zolotarev	Soviet Union	15.41	14.72	X	15.41
30	B	Burgher, LennoxLennox Burgher	Jamaica	15.20	15.29	15.14	15.29
31	A	Chen Ming-Chi	Republic of China	15.29	15.04	14.76	15.29
32	A	Neumann, KlausKlaus Neumann	East Germany	15.16	X	–	15.16
33	B	Serrate, HéctorHéctor Serrate	Puerto Rico	15.09	15.05	14.89	15.09
34	A	Cziffra, ZoltánZoltán Cziffra	Hungary	15.04	X	–	15.04

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Saneyev, ViktorViktor Saneyev	Soviet Union	16.49	16.84	17.23	17.02	16.81	17.39	17.39	WR
	Prudêncio, NelsonNelson Prudêncio	Brazil	16.33	17.05	16.75	X	17.27	17.15	17.27
	Gentile, GiuseppeGiuseppe Gentile	Italy	17.22	X	X	X	16.54	X	17.22
4	Walker, ArtArt Walker	United States	15.43	16.45	16.77	16.48	X	17.12	17.12
5	Dudkin, NikolayNikolay Dudkin	Soviet Union	16.15	16.70	16.37	16.73	17.09	16.53	17.09
6	May, PhilPhil May	Australia	15.48	16.58	16.51	17.02	X	–	17.02
7	Szmidt, JózefJózef Szmidt	Poland	16.06	16.77	X	16.66	X	16.89	16.89
8	Dia, MansourMansour Dia	Senegal	16.71	16.48	15.44	16.73	16.64	15.83	16.73
9	Stoykovski, GeorgiGeorgi Stoykovski	Bulgaria	16.28	16.46	16.19	N/A			16.46
10	Kalocsai, HenrikHenrik Kalocsai	Hungary	16.45	16.39	16.20	N/A			16.45
11	Kugler, JoachimJoachim Kugler	West Germany	12.87	X	15.90	N/A			15.90
12	Areta, Luis FelipeLuis Felipe Areta	Spain	15.72	15.75	14.80	N/A			15.75
13	Ciochină, ŞerbanŞerban Ciochină	Romania	X	X	15.62	N/A			15.62

References

• Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 13, 2012.