Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Christian Taylor (2011)
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates7–9 August
Competitors27 from 21 nations
Winning distance17.81
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Christian Taylor
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Will Claye
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fabrizio Donato
 Italy
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The men's triple jump competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 7–9 August.[1] Twenty-seven athletes from 21 nations competed.[2] The event was won by Christian Taylor of the United States, the nation's first victory in the event since 1996 and seventh overall. His teammate Will Claye won silver; Claye was the first man to medal in both the long jump and triple jump since 1936. Fabrizio Donato earned Italy's first medal in the men's triple jump since 1968.

Summary

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In the qualifying round, Christian Taylor made the automatic qualifier on his first attempt, Leevan Sands made the only other auto qualifier. The two Italian jumpers Daniele Greco and Fabrizio Donato anticipated the outcome and let their first attempt marks qualify them to the finals, taking the rest of the other rounds off. Lyukman Adams and Will Claye took all three attempts to get in a sufficient jump. Host team favorite 2009 world champion Phillips Idowu made it to the qualifying round,[3] but could not advance.

In the first round, 35-year-old Fabrizio Donato took the lead over 40 cm ahead of Alexis Copello. In the second round Will Claye took the lead, while Donato improved and his teammate Daniele Greco moved into third. Meanwhile, reigning world champion Christian Taylor was struggling to find the board, taking until his third jump just to get a mark to allow him three more attempts. Donato improved again. In the fourth round Taylor put it all together, jumping 17.81 to take what turned out to be an insurmountable lead. Donato made another improvement for his best attempt 17.48, though any of his four legal jumps would have won the bronze. Then Claye secured another silver medal with a 17.62[4]

Background

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This was the 27th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 2008 Games were silver medalist Phillips Idowu of Great Britain, bronze medalist Leevan Sands of the Bahamas, and fourth-place finisher Arnie David Giralt of Cuba. Idowu was among the favorites; he had won the 2009 world championship and come in second in 2011. The man who had beaten him was Christian Taylor of the United States, who led a smaller but stronger American team: only two Americans were in London, but both Taylor and Will Claye had made the podium at the 2011 worlds.[2]

Haiti, the United Arab Emirates, and the Virgin Islands each made their first appearance in the event. The United States competed for the 26th time, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's triple jump event if all athletes met the A standard, or 1 athlete if they met the B standard. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The qualifying distance standards could be obtained in various meets during the qualifying period that had the approval of the IAAF. Both outdoor and indoor meets were eligible. The A standard for the 2012 men's triple jump was 17.20 metres; the B standard was 16.85 metres. The qualifying period for was from 1 May 2011 to 8 July 2012. NOCs could also have an athlete enter the triple jump through a universality place. NOCs could enter one male athlete in an athletics event, regardless of time, if they had no male athletes meeting the qualifying A or B standards in any men's athletic event.[5][6][7]

Competition format

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The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete jumped three times (stopping early if they made the qualifying distance of 17.10 metres). 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).[8]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading jump were as follows:

World record  Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 18.29 Gothenburg, Sweden 7 August 1995
Olympic record  Kenny Harrison (USA) 18.09 Atlanta, United States 27 August 1996
World Leading  Will Claye (USA) 17.70 (i) Istanbul, Turkey 11 March 2012

Schedule

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All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 7 August 2012 10:45 Qualifying
Thursday, 9 August 2012 19:20 Final

Results

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Qualifying round

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Qual. rule: qualification standard 17.10m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).[9]

Rank Group Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 B Christian Taylor  United States 17.21
(+0.2)
17.21 Q
2 B Leevan Sands  Bahamas 17.17
(-0.4)
17.17 Q
3 A Benjamin Compaoré  France 16.82
(-0.5)
17.06
(+0.8)
17.06 q
4 A Daniele Greco  Italy 17.00
(+0.6)
17.00 q
5 B Dong Bin  China X 16.94
(+0.1)
16.94 q
6 A Lyukman Adams  Russia 16.67
(-1.0)
X 16.88
(-0.9)
16.88 q
7 A Will Claye  United States 16.56
(-0.5)
16.44
(-1.5)
16.87
(-0.2)
16.87 q
8 B Fabrizio Donato  Italy 16.86
(-1.2)
16.86 q
9 A Tosin Oke  Nigeria 16.59
(-1.3)
16.83
(-0.3)
X 16.83 q
10 A Samyr Lainé  Haiti 16.14
(0.0)
16.81
(+1.4)
X
(+0.1)
16.81 q
11 B Alexis Copello  Cuba X 16.70
(-0.7)
16.79
(+1.0)
16.79 q
12 A Dzmitry Platnitski  Belarus X 15.66
(-0.4)
16.62
(+0.3)
16.62 q
13 B Sheryf El-Sheryf  Ukraine 16.60
(+0.4)
14.83
(-2.5)
X 16.60
14 A Phillips Idowu  Great Britain 16.47
(-0.7)
X 16.53
(-1.0)
16.53
15 B Issam Nima  Algeria 15.21
(-0.7)
X 16.50
(+0.5)
16.50
16 A Arnie David Giralt  Cuba 15.74
(+1.1)
16.42
(+0.1)
16.45
(+1.1)
16.45
17 B Henry Frayne  Australia 16.25
(+0.2)
16.35
(+0.2)
16.40
(-0.2)
16.40
18 B Muhammad Halim  Virgin Islands 15.54
(-0.6)
16.39
(-0.6)
15.31
(+0.5)
16.39
19 A Yevgeniy Ektov  Kazakhstan X 16.31
(-0.1)
X 16.31
20 A Cao Shuo  China 16.11
(-1.8)
16.26
(+1.2)
16.27
(-1.2)
16.27
21 B Roman Valiyev  Kazakhstan X X 16.23
(-1.0)
16.23
22 B Kim Deok-Hyeon  South Korea 15.35
(-0.8)
X 16.22
(-0.3)
16.22
23 B Yoandris Betanzos  Cuba 14.84
(+0.2)
16.22
(+2.9)
X 16.22
24 B Mohamed Abbas Darwish  United Arab Emirates X 16.06
(+1.7)
15.93
(+1.6)
16.06
25 A José Adrián Sornoza  Ecuador 15.61
(-0.5)
16.04
(-2.4)
X 16.04
26 B Jonathan Henrique Silva  Brazil 15.59
(-1.3)
X X 15.59
A Renjith Maheshwary  India X X X No mark

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Christian Taylor  United States X X 17.15 17.81 17.55 X 17.81 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Will Claye  United States X 17.54 17.43 17.62 17.25 16.66 17.62
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fabrizio Donato  Italy 17.38 17.44 17.45 17.48 X 17.48
4 Daniele Greco  Italy 16.90 17.34 X X 16.92 17.34
5 Leevan Sands  Bahamas X 17.19 17.12 X 17.19
6 Benjamin Compaoré  France 15.53 17.08 14.16 16.27 13.68 X 17.08
7 Tosin Oke  Nigeria X 16.91 16.95 X X X 16.95
8 Alexis Copello  Cuba 16.92 X X 14.75 X 16.68 16.92
9 Lyukman Adams  Russia 16.78 X X Did not advance 16.78 DPG[11]
9 Dong Bin  China 16.75 X X Did not advance 16.75
10 Samyr Lainé  Haiti X 16.65 16.59 Did not advance 16.65
11 Dzmitry Platnitski  Belarus 16.08 X 16.19 Did not advance 16.19

References

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  4. ^ "World Athletics".
  5. ^ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXX OLYMPIAD" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Olympic Qualifying Procedures for Athletics". Telegraph. 15 April 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Amended Qualifying Standards". IAAF. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  8. ^ "Men's Triple Jump competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
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