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Triple Jump, Men

Date24 – 25 July 1980
StatusOlympic
LocationBolshaya arena, Tsentralny stadion imeni V.I. Lenina, Moskva
Participants23 from 19 countries

Viktor Saneyev was trying to match Al Oerter’s feat of winning four consecutive gold medals in the same individual event. But the favorite in 1980 was Brazil’s João Carlos de Oliveira, world record holder and twice Pan American champion. Two other contenders were Keith Connor (GBR) and Ian Campbell (AUS) – who had been 1-2 at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. The 1980 Olympics were held in Moskva, and unfortunately, the officiating was not what it should have been. Round three produced much of the drama. Jaak Uudmäe (URS/EST) jumped 17.35 (56-11¼), with de Oliveira getting 17.22 (56-6) and Saneyev at 17.04 (55-11) – all three producing their leading marks to that point. But just before Uudmäe’s jump, Campbell had landed in the sand beyong the Olympic record marker (17.39 (57-0¾)), but the jump was ruled a foul that had not broken the plasticine. Pleading his case, the official told him he had dragged his foot on the step phase, which is almost impossible at that speed, and which nobody had seen. The sand was raked and the mark did not count, though observers thought it was around 17.50 (57-7). In fact, all of Campbell’s remaining marks were ruled fouls.

João de Oliveira also would not produce another fair jump, though observers also could not see anything wrong with his efforts, and two of his “fouls” were on very long jumps. Both times he walked away from the board, after examining it, shaking his head in frustration. The spurious officiating brought Saneyev a chance in the last round to win his fourth gold medal. He improved to 17.24 (56-6¾) to surpass de Oliveira but had to settle for silver. It was difficult for de Oliveira. But in December 1991 he was struck head-on by a drunken driver and after a nine-month battle, would lose his right leg, having it amputated below the knee. He died quite early from liver and lung disease, complications of the alcoholism which had consumed him.

PosNrAthleteNOCQualifyingFinal
1740Jaak UudmäeURS16.69 (4)17.35 (1)Gold
2730Viktor SaneyevURS16.57 (=6)17.24 (2)Silver
380 João do PuloBRA16.62 (5)17.22 (3)Bronze
4256Keith ConnorGBR16.57 (=6)16.87 (4)
515Ian CampbellAUS17.02 (1)16.72 (5)
6100Atanas ChochevBUL16.42 (12)16.56 (6)
7369Béla BakosiHUN16.45 (10)16.47 (7)
821Ken LorrawayAUS16.80 (2)16.44 (8)
9687Yevgeny AnikinURS16.77 (3)16.12 (9)
10764Milan SpasojevićYUG16.48 (9)16.09 (10)
11130Armando HerreraCUB16.49 (8)16.03w (11)
AC r2/2248Christian ValétudieFRA16.43 (11)– (DNF)
13 r1/2148Ramón CidESP16.20 (13)
14 r1/2412Moujhed Fahid KhalifaIRQ15.86 (14)
15 r1/2573Abdoulaye Samba DialloSEN15.68 (15)
16 r1/2531Zdzisław HoffmannPOL15.35 (16)
17 r1/2773Bogger MushangaZAM14.79 (17)
18 r1/258Henri DagbaBEN14.71 (18)
19 r1/2751Dương Đức ThủyVIE14.59 (19)
20 r1/2583Arthure AgathineSEY14.21 (20)
21 r1/2180Yadessa KumaETH13.60 (21)
AC r1/2129Alejandro HerreraCUB– (NM)
AC r1/2211Olli PousiFIN– (NM)

Qualifying Round (24 July 1980 — 18:50)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 16.55 metres advanced to the final.

PosAthleteNOCDistance2nd Best
1Ian CampbellAUS17.02Q
2Ken LorrawayAUS16.80Q
3Yevgeny AnikinURS16.77Q
4Jaak UudmäeURS16.69Q
5 João do PuloBRA16.62Q
=6Viktor SaneyevURS16.57Q
=6Keith ConnorGBR16.57Q
8Armando HerreraCUB16.49q
9Milan SpasojevićYUG16.48q
10Béla BakosiHUN16.45q
11Christian ValétudieFRA16.43q
12Atanas ChochevBUL16.42q
13Ramón CidESP16.20
14Moujhed Fahid KhalifaIRQ15.86
15Abdoulaye Samba DialloSEN15.68
16Zdzisław HoffmannPOL15.35
17Bogger MushangaZAM14.79
18Henri DagbaBEN14.71
19Dương Đức ThủyVIE14.59
20Arthure AgathineSEY14.21
21Yadessa KumaETH13.60
NMAlejandro HerreraCUB
NMOlli PousiFIN

Qualifying Round, Group A (24 July 1980)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3
110Ian CampbellAUS17.0217.02
(0.0)
--
27Jaak UudmäeURS16.6916.03
(+0.3)
16.69
(+0.4)
-
36Viktor SaneyevURS16.5716.57
(+0.3)
--
42Béla BakosiHUN16.4515.99
(-0.3)
16.45
(-0.3)
16.22
(0.0)
511Atanas ChochevBUL16.4216.20
(+0.4)
16.42
(-0.2)
16.17
(+0.4)
63Ramón CidESP16.2016.20
(+0.3)
×16.04
(0.0)
78Moujhed Fahid KhalifaIRQ15.86×15.77
(+0.7)
15.86
(+0.4)
81Abdoulaye Samba DialloSEN15.68×15.51
(-0.1)
15.68
(0.0)
99Bogger MushangaZAM14.7914.79
(+0.4)
--
NM5Alejandro HerreraCUB×--
NM4Olli PousiFIN×--

Qualifying Round, Group B (24 July 1980)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3
13Ken LorrawayAUS16.8015.84
(+0.7)
16.29
(+0.8)
16.80
(+0.1)
21Yevgeny AnikinURS16.7716.77
(+0.5)
--
37 João do PuloBRA16.62×16.62
(+0.8)
-
49Keith ConnorGBR16.5716.57
(+0.3)
--
56Armando HerreraCUB16.4916.26
(+1.2)
×16.49
(+0.1)
610Milan SpasojevićYUG16.4816.21
(0.0)
16.48
(+0.9)
-
78Christian ValétudieFRA16.4315.99
(+0.9)
16.43
(+1.4)
16.39
(+0.6)
85Zdzisław HoffmannPOL15.35×15.35
(+0.3)
15.28
(-0.3)
92Henri DagbaBEN14.71×13.64
(+0.6)
14.71
(0.0)
1012Dương Đức ThủyVIE14.5914.51
(+1.1)
14.19
(+0.1)
14.59
(-0.4)
114Arthure AgathineSEY14.21×13.99
(+0.9)
14.21
(-0.2)
1211Yadessa KumaETH13.6013.49
(+1.1)
13.60
(+0.4)
×

Final Round (25 July 1980 — 18:40)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3R4R5R6
18Jaak UudmäeURS17.35×16.83
(0.0)
17.35
(-0.3)
×17.08
(+0.8)
17.28
(-0.6)
212Viktor SaneyevURS17.2416.85
(-2.3)
16.53
(+0.5)
17.04
(-1.3)
×17.07
(-2.5)
17.24
(-1.2)
310 João do PuloBRA17.2216.96
(-0.4)
×17.22
(+1.9)
×××
46Keith ConnorGBR16.8716.32
(-0.3)
16.64
(-1.2)
16.51
(0.0)
16.87
(-1.2)
14.54
(+0.1)
16.48
(+0.6)
57Ian CampbellAUS16.72×16.72
(-0.3)
××××
65Atanas ChochevBUL16.5616.12
(+1.2)
16.55
(-1.7)
××-16.56
(-3.3)
74Béla BakosiHUN16.47×16.28
(+0.2)
16.11
(-0.3)
16.47
(+0.4)
16.03
(-1.8)
15.77
(-1.8)
89Ken LorrawayAUS16.4416.12
(+0.1)
16.44
(+0.1)
16.20
(+0.9)
16.40
(+1.3)
-15.70
(-0.5)
911Yevgeny AnikinURS16.1216.12
(-1.5)
15.75
(-0.8)
×
103Milan SpasojevićYUG16.0916.09
(-1.3)
16.08
(+0.3)
15.93
(+0.5)
112Armando HerreraCUB16.03w15.90
(-0.7)
×16.03w
(+2.0)
DNF1Christian ValétudieFRA×