2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump


The men's triple jump at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 16–18 August.
Qualifying three triple jumpers to the final, including top qualifier Teddy Tamgho, the No. 3 jumper of all time coming back from injury, No. 2 qualifier Yoann Rapinier and Gaëtan Saku Bafuanga Baya who squeaked in on a tie breaker, France looks to be the new triple jump power.
The first round revealed what would be the final order of finish for the first four jumpers, but not the final distances. Tamgho's first round jump of took the lead. In the second round Pedro Pablo Pichardo took the lead, putting one out to, just one centimeter short of his world lead. Will Claye bounced his best jump in the third round,. In the fourth round Tamgho equalled Pichardo with a, though with the earlier he held the tiebreaker. With two more rounds, would it be enough? Pichardo's in the fifth round was long but meaningless. In the final round, defending champion and reigning Olympic champion Christian Taylor made his best effort to get on the medal stand, but was only good enough for fourth place. With Pichardo holding the last attempt, Tamgho had to make sure. His world leader and personal best left no doubt. It increased his standing as the third best performer ever and moved him up as the third member of the 18-meter club. Pichardo's couldn't compete with that.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record18.29Göteborg, Sweden7 August 1995
Championship record18.29Göteborg, Sweden7 August 1995
World leading17.69La Habana, Cuba4 June 2013
African record17.37Khemisset, Morocco14 July 2007
Asian record17.59Jinan, People's Republic of China26 October 2009
North, Central American and Caribbean record18.09Atlanta, United States27 July 1996
South American record17.90Belém, Brazil20 May 2007
European record18.29Göteborg, Sweden7 August 1995
Oceanian record17.46London, Great Britain7 August 1982

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.05 or at least 12 best performers advanced to the final.
RankGroupNameNationalityNo. 1No. 2No. 3ResultNotes
1ATeddy Tamghox17.4117.41Q
2BYoann Rapinier16.7917.3917.39Q
3BChristian Taylor17.3617.36Q
4AWill Claye16.8117.0817.08Q
5BPedro Pablo Pichardo17.0617.06Q
6ADong Binxx16.9816.98q
7AMarian Oprea16.91xx16.91q
8BSamyr Laine16.8716.5416.87q
9BFabrizio Schembri16.5716.8316.83q
10BAleksey Fedorovx15.9816.8316.83q
11BDimitrios Tsiamis16.6916.0616.4716.69q
12AGaëtan Saku Bafuanga Baya16.6316.3715.9116.63q
13ARenjith Maheshwary16.0816.6316.2816.63
14BViktor Kuznyetsov16.5016.60x16.60
15AFabrizio Donatox16.2016.5316.53
16AJefferson Sabinox16.4916.0516.49
17BRoman Valiyev16.3416.4315.9716.43
18BOmar Craddock14.9116.1816.4016.40
19AZlatozar Atanasov16.1616.0416.2116.21
20BJonathan Drackx14.8915.5415.54
ADaniele Greco–––'
ATosin Oke'

Final

The final was started at 16:45.
RankNameNationalityNo. 1No. 2No. 3No. 4No. 5No. 6ResultNotes
Teddy Tamgho17.65xx17.68x18.0418.04WL
Pedro Pablo Pichardo17.3817.68x17.2217.5216.9817.68
Will Claye17.1917.3317.5217.3816.9417.4617.52SB
Christian Taylor16.99x16.4916.6917.1317.2017.20
Aleksey Fedorov16.3416.90x16.79x16.4216.90
Marian Oprea16.82x16.59xxx16.82
Gaëtan Saku Bafuanga Baya16.6416.7915.9716.7016.6416.2416.79
Fabrizio Schembrix16.6116.74x16.00x16.74
Dong Binx16.6516.7316.73
10Dimitrios Tsiamis16.66x16.3816.66
11Samyr Lainex16.09x16.09
12Yoann Rapinier13.98x15.1715.17