Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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

The Men's Triple Jump event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, had an entrylist 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.

Medalists

Gold	Viktor Saneyev Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	James Butts United States (USA)
Bronze	João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil (BRA)

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	João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA)	17.89 m	October 15, 1975	Mexico City, Mexico
Olympic Record	Viktor Saneyev (URS)	17.39 m	October 17, 1968	Mexico City, Mexico

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA)	16.81	—	—	16.81 m
2	2	Viktor Saneyev (URS)	16.77	—	—	16.77 m
3	4	Tommy Haynes (USA)	16.62	—	—	16.62 m
4	5	James Butts (USA)	16.55	—	—	16.55 m
5	6	Jiří Vyčichlo (TCH)	X	16.00	16.54	16.54 m
6	8	Rayfield Dupree (USA)	14.29	16.20	16.50	16.50 m
7	10	Bernard Lamitié (FRA)	16.39	—	—	16.39 m
8	11	Pentti Kuukasjärvi (FIN)	16.31	—	—	16.31 m
9	13	Michał Joachimowski (POL)	16.08	16.29	X	16.29 m
10	14	Nélson Prudêncio (BRA)	16.18	16.22	14.79	16.22 m
11	19	Armando Herrera (CUB)	15.98	X	X	15.98 m
12	20	Andrzej Sontag (POL)	15.72	15.30	15.82	15.82 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	3	Wolfgang Kolmsee (FRG)	16.68	—	—	16.68 m
2	7	Pedro Pérez (CUB)	16.51	—	—	16.51 m
3	9	Eugeniusz Biskupski (POL)	16.46	—	—	16.46 m
4	12	Carol Corbu (ROM)	16.30	—	—	16.30 m
5	15	Valentyn Shevchenko (URS)	16.15	15.97	16.00	16.15 m
6	16	Toshiaki Inoue (JPN)	16.06	X	15.99	16.06 m
7	17	Janoš Hegediš (YUG)	15.50	16.03	16.00	16.03 m
8	18	Ramón Cid (ESP)	16.00	X	X	16.00 m
9	21	Maxwell Peters (ANT)	14.94	X	X	14.94 m
10	22	Apostolos Kathiniotis (GRE)	14.13	X	X	14.13 m
11	23	Mohamed Al-Bouhairi (KSA)	13.85	X	X	13.85 m
—	—	Aston Moore (GBR)	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Phil Robins (BAH)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Viktor Saneyev (URS)	X	16.71	17.06	X	17.29	X	17.29 m
	James Butts (USA)	16.69	16.76	14.80	17.18	16.55	16.61	17.18 m
	João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA)	X	16.15	16.85	14.91	16.69	16.90	16.90 m
4	Pedro Pérez (CUB)	16.81	16.24	16.48	16.47	X	X	16.81 m
5	Tommy Haynes (USA)	15.46	X	16.68	16.78	16.71	16.71	16.78 m
6	Wolfgang Kolmsee (FRG)	16.23	X	16.68	16.58	16.31	X	16.68 m
7	Eugeniusz Biskupski (POL)	15.91	X	16.49	X	15.79	X	16.49 m
8	Carol Corbu (ROM)	16.07	16.18	16.43	X	16.00	X	16.43 m
9	Jiří Vyčichlo (TCH)	X	X	16.28				16.28 m
10	Pentti Kuukasjärvi (FIN)	16.15	16.14	16.23				16.23 m
11	Bernard Lamitié (FRA)	X	16.23	15.93				16.23 m
12	Rayfield Dupree (USA)	X	16.23	15.90				16.23 m

References

• (English) Results