The men's triple jump at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 7 and 9 August 2024. This was the 30th time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics.
Summary The entire podium from Tokyo was back. Pedro Pichardo, Zhu Yaming and Hugues Fabrice Zango. The same three individuals were the podium in 2022 though Zango was silver. In 2023, Zango was the winner ahead of Lázaro Martínez and Cristian Nápoles. Earlier in the season Jordan Díaz popped an 18.18m in Rome, the #3 legal jump in history. Pichardo, dropped to #6, was the only other person over the magic 18 metre mark all year.
Almir dos Santos got things off with 16.41m. Zango upped that by a metre to 17.43m. Pichardo followed him with 17.79m, from the back of the take off board. Martínez moved into third at exactly 17 metres. Jaydon Hibbert then took over third with a 17.31m. It was four more jumps before Jordan Díaz took the lead, popping a . A couple of jumpers later, Andy Díaz moved into third position with 17.63m. In the second round, Pichardo made things close jumping a 17.84m from the middle of the board, giving up 19 cm. Had he taken off from the front of the board, that would be a winner. Hibbert improved to 17.61m to tickle 3rd place but didn't get there. Pichardo continued to have trouble with his marks and couldn't make an improvement. Jordan Díaz jumped 17.85 and 17.84 on his third and fourth jumps to confirm his position. Other than Andy adding a single cm on his final attempt, none of the leaders were able to improve or change position.
All three medalists were born in Cuba and had previously represented Cuba in international competition.
Background The men's triple jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the inaugural edition in 1896. +Global records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsRecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)LocationDateWorld record18.29"All time Top lists – Senior – Triple jump men", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.Gothenburg, Sweden7 August 1995Olympic record18.09Atlanta, United States27 July 1996World leading18.18"Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – Triple jump men", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.Rome, Italy11 June 2024 +Area records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsArea RecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)Africa (records)18.07Asia (records)17.59Europe (records)18.29 WRNorth, Central America and Caribbean (records)18.21Oceania (records)17.46South America (records)17.90
Qualification
For the men's triple jump event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 17.22 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
Results
Qualification The qualification was held on 7 August, starting at 19:15 (UTC+2) in the evening. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification result or world ranking."Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024. Progression rules: Qualifying performance 17.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes 1 B Pedro Pichardo 17.44 — — 17.44 2 A Jordan Díaz 17.24 — — 17.24 3 B Salif Mane 17.16 — — 17.16 A Hugues Fabrice Zango 17.16 — — 17.16 5 A Almir dos Santos x 17.06 x 17.06 6 B Jaydon Hibbert 16.99 16.95 x 16.99 7 B Max Heß x 16.98 16.67 16.98 8 B Zhu Yaming 16.47 16.91 16.66 16.91 9 A Yasser Triki x 16.85 16.77 16.85 10 B Connor Murphy 16.80 16.49 16.58 16.80 11 B Lázaro Martínez 16.79 16.79 16.71 16.79 12 A Andy Díaz x 16.79 16.69 16.79 13 A Jean-Marc Pontvianne x 16.79 x 16.79 14 A Donald Scott 16.58 16.77 16.74 16.77 15 B Thomas Gogois 16.67 14.63 16.77 16.77 16 B Su Wen 16.21 16.70 x 16.70 17 A Andy Hechavarría x 15.86 16.70 16.70 18 B Cristian Nápoles 16.28 16.67 16.39 16.67 19 B Andrea Dallavalle 16.65 13.44 16.48 16.65 20 B Emmanuel Ihemeje 16.39 15.65 16.50 16.50 21 B Abdulla Aboobacker 15.99 16.19 16.49 16.49 22 B Russell Robinson 16.47 16.37 16.21 16.47 23 B Geiner Moreno 16.32 15.88 16.40 16.40 24 A Jordan Scott x 16.36 15.97 16.36 25 A Tiago Pereira 15.84 15.96 16.36 16.36 26 A Kim Jang-woo 15.66 16.14 16.31 16.31 27 A Praveen Chithravel 15.99 16.25 16.21 16.25 28 A Jah-Nhai Perinchief x 16.14 16.23 16.23 29 A Leodan Torrealba 16.18 x 15.44 16.18 30 A Ethan Olivier 16.16 15.91 15.98 16.16 31 A Fang Yaoqing x x 15.85 15.85 32 B Necati Er 13.65 x x 13.65
Final RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes Jordan Díaz 17.86 17.64 17.85 17.84 17.25 — 17.86 Pedro Pichardo 17.79 17.84 x 17.52 — 17.81 17.84 Andy Díaz 17.63 17.33 — — x 17.64 17.64 4Jaydon Hibbert 17.31 17.61 17.53 x x — 17.61 5Hugues Fabrice Zango 17.43 16.14 17.25 16.05 17.50 x 17.50 6Salif Mane 17.28 16.63 17.02 x 17.19 17.41 17.41 7Max Heß 16.50 16.92 17.38 x x 17.07 17.38 8Lázaro Martínez 17.00 x 17.34 13.35 x 16.63 17.34 9Yasser Triki x 17.05 17.22Did not advance 17.22 10Zhu Yaming x 16.76 xDid not advance 16.76 11Almir dos Santos 16.41 x 16.28Did not advance 16.41 12Connor Murphy 15.99 16.30 16.11Did not advance 16.30
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