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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

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Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueStade de France, Paris, France
Date
  • 7 August 2024 (qualification)
    9 August 2024 (final)
Winning distance17.86 m
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jordan Díaz  Spain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pedro Pichardo  Portugal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andy Díaz  Italy
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The men's triple jump at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 7 and 9 August 2024. This was the 30th time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics.

Summary

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The entire podium from Tokyo was back. Pedro Pichardo, Zhu Yaming and Hugues Fabrice Zango. The same three individuals were the podium in 2022 though Zango was silver. In 2023, Zango was the winner ahead of Lázaro Martínez and Cristian Nápoles. Earlier in the season Jordan Díaz popped an 18.18m in Rome, the #3 legal jump in history. Pichardo, dropped to #6, was the only other person over the magic 18 metre mark all year.

Almir dos Santos got things off with 16.41m. Zango upped that by a metre to 17.43m. Pichardo followed him with 17.79m, from the back of the take off board. Martínez moved into third at exactly 17 metres. Jaydon Hibbert then took over third with a 17.31m. It was four more jumps before Jordan Díaz took the lead, popping a 17.86 m (58 ft 7 in). A couple of jumpers later, Andy Díaz moved into third position with 17.63m. In the second round, Pichardo made things close jumping a 17.84m from the middle of the board, giving up 19cm. Had he taken off from the front of the board, that would be a winner. Hibbert improved to 17.61m to tickle 3rd place but didn't get there. Pichardo continued to have trouble with his marks and couldn't make an improvement. Jaydon jumped 17.85 and 17.84 on his third and fourth jumps to confirm his position. Other than Andy adding a single cm on his final attempt, none of the leaders were able to improve or change position.

All three medalists were born in Cuba and had previously represented Cuba in international competition.

Background

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The men's triple jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the inaugural edition in 1896.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (Nation) Distance (m) Location Date
World record  Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 18.29[1] Gothenburg, Sweden 7 August 1995
Olympic record  Kenny Harrison (USA) 18.09 Atlanta, United States 27 July 1996
World leading  Jordan Díaz (ESP) 18.18[2] Rome, Italy 11 June 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[3]
Area Record Athlete (Nation) Distance (m)
Africa (records)  Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR) 18.07
Asia (records)  Li Yanxi (CHN) 17.59
Europe (records)  Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 18.29 WR
North, Central America

and Caribbean (records)

 Christian Taylor (USA) 18.21
Oceania (records)  Kenneth Lorraway (AUS) 17.46
South America (records)  Jadel Gregório (BRA) 17.90

Qualification

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For the men's triple jump event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 17.22 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[4][5]

Results

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Qualification

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The qualification is scheduled to be held on 7 August, starting at 19:15 (UTC+2) in the morning. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification time or world ranking.[6] Progression rules: Qualifying performance 17.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final. [7]

Rank Group Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 B Pedro Pichardo  Portugal 17.44 17.44 Q
2 A Jordan Díaz  Spain 17.24 17.24 Q
3 B Salif Mane  United States 17.16 17.16 Q
A Hugues Fabrice Zango  Burkina Faso 17.16 17.16 Q
5 A Almir dos Santos  Brazil x 17.06 x 17.06 q
6 B Jaydon Hibbert  Jamaica 16.99 16.95 x 16.99 q
7 B Max Heß  Germany x 16.98 16.67 16.98 q
8 B Zhu Yaming  China 16.47 16.91 16.66 16.91 q
9 A Yasser Triki  Algeria x 16.85 16.77 16.85 q
10 B Connor Murphy  Australia 16.80 16.49 16.58 16.80 q
11 B Lázaro Martínez  Cuba 16.79 16.79 16.71 16.79 q
12 A Andy Díaz  Italy x 16.79 16.69 16.79 q
13 A Jean-Marc Pontvianne  France x 16.79 x 16.79
14 A Donald Scott  United States 16.58 16.77 16.74 16.77
15 B Thomas Gogois  France 16.67 14.63 16.77 16.77
16 B Su Wen  China 16.21 16.70 x 16.70
17 A Andy Hechavarría  Cuba x 15.86 16.70 16.70
18 B Cristian Nápoles  Cuba 16.28 16.67 16.39 16.67
19 B Andrea Dallavalle  Italy 16.65 13.44 16.48 16.65
20 B Emmanuel Ihemeje  Italy 16.39 15.65 16.50 16.50
21 B Abdulla Aboobacker  India 15.99 16.19 16.49 16.49
22 B Russell Robinson  United States 16.47 16.37 16.21 16.47
23 B Geiner Moreno  Colombia 16.32 15.88 16.40 16.40
24 A Jordan Scott  Jamaica x 16.36 15.97 16.36
25 A Tiago Pereira  Portugal 15.84 15.96 16.36 16.36
26 A Kim Jang-woo  South Korea 15.66 16.14 16.31 16.31
27 A Praveen Chithravel  India 15.99 16.25 16.21 16.25
28 A Jah-Nhai Perinchief  Bermuda x 16.14 16.23 16.23
29 A Leodan Torrealba  Venezuela 16.18 x 15.44 16.18
30 A Ethan Olivier  New Zealand 16.16 15.91 15.98 16.16
31 A Fang Yaoqing  China x x 15.85 15.85
32 B Necati Er  Turkey 13.65 x x 13.65

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Final

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jordan Díaz  Spain 17.86 17.64 17.85 17.84 17.25 17.86
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pedro Pichardo  Portugal 17.79 17.84 x 17.52 17.81 17.84
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andy Díaz  Italy 17.63 17.33 x 17.64 17.64 SB
4 Jaydon Hibbert  Jamaica 17.31 17.61 17.53 x x 17.61
5 Hugues Fabrice Zango  Burkina Faso 17.43 16.14 17.25 16.05 17.50 x 17.50
6 Salif Mane  United States 17.28 16.63 17.02 x 17.19 17.41 17.41
7 Max Heß  Germany 16.50 16.92 17.38 x x 17.07 17.38 SB
8 Lázaro Martínez  Cuba 17.00 x 17.34 13.35 x 16.63 17.34 SB
9 Yasser Triki  Algeria x 17.05 17.22 Did not advance 17.22
10 Zhu Yaming  China x 16.76 x Did not advance 16.76
11 Almir dos Santos  Brazil 16.41 x 16.28 Did not advance 16.41
12 Connor Murphy  Australia 15.99 16.30 16.11 Did not advance 16.30

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References

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  1. ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – Triple jump men", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – Triple jump men", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Records – Triple jump men". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  4. ^ Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Road To | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  6. ^ "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Men's Triple Jump Qualification Results". Olympics.com. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Men's Triple Jump - Qualification results" (PDF). Olympics. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Men's Triple Jump - Final results" (PDF). Olympics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.