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 | |||||||||
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| Date | 18 August 2008 (qualification) 21 August 2008 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 39 from 27 nations | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 17.67 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 2008 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 | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | women | ||
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | women | ||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
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 record |  Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 18.29 m | Gothenburg, Sweden | 7 August 1995 |
| Olympic record |  Kenny Harrison (USA) | 18.09 m | Atlanta, USA | 27 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.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Phillips Idowu | Great Britain |
17.44 (+1.0) | 17.44 | Q | ||
| 2 | A | Nelson Évora |  Portugal |
x | 17.34 (+1.1) | 17.34 | Q, SB | |
| 3 | B | Li Yanxi |  China |
16.93 (+0.6) | 16.83 (-0.5) | 17.30 (+0.6) | 17.30 | Q, PB |
| 4 | A | Arnie David Giralt |  Cuba |
17.30 (+0.9) | 17.30 | Q | ||
| 5 | B | Leevan Sands |  Bahamas |
17.25 (+0.5) | 17.25 | Q | ||
| 6 | A | Igor Spasovkhodskiy |  Russia |
16.79 (+1.8) | 16.85 (+1.2) | 17.23 (+0.4) | 17.23 | Q |
| 7 | B | Onochie Achike | Great Britain |
x | 17.18 (+1.1) | 17.18 | Q | |
| 8 | A | Marian Oprea |  Romania |
x | 16.99 (-0.1) | 17.17 (-0.7) | 17.17 | Q |
| 9 | A | Jadel Gregório |  Brazil |
17.15 (+0.4) | 17.15 | Q | ||
| 10 | B | Héctor Dairo Fuentes | Cuba |
16.73 (+0.3) | 16.42 (+0.8) | 17.14 (+1.1) | 17.14 | Q |
| 11 | B | Momchil Karailiev |  Bulgaria |
17.06 (+0.4) | 17.12 (+0.6) | 17.12 | Q | |
| 12 | A | Viktor Kuznyetsov |  Ukraine |
16.70 (+0.8) | 17.11 (+0.1) | 17.11 | Q | |
| 13 | A | Alexis Copello | Cuba |
17.09 (+0.6) | 16.92 (+0.1) | x | 17.09 | |
| 14 | A | Dmitrij Valukevic |  Slovakia |
x | 16.86 (+0.4) | 17.08 (+0.5) | 17.08 | |
| 15 | B | Randy Lewis |  Grenada |
x | 17.06 (+0.6) | x | 17.06 | |
| 16 | B | Mykola Savolaynen | Ukraine |
17.00 (+0.9) | 16.55 (+0.5) | 16.29 (+0.5) | 17.00 | SB |
| 17 | B | Aleksandr Petrenko | Russia |
16.84 (+0.6) | 16.97 (+1.1) | 16.74 (+0.9) | 16.97 | |
| 18 | A | Kim Deok-Hyeon |  South Korea |
16.68 (+0.4) | 14.68 (+1.0) | 16.88 (+0.4) | 16.88 | |
| 19 | A | Rafeeq Curry | United States |
x | 16.23 (+1.7) | 16.88 (+0.4) | 16.88 | |
| 20 | B | Nathan Douglas | Great Britain |
16.45 (+0.8) | 16.68 (+1.2) | 16.72 (+0.1) | 16.72 | |
| 21 | A | Fabrizio Donato |  Italy |
16.10 (+0.4) | x | 16.70 (+0.1) | 16.70 | |
| 22 | B | Danil Burkenya | Russia |
16.44 (+0.5) | 16.69 (+1.0) | 15.65 (+0.5) | 16.69 | |
| 23 | B | Dimitrios Tsiamis |  Greece |
16.37 (+0.6) | 16.65 (+1.0) | 16.48 (+0.5) | 16.65 | |
| 24 | B | Vladimir Letnicov |  Moldova |
16.62 (+0.5) | x | x | 16.62 | |
| 25 | A | Kenta Bell | United States |
16.55 (+0.9) | x | 16.17 (0.0) | 16.55 | |
| 26 | B | Viktor Yastrebov | Ukraine |
x | x | 16.52 (+0.4) | 16.52 | |
| 27 | A | Dzmitry Platnitski | .svg.png){kind=small} Belarus |
16.51 (+0.1) | x | x | 16.51 | |
| 28 | A | Jefferson Sabino | Brazil |
16.12 (+0.6) | 16.45 (+1.0) | x | 16.45 | |
| 29 | B | Colomba Fofana |  France |
16.42 (+1.2) | 15.47 (+0.6) | x | 16.42 | |
| 30 | A | Roman Valiyev |  Kazakhstan |
x | 16.20 (+0.6) | 15.93 (+0.3) | 16.20 | |
| 31 | A | Ibrahim Mohamdein Aboubaker |  Qatar |
16.03 (+0.4) | 16.02 (+1.4) | 15.90 (+0.1) | 16.03 | |
| 32 | B | Hugo Mamba-Schlick |  Cameroon |
16.01 (+0.3) | 14.98 (+0.6) | x | 16.01 | |
| 33 | B | Aarik Wilson | United States |
x | 15.51 (+0.8) | 15.97 (+0.9) | 15.97 | |
| 34 | B | Gu Junjie | China |
15.94 (+1.0) | 15.87 (+0.8) | x | 15.94 | |
| 35 | B | Renjith Maheshwary |  India |
15.77 (+0.5) | x | 15.51 (0.5) | 15.77 | |
| 36 | A | Zhong Minwei | China |
15.59 (+0.4) | x | 14.91 (0.8) | 15.59 | |
| 37 | A | Redzep Selman |  Macedonia |
14.98 (+0.5) | 15.29 (+1.6) | 15.28 (+0.2) | 15.29 | |
| B | Ndiss Kaba Badji |  Senegal |
x | x | - | NM | ||
| B | Tarik Bouguetaïb |  Morocco |
x | x | x | NM |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
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Nelson Évora | Portugal |
17.31 | 17.56 | x | 17.67 | 17.24 | 16.52 | 17.67 | SB |
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Phillips Idowu | Great Britain |
17.51 | 17.31 | 17.62 | x | 17.26 | 16.41 | 17.62 | SB |
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Leevan Sands | Bahamas |
16.91 | 16.55 | 17.59 | 17.26 | 17.32 | x | 17.59 | NR |
| 4 | Arnie David Giralt | Cuba |
17.27 | 17.52 | 17.24 | 17.48 | x | 17.08 | 17.52 | PB |
| 5 | Marian Oprea | Romania |
17.22 | x | x | x | x | 16.69 | 17.22 | |
| 6 | Jadel Gregório | Brazil |
17.14 | 16.55 | 13.79 | 16.83 | 16.78 | 17.20 | 17.20 | |
| 7 | Onochie Achike | Great Britain |
16.74 | x | 17.17 | x | 17.04 | x | 17.17 | |
| 8 | Viktor Kuznyetsov | Ukraine |
16.71 | 16.87 | x | 16.81 | 16.48 | x | 16.87 | |
| 9 | Igor Spasovkhodskiy | Russia |
16.79 | 16.37 | 15.63 | 16.79 | ||||
| 10 | Yanxi Li | China |
15.93 | 16.35 | 16.77 | 16.77 | ||||
| 11 | Momchil Karailiev | Bulgaria |
16.48 | 16.39 | 16.38 | 16.48 | ||||
| 12 | Héctor Dairo Fuentes | Cuba |
15.92 | x | 16.28 | 16.28 | ||||
References
- ↑ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ↑ "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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