2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 26 and 27 August.[1][2]

Men's triple jump
at the 2015 World Championships
Winner Christian Taylor with the second best jump in history
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates26 August (qualification)
27 August (final)
Competitors28 from 20 nations
Winning distance18.21
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Cuba
bronze medal    Portugal
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2017 →

The early season meet at Doha gave an indication that this would be an exciting year in the triple jump. Pedro Pablo Pichardo, who would return here as the previous silver medalist jumped 18.06 to become the #3 jumper in history. In that same meet, Olympic Champion Christian Taylor was only 2 cm behind to equal the previous #3, who was the defending world champion Teddy Tamgho. Tamgho was also in Doha, finishing in third behind the fireworks, but Tamgho was coming off a 1-year drug suspension for missing multiple tests. Following that meet, two weeks later Pichardo improved his world lead to 18.08 at home in Havana and then in early July, Taylor improved to 18.06 and beat Pichardo in Lausanne. It was destined that the World Championships would settle this battle. Tamgho did not return to defend the championship in Beijing.

In the qualification round, only Marian Oprea made an automatic qualifier on his first attempt, it took Taylor two and Pichardo three but there was no doubt either would make the final. In the final Pichardo took the first round lead with 17.52, Taylor made 17.49 on his second attempt and both jumped exactly 17.60 in the third round. Taylor took the lead in the fourth round with 17.68. Omar Craddock moved into third place with a 17.37.[3]

It was the final attempt that settled the score. First Nelson Évora moved into the bronze medal with a 17.52. Then Taylor launched an 18.21, the second best jump in history only behind the world record of Jonathan Edwards set while winning the World Championship 20 years earlier.[4] It was then up to Pichardo to answer and his 17.73 solidified his hold on the silver medal. Taylor's jump took the 19 year old North American Continental Record and American Record from Kenny Harrison set at the 1996 Olympics, the previous number 2 jumper in history.[5]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[6]

World record   Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 18.29 Göteborg, Sweden 7 August 1995
Championship record
World leading   Pedro Pablo Pichardo (CUB) 18.08 Havana, Cuba 28 May 2015
African record   Tarik Bouguetaïb (MAR) 17.37 Khemisset, Morocco 14 July 2007
Asian record   Li Yanxi (CHN) 17.59 Jinan, China 26 October 2009
North, Central American and Caribbean record   Kenny Harrison (USA) 18.09 Atlanta, United States 27 July 1996
South American record   Jadel Gregório (BRA) 17.90 Belém, Brazil 20 May 2007
European record   Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 18.29 Göteborg, Sweden 7 August 1995
Oceanian record   Ken Lorraway (AUS) 17.46 London, Great Britain 7 August 1982
The following records were established during the competition:
World Leading   Christian Taylor (USA) 18.21 Beijing, China 27 August 2015
North, Central American and Caribbean record

Qualification standards

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Entry standards[7]
16.90

Schedule

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Date Time Round
26 August 2015 10:00 Qualification
27 August 2015 19:10 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

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Qualification

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Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[8]

Rank Group Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 Result Notes
1 A Pedro Pichardo   Cuba (CUB) 16.94 x 17.43 17.43 Q
2 B Christian Taylor   United States (USA) 16.77 17.28 17.28 Q
3 A Marian Oprea   Romania (ROM) 17.07 17.07 Q, SB
4 A Omar Craddock   United States (USA) 16.69 17.01 17.01 Q
5 B Nelson Évora   Portugal (POR) x 16.68 17.01 17.01 Q
6 A Dmitriy Sorokin   Russia (RUS) 16.99 x 16.99 q
7 B Lyukman Adams   Russia (RUS) x 16.85 16.50 16.85 q
8 B Benjamin Compaoré   France (FRA) x x 16.82 16.82 q
9 A Jonathan Drack   Mauritius (MRI) 16.79 13.28 x 16.79 q
10 B Godfrey Khotso Mokoena   South Africa (RSA) 16.78 x 16.78 16.78 q
11 A Tosin Oke   Nigeria (NGR) x 14.70 16.74 16.74 q
12 B Leevan Sands   Bahamas (BAH) 16.60 16.69 16.73 16.73 q
13 B Marquis Dendy   United States (USA) 14.36 16.73 16.32 16.73
14 A Kim Deok-hyeon   South Korea (KOR) 16.57 16.57 16.72 16.72
15 A Cao Shuo   China (CHN) 16.66 16.66 16.51 16.66
16 A Georgi Tsonov   Bulgaria (BUL) x x 16.59 16.59
17 B Rumen Dimitrov   Bulgaria (BUL) x 16.53 16.19 16.53
18 B Dong Bin   China (CHN) 16.44 x x 16.44
19 A Will Claye   United States (USA) x 15.73 16.41 16.41
20 B Pablo Torrijos   Spain (ESP) 15.85 15.73 16.32 16.32
21 B Yordanys Durañona   Dominica (DMA) x 16.12 16.27 16.27
22 A Samyr Lainé   Haiti (HAI) 16.23 16.15 16.12 16.23
23 A Latario Collie-Minns   Bahamas (BAH) 16.10 x 16.21 16.21
24 A Xu Xiaolong   China (CHN) 15.97 16.19 x 16.19
25 B Roman Valiyev   Kazakhstan (KAZ) x x 16.04 16.04
26 A Jean-Cassimiro Rosa   Brazil (BRA) 15.97 x 15.75 15.97
27 B Muhammad Hakimi Ismail   Malaysia (MAS) 15.72 15.93 x 15.93
B Hugues Fabrice Zango   Burkina Faso (BUR) x x x NM

Final

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The final was started at 19:10.[9]

Rank Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 # 4 # 5 # 6 Mark Notes
  Christian Taylor   United States (USA) 16.85 17.49 17.60 17.68 17.22 18.21 18.21 WL, AR
  Pedro Pichardo   Cuba (CUB) 17.52 17.44 17.60 17.33 17.52 17.73 17.73
  Nelson Évora   Portugal (POR) 17.28 x 17.29 x x 17.52 17.52 SB
4 Omar Craddock   United States (USA) 17.14 17.08 x 17.14 17.37 16.50 17.37
5 Lyukman Adams   Russia (RUS) x 17.12 17.28 x 17.21 17.23 17.28
6 Marian Oprea   Romania (ROM) 17.06 16.23 x 17.06
7 Dmitriy Sorokin   Russia (RUS) 16.99 16.38 x x x x 16.99
8 Tosin Oke   Nigeria (NGR) 16.77 x 16.81 x x x 16.81
9 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena   South Africa (RSA) 16.57 16.76 16.81 16.81
10 Leevan Sands   Bahamas (BAH) 16.68 x 16.47 16.68
11 Jonathan Drack   Mauritius (MRI) x 16.15 16.64 16.64
12 Benjamin Compaoré   France (FRA) x x 16.63 16.63

References

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  1. ^ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "Taylor takes triple-jump gold with second-longest ever leap". Reuters. 27 August 2015.
  4. ^ "REPORT: MEN'S TRIPLE JUMP FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Christian Taylor soars to gold in world championships triple jump". Guardian. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Records & Lists – Triple jump". IAAF. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  7. ^ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  8. ^ Qualification results
  9. ^ Final results