1988 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Triple Jump (Men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | Triple jump | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 42 athletes from 31 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Seoul Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | September 23, 1988 (qualifying) September 24, 1988 (final) |
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The men's triple jump at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul was held on September 23 and 24, 1988 in two rounds in the Seoul Olympic Stadium. 42 athletes took part.
Olympic champion was the Bulgarian Christo Markow . He won ahead of Igor Lapschin and Alexander Kowalenko , both from the Soviet Union.
Athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany, the GDR, Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.
Current title holders
Olympic champion 1984 | Al Joyner ( USA ) | 17.26 m | Los Angeles 1984 |
World Champion | Christo Markow ( Bulgaria ) | 17.92 m | Rome 1987 |
European champion 1986 | 17.66 m | Stuttgart 1986 | |
Pan American champion 1987 | Mike Conley Sr. ( USA ) | 17.31 m | Indianapolis 1987 |
Central America and Caribbean Champion 1987 | Héctor Marquetti ( Cuba ) | 16.91 m | Caracas 1987 |
South America Champion 1987 | Jorge Luís da Silva ( Brazil ) | 16.24 m | São Paulo 1987 |
Asian champion 1987 | Park Young-jun ( South Korea ) | 16.37 m | Singapore 1987 |
African Champion 1988 | António Santos ( Angola ) | 16.43 m | Annaba 1988 |
Existing records
World record | 17.97 m | Willie Banks ( USA ) | Indianapolis , USA | June 16, 1985 |
Olympic record | 17.39 m | Viktor Saneyev ( Soviet Union ) | Mexico City Final , Mexico | 17th October 1968 |
qualification
Date: September 23, 1988
For the qualification the athletes were drawn into two groups. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 16.90 m. Since only four jumpers exceeded this distance (highlighted in light blue), the final field was filled with the next best jumpers from both groups to twelve starters (highlighted in light green). So finally 16.29 m was enough for the final.
Group A
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Expanse | annotation |
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1 | Alexander Kovalenko | Soviet Union | 17.24 m | - | - | 17.24 m | |
2 | Jacek Pastusiński | Poland | 16.66 m | - | - | 16.66 m | |
3 | Ivan Slanař | Czechoslovakia | 16.59 m | 16.45 m | - | 16.59 m | |
4th | Willie Banks | United States | 16.57 m | x | - | 16.57 m | |
5 | Joseph Taiwo | Nigeria | 16.42 m | 16.24 m | 16.34 m | 16.42 m | |
6th | Norifumi Yamashita | Japan | 16.27 m | x | 16.29 m | 16.29 m | |
7th | Vernon Samuels | Great Britain | 15.85 m | 16.28 m | 16.07 m | 16.28 m | |
8th | George Wright | Canada | 15.26 m | x | 16.09 m | 16.09 m | |
9 | Jonathan Edwards | Great Britain | 13.66 m | 15.66 m | 15.88 m | 15.88 m | |
10 | José Quiñaliza | Ecuador | 15.57 m | 15.86 m | 15.55 m | 15.86 m | |
11 | Frank Rutherford | Bahamas | x | 15.42 m | 15.84 m | 15.84 m | |
12 | Hui Fang Nai | Chinese Taipei | 15.74 m | 15.42 m | 15.49 m | 15.74 m | |
13 | Abdul Marzouk Al-Yoha | Kuwait | 15.62 m | 15.72 m | 15.60 m | 15.72 m | |
14th | Robert Cannon | United States | 14.33 m | 15.69 m | x | 15.69 m | |
15th | Lotfi Khaida | Algeria | 15.40 m | 14.07 m | 15.68 m | 15.68 m | |
16 | José Luis Leitão | Portugal | 15.51 m | 15.60 m | 15.47 m | 15.60 m | |
17th | Ernesto Torres | Puerto Rico | 15.44 m | 15.35 m | 15.59 m | 15.59 m | |
18th | Abcélvio Rodrigues | Brazil | 15.13 m | 14.77 m | 14.74 m | 15.13 m | |
19th | Lennox Adams | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 14.44 m | 14.73 m | 14.68 m | 14.73 m | |
20th | Paulo Noronha | Mozambique | 14.71 m | 14.35 m | 14.07 m | 14.71 m | |
21st | Devon Hyde | Belize | 13.59 m | - | 14.09 m | 14.09 m | |
DNS | Béla Bakosi | Hungary |
Group B
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Expanse | annotation |
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1 | Igor Lapschin | Soviet Union | 17.37 m | - | - | 17.37 m | |
2 | Oleg Prozenko | Soviet Union | 17.00 m | - | - | 17.00 m | |
3 | Christo Markow | Bulgaria | 16.49 m | 16.91 m | - | 16.91 m | |
4th | Norbert Elliott | Bahamas | 16.43 m | 16.33 m | x | 16.43 m | |
5 | Charles Simpkins | United States | 16.00 m | 16.27 m | 16.35 m | 16.35 m | |
6th | Didier Falise | Belgium | 16.19 m | x | 16.35 m | 16.35 m | |
7th | Chen Yanping | People's Republic of China | x | 16.25 m | x | 16.25 m | |
8th | Andrzej Grabarczyk | Poland | 16.18 m | 16.24 m | 16.24 m | 16.24 m | |
9 | John Herbert | Great Britain | 16.01 m | 16.17 m | 16.18 m | 16.18 m | |
10 | Francis Dodoo | Ghana | 15.79 m | x | 16.17 m | 16.17 m | |
11 | Edrick Floréal | Canada | 16.11 m | x | 14.57 m | 16.11 m | |
12 | Patterson Johnson | Bahamas | 15.85 m | 16.03 m | x | 16.03 m | |
13 | Marios Hadjiandreou | Cyprus | 15.89 m | 15.95 m | x | 15.95 m | |
14th | Jorge Luís da Silva | Brazil | 15.95 m | 15.63 m | 15.87 m | 15.95 m | |
15th | Park Young-jun | South Korea | 15.79 m | 15.79 m | 15.86 m | 15.86 m | |
16 | Ricardo Vallente | Peru | x | 15.54 m | 15.59 m | 15.59 m | |
17th | Brian Wellman | Bermuda | 15.07 m | 15.31 m | 15.47 m | 15.47 m | |
18th | Fathi Khalifa Aboud | Libya | 15.13 m | - | - | 15.13 m | |
19th | Haider Ali Shah | Pakistan | 14.88 m | 14.57 m | x | 14.88 m | |
20th | Toyi Simklina | Togo | 14.88 m | 14.57 m | x | 14.88 m | |
ogV | Milan Mikuláš | Czechoslovakia | x | x | x | without space | |
Antonio Santos | Angola | x | x | x | |||
DNS | James Browne | Antigua and Barbuda |
final
Date: September 24, 1988
Twelve athletes had qualified for the final, four of them had achieved the required qualification distance. All three athletes from the Soviet Union and two US jumpers were in the final, plus one participant each from the Bahamas, Belgium, Japan, Nigeria, Poland and Czechoslovakia.
The top favorite was the world and European champion Christo Markow from Bulgaria. World record holder Willie Banks from the USA was not in top form from 1985, the year he jumped the record. The three Soviet participants Alexander Kowalenko, Igor Lapschin and Oleg Prozenko were considered to be the real challengers for Markov.
Christo Markow achieved his best distance of 17.61 m in the first lap, which was a new Olympic record and earned him the gold medal. Kowalenko followed with 17.42 m ahead of Prozenko, who had reached 17.38 m. This ranking was maintained until the last round. With his last jump, Igor Lapschin reached 17.52 m. So he improved from fifth place on Prozenko and Kowalenko to second and won the silver medal. Bronze went to Alexander Kowalenko and Oleg Prozenko had to be content with fourth place despite his good width of 17.38 m. The US-American Charles Simpkins finished fifth and sixth with 17.29 m and world record holder Willie Banks with 17.03 m. These six athletes had passed the 17-meter mark.
Christo Markow was Bulgaria's first triple jump Olympic champion .
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Bottom line | annotation |
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1 | Christo Markow | Bulgaria | 17.61 m OR | x | 15.71 m | 17.54 m | x | 17.10 m | 17.61 m | OR |
2 | Igor Lapschin | Soviet Union | 16.75 m | 17.09 m | x | x | x | 17.52 m | 17.52 m | |
3 | Alexander Kovalenko | Soviet Union | 17.42 m | 17.40 m | x | x | - | x | 17.42 m | |
4th | Oleg Prozenko | Soviet Union | 17.38 m | x | x | 17.31 m | x | 16.61 m | 17.38 m | |
5 | Charles Simpkins | United States | 16.62 m | x | x | - | x | 17.29 m | 17.29 m | |
6th | Willie Banks | United States | x | 17.03 m | 16.90 m | - | 16.86 m | x | 17.03 m | |
7th | Ivan Slanař | Czechoslovakia | 16.58 m | 16.75 m | 16.59 m | x | x | 16.24 m | 16.75 m | |
8th | Jacek Pastusiński | Poland | 16.72 m | x | x | x | 16.50 m | 16.56 m | 16.72 m | |
9 | Joseph Taiwo | Nigeria | x | 16.46 m | 16.27 m | not in the final of the eight best jumpers |
16.46 m | |||
10 | Norbert Elliott | Bahamas | 16.19 m | x | 16.08 m | 16.19 m | ||||
11 | Didier Falise | Belgium | 16.06 m | x | 16.17 m | 16.17 m | ||||
12 | Norifumi Yamashita | Japan | 15.62 m | x | x | 15.62 m |
Web links
- SportsReference triple jump , accessed January 28, 2018
- Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , athletics results: p. 243f, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 28, 2018
Video
- Igor Lapshin 5:52 PM seoul olympics , published October 20, 2008 on youtube.com, accessed January 28, 2018
- kovalenko 17:42 seoul olympics , published October 20, 2008 on youtube.com, accessed January 28, 2018
- protsenko 17:38 seoul olympics , published October 20, 2008 on youtube.com, accessed January 28, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 678 , accessed on January 28, 2018
- ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , athletics results: p. 243f, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 28, 2018
- ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , athletics results: p. 244, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 28, 2018