The men's triple jump competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20–22 August. Forty-seven athletes from 35 nations competed.
Belarus, Burkina Faso, Estonia, Grenada, Moldova, Qatar, Slovenia, Syria, and Trinidad and Tobago each made their first appearance in the event. The United States competed for the 24th time, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.
Qualification
The qualification period for Athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's triple jump, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had jumped 16.95 metres or further during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had jumped 16.55 metres or further could be entered.
Competition format
The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete jumped three times (stopping early if they made the qualifying distance). At least the top twelve athletes moved on to the final; if more than twelve reached the qualifying distance, all who did so advanced. Distances were reset for the final round. Finalists jumped three times, after which the eight best jumped three more times (with the best distance of the six jumps counted).
Records
, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading jump were as follows:
No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition. The following national records were set during the competition:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! Nation !! Athlete !! Round !! Distance
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|align=left| ||align=left | Christian Olsson || Final || 17.79
|}
Schedule
<small>All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)</small>
{| class="wikitable"
! Date
! Time
! Round
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|Friday, 20 August 2004 || 09:55 || Qualifying
|- style=background:lemonchiffon
| Sunday, 22 August 2004 || 20:10 || Final
|}
Results
Qualifying
Rule: Qualifying standard 17.00 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank !! Group !! Athlete !! Nation !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! Distance !! Notes
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
|1 ||A||align="left"|Christian Olsson||align="left"| ||17.68 ||data-sort-value=1.00| — ||data-sort-value=1.00| — || 17.68 ||
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
|2 ||B||align="left"|Yoandri Betanzos||align="left"| ||17.53 ||data-sort-value=1.00| — ||data-sort-value=1.00| — || 17.53 || ,
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
|3 ||B||align="left"|Marian Oprea||align="left"| ||17.44 ||data-sort-value=1.00| — ||data-sort-value=1.00| — || 17.44 ||
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
|4 ||A||align="left"|Phillips Idowu||align="left"| ||17.33 ||data-sort-value=1.00| — ||data-sort-value=1.00| — || 17.33 ||
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
|5 ||B||align="left"|Jadel Gregório||align="left"| ||17.20 ||data-sort-value=1.00| — ||data-sort-value=1.00| — || 17.20 ||
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
|6 ||B||align="left"|Viktor Gushchinskiy||align="left"| ||16.71 ||data-sort-value=1.00| — || 17.17|| 17.17 ||
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
|7 ||A||align="left"|Danil Burkenya||align="left"| ||16.77 || 16.91 || 17.08|| 17.08 ||
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
|8 ||A||align="left"|Hristos Meletoglou||align="left"| ||16.75 || 16.50 || 17.06|| 17.06 || ,
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
|9 ||A||align="left"|Yoelbi Quesada||align="left"| ||16.89 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 17.01|| 17.01 ||
|-bgcolor=ccf9cc
|10 ||B||align="left"|Kenta Bell||align="left"| ||16.77 || 16.82 || 16.98|| 16.98 ||
|-bgcolor=ccf9cc
|11 ||A||align="left"|Walter Davis||align="left"| ||16.28 || 14.77 || 16.94|| 16.94 ||
|-bgcolor=ccf9cc
|12 ||A||align="left"|Julien Kapek||align="left"| ||16.67 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.91|| 16.91 ||
|-
|13 ||B||align="left"|Nathan Douglas||align="left"| ||16.84 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.84 ||
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|14 ||A||align="left"|Andrew Murphy||align="left"| || 16.59 || 16.82 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.82 ||
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|15 ||B||align="left"|Li Yanxi||align="left"| ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.70 || 16.74|| 16.74 ||
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|16 ||A||align="left"|Ibrahim Mohamdein Aboubaker||align="left"| || 15.98 || 16.37 || 16.71|| 16.71 ||
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|17 ||B||align="left"|Arnie David Giralt||align="left"| ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.63 || 16.70|| 16.70 ||
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|18 ||B||align="left"|Melvin Lister||align="left"| ||16.62 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.64|| 16.64 ||
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|19 ||A||align="left"|Andrew Owusu||align="left"| ||15.85 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.64|| 16.64 ||
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|20 ||A||align="left"|Mykola Savolaynen||align="left"| || 16.56 || 16.48 || 15.57 || 16.56 ||
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|21 ||B||align="left"|Fabrizio Donato||align="left"| || 16.16 || 16.45 || 16.34 || 16.45 ||
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|22 ||B||align="left"|Momchil Karailiev||align="left"| ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.45 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.45 ||
|-
|23 ||B||align="left"|Viktor Yastrebov||align="left"| || 16.43 || 16.32 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.43 ||
|-
|24 ||A||align="left"|Ivaylo Rusenov||align="left"| || 16.39 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.39 ||
|-
|25 ||B||align="left"|Mohammad Hazzory||align="left"| || 16.37 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.14 || 16.37 ||
|-
|26 ||A||align="left"|Péter Tölgyesi||align="left"| || 16.33 || 15.74 || 16.36 || 16.36 ||
|-
|27 ||A||align="left"|Leevan Sands||align="left"| ||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.35 || 16.35 ||
|-
|28 ||A||align="left"|Randy Lewis||align="left"| ||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.33 || 16.33 ||
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|29 ||B||align="left"|Godfrey Khotso Mokoena||align="left"| || 16.23 || 16.32 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.32 ||
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|30 ||B||align="left"|Dmitrij Vaľukevič||align="left"| ||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.32 || 16.32 ||
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|31 ||B||align="left"|Andreas Pohle||align="left"| ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.29 || 16.23 || 16.29 ||
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|32 ||B||align="left"|Vladimir Letnicov||align="left"| ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 15.88 || 16.25 || 16.25 ||
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|33 ||B||align="left"|Lauri Leis||align="left"| ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.06 || 16.18 || 16.18 ||
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|34 ||A||align="left"|Aliaksandar Hlavatski||align="left"| || 16.18 || 15.73 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.18 ||
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|35 ||B||align="left"|Salem Mouled Al-Ahmadi||align="left"| || 16.16 || 16.03 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.16 ||
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|36 ||A||align="left"|LeJuan Simon||align="left"| ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 14.75 || 16.16 || 16.16 ||
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|37 ||B||align="left"|Boštjan Šimunič||align="left"| ||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.07 || 16.07 ||
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|38 ||B||align="left"|Takanori Sugibayashi||align="left"| || 15.38 || 15.67 || 15.95 || 15.95 ||
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|39 ||B||align="left"|Park Hyung-jun||align="left"| ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 15.84 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 15.84 ||
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|40 ||B||align="left"|Nelson Évora||align="left"| || 15.72 || 15.84 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 15.72 ||
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|41 ||A||align="left"|Olivier Sanou||align="left"| ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 15.67 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 15.67 ||
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|42 ||B||align="left"|Karl Taillepierre||align="left"| || 15.50||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 15.50 ||
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|43 ||A||align="left"|Armen Martirosyan||align="left"| || 15.05||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 15.05 ||
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|data-sort-value=44 rowspan=4| — ||A||align="left"|Charles Friedek||align="left"| ||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| — ||data-sort-value=1.00| — ||data-sort-value=1.00| No mark ||
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|A||align="left"|Vitaliy Moskalenko||align="left"| ||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| No mark ||
|-
|A||align="left"|Berk Tuna||align="left"| ||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| — ||data-sort-value=1.00| No mark ||
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|A||align="left"|Roman Valiyev||align="left"| ||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| No mark ||
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|data-sort-value=48| — ||A||align="left"|Sergey Bochkov||align="left"| ||colspan=4 data-sort-value=0.00| ||
|}
Final
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank !! Athlete || Nation !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Distance !! Notes
|-
|||align="left"|Christian Olsson||align="left"|
| 17.69 || 17.79 || 17.69 || 16.82 || 17.58 ||data-sort-value=1.00| — || 17.79 || NR
|-
|||align="left"|Marian Oprea||align="left"|
| 17.55 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 17.47 || 17.34 ||data-sort-value=1.00| — || 17.38 || 17.55 ||
|-
|||align="left"|Danil Burkenya||align="left"|
| 16.99 || 16.68 || 16.16 || 17.45 || 17.48 || 17.47 || 17.48 ||
|-
| 4 ||align="left"|Yoandri Betanzos||align="left"|
|data-sort-value=1.00| X || 17.47 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 17.24 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 17.47 ||
|-
| 5 ||align="left"|Jadel Gregório||align="left"|
| 17.22 || 17.27 || 15.97 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.82 || 17.31 || 17.31 ||
|-
| 6 ||align="left"|Hristos Meletoglou||align="left"|
| 17.13 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 17.10 || 17.05 || 16.65 || 17.06 || 17.13 ||
|-
| 7 ||align="left"|Viktor Gushchinskiy||align="left"|
|data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 17.11 || 16.27 || 16.95 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 17.11 ||
|-
| 8 ||align="left"|Yoelbi Quesada||align="left"|
| 16.93 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.96 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| — || 16.96 ||
|-
| 9 ||align="left"|Kenta Bell||align="left"|
| 16.90 ||data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.39 ||colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance || 16.90 ||
|-
| 10 ||align="left"|Julien Kapek||align="left"|
|data-sort-value=1.00| X || 16.79 || 16.81 ||colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance || 16.81 ||
|-
| 11 ||align="left"|Walter Davis||align="left"|
| 16.78 || 16.65 || 16.59 ||colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance || 16.78 ||
|-
|data-sort-value=12| — ||align="left"|Phillips Idowu||align="left"|
|data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||data-sort-value=1.00| X ||colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance ||data-sort-value=1.00| No mark ||
|}
References
External links
- Official Olympic Report