The men's triple jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 26 and 27 August.Start list
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.
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. 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.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record18.29Gothenburg, Sweden7 August 1995Championship recordWorld leading18.08Havana, Cuba28 May 2015African record17.37Khemisset, Morocco14 July 2007Asian record17.59Jinan, China26 October 2009North, Central American and Caribbean record18.09Atlanta, United States27 July 1996South American record17.90Belém, Brazil20 May 2007European record18.29Göteborg, Sweden7 August 1995Oceanian record17.46London, Great Britain7 August 1982The following records were established during the competition:World Leading18.21 Beijing, China27 August 2015North, Central American and Caribbean record
Qualification standards Entry standards 16.90
Schedule Date Time Round26 August 2015 10:00 Qualification27 August 2015 19:10 Final
Results Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.Qualification results
Rank Group Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 Result Notes 1 A Pedro Pichardo 16.94 17.43 17.43 2 B Christian Taylor 16.77 17.28 17.28 3 A Marian Oprea 17.07 17.07 , 4 A Omar Craddock 16.69 17.01 17.01 5 B Nelson Évora 16.68 17.01 17.01 6 A Dmitriy Sorokin 16.99 16.99 7 B Lyukman Adams 16.85 16.50 16.85 8 B Benjamin Compaoré 16.82 16.82 9 A Jonathan Drack 16.79 13.28 16.79 10 B Godfrey Khotso Mokoena 16.78 16.78 16.78 11 A Tosin Oke 14.70 16.74 16.74 12 B Leevan Sands 16.60 16.69 16.73 16.73 13 B Marquis Dendy 14.36 16.73 16.32 16.73 14 A Kim Deok-hyeon 16.57 16.57 16.72 16.72 15 A Cao Shuo 16.66 16.66 16.51 16.66 16 A Georgi Tsonov 16.59 16.59 17 B Rumen Dimitrov 16.53 16.19 16.53 18 B Dong Bin 16.44 16.44 19 A Will Claye 15.73 16.41 16.41 20 B Pablo Torrijos 15.85 15.73 16.3216.32 21 B Yordanys Durañona 16.12 16.27 16.27 22 A Samyr Lainé 16.23 16.15 16.12 16.23 23 A Latario Collie-Minns 16.10 16.21 16.21 24 A Xu Xiaolong 15.97 16.19 16.19 25 B Roman Valiyev 16.04 16.04 26 A Jean-Cassimiro Rosa 15.97 15.75 15.97 27 B Muhammad Hakimi Ismail 15.72 15.93 15.93 B Hugues Fabrice Zango
Final The final was started at 19:10.Final results
Rank Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 # 4 # 5 # 6 Mark Notes Christian Taylor 16.85 17.49 17.60 17.68 17.22 18.21 18.21 , Pedro Pichardo 17.52 17.44 17.60 17.33 17.52 17.73 17.73 Nelson Évora 17.28 17.29 17.52 17.52 Omar Craddock 17.14 17.08 17.14 17.37 16.50 17.37 Lyukman Adams 17.12 17.28 17.21 17.23 17.28 Marian Oprea 17.06 16.23 17.06 Dmitriy Sorokin 16.99 16.38 16.99 Tosin Oke 16.77 16.81 16.81 16.57 16.76 16.81 16.81 10 Leevan Sands 16.68 16.47 16.68 11 Jonathan Drack 16.15 16.64 16.64 12 Benjamin Compaoré 16.63 16.63
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