The men's triple jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 27 to 29 September 2019.
Summary On the second jump of the competition, Will Claye took the lead with a 17.61m. Two jumpers later, Cristian Nápoles went 17.36m, then Pedro Pablo Pichardo, now jumping for Portugal, jumped 17.49m. That held through the round. In the second round, Claye improved to 17.72m and Nápoles improved to 17.38m before Hugues Fabrice Zango bounded into contention with a 17.46m African record. After two rounds, defending everything Christian Taylor had not landed a legal jump. Faced with do or die, Taylor made 17.42m to be allowed to continue in the competition. After Claye improved to 17.74m and Pichardo improved to 17.62m, Taylor's fourth attempt of 17.86m put him into the lead. In the fifth round, Zango improved the African record to 17.56m but still wasn't on the podium, while Taylor produced the capper . The only one to improve in the final round was Zango, his third African record of the competition was yet another 10 cm improvement to 17.66 to snatch the bronze medal.
Since 2011 the triple jump story remains virtually the same, Taylor in first, his former University of Florida teammate, Claye slightly behind.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
World record18.29 mGothenburg, Sweden7 August 1995Championship recordWorld Leading18.14 mLong Beach, United States29 June 2019African Record17.37 mKhémisset, Morocco14 July 2007Asian Record17.59 mJinan, China26 October 2009North, Central American and Caribbean record18.21 mBeijing, China27 August 2015South American Record17.90 mBelém, Brazil20 May 2007European Record18.29 mGothenburg, Sweden7 August 1995Oceanian record17.46 mLondon, Great Britain7 August 1982
The following records were set at the competition:
Record Athlete Date African17.66mHugues Fabrice Zango29 Sep 2019Burkinabé
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 16.95 m.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows: Date Time Round27 September 19:25 Qualification29 September 21:45 Final
Results Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 A Pedro Pichardo 17.38 17.38 2 A Hugues Fabrice Zango 16.60 17.17 17.17 3 B Christian Taylor 16.99 16.94 — 16.99 4 A Donald Scott 16.47 16.99 16.99 5 A Will Claye 16.83 15.25 16.97 16.97 6 B Alexis Copello 16.67 16.95 16.95 7 B Jordan Díaz 16.61 16.60 16.93 16.93 8 A Almir dos Santos 16.92 — 16.21 16.92 9 B Fang Yaoqing 16.92 16.92 10 B Wu Ruiting 16.90 16.80 16.90 11 A Cristian Nápoles 16.84 16.75 16.88 16.88 12 B Necati Er 16.65 16.87 16.87 13 B Omar Craddock 16.87 16.87 14 B Dmitriy Sorokin 16.68 16.86 16.86 15 B Nelson Évora 16.26 16.67 16.80 16.80 16 A Zhu Yaming 16.79 16.75 16.48 16.79 17 B Benjamin Williams 15.89 16.77 15.55 16.77 18 A Alexey Fyodorov 16.49 16.71 16.16 16.71 19 A Nazim Babayev 16.65 16.38 16.51 16.65 20 A Yasser Mohamed Triki 16.34 16.62 16.51 16.62 21 B Georgi Tsonov 16.61 16.08 16.61 22 A Benjamin Compaoré 16.59 16.35 16.15 16.59 23 A Simo Lipsanen 16.44 16.47 16.47 24 A Andy Díaz 16.41 16.39 16.41 25 A Chengetayi Mapaya 14.80 16.36 16.36 26 B Jean-Marc Pontvianne 16.02 16.31 16.31 27 B Alexsandro Melo 15.90 16.26 16.26 28 A Latario Collie-Minns 16.26 16.26 29 B Levon Aghasyan 16.24 15.98 16.04 16.24 30 B Lathone Collie-Minns 15.62 13.50 15.89 15.89 31 A Ruslan Kurbanov 15.86 15.86 32 A Andrea Dallavalle 14.63 15.09 15.09 33 B Jordan Scott 14.73 — — 14.73
Final The final was started on 29 September at 21:46.
Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Christian Taylor 17.42 17.86 17.92 17.54 17.92 Will Claye 17.61 17.72 17.53 17.74 17.74 17.66 17.74 Hugues Fabrice Zango 17.18 17.46 17.29 17.56 17.66 17.66 4 Pedro Pichardo 17.49 17.28 17.49 17.62 17.60 17.00 17.62 5 Cristian Nápoles 17.36 17.38 17.38 6 Donald Scott 16.57 17.05 15.08 17.17 17.17 7 Alexis Copello 17.10 17.10 8 Jordan Díaz 15.88 16.86 17.10 16.86 17.06 16.69 17.06 9 Wu Ruiting 16.97 16.86 16.88 16.97 10 Fang Yaoqing 15.94 16.42 16.65 16.65 11 Necati Er 16.34 15.62 16.34 12 Almir dos Santos 15.01 15.01
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