World Athletics Championships 2015 / men's triple jump
| World Athletics Championships 2015 | |
|
|
| discipline | Men's triple jump |
| city |
 Beijing
|
| place | Beijing National Stadium |
| Attendees | 28 athletes from 20 countries |
| Competition phase | August 26, 2015 (qualification) August 27, 2015 (final) |
| Medalist | |
|---|---|
 gold |
Christian Taylor ( USA )
 |
 silver |
Pedro Pablo Pichardo ( CUB )
 |
 bronze |
Nelson Évora ( POR )
 |
The men's triple jump at the 2015 World Athletics Championships took place in Beijing , People's Republic of China , on August 26th and 27th, 2015 .
The American Christian Taylor became world champion . Pedro Pablo Pichardo from Cuba won the silver medal. Bronze went to the Portuguese Nelson Évora .
Records
| World record |
 Jonathan Edwards (athlete)
|
18.29 m | World Cup in Gothenburg , Sweden | August 7, 1995 |
| Championship record |
qualification
August 26, 2015 from 10:00 local time (4:00 CEST )
The qualification was carried out in two groups. The qualification width was 17.00 m. Since only five jumpers exceeded this distance (highlighted in light blue), the final field was filled with the next best athletes from both groups to a total of twelve athletes (highlighted in light green). In the end, 16.73 m was necessary for a second-best jump of 16.33 m to participate in the finals.
Group A
| space | athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pedro Pablo Pichardo |
Cuba
|
16.94 | x | 17.43 | 17.43 |
| 2 | Marian Oprea |
 Romania
|
17.07 | - | - | 17.07 SB |
| 3 | Omar Craddock |
United States
|
16.69 | - | - | 17.01 |
| 4th | Dmitri Sorokin |
 Russia
|
16.99 | x | - | 16.99 |
| 5 | Jonathan Drack |
 Mauritius
|
16.79 | 13.28 | x | 16.79 |
| 6th | Tosin Oke |
 Nigeria
|
x | 14.70 | 16.74 | 16.74 |
| 7th | Kim Deok-hyeon |
 South Korea
|
16.57 | 16.57 | 16.72 | 16.72 |
| 8th | Cao Shuo |
People's Republic of China
|
16.66 | 16.66 | 16.51 | 16.66 |
| 9 | Georgi Zonow |
 Bulgaria
|
x | x | 16.59 | 16.59 |
| 10 | Will Claye |
United States
|
x | 15.73 | 16.41 | 16.41 |
| 11 | Samyr Lainé |
 Haiti
|
16.23 | 16.15 | 16.12 | 16.23 |
| 12 | Latario Collie Minns |
 Bahamas
|
16.10 | x | 16.21 | 16.21 |
| 13 | Xu Xiaolong |
People's Republic of China
|
15.97 | 16.19 | x | 16.19 |
| 14th | Jean-Cassimiro Rosa |
 Brazil
|
15.97 | x | 15.75 | 15.97 |
Group B
| space | athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Taylor |
United States
|
16.77 | 17.28 | - | 17.28 |
| 2 | Nelson Évora |
Portugal
|
x | 16.68 | 17.01 | 17.01 |
| 3 | Lyukman Adams |
Russia
|
x | 16.85 | 16.50 | 16.85 |
| 4th | Benjamin Compaoré |
 France
|
x | x | 16.82 | 16.82 |
| 5 | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena |
 South Africa
|
16.78 | x | 16.78 | 16.78 |
| 6th | Leevan Sands |
Bahamas
|
16.60 | 16.69 | 16.73 | 16.73 |
| 7th | Marquis Dendy |
United States
|
14.36 | 16.73 | 16.32 | 16.73 |
| 8th | Rumen Dimitrov |
Bulgaria
|
x | 16.53 | 16.19 | 16.53 |
| 9 | Dong bin |
People's Republic of China
|
16.44 | x | x | 16.44 |
| 10 | Pablo Torrijos |
 Spain
|
15.85 | 15.73 | 16.32 | 16.32 |
| 11 | Yordany's Durañona |
 Dominica
|
x | 16.12 | 16.27 | 16.27 |
| 12 | Roman Valiev |
 Kazakhstan
|
x | x | 16.04 | 16.04 |
| 13 | Muhammad Hakimi Ismail |
 Malaysia
|
15.72 | 15.93 | x | 15.93 |
| NM | Fabrice Zango Hugues |
 Burkina Faso
|
x | x | x | without space |
The Chinese Cao Shuo was eliminated with 16.66 m in the qualification
Co-favorite Will Claye from the United States scored 16.41 m, which he did not reach the final
The Haitian Samyr Laine scored 16.23 m and failed to qualify
The Chinese Xu Xiaolong did not reach the final with 16.19 m
Dong Bin, another Chinese, didn't jump far enough with 16.44 m to make it into the final
final
August 27, 2015 at 7:10 PM local time (1:10 PM CEST )
The French defending champion Teddy Tamgho was not among the participants here. He was eligible to start again after a doping ban, but was unable to participate due to an injury. The favorites were the two Americans Christian Taylor - world champion in 2011 and Olympic champion in 2012 - as well as Will Claye - world championship third in 2011 and 2013 , Olympic runner-up in 2012. However, Claye already failed in qualifying. The two-time Cuban runner-up in 2011 and 2013 Pedro Pablo Pichardo and the reigning French European champion Benjamin Compaoré also competed as medal candidates.
The competition picked up speed with good distances from the start. Pichardo advanced 17.52 m, the Portuguese Nelson Évora, runner-up in 2009 , achieved 17.28 m, the American Omar Craddock reached 17.14 m. The Romanian Marian Oprea also exceeded the 17-meter mark with his 17.06 m. In the second round, Taylor jumped 17.49 m and was second. The Russian Ljukman Adams now also exceeded with 17.12 m and was fifth. In lap three he improved further to 17.28 m. But his competitors countered with strong jumps. Évora achieved 17.29 m, that was third place, because Pichardo and Taylor both reached 17.60 m.
In lap five, Craddock ousted the Portuguese Évora from bronze with 17.37 m. The decision was made in the last round, however. Nelson Évora secured the bronze medal with another improvement to 17.52 m. Christian Taylor exceeded the 18-meter mark with 18.21 m and thus achieved a new world high for the year. He was only eight centimeters short of the world record set by the Briton Jonathan Edwards . Pedro Pichardo also managed to improve again with 17.73 m, but it stayed with silver for him. Omar Craddock was fourth, Ljukman Adams was fifth ahead of Marian Oprea.
| space | athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Christian Taylor |
United States
|
16.85 | 17.49 | 17.60 | 17.68 | 17.22 | 18.21 | 18.21 WL |
|
Pedro Pablo Pichardo |
Cuba
|
17.52 | 17.44 | 17.60 | 17.33 | 17.52 | 17.73 | 17.73 |
|
Nelson Évora |
Portugal
|
17.28 | x | 17.29 | x | x | 17.52 | 17.52 SB |
| 4th | Omar Craddock |
United States
|
17.14 | 17.08 | x | 17.14 | 17.37 | 16.50 | 17.37 |
| 5 | Lyukman Adams |
Russia
|
x | 17.12 | 17.28 | x | 17.21 | 17.23 | 17.28 |
| 6th | Marian Oprea |
Romania
|
17.06 | 16.23 | - | - | - | x | 17.06 |
| 7th | Dmitri Sorokin |
Russia
|
16.99 | 16.38 | x | x | x | x | 16.99 |
| 8th | Tosin Oke |
Nigeria
|
16.77 | x | 16.81 | x | x | x | 16.81 |
| 9 | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena |
South Africa
|
16.57 | 16.76 | 16.81 | not in the final of the eight best jumpers |
16.81 | ||
| 10 | Leevan Sands |
Bahamas
|
16.68 | x | 16.47 | 16.68 | |||
| 11 | Jonathan Drack |
Mauritius
|
x | 16.15 | 16.64 | 16.64 | |||
| 12 | Benjamin Compaoré |
France
|
x | x | 16.63 | 16.63 | |||
Olympic champion and again world champion after 2011 : Christian Taylor from the United States
Vice World Champion Pedro Pablo Ricardo, Cuba
Bronze medalist Nelson Évora from Portugal
The Romanian Marian Oprea came in sixth place
Ninth place for the South African Khotso Mokoena
Leevan Sands from the Bahamas came in tenth
Jonathan Track from Mauritius reached eleventh place
The French European champion Benjamin Compaoré Vicaut took twelfth place in the final
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Web links and sources
- Homepage of the 2015 World Championships, men's triple jump on the IAAF website , accessed on October 31, 2018
- Results of the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on October 31, 2018
- Reports on the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on October 31, 2018
Videos
- Triple jump men qualification Beijing 2015 on youtube.com, published August 26, 2015, accessed October 31, 2018
- 2015 Beijing - World Championship - Triple Jump - Men on youtube.com, published August 28, 2015, accessed October 31, 2018