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Triple Jump, Men

Date	3 – 4 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiastadion, Olympiapark, München
Participants	36 from 28 countries

In 1971, Jörg Drehmel had surprised Viktor Saneyev by defeating him at the European Championships. They were the favorites in München. Cuba’s Pedro Pérez was the world record holder, having jumped 17.40 (57-1) to win the 1971 Pan-American Games, but that was the day of his life. He never again reproduced that form, and would finish only 24th in the qualifying in München, not making the final. In the final, Saneyev opened with a windy 17.35 (56-11¼) and that would hold up for the gold medal. Drehmel moved into second in round two with 17.02 (55-10¼) and would improve to 17.31 (56-9½) in the fifth round. The 1968 silver medalist, Nelson Prudêncio, was in second after round one, and in third the rest of the way, but also improved in the final round with 17.05 (55-11¼) to win his second consecutive Olympic medal. A month after the Olympics, Saneyev broke Pérez’s world record, jumping 17.44 (57-2¾).

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	952	Viktor Saneyev	URS	16.85 (1)	17.35w (1)	Gold
2	323	Jörg Drehmel	GDR	16.57 (2)	17.31 (2)	Silver
3	73	Nélson Prudêncio	BRA	16.42 (7)	17.05 (3)	Bronze
4	777	Carol Corbu	ROU	16.51 (4)	16.85w (4)
5	979	John Craft	USA	16.32 (10)	16.83 (5)
6	789	Mansour Dia	SEN	16.55 (3)	16.83w (6)
7	720	Michał Joachimowski	POL	16.43 (6)	16.69 (7)
8	677	Kristen Fløgstad	NOR	16.41 (8)	16.44 (8)
9	926	Mikhail Bariban	URS	16.26 (11)	16.30 (9)
10	253	Bernard Lamitié	FRA	16.24 (12)	16.27w (10)
11	663	Samuel Igun	NGR	16.33 (9)	16.03 (11)
12	555	Toshiaki Inoue	JPN	16.49 (5)	15.88 (12)
13 r1/2	458	Gábor Katona	HUN	16.19 (13)	–
14 r1/2	554	Kosei Gushiken	JPN	16.19 (14)	–
15 r1/2	929	Gennady Bessonov	URS	16.18 (15)	–
16 r1/2	522	Giuseppe Gentile	ITA	16.04 (16)	–
17 r1/2	218	Esa Rinne	FIN	15.98 (17)	–
18 r1/2	873	Václav Fišer	TCH	15.96 (18)	–
19 r1/2	343	Heinz-Günter Schenk	GDR	15.91 (19)	–
20 r1/2	32	Mick McGrath	AUS	15.90 (20)	–
21 r1/2	417	Johnson Amoah	GHA	15.84 (21)	–
22 r1/2	915	Abraham Munabi	UGA	15.82 (22)	–
23 r1/2	425	Moise Pomaney	GHA	15.72 (23)	–
24 r1/2	142	Pedro Pérez	CUB	15.72 (24)	–
25 r1/2	1055	Milan Spasojević	YUG	15.69 (25)	–
26 r1/2	560	Yukito Muraki	JPN	15.59 (26)	–
27 r1/2	44	Tim Barrett	BAH	15.51 (27)	–
28 r1/2	767	Wilfredo Maisonave	PUR	15.38 (28)	–
29 r1/2	1027	Art Walker	USA	15.29 (29)	–
30 r1/2	584	Patrick Onyango	KEN	14.74 (30)	–
31 r1/2	771	Chen Ming-Chi	TPE	14.73 (31)	–
32 r1/2	1017	Dave Smith	USA	14.55 (32)	–
33 r1/2	22	Ghazi Saleh Marzouk	KSA	13.82 (33)	–
34 r1/2	632	Martin Matupi	MAW	13.57 (34)	–
AC r1/2	477	Mohinder Singh Gill	IND	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	545	Henry Jackson	JAM	– (NM)	–
DNS	145	Christoph Chodaton	BEN	– (DNS)	–
DNS	890	Martin Adouna	TOG	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (3 September 1972 — 10:00)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 16.20 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	2nd Best
1	Viktor Saneyev	URS	16.85	–	Q
2	Jörg Drehmel	GDR	16.57	–	Q
3	Mansour Dia	SEN	16.55	–	Q
4	Carol Corbu	ROU	16.51	–	Q
5	Toshiaki Inoue	JPN	16.49	–	Q
6	Michał Joachimowski	POL	16.43	–	Q
7	Nélson Prudêncio	BRA	16.42	–	Q
8	Kristen Fløgstad	NOR	16.41	–	Q
9	Samuel Igun	NGR	16.33	–	Q
10	John Craft	USA	16.32	–	Q
11	Mikhail Bariban	URS	16.26	–	Q
12	Bernard Lamitié	FRA	16.24	–	Q
13	Gábor Katona	HUN	16.19	15.43
14	Kosei Gushiken	JPN	16.19	–
15	Gennady Bessonov	URS	16.18	–
16	Giuseppe Gentile	ITA	16.04	–
17	Esa Rinne	FIN	15.98	–
18	Václav Fišer	TCH	15.96	–
19	Heinz-Günter Schenk	GDR	15.91	–
20	Mick McGrath	AUS	15.90	–
21	Johnson Amoah	GHA	15.84	–
22	Abraham Munabi	UGA	15.82	–
23	Moise Pomaney	GHA	15.72	15.31
24	Pedro Pérez	CUB	15.72	14.85
25	Milan Spasojević	YUG	15.69	–
26	Yukito Muraki	JPN	15.59	–
27	Tim Barrett	BAH	15.51	–
28	Wilfredo Maisonave	PUR	15.38	–
29	Art Walker	USA	15.29	–
30	Patrick Onyango	KEN	14.74	–
31	Chen Ming-Chi	TPE	14.73	–
32	Dave Smith	USA	14.55	–
33	Ghazi Saleh Marzouk	KSA	13.82	–
34	Martin Matupi	MAW	13.57	–
NM	Henry Jackson	JAM	–	–
NM	Mohinder Singh Gill	IND	–	–
DNS	Christoph Chodaton	BEN	–	–
DNS	Martin Adouna	TOG	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (3 September 1972)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	15	Jörg Drehmel	GDR	16.57	16.57	-	-
2	4	Mansour Dia	SEN	16.55	16.55	-	-
3	14	Carol Corbu	ROU	16.51	15.59	15.92	16.51
4	9	Toshiaki Inoue	JPN	16.49	16.01	16.19	16.49
5	11	Kristen Fløgstad	NOR	16.41	×	16.41	-
6	2	Samuel Igun	NGR	16.33	15.19	×	16.33
7	13	Mikhail Bariban	URS	16.26	16.09	16.12	16.26
8	16	Bernard Lamitié	FRA	16.24	16.24	-	-
9	19	Gennady Bessonov	URS	16.18	16.10	15.95	16.18
10	3	Esa Rinne	FIN	15.98	15.49	15.98	15.76
11	1	Mick McGrath	AUS	15.90	15.40	15.90	15.32
12	18	Johnson Amoah	GHA	15.84	15.79	15.69	15.84
13	8	Milan Spasojević	YUG	15.69	15.63	15.69	15.33
14	10	Yukito Muraki	JPN	15.59	15.53	15.59	×
15	7	Dave Smith	USA	14.55	×	14.55	×
16	6	Ghazi Saleh Marzouk	KSA	13.82	13.82	13.41	13.51
17	5	Martin Matupi	MAW	13.57	13.57	×	13.34
NM	17	Henry Jackson	JAM	–	×	×	×
NM	12	Mohinder Singh Gill	IND	–	×	×	×

Qualifying Round, Group B (3 September 1972)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	11	Viktor Saneyev	URS	16.85	16.85	-	-
2	17	Michał Joachimowski	POL	16.43	16.43	-	-
3	3	Nélson Prudêncio	BRA	16.42	×	×	16.42
4	14	John Craft	USA	16.32	15.78	16.09	16.32
5	1	Gábor Katona	HUN	16.19	16.19	15.43	14.89
6	12	Kosei Gushiken	JPN	16.19	16.19	×	×
7	16	Giuseppe Gentile	ITA	16.04	15.79	×	16.04
8	7	Václav Fišer	TCH	15.96	15.96	15.75	15.75
9	18	Heinz-Günter Schenk	GDR	15.91	15.54	15.91	15.41
10	15	Abraham Munabi	UGA	15.82	14.72	15.82	×
11	13	Moise Pomaney	GHA	15.72	15.72	15.18	15.31
12	5	Pedro Pérez	CUB	15.72	15.72	14.85	×
13	19	Tim Barrett	BAH	15.51	15.51	15.43	×
14	4	Wilfredo Maisonave	PUR	15.38	14.07	14.77	15.38
15	9	Art Walker	USA	15.29	×	15.29	×
16	8	Patrick Onyango	KEN	14.74	×	×	14.74
17	6	Chen Ming-Chi	TPE	14.73	×	14.73	14.11
DNS	10	Christoph Chodaton	BEN	–	–	–	–
DNS	2	Martin Adouna	TOG	–	–	–	–

Final Round (4 September 1972 — 16:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	7	Viktor Saneyev	URS	17.35w	17.35w (+2.2)	16.71 (-1.2)	17.19 (-0.3)	×	16.98w (+2.3)	×
2	8	Jörg Drehmel	GDR	17.31	×	17.02 (+0.2)	×	×	17.31 (+1.5)	15.34w (+2.6)
3	5	Nélson Prudêncio	BRA	17.05	16.87 (0.0)	16.61 (+0.5)	16.35 (-0.6)	16.88w (+2.7)	×	17.05 (+1.4)
4	1	Carol Corbu	ROU	16.85w	16.62 (0.0)	16.85w (+3.2)	16.40 (+0.5)	×	13.72 (+0.7)	×
5	3	John Craft	USA	16.83	16.77 (+0.4)	16.75 (+1.7)	16.83 (+1.9)	16.26 (+1.7)	-	-
6	4	Mansour Dia	SEN	16.83w	16.77 (+0.3)	16.83w (+2.4)	×	×	16.15 (+0.9)	×
7	9	Michał Joachimowski	POL	16.69	16.69 (+1.4)	×	14.62 (+1.6)	14.98 (+0.2)	×	×
8	6	Kristen Fløgstad	NOR	16.44	×	16.44 (0.0)	×	×	15.97 (+1.9)	×
9	11	Mikhail Bariban	URS	16.30	×	16.30 (+1.6)	15.96 (+1.0)	–	–	–
10	2	Bernard Lamitié	FRA	16.27w	16.22 (+1.0)	15.88 (+0.2)	16.27w (+4.0)	–	–	–
11	12	Samuel Igun	NGR	16.03	×	15.79 (+0.3)	16.03 (+1.2)	–	–	–
12	10	Toshiaki Inoue	JPN	15.88	15.88 (+1.7)	×	×	–	–	–