2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

Men's triple jump
at the 2015 World Championships

Winner Christian Taylor with the second best jump in history
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates 26 August (qualification)
27 August (final)
Competitors 28 from 20 nations
Winning distance 18.21
Medalists
 Christian Taylor   United States
 Pedro Pablo Pichardo   Cuba
 Nelson Évora   Portugal
Events at the
2015 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Demonstration events
Masters 400 m women
Masters 800 m men

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]

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

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

Entry standards[7]
16.90

Schedule

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

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

Qualification

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 Pablo 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 (ROU) 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 x16.79 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 16.3216.32
21 B Yordanis 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 Muhd Hakimi Ismail  Malaysia (MAS) 15.72 15.93 x 15.93
28 B Fabrice Zango Hugues  Burkina Faso (BUR) x x x NM

Final

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

Rank Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 # 4 # 5 # 6 Mark Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Christian Taylor  United States (USA) 16.85 17.49 17.60 17.68 17.22 18.21 18.21 WL, AR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Pedro Pablo Pichardo  Cuba (CUB) 17.52 17.44 17.60 17.33 17.52 17.73 17.73
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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 (ROU) 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

  1. ↑ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Start list
  3. ↑ "Christian Taylor takes triple jump gold at World Championships with 18.21m... the second longest jump in history". Daily Mail. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 28 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
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