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Triple Jump, Men

Date18 – 21 August 2008
StatusOlympic
LocationBeijing Guojia Tiyuchang, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants39 from 26 countries

The favorite was Portugal’s Nelson Évora, who had won the 2007 World Championships. Jumping fifth in the early rounds of the final, Évora led off with 17.31 (56-9½) but two jumpers later was surpassed by Britain’s Phillips Idowu, who bounded 17.51 (57-5½). Évora responded in round two with 17.56 (57-7½), but Idowu re-took the lead in round three with 17.62 (57-9¾), Évora fouling. Leevan Sands (BAH) moved into second place with his third effort of 17.59 (57-8½). In round four, Évora got off the gold medal winner, 17.67 (57-11¾), as Idowu and Sands could not improve their earlier marks, winning the silver and bronze medals respectively. No Americans qualified for the final, continuing the poor US performance in the jumps, in which only one American qualified for a final – pole vaulter Derek Miles.

PosNrAthleteNOCQualifyingFinal
12667Nelson ÉvoraPOR17.34 (2)17.67 (1)Gold
21809Phillips IdowuGBR17.44 (1)17.62 (2)Silver
31097Leevan SandsBAH17.25 (5)17.59 (3)Bronze
41494Arnie GiraltCUB17.30 (4)17.52 (4)
52709Marian OpreaROU17.17 (8)17.22 (5)
61229Jadel GregórioBRA17.15 (9)17.20 (6)
71851Larry AchikeGBR17.18 (7)17.17 (7)
83108Viktor KuznietsovUKR17.11 (12)16.87 (8)
92837Igor SpasovkhodskyRUS17.23 (6)16.79 (9)
101339Li YanxiCHN17.30 (3)16.77 (10)
111271Momchil KarailievBUL17.12 (11)16.48 (11)
121451Héctor FuentesCUB17.14 (10)16.28 (12)
13 r1/21492Alexis CopelloCUB17.09 (13)–
14 r1/22943Dmitrij Val'ukevičSVK17.08 (14)–
15 r1/21968Randy LewisGRN17.06 (15)–
16 r1/23100Mykola SavolainenUKR17.00 (16)–
17 r1/22751Aleksandr PetrenkoRUS16.97 (17)–
18 r1/22297Kim Deok-HyeonKOR16.88 (18)–
19 r1/23153Rafeeq CurryUSA16.88 (19)–
20 r1/21800Nathan DouglasGBR16.72 (20)–
21 r1/22094Fabrizio DonatoITA16.70 (21)–
22 r1/22750Daniil BurkenyaRUS16.69 (22)–
23 r1/21955Dimitrios TsiamisGRE16.65 (23)–
24 r1/22424Vladimir LetnicovMDA16.62 (24)–
25 r1/23141Kenta BellUSA16.55 (25)–
26 r1/23111Viktor YastrebovUKR16.52 (26)–
27 r1/21157Dzmitry PlatnitskiBLR16.51 (27)–
28 r1/21230Jefférson SabinoBRA16.45 (28)–
29 r1/21739Colomba FofanaFRA16.42 (29)–
30 r1/22224Roman ValiyevKAZ16.20 (30)–
31 r1/22690Ibrahim AboubakerQAT16.03 (31)–
32 r1/21407Hugo Mamba-SchlickCMR16.01 (32)–
33 r1/23260Aarik WilsonUSA15.97 (33)–
34 r1/21360Gu JunjieCHN15.94 (34)–
35 r1/22017Renjith MaheshwaryIND15.77 (35)–
36 r1/21363Zhong MinweiCHN15.59 (36)–
37 r1/22462Redžep SelmanMKD15.29 (37)–
AC r1/22861Ndiss Kaba BadjiSEN– (NM)–
AC r1/22403Tarik BouguetaïbMAR– (NM)–

Qualifying Round (18 August 2008)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 17.10 metres advanced to the final.

PosAthleteNOCDistance2nd Best
1Phillips IdowuGBR17.44–Q
2Nelson ÉvoraPOR17.34–Q
4Arnie GiraltCUB17.30–Q
3Li YanxiCHN17.3016.93Q
5Leevan SandsBAH17.25–Q
6Igor SpasovkhodskyRUS17.23–Q
7Larry AchikeGBR17.18–Q
8Marian OpreaROU17.17–Q
9Jadel GregórioBRA17.15–Q
10Héctor FuentesCUB17.14–Q
11Momchil KarailievBUL17.12–Q
12Viktor KuznietsovUKR17.11–Q
13Alexis CopelloCUB17.09–
14Dmitrij Val'ukevičSVK17.08–
15Randy LewisGRN17.06–
16Mykola SavolainenUKR17.00–
17Aleksandr PetrenkoRUS16.97–
18Kim Deok-HyeonKOR16.8816.68
19Rafeeq CurryUSA16.8816.23
20Nathan DouglasGBR16.72–
21Fabrizio DonatoITA16.70–
22Daniil BurkenyaRUS16.69–
23Dimitrios TsiamisGRE16.65–
24Vladimir LetnicovMDA16.62–
25Kenta BellUSA16.55–
26Viktor YastrebovUKR16.52–
27Dzmitry PlatnitskiBLR16.51–
28Jefférson SabinoBRA16.45–
29Colomba FofanaFRA16.42–
30Roman ValiyevKAZ16.20–
31Ibrahim AboubakerQAT16.03–
32Hugo Mamba-SchlickCMR16.01–
33Aarik WilsonUSA15.97–
34Gu JunjieCHN15.94–
35Renjith MaheshwaryIND15.77–
36Zhong MinweiCHN15.59–
37Redžep SelmanMKD15.29–
NMNdiss Kaba BadjiSEN––
NMTarik BouguetaïbMAR––

Qualifying Round, Group A (18 August 2008 — 10:00)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3
17Phillips IdowuGBR17.4417.44
(+1.0)		––
24Nelson ÉvoraPOR17.34×
(+1.3)		17.34
(+1.1)		–
318Arnie GiraltCUB17.3017.30
(+0.9)		––
414Igor SpasovkhodskyRUS17.2316.79
(+1.8)		16.85
(+1.2)		17.23
(+0.4)
519Marian OpreaROU17.17×
(+0.8)		16.99
(-0.1)		17.17
(-0.7)
61Jadel GregórioBRA17.1517.15
(+0.4)		––
715Viktor KuznietsovUKR17.1116.70
(+0.8)		17.11
(+0.1)		–
83Alexis CopelloCUB17.0917.09
(+0.6)		16.92
(+0.1)		×
(+0.7)
917Dmitrij Val'ukevičSVK17.08×
(+0.2)		16.86
(+0.4)		17.08
(+0.5)
1016Kim Deok-HyeonKOR16.8816.68
(+0.4)		14.68
(+1.0)		16.88
(+0.4)
1113Rafeeq CurryUSA16.88×
(+0.6)		16.23
(+1.7)		16.88
(+0.4)
1211Fabrizio DonatoITA16.7016.10
(+0.4)		×
(+1.1)		16.70
(+0.1)
135Kenta BellUSA16.5516.55
(+0.9)		×
(+0.5)		16.17
(0.0)
146Dzmitry PlatnitskiBLR16.5116.51
(+0.1)		×
(+1.1)		×
(+1.4)
1510Jefférson SabinoBRA16.4516.12
(+0.6)		16.45
(+1.0)		×
(+0.4)
162Roman ValiyevKAZ16.20×
(+0.5)		16.20
(+0.6)		15.93
(+0.3)
179Ibrahim AboubakerQAT16.0316.03
(+0.4)		16.02
(+1.4)		15.90
(+0.1)
1812Zhong MinweiCHN15.5915.59
(+0.4)		×
(+1.5)		14.91
(+0.8)
198Redžep SelmanMKD15.2914.98
(+0.5)		15.29
(+1.6)		15.28
(+0.2)

Qualifying Round, Group B (18 August 2008 — 10:00)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3
112Li YanxiCHN17.3016.93
(+0.6)		16.83
(-0.5)		17.30
(+0.6)
28Leevan SandsBAH17.2517.25
(+0.5)		––
314Larry AchikeGBR17.18×
(+0.6)		17.18
(+1.1)		–
44Héctor FuentesCUB17.1416.73
(+0.3)		16.42
(+0.8)		17.14
(+1.1)
520Momchil KarailievBUL17.1217.06
(+0.4)		17.12
(+0.6)		–
618Randy LewisGRN17.06×
(+0.5)		17.06
(+0.6)		×
(+0.6)
713Mykola SavolainenUKR17.0017.00
(+0.9)		16.55
(+0.5)		16.29
(+0.5)
810Aleksandr PetrenkoRUS16.9716.84
(+0.6)		16.97
(+1.1)		16.74
(+0.9)
919Nathan DouglasGBR16.7216.45
(+0.8)		16.68
(+1.2)		16.72
(+0.1)
106Daniil BurkenyaRUS16.6916.44
(+0.5)		16.69
(+1.0)		15.65
(+0.5)
119Dimitrios TsiamisGRE16.6516.37
(+0.6)		16.65
(+1.0)		16.48
(+0.5)
1216Vladimir LetnicovMDA16.6216.62
(+0.5)		×
(+0.7)		×
(+0.2)
1315Viktor YastrebovUKR16.52×
(+0.2)		×
(+0.4)		16.52
(+0.4)
141Colomba FofanaFRA16.4216.42
(+1.2)		15.47
(+0.6)		×
(+0.4)
153Hugo Mamba-SchlickCMR16.0116.01
(+0.3)		14.98
(+0.6)		×
(+0.5)
162Aarik WilsonUSA15.97×
(+1.1)		15.51
(+0.8)		15.97
(+0.9)
175Gu JunjieCHN15.9415.94
(+1.0)		15.87
(+0.8)		×
(+1.2)
1817Renjith MaheshwaryIND15.7715.77
(+0.5)		×
(+0.4)		15.51
(+0.5)
NM11Ndiss Kaba BadjiSEN–×
(+0.4)		×
(+0.8)		–
NM7Tarik BouguetaïbMAR–×
(+0.5)		×
(+0.5)		×
(+0.7)

Final Round (21 August 2008 — 20:25)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3R4R5R6
15/6/8Nelson ÉvoraPOR17.6717.31
(-0.5)		17.56
(0.0)		×
(+1.8)		17.67
(+1.1)		17.24
(+0.4)		16.52
(+0.5)
27/8/7Phillips IdowuGBR17.6217.51
(-0.3)		17.31
(0.0)		17.62
(+0.9)		×
(+0.2)		17.26
(+0.2)		16.41
(+0.2)
38/7/6Leevan SandsBAH17.5916.91
(-0.6)		16.55
(+0.4)		17.59
(+0.9)		17.26
(+1.1)		17.32
(+0.5)		×
(+0.6)
49/5/5Arnie GiraltCUB17.5217.27
(-0.5)		17.52
(+0.2)		17.24
(+1.0)		17.48
(+1.6)		×
(+0.4)		17.08
(+0.3)
512/4/4Marian OpreaROU17.2217.22
(-0.2)		×
(-0.1)		×
(+0.5)		×
(+0.8)		×
(+0.5)		16.69
(+0.1)
64/2/2Jadel GregórioBRA17.2017.14
(-0.7)		16.55
(+0.2)		13.79
(-0.9)		16.83
(+0.5)		16.78
(-0.1)		17.20
(+0.2)
711/3/3Larry AchikeGBR17.1716.74
(-0.2)		×
(+0.5)		17.17
(-0.2)		×
(+0.4)		17.04
(-0.2)		×
(+0.3)
86/1/1Viktor KuznietsovUKR16.8716.71
(-0.3)		16.87
(-0.3)		×
(+0.7)		16.81
(+0.3)		16.48
(-0.5)		×
(+0.2)
93Igor SpasovkhodskyRUS16.7916.79
(-0.6)		16.37
(-0.3)		15.63
(-0.9)		–––
1010Li YanxiCHN16.7715.93
(-0.5)		16.35
(0.0)		16.77
(+1.2)		–––
111Momchil KarailievBUL16.4816.48
(-0.2)		16.39
(-0.1)		16.38
(-0.4)		–––
122Héctor FuentesCUB16.2815.92
(0.0)		×
(-0.2)		16.28
(-0.6)		–––