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Triple Jump, Men

Date3 – 5 August 2021
StatusOlympic
LocationJapan National Stadium, Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants31 from 19 countries

The top triple jumper in the past decade had been American Christian Taylor, who had won the gold medal in London and Rio, and had won four World Championships, but he had torn his Achilles’ tendon earlier in the year and could not compete. In his absence, three jumpers were expected to contest the medals – Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo, Burkinabé Hugues Zango, and American Will Claye, the Rio silver medalist.

Pichardo dominated the event. In qualifying he recorded the longest ever qualifying mark with 17.71, as Zango barely made it to the final, jumping only 16.83 for the 12th spot, as Claye also made the final.

Pichardo took the lead in the final with 17.61 in round one and matched that mark in round two. Claye moved up to second in round three with 17.44, as Pichardo extended his lead with 17.98. Near the end of round three, Zango pushed Claye back to third as he jumped 17.47. In round five China’s Zhu Yaming pushed Claye off the podium by jumping a PR 17.57, helped by a trailing wind of +1.7 m/s.

Pichardo’s gold medal matched that of his countryman Nelson Évora, who had won gold at Beijing in 2008.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCQualifyingFinal
13239Pedro Pablo PichardoPOR17.71 (1)17.98 (1)Gold
21512Zhu YamingCHN17.11 (3)17.57 (2)Silver
31380Hugues ZangoBUR16.83 (12)17.47 (3)Bronze
43914Will ClayeUSA16.91 (8)17.44 (4)
51012Yasser TrikiALG17.05 (5)17.43 (5)
63669Necati ErTUR17.13 (2)17.25 (6)
73967Donald ScottUSA17.01 (6)17.18 (7)
81494Fang YaoqingCHN16.84 (10)17.01 (8)
92418Andrea DallavalleITA16.99 (7)16.85 (9)
101596Cristian NápolesCUB17.08 (4)16.63 (10)
112426Emmanuel IhemejeITA16.88 (9)16.52 (11)
121974Melvin RaffinFRA16.83 (11)– (NM)
13 r1/22415Tobia BocchiITA16.78 (13)
14 r1/21505Wu RuitingCHN16.73 (14)
15 r1/21125Nazim BabayevAZE16.72 (15)
16 r1/23238Tiago PereiraPOR16.71 (16)
17 r1/22159Max HeßGER16.69 (17)
18 r1/23906Chris BenardUSA16.59 (18)
19 r1/21950Benjamin CompaoréFRA16.59 (19)
20 r1/21304Mateus de SáBRA16.49 (20)
21 r1/21038Levon AghasyanARM16.42 (21)
22 r1/22071Ben WilliamsGBR16.30 (22)
23 r1/21319Almir JúniorBRA16.27 (23)
24 r1/22604Carey McLeodJAM16.01 (24)
25 r1/21811Pablo TorrijosESP15.87 (25)
26 r1/21326Alexsandro MeloBRA15.65 (26)
27 r1/23236Nelson ÉvoraPOR15.39 (27)
AC r1/22083Lasha Torgvaidze-GulelauriGEO– (NM)
AC r1/23994Ruslan KurbanovUZB– (NM)
AC r1/21973Jean-Marc PontvianneFRA– (NM)
AC r1/22225Dimitrios TsiamisGRE– (NM)
DNS1592Andy DíazCUB– (DNS)

Qualifying Round

Date3 August 2021 — 8:59
FormatTop 12 and ties and all those reaching 17.05 metres advanced to the final.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCDistanceSecond Best Mark Distance
13239Pedro Pablo PichardoPOR17.71Q
23669Necati ErTUR17.13Q
31512Zhu YamingCHN17.11Q
41596Cristian NápolesCUB17.08Q
51012Yasser TrikiALG17.05Q
63967Donald ScottUSA17.01q
72418Andrea DallavalleITA16.99q
83914Will ClayeUSA16.91q
92426Emmanuel IhemejeITA16.88q
101494Fang YaoqingCHN16.84q
111974Melvin RaffinFRA16.8316.58q
121380Hugues ZangoBUR16.8316.46q
132415Tobia BocchiITA16.78
141505Wu RuitingCHN16.73
151125Nazim BabayevAZE16.72
163238Tiago PereiraPOR16.71
172159Max HeßGER16.69
183906Chris BenardUSA16.5916.49
191950Benjamin CompaoréFRA16.5916.39
201304Mateus de SáBRA16.49
211038Levon AghasyanARM16.42
222071Ben WilliamsGBR16.30
231319Almir JúniorBRA16.27
242604Carey McLeodJAM16.01
251811Pablo TorrijosESP15.87
261326Alexsandro MeloBRA15.65
273236Nelson ÉvoraPOR15.39
NM2083Lasha Torgvaidze-GulelauriGEO
NM3994Ruslan KurbanovUZB
NM1973Jean-Marc PontvianneFRA
NM2225Dimitrios TsiamisGRE
DNS1592Andy DíazCUB

Group A

Date3 August 2021 — 8:59
PosSt. OrderCompetitorNOCDistanceSecond Best Mark DistanceRound #1Round #2Round #3
11Zhu YamingCHN17.1117.11 (1)p (DNS)p (DNS)Q
211Cristian NápolesCUB17.0817.08 (2)p (DNS)p (DNS)Q
32Andrea DallavalleITA16.9916.99 (3)16.59 (5)p (DNS)q
47Will ClayeUSA16.9116.78 (5)16.88 (1)16.91 (1)q
56Hugues ZangoBUR16.8316.83 (4)16.46 (6)16.37 (3)q
616Tobia BocchiITA16.7816.78 (6)16.67 (4)15.45 (7)
75Wu RuitingCHN16.73x (NP)16.73 (2)16.10 (5)
810Nazim BabayevAZE16.7216.38 (9)16.30 (7)16.72 (2)
914Tiago PereiraPOR16.7116.62 (7)16.71 (3)15.79 (6)
1012Mateus de SáBRA16.4916.49 (8)x (NP)16.33 (4)
118Carey McLeodJAM16.0115.82 (10)16.01 (8)x (NP)
124Alexsandro MeloBRA15.6515.65 (11)p (DNS)p (DNS)
133Nelson ÉvoraPOR15.39x (NP)15.39 (9)x (NP)
NM13Lasha Torgvaidze-GulelauriGEOx (NP)x (NP)p (DNS)
NM15Ruslan KurbanovUZBx (NP)p (DNS)p (DNS)
NM9Jean-Marc PontvianneFRAx (NP)x (NP)x (NP)

Group B

Date3 August 2021 — 8:59
PosSt. OrderCompetitorNOCDistanceRound #1Round #2Round #3
113Pedro Pablo PichardoPOR17.7116.98 (2)17.71 (1)p (DNS)Q
212Necati ErTUR17.13x (NP)16.70 (3)17.13 (1)Q
33Yasser TrikiALG17.0516.75 (5)16.67 (6)17.05 (2)Q
46Donald ScottUSA17.0117.01 (1)16.43 (8)p (DNS)q
52Emmanuel IhemejeITA16.8816.88 (3)x (NP)16.28 (6)q
614Fang YaoqingCHN16.8416.79 (4)16.69 (4)16.84 (3)q
74Melvin RaffinFRA16.8316.49 (7)16.83 (2)16.58 (4)q
85Max HeßGER16.6913.79 (10)16.69 (5)x (NP)
915Chris BenardUSA16.5916.44 (8)16.59 (7)16.49 (5)
108Benjamin CompaoréFRA16.5916.59 (6)16.39 (10)15.29 (8)
119Levon AghasyanARM16.42x (NP)16.42 (9)x (NP)
121Ben WilliamsGBR16.30x (NP)16.30 (11)x (NP)
1311Almir JúniorBRA16.27x (NP)16.27 (12)16.27 (7)
147Pablo TorrijosESP15.8715.87 (9)x (NP)x (NP)
NM16Dimitrios TsiamisGREx (NP)p (DNS)p (DNS)
DNS10Andy DíazCUB– (DNS)

Final Round

Date5 August 2021 — 11:00
PosSt. OrderCompetitorNOCDistanceRound #1Round #2Round #3Round #4Round #5Round #6
16-8-8Pedro Pablo PichardoPOR17.9817.61 (1)17.61 (1)17.98 (1)x (NP)p (DNS)x (NP)
23-4-7Zhu YamingCHN17.5716.63 (7)17.41 (3)17.11 (6)17.16 (2)17.57 (1)15.02 (6)
310-7-6Hugues ZangoBUR17.4715.91 (9)16.83 (5)17.47 (2)x (NP)17.31 (3)17.43 (1)
41-6-5Will ClayeUSA17.4417.19 (3)x (NP)17.44 (3)16.69 (5)17.04 (4)17.36 (2)
511-5-4Yasser TrikiALG17.4317.30 (2)17.42 (2)17.40 (4)17.08 (3)17.43 (2)17.10 (3)
612-3-3Necati ErTUR17.2516.84 (6)15.27 (9)17.25 (5)p (DNS)x (NP)x (NP)
78-2-2Donald ScottUSA17.1817.15 (4)x (NP)16.86 (7)17.18 (1)16.79 (5)16.95 (4)
89-1-1Fang YaoqingCHN17.0116.95 (5)16.22 (8)16.53 (9)17.01 (4)14.60 (6)15.94 (5)
92Andrea DallavalleITA16.8516.62 (8)16.85 (4)16.74 (8)
105Cristian NápolesCUB16.63x (NP)16.63 (6)x (NP)
114Emmanuel IhemejeITA16.52x (NP)16.52 (7)16.04 (10)
NM7Melvin RaffinFRAx (NP)x (NP)x (NP)