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Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

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The final of the men's triple jump event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain was held on August 3, 1992. There were 47 participating athletes from 32 nations, with two qualifying groups. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. Mike Conley Sr. set a new Olympic record with 17.63 m. He also jumped 18.17 m which would also improve the standing world record, but this jump had wind assistance 2.1 m/s. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 17.00 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held on August 1, 1992.[1] Conley's gold was the United States's fifth victory in the men's triple jump, surpassing the Soviet Union's four. Conley was the 11th man to win two medals in the event, and the first to do so in non-consecutive Games. Frank Rutherford's bronze was the first medal for the Bahamas in the event.

Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuesEstadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
DatesAugust 1, 1992 (1992-08-01) (qualifying)
August 3, 1992 (1992-08-03) (final)
Competitors47 from 32 nations
Winning distance18.17
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mike Conley Sr.
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Charles Simpkins
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Frank Rutherford
 Bahamas
← 1988
1996 →
Official Video Highlights
@ 12:30

Background edit

This was the 22nd appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1988 Games were gold medalist Khristo Markov of Bulgaria, bronze medalist Aleksandr Kovalenko of the Soviet Union/Unified Team, fifth-place finisher Charles Simpkins of the United States, tenth-place finisher Norbert Elliott of the Bahamas, and twelfth-place finisher Norifumi Yamashita of Japan. American Mike Conley Sr., silver medalist in 1984 but who had not made the team in 1988, returned and was favored. Leonid Voloshin, on the Unified Team, was the biggest challenger.[2]

Barbados, Honduras, Israel, Latvia, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe each made their first appearance in the event; some former Soviet republics appeared as the Unified Team. The United States competed for the 21st time, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format edit

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936. In the qualifying round, each jumper received three attempts to reach the qualifying distance of 17.00 metres; if fewer than 12 men did so, the top 12 (including all those tied) would advance. In the final round, each athlete had three jumps; the top eight received an additional three jumps, with the best of the six to count.[2][3]

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Willie Banks (USA) 17.97 Indianapolis, United States 16 June 1985
Olympic record   Khristo Markov (BUL) 17.61 Seoul, South Korea 24 September 1988

Mike Conley Sr. broke the Olympic record with a jump of 17.63 metres in the second round of the final. In the sixth round, he jumped 18.17 metres, which would have been a new world record, but the 2.1 metres per second wind assistance was just slightly over the limit of 2.0 metres per second required for record consideration.

The following national records were set during the competition:

Nation Athlete Round Distance
  Kuwait Marsoq Al-Yoha Qualifying 16.75
  Swaziland Sydney Mdluli Qualifying 16.18

Schedule edit

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 1 August 1992 18:00 Qualifying
Monday, 3 August 1992 19:30 Final

Results edit

Qualifying edit

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 Pierre Camara   France X 16.58 17.34 17.34 Q
2 Frank Rutherford   Bahamas X 16.96 17.28 17.28 Q
3 Mike Conley Sr.   United States 17.23 — — 17.23 Q
4 Yoelvis Quesada   Cuba 16.93 16.90 17.21 17.21 Q
5 Leonid Voloshin   Unified Team 17.21 — — 17.21 Q
6 Brian Wellman   Bermuda 16.26 16.69 17.16 17.16 Q
7 Charles Simpkins   United States 16.41 16.59 17.05 17.05 Q
8 Zou Sixin   China 17.07 — — 17.07 Q
9 Māris Bružiks   Latvia 16.94 X X 16.94 q
10 Aleksandr Kovalenko   Unified Team X 16.93 X 16.93 q
11 Eugeniusz Bedeniczuk   Poland X 16.92 X 16.92 q
12 Vasiliy Sokov   Unified Team 16.91 13.52 X 16.91 q
13 Ralf Jaros   Germany 16.89 X X 16.89
14 Toussaint Rabenala   Madagascar 16.45 16.58 16.84 16.84
15 Milan Mikuláš   Czechoslovakia X X 16.82 16.82
16 Marsoq Al-Yoha   Kuwait 16.44 16.75 X 16.75 NR
17 Wendell Lawrence   Bahamas 14.57 16.53 16.70 16.70
18 Francis Agyepong   Great Britain X 16.55 X 16.55
19 Georges Sainte-Rose   France 16.25 16.50 16.17 16.50
20 Serge Hélan   France 16.27 16.23 16.47 16.47
21 Khristo Markov   Bulgaria X X 16.46 16.46
22 Paul Nioze   Seychelles 16.32 15.86 15.66 16.32
23 Lotfi Khaïda   Algeria 16.31 16.30 X 16.31
24 Rogel Nachum   Israel 16.13 16.23 — 16.23
25 John Tillman   United States 16.22 X X 16.22
26 Julian Golley   Great Britain 16.16 16.18 X 16.18
27 Sydney Mdluli   Swaziland 15.78 16.07 16.18 16.18 NR
28 Santiago Moreno   Spain 15.71 16.04 16.04 16.04
29 Anísio Silva   Brazil 16.03 X X 16.03
30 Norifumi Yamashita   Japan X 15.51 15.97 15.97
31 Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa   Zimbabwe X X 15.96 15.96
32 Alvin Haynes   Barbados X 15.93 15.64 15.93
33 Norbert Elliot   Bahamas X X 15.85 15.85
34 Andrzej Grabarczyk   Poland X 15.79 15.52 15.79
35 Jonathan Edwards   Great Britain X 15.76 15.06 15.76
36 Chen Yanping   China 15.66 15.48 X 15.66
37 Tord Henriksson   Sweden 14.48 15.30 15.66 15.66
38 Jorge Luis Teixeira   Brazil 15.64 15.50 X 15.64
39 Marios Hadjiandreou   Cyprus 15.64 15.32 — 15.64
40 António Dias dos Santos   Angola 15.48 15.41 15.38 15.48
41 Banarus Muhammad Khan   Pakistan X X 15.37 15.37
42 Luis Flores   Honduras 15.08 13.88 14.52 15.08
43 Nikolay Raev   Bulgaria X 14.67 — 14.67
44 Elston Shaw   Belize X 13.13 13.56 13.56
— Oral Ogilvie   Canada X X X No mark
Galin Georgiev   Bulgaria X X — No mark
Francis Dodoo   Ghana X — — No mark

Final edit

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
  Mike Conley Sr.   United States 16.82 17.63 OR 17.19 17.54 X 18.17(w) 18.17 OR
  Charles Simpkins   United States 16.87 16.66 X 16.74 17.29 17.60 17.60
  Frank Rutherford   Bahamas 16.75 17.36 17.36 17.16 16.33 X 17.36
4 Leonid Voloshin   Unified Team 17.32 17.24 X X 17.32 16.82 17.32
5 Brian Wellman   Bermuda 16.98 17.24 16.99 X X X 17.24
6 Yoelbi Quesada   Cuba 17.15 16.75 17.05 X 17.04 17.18 17.18
7 Aleksandr Kovalenko   Unified Team 16.84 16.92 X 16.78 17.06 X 17.06
8 Zou Sixin   China X 17.00 X X — — 17.00
9 Vasiliy Sokov   Unified Team 16.86 15.84 X Did not advance 16.86
10 Māris Bružiks   Latvia 16.56 X 16.80 Did not advance 16.80
11 Pierre Camara   France 16.52 X 14.48 Did not advance 16.52
12 Eugeniusz Bedeniczuk   Poland 16.23 X 16.15 Did not advance 16.23

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Triple Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 5, p. 50.

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