2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

The Men's triple jump event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 2 and 4.

American Christian Taylor beat the defending champion Phillips Idowu.
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Seven made the automatic qualifying mark. The eventual winner was not one of them, barely qualifying with the 9th best mark.

Favorite Phillips Idowu led through the first three rounds as Will Claye failed to make a legal jump through the first two rounds, waited until his third jump to jump 17.50, to not only qualify for his final three jumps but to move into second place. In the fourth round, unheralded American collegian Christian Taylor popped 17.96, the number ten all time jump to blast into the lead. Idowu jumped 17.77 in his fourth attempt but was unable to improve upon that.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Christian Taylor
  United States (USA)
Phillips Idowu
  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
Will Claye
  United States (USA)

Records

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Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

World record   Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 18.29 Gothenburg, Sweden 7 August 1995
Championship record   Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 18.29 Gothenburg, Sweden 7 August 1995
World leading   Teddy Tamgho (FRA) 17.91 Lausanne, Switzerland 30 June 2011
African record   Tarik Bouguetaïb (MAR) 17.37 Khemisset, Morocco 14 July 2007
Asian record   Li Yanxi (CHN) 17.59 Jinan, China 26 October 2009
North, Central American and Caribbean record   Kenny Harrison (USA) 18.09 Atlanta, United States 27 July 1996
South American record   Jadel Gregório (BRA) 17.90 Belém, Brazil 20 May 2007
European record   Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 18.29 Gothenburg, Sweden 7 August 1995
Oceanian record   Ken Lorraway (AUS) 17.46 London, United Kingdom 7 August 1982

Qualification standards

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A standard B standard
17.10 16.85

Schedule

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Date Time Round
September 2, 2011 10:30 Qualification
September 4, 2011 19:05 Final

Results

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Qualification

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Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 B Alexis Copello   Cuba (CUB) 17.06 17.31 17.31 Q
2 B Nelson Évora   Portugal (POR) 17.05 17.20 17.20 Q
3 A Will Claye   United States (USA) x 17.19 17.19 Q
4 A Phillips Idowu   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 17.17 17.17 Q
5 B Christian Olsson   Sweden (SWE) 16.55 17.16 17.16 Q
6 A Leevan Sands   Bahamas (BAH) 17.13 17.13 Q, SB
7 A Benjamin Compaoré   France (FRA) 17.11 17.11 Q
8 B Yoandri Betanzos   Cuba (CUB) 17.01 13.66 - 17.01 q
9 A Christian Taylor   United States (USA) x 16.99 16.81 16.99 q
10 B Fabrizio Donato   Italy (ITA) 16.55 16.70 16.88 16.88 q
11 B Henry Frayne   Australia (AUS) 16.54 16.83 16.64 16.83 q
12 A Şeref Osmanoğlu   Ukraine (UKR) 16.81 x 16.73 16.81 q
13 A Arnie David Giralt   Cuba (CUB) 16.74 16.68 16.17 16.74
14 A Fabrizio Schembri   Italy (ITA) 16.71 16.28 16.63 16.71
15 B Marian Oprea   Romania (ROM) x 16.61 16.19 16.61
16 B Tosin Oke   Nigeria (NGR) x 16.50 16.60 16.60
17 B Jefferson Sabino   Brazil (BRA) 16.18 15.91 16.51 16.51
18 A Aleksey Fyodorov   Russia (RUS) 15.84 16.42 16.26 16.42
19 A Samyr Lainé   Haiti (HAI) 16.38 15.83 16.30 16.38
20 A Li Yanxi   China (CHN) 15.68 16.28 15.42 16.28
21 B Hugo Mamba-Schlick   Cameroon (CMR) 15.66 15.93 16.15 16.15
22 B Anders Møller   Denmark (DEN) 16.14 14.07 x 16.14
23 B Walter Davis   United States (USA) 15.28 13.90 16.12 16.12
24 A Wilbert Walker   Jamaica (JAM) 15.66 14.50 15.97 15.97
25 B Yevhen Semenenko   Ukraine (UKR) x 15.72 15.96 15.96
26 B Maximiliano Díaz   Argentina (ARG) 15.91 15.65 x 15.91
A Sief El Islem Temacini   Algeria (ALG) x x x NM
A Renjith Maheshwary   India (IND) x x x NM
A Kim Deok-hyeon   South Korea (KOR) x x x NM
A Tumelo Thagane   South Africa (RSA) x x x NM
B Yevgeniy Ektov   Kazakhstan (KAZ) x x x NM

Final

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Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
  Christian Taylor   United States (USA) x 17.04 17.40 17.96 15.64 17.96 WL, PB
  Phillips Idowu   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 17.56 17.38 17.70 17.77 17.48 17.49 17.77 SB
  Will Claye   United States (USA) x x 17.50 17.30 17.14 17.50 PB
4 Alexis Copello   Cuba (CUB) x 17.19 x 17.36 17.47 16.11 17.47
5 Nelson Évora   Portugal (POR) 17.35 16.80 16.63 16.18 16.57 16.95 17.35 SB
6 Christian Olsson   Sweden (SWE) 17.23 16.80 17.22 16.75 17.23
7 Leevan Sands   Bahamas (BAH) 16.81 x 17.07 17.12 17.21 16.59 17.21
8 Benjamin Compaoré   France (FRA) x 17.04 17.17 x 16.99 x 17.17
9 Henry Frayne   Australia (AUS) 16.45 16.78 16.60 16.78
10 Fabrizio Donato   Italy (ITA) 16.77 x x 16.77
11 Yoandri Betanzos   Cuba (CUB) 14.93 16.22 16.67 16.67
12 Şeref Osmanoğlu   Ukraine (UKR) 16.29 x 16.38 16.38

References

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