2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 7 and 10 August.Start list

Summary In the first round of the final, Alexis Copello (Azerjaijan) was the first over 17 metres with a jump of 17.16 metres, and Will Claye (USA) took the lead with a 17.54 metre jump. In the second round, Nelson Évora (Portugal) moved into silver medal position, until Christian Taylor (USA) took the lead with a 17.57 metre jump. That lasted until Claye's next jump, 17.63 metres, which Taylor answered with a effort. None of the leaders were able to improve in the last three rounds. By the end of the competition, three jumpers had jumped 17.16 metres, their places settled by their second best jump, which in the case of Cristian Nápoles (CUB) was another 17.16 metres.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

Record Athlete Date LocationWorld18.29Jonathan Edwards7 Aug 1995Gothenburg, SwedenChampionshipWorld leading18.11Christian Taylor27 May 2017Eugene, OR, United StatesAfrican17.37Tarik Bouguetaïb14 Jul 2007Khemisset, MoroccoAsian17.59Li Yanxi26 Oct 2009Jinan, ChinaNACAC18.21Christian Taylor27 Aug 2015Beijing, ChinaSouth American17.90Jadel GregórioBelém, BrazilEuropean18.29Jonathan Edwards7 Aug 1995Göteborg, SwedenOceanian17.46Ken Lorraway7 Aug 1982London, Great Britain

No records were set at the competition.

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 16.80 metres.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows: Date Time Round7 August 18:35 Qualification10 August 20:20 Final

Results Qualification The qualification round took place on 7 August, in two groups, both starting at 18:35. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 17.00 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 A Chris Benard 17.20 17.20 2 A Christian Taylor 17.15 17.15 3 B Cristian Nápoles 17.06 17.06 4 A Andy Díaz 16.96 16.86 16.96 5 B Will Claye 16.95 16.57 16.95 6 A Nelson Évora 16.64 16.94 16.94 7 A Alexis Copello 16.89 16.88 16.53 16.89 8 A Pablo Torrijos 16.57 16.00 16.80 16.80 9 B Jean-Marc Pontvianne 16.66 16.17 16.78 16.78 10 B Yordanys Durañona 16.71 16.63 16.49 16.71 11 A Wu Ruiting 16.40 16.66 16.66 12 B Lázaro Martínez 16.36 16.66 16.66 13 B Donald Scott 16.55 16.63 16.27 16.63 14 B Nazim Babayev 15.76 16.58 16.61 16.61 15 A Momchil Karailiev 16.01 16.57 16.57 16 B Elvijs Misāns 16.55 16.39 16.55 17 A Simo Lipsanen 16.54 16.48 16.41 16.54 18 B Georgi Tsonov 16.53 16.32 16.53 19 A Nathan Fox 16.27 16.49 16.02 16.49 20 B Alberto Álvarez 15.60 16.41 16.48 16.48 21 A Benjamin Compaoré 16.46 16.35 16.46 22 B Troy Doris 16.43 16.24 16.43 23 A Miguel van Assen 16.38 16.38 24 A Melvin Raffin 16.18 14.25 16.18 25 B Tosin Oke 16.14 16.17 16.17 26 B Fang Yaoqing 16.17 16.17 27 A Mateus de Sá 16.10 16.09 16.10 28 B Dimitrios Tsiamis 16.06 16.06 29 A Ryoma Yamamoto 16.01 16.01 30 B Clive Pullen 15.61 15.61 B Max Heß

Final The final took place on 10 August at 20:20. The results were as follows:

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Christian Taylor 16.97 17.57 17.68 17.26 17.38 17.03 17.68 Will Claye 17.54 17.52 17.63 17.49 17.53 17.63 Nelson Évora 17.02 17.19 16.58 16.01 17.19 Cristian Nápoles 17.16 17.16 17.16 Alexis Copello 17.16 16.87 16.91 17.06 17.16 Chris Benard 16.88 16.94 17.16 17.16 Andy Díaz 17.13 – 17.13 Jean-Marc Pontvianne 16.62 16.79 16.57 16.79 Wu Ruiting 16.47 16.66 16.53 16.66 10 Pablo Torrijos 16.60 16.51 16.53 16.60 11 Yordanys Durañona 16.42 16.42 12 Lázaro Martínez 16.25 16.09 16.25

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