2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

American Christian Taylor beat the defending champion Phillips Idowu.
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The Men's triple jump event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 2 and 4.

Seven made the automatic qualifying mark. The eventual winner was not one of them, barely qualifying with the 9th best mark.

Favorite Phillips Idowu led through the first three rounds as Will Claye failed to make a legal jump through the first two rounds, waited until his third jump to jump 17.50, to not only qualify for his final three jumps but to move into second place. In the fourth round, unheralded American collegian Christian Taylor popped 17.96, the number ten all time jump to blast into the lead. Idowu jumped 17.77 in his fourth attempt but was unable to improve upon that.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Christian Taylor
 United States (USA)
Phillips Idowu
 Great Britain
Will Claye
 United States (USA)

Records

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

World record  Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 18.29 Gothenburg, Sweden 7 August 1995
Championship record  Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 18.29 Gothenburg, Sweden 7 August 1995
World leading  Teddy Tamgho (FRA) 17.91 Lausanne, Switzerland 30 June 2011
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 Gothenburg, Sweden 7 August 1995
Oceanian record  Ken Lorraway (AUS) 17.46 London, United Kingdom 7 August 1982

Qualification standards

A standard B standard
17.10 16.85

Schedule

Date Time Round
September 2, 2011 10:30 Qualification
September 4, 2011 19:05 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 B Alexis Copello  Cuba 17.06 17.31 17.31 Q
2 B Nelson Évora  Portugal 17.05 17.20 17.20 Q
3 A Will Claye  United States x 17.19 17.19 Q
4 A Phillips Idowu  Great Britain 17.17 17.17 Q
5 B Christian Olsson  Sweden 16.55 17.16 17.16 Q
6 A Leevan Sands  Bahamas 17.13 17.13 Q, SB
7 A Benjamin Compaoré  France 17.11 17.11 Q
8 B Yoandri Betanzos  Cuba 17.01 13.66 - 17.01 q
9 A Christian Taylor  United States x 16.99 16.81 16.99 q
10 B Fabrizio Donato  Italy 16.55 16.70 16.88 16.88 q
11 B Henry Frayne  Australia 16.54 16.83 16.64 16.83 q
12 A Sheryf El-Sheryf  Ukraine 16.81 x 16.73 16.81 q
13 A Arnie David Giralt  Cuba 16.74 16.68 16.17 16.74
14 A Fabrizio Schembri  Italy 16.71 16.28 16.63 16.71
15 B Marian Oprea  Romania x 16.61 16.19 16.61
16 B Tosin Oke  Nigeria x 16.50 16.60 16.60
17 B Jefferson Sabino  Brazil 16.18 15.91 16.51 16.51
18 A Aleksey Fyodorov  Russia 15.84 16.42 16.26 16.42
19 A Samyr Laine  Haiti 16.38 15.83 16.30 16.38
20 A Li Yanxi  China 15.68 16.28 15.42 16.28
21 B Hugo Mamba-Schlick  Cameroon 15.66 15.93 16.15 16.15
22 B Anders Møller  Denmark 16.14 14.07 x 16.14
23 B Walter Davis  United States 15.28 13.90 16.12 16.12
24 A Wilbert Walker  Jamaica 15.66 14.50 15.97 15.97
25 B Yevhen Semenenko  Ukraine x 15.72 15.96 15.96
26 B Maximiliano Díaz  Argentina 15.91 15.65 x 15.91
99 A Sief El Islem Temacini  Algeria x x x NM
99 A Renjith Maheshwary  India x x x NM
99 A Kim Deok-Hyeon  South Korea x x x NM
99 A Tumelo Thagane  South Africa x x x NM
99 B Yevgeniy Ektov  Kazakhstan x x x NM

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Christian Taylor  United States x 17.04 17.40 17.96 15.64 17.96 WL, PB
2nd, silver medalist(s) Phillips Idowu  Great Britain 17.56 17.38 17.70 17.77 17.48 17.49 17.77 SB
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Will Claye  United States x x 17.50 17.30 17.14 17.50 PB
4 Alexis Copello  Cuba x 17.19 x 17.36 17.47 16.11 17.47
5 Nelson Évora  Portugal 17.35 16.80 16.63 16.18 16.57 16.95 17.35 SB
6 Christian Olsson  Sweden 17.23 16.80 17.22 16.75 17.23
7 Leevan Sands  Bahamas 16.81 x 17.07 17.12 17.21 16.59 17.21
8 Benjamin Compaoré  France x 17.04 17.17 x 16.99 x 17.17
9 Henry Frayne  Australia 16.45 16.78 16.60 16.78
10 Fabrizio Donato  Italy 16.77 x x 16.77
11 Yoandri Betanzos  Cuba 14.93 16.22 16.67 16.67
12 Sheryf El-Sheryf  Ukraine 16.29 x 16.38 16.38

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