1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Triple Jump (Men)

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Olympic rings
Olympic Torch Tower of the Los Angeles Coliseum.jpg
sport athletics
discipline Triple jump
gender Men
Attendees 28 athletes from 21 countries
Competition location Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Competition phase August 3, 1984 (qualifying)
August 4, 1984 (final)
Medalist
gold medal Al Joyner ( USA ) United StatesUnited States 
Silver medal Mike Conley Sr. ( USA ) United StatesUnited States 
Bronze medal Keith Connor ( GBR ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

The men's triple jump at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles was held on August 3rd and 4th, 1984 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum . 28 athletes took part.

The American Al Joyner , who won ahead of his compatriot Mike Conley Sr. , became Olympic champion . Bronze went to the Briton Keith Connor .

Peter Bouschen and Ralf Jaros competed for the Federal Republic of Germany. Jaros failed in the qualification. Bouschen reached the final and was fifth there.

Jumpers from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part. Athletes from the GDR were also not there because of the Olympic boycott.

Current title holders

Olympic champion Jaak Uudmäe ( Soviet Union ) Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union  17.35 m Moscow 1980
World Champion 1980 Zdzisław Hoffmann ( Poland ) PolandPoland  17.42 m Helsinki 1983
European Champion 1982 Keith Connor ( Great Britain ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom  17.29 m Athens 1982
Pan American Champion 1983 Jorge Reyna ( Cuba ) CubaCuba  17.05 m Caracas 1983
Central America and Caribbean Champion 1983 16.95 m Havana 1983
South America Champion 1983 Francisco Pichott ( Chile ) ChileChile  15.64 m Santa Fe 1983
Asian champion 1983 Mai Guoqiang ( People's Republic of China ) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  16.25 m Kuwait City 1983
African champions 1982 Mamadou Diallo ( Senegal ) SenegalSenegal  16.23 m Cairo 1982

Existing records

World record 17.89 m João Carlos de Oliveira ( Brazil ) Brazil 1968Brazil  Mexico City , Mexico 15th October 1975
Olympic record 17.39 min Viktor Saneyev ( Soviet Union ) Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union  Mexico City Final , Mexico 17th October 1968

qualification

The American Willie Banks came in sixth

Date: August 3, 1984

For the qualification, the athletes were drawn into two groups. The qualification distance for direct entry into the final was 16.60 m. Since only eight jumpers reached this distance, the final field was filled with the next best jumpers from both groups, the so-called lucky losers , to twelve participants. So 16.18 m was enough for the final. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Group A

space Surname nation 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt Expanse annotation
1 Mike Conley Sr. United StatesUnited States United States 17.36 m - - 17.36 m
2 Eric McCalla United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 17.01 m - - 17.01 m
3 Al Joyner United StatesUnited States United States 16.30 m 16.45 m 16.85 m 16.85 m
4th Peter Bouschen Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany x 15.64 m 16.40 m 16.40 m
5 Mamadou Diallo SenegalSenegal Senegal x 15.91 m 16.18 m 16.18 m
6th Stephen Hanna BahamasBahamas Bahamas 16.02 m 16.14 m 15.00 m 16.14 m
7th Dario Badinelli ItalyItaly Italy 16.13 m 16.11 m 15.98 m 16.13 m
8th Thomas Eriksson SwedenSweden Sweden 15.97 m x 14.99 m 15.97 m
9 Ken Lorraway AustraliaAustralia Australia 15.26 m 15.92 m x 15.92 m
10 Moses Kiyai KenyaKenya Kenya 15.83 m 15.90 m x 15.90 m
11 Paul Emordi NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 15.57 m x 15.88 m 15.88 m
12 Yasushi Ueta JapanJapan Japan 15.64 m x 15.66 m 15.66 m
13 Abdoulaye Traoré MaliMali Mali 15.32 m 14.95 m 14.98 m 15.32 m
14th Oscar Diesel Paraguay 1954Paraguay Paraguay 13.88 m 14.12 m 14.19 m 14.19 m

Group B

space Surname nation 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt Expanse annotation
1 Ajayi Agbebaku NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 16.93 m - - 16.93 m
2 Zou Zhenxian China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 16.27 m 16.68 m - 16.68 m
3 John Herbert United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 16.64 m - - 16.64 m
4th Joseph Taiwo NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 16.38 m 16.61 m - 16.61 m
5 Keith Connor United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 16.60 m - - 16.60 m
6th Willie Banks United StatesUnited States United States x 16.12 m 16.59 m 16.59 m
7th Hassan Ahmed Badra Egypt 1972Egypt Egypt 15.72 m 16.48 m x 16.48 m
8th Dimitrios Mikhas GreeceGreece Greece 16.01 m 16.15 m x 16.15 m
9 Abcélvio Rodrigues Brazil 1968Brazil Brazil 16.12 m 15.86 m 15.14 m 16.12 m
10 Ralf Jaros Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany x x 16.02 m 16.02 m
11 Francis Dodoo GhanaGhana Ghana 15.55 m 15.29 m 14.99 m 15.55 m
12 Park Yeong-jun Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 15.54 m x x 15.54 m
13 Denou Koffi TogoTogo Togo 14.44 m x x 14.44 m
14th Ernest Tché-Noubossie CameroonCameroon Cameroon 14.36 m 14.39 m x 14.39 m
DNS Ángel Carlos Gagliano ArgentinaArgentina Argentina

final

Date: August 4, 1984

Twelve jumpers had qualified for the final. Eight of them had made the required qualification distance, the field was filled with the next best jumpers from both groups. Three Americans and three Brits each made progress. Two Nigerians had also qualified. There was also one jumper each from the Federal Republic of Germany, China, Senegal and Egypt. Each participant initially had three attempts. The best eight athletes were then able to complete three more jumps.

From the boycott states, the absence of the Polish world champion Zdzisław Hoffmann restricted the value of this competition. The favorites included the three US athletes Mike Conley Sr., Vice World Champion Willie Banks and Al Joyner as well as the World Cup third Ajayi Agbebaku from Nigeria.

In the final, Joyner took the lead in the first attempt with 17.26 m. Behind him, Conley placed 35 centimeters behind the Chinese Zou Zhenxian. In the second round, the Briton Keith Connor moved up to third place, in lap three Conley came within eight centimeters of Joyner.

There was a special feature in the final of the eight best athletes after the third attempt. Seventh-placed Agbebaku sustained an injury in his second jump and had to abandon the competition. He stayed in seventh place in the standings, while the British Eric McCalla took his place in the finals as the current ninth. In the further course nothing changed in the first seven places in the ranking. Only McCalla could improve and move up from ninth to eighth place.

Only two athletes exceeded the 17-meter mark. Six jumpers succeeded in doing this at the previous World Championships. Since 1968 all Olympic champions had jumped further than the gold medalist here in Los Angeles .

space Surname nation 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt 4th attempt 5th attempt 6th attempt Bottom line annotation
1 Al Joyner United StatesUnited States United States 17.26 m 17.04 m 16.83 m - 16.94 m 17.04 m 17.26 m
2 Mike Conley Sr. United StatesUnited States United States 16.91 m x 17.18 m x x x 17.18 m
3 Keith Connor United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 16.72 m 16.87 m x 16.63 m 16.67 m 16.81 m 16.87 m
4th Zou Zhenxian China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 16.83 m 16.71 m 16.16 m x 16.33 m 16.40 m 16.83 m
5 Peter Bouschen Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 16.04 m 16.77 m 16.38 m 16.58 m 16.28 m 16.75 m 16.77 m
6th Willie Banks United StatesUnited States United States 16.23 m 16.75 m x x 16.33 m 16.51 m 16.75 m
7th Ajayi Agbebaku NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 14.84 m 16.67 m - - - - 16.67 m
8th Eric McCalla United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 16.64 m 15.89 m 15.89 m - x 16.66 m 16.66 m
9 Joseph Taiwo NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 16.36 m 16.64 m 16.61 m 16.12 m 16.57 m 16.32 m 16.64 m
10 John Herbert United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 16.35 m 16.05 m 16.40 m not in the final of the
eight best jumpers
16.40 m
11 Hassan Ahmed Badra Egypt 1972Egypt Egypt 15.52 m 15.74 m 16.07 m 16.07 m
12 Mamadou Diallo SenegalSenegal Senegal 15.99 m 15.69 m - 15.99 m

literature

Web links

Video

Individual evidence

  1. ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 678 , accessed on January 12, 2018
  2. a b Los Angeles 1984 Official Report, 3, Results of the Games , p. 287, English / French (PDF, 11 MB), accessed on January 12, 2018
  3. 1984 Olympic Games Men's Triple Jump , published August 18, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed January 12, 2018