2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 21 and 23 July 2022.Timetable

Summary

With 17.05m the automatic qualifier, only two jumpers made it on their first attempt, Olympic Gold Medalist Pedro Pichardo and Olympic Silver Medalist Zhu Yaming. Returning bronze medalist Hugues Fabrice Zango and Lázaro Martínez made on their second attempt, Emmanuel Ihemeje, only 2 cm on his first attempt, finally got one on his third. It took 16.68m to get into the final, eliminating defending champion Christian Taylor who is still on the road to recovery from a 2021 achilles rupture.

As the second jumper in the final, Pichardo set a new world leader at . Only two other people in the competition had ever jumped that far, none of the others had been within a foot (30cm). Three jumpers later, Zango popped 17.55m. The next jumper, Donald Scott moved into bronze position with a 17.14m which lasted only two jumps when Andrea Dallavalle hit a 17.25m. At the beginning of the second round, Pichardo confirmed his position with a 17.92m, then Zhu moved into the bronze medal position with a 17.31m. The results were set. Save a 6th round 17.17m from Ihemeje, nobody in the top 6 improved their position. Returning two time silver medalist Will Claye struggled with his marks and Martínez couldn't land a fair jump. Neither were able to qualify for three more attempts.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record18.29 mGothenburg, Sweden7 August 1995Championship recordWorld Leading17.87 mNerja, Spain26 June 2022African Record18.07 m (i)Aubiere, France16 January 2021Asian 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 World Leading17.95mPedro Pichardo23 Jul 2022 Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 17.14 m.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date Time Round21 July 18:20 Qualification23 July 18:00 Final

Results

Qualification Athletes attaining a mark of at least 17.05 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualify for the final.Qualification Start ListSUMMARY Triple Jump Men - QualificationTriple Jump Men - Qualification Results

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 A Pedro Pichardo 17.16 17.16 2 B Hugues Fabrice Zango 16.72 17.15 17.15 3 B Emmanuel Ihemeje 17.03 - 17.13 17.13 , 4 A Zhu Yaming 17.08 17.08 5 B Lázaro Martínez 16.97 17.06 17.06 6 B Jean-Marc Pontvianne x 16.95 x 16.95 7 A Andrea Dallavalle 16.86 16.75 - 16.86 8 A Donald Scott x 16.74 16.84 16.84 9 A Almir dos Santos 16.32 16.52 16.71 16.71 10 B Will Claye 15.98 16.25 16.70 16.70 11 B Tiago Pereira x 16.69 16.56 16.69 12 A Eldhose Paul 16.12 16.68 16.34 16.68 13 A Max Heß 16.64 15.69 16.56 16.64 14 B 16.64 x x 16.64 15 B Tobia Bocchi 16.58 x 16.20 16.58 16 B Chris Benard x x 16.53 16.53 17 A Praveen Chithravel x 16.30 16.49 16.49 18 A Christian Taylor 16.17 16.48 16.44 16.48 19 B Abdulla Aboobacker Narangolintevida 15.92 16.45 16.44 16.45 20 A Jordan Scott x x 16.42 16.42 21 A Andy Hechavarría x 16.02 16.39 16.39 22 A Jah-Nhai Perinchief 16.38 x 16.26 16.38 23 A Pablo Torrijos x 16.32 x 16.32 24 B Mateus de Sá 16.04 16.03 x 16.04 25 A Benjamin Compaoré x 16.03 x 16.03 26 A Ben Williams x x 15.98 15.98 27 B Chengetayi Mapaya x 15.75 x 15.75 B Alexsandro Melo x x x NM B Fang Yaoqing

Final Results:RESULTS Triple Jump Men - Final

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pedro Pichardo 17.95 17.92 17.57 – x 17.51 17.95 Hugues Fabrice Zango 17.55 16.95 17.38 17.14 x 17.49 17.55 Zhu Yaming 17.00 17.31 x 16.98 x 16.85 17.31 4 Andrea Dallavalle 17.25 17.16 – 17.12 x x 17.25 5 Emmanuel Ihemeje x 17.03 16.69 16.81 16.71 17.17 17.17 6 Donald Scott 17.14 x 16.79 16.98 17.04 16.94 17.14 7 Almir dos Santos x 16.69 16.87 x 16.38 13.26 16.87 8 Jean-Marc Pontvianne x x 16.86 x x x 16.86 9 Eldhose Paul 16.37 16.79 13.86 16.79 10 Tiago Pereira x 16.69 16.59 16.69 11 Will Claye x x 16.54 16.54 Lázaro Martínez x x x

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