Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 18–21 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.
The qualifying standards were 17.10 m and 16.80 m .
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Results
Qualifying round
Qualifying Performance 17.10 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Phillips Idowu | 17.44 ' | 17.44 | Q | |||
| 2 | A | Nelson Évora | 17.34 ' | 17.34 | Q, SB | |||
| 3 | B | Li Yanxi | 16.93 ' | 16.83 ' | 17.30 ' | 17.30 | Q, PB | |
| 4 | A | Arnie David Giralt | 17.30 ' | 17.30 | Q | |||
| 5 | B | Leevan Sands | 17.25 ' | 17.25 | Q | |||
| 6 | A | Igor Spasovkhodskiy | 16.79 ' | 16.85 ' | 17.23 ' | 17.23 | Q | |
| 7 | B | Onochie Achike | 17.18 ' | 17.18 | Q | |||
| 8 | A | Marian Oprea | 16.99 ' | 17.17 ' | 17.17 | Q | ||
| 9 | A | Jadel Gregório | 17.15 ' | 17.15 | Q | |||
| 10 | B | Héctor Dairo Fuentes | 16.73 ' | 16.42 ' | 17.14 ' | 17.14 | Q | |
| 11 | B | Momchil Karailiev | 17.06 ' | 17.12 ' | 17.12 | Q | ||
| 12 | A | Viktor Kuznyetsov | 16.70 ' | 17.11 ' | 17.11 | Q | ||
| 13 | A | Alexis Copello | 17.09 ' | 16.92 ' | 17.09 | |||
| 14 | A | Dmitrij Valukevic | 16.86 ' | 17.08 ' | 17.08 | |||
| 15 | B | Randy Lewis | 17.06 ' | 17.06 | ||||
| 16 | B | Mykola Savolaynen | 17.00 ' | 16.55 ' | 16.29 ' | 17.00 | SB | |
| 17 | B | Aleksandr Petrenko | 16.84 ' | 16.97 ' | 16.74 ' | 16.97 | ||
| 18 | A | Kim Deok-Hyeon | 16.68 ' | 14.68 ' | 16.88 ' | 16.88 | ||
| 19 | A | Rafeeq Curry | 16.23 ' | 16.88 ' | 16.88 | |||
| 20 | B | Nathan Douglas | 16.45 ' | 16.68 ' | 16.72 ' | 16.72 | ||
| 21 | A | Fabrizio Donato | 16.10 ' | 16.70 ' | 16.70 | |||
| 22 | B | Danil Burkenya | 16.44 ' | 16.69 ' | 15.65 ' | 16.69 | ||
| 23 | B | Dimitrios Tsiamis | 16.37 ' | 16.65 ' | 16.48 ' | 16.65 | ||
| 24 | B | Vladimir Letnicov | 16.62 ' | 16.62 | ||||
| 25 | A | Kenta Bell | 16.55 ' | 16.17 ' | 16.55 | |||
| 26 | B | Viktor Yastrebov | 16.52 ' | 16.52 | ||||
| 27 | A | Dzmitry Platnitski | 16.51 ' | 16.51 | ||||
| 28 | A | Jefferson Sabino | 16.12 ' | 16.45 ' | 16.45 | |||
| 29 | B | Colomba Fofana | 16.42 ' | 15.47 ' | 16.42 | |||
| 30 | A | Roman Valiyev | 16.20 ' | 15.93 ' | 16.20 | |||
| 31 | A | Ibrahim Mohamdein Aboubaker | 16.03 ' | 16.02 ' | 15.90 ' | 16.03 | ||
| 32 | B | Hugo Mamba-Schlick | 16.01 ' | 14.98 ' | 16.01 | |||
| 33 | B | Aarik Wilson | 15.51 ' | 15.97 ' | 15.97 | |||
| 34 | B | Gu Junjie | 15.94 ' | 15.87 ' | 15.94 | |||
| 35 | B | Renjith Maheshwary | 15.77 ' | 15.51 ' | 15.77 | |||
| 36 | A | Zhong Minwei | 15.59 ' | 14.91 ' | 15.59 | |||
| 37 | A | Redzep Selman | 14.98 ' | 15.29 ' | 15.28 ' | 15.29 | ||
| B | Ndiss Kaba Badji | - | ' | |||||
| B | Tarik Bouguetaïb |