Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

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The Men's Triple Jump event at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium.

The triple jump has been ever present since the beginning of the modern Olympic Games in 1896.

The top twelve athletes from the three jumps in qualifying progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with another three jumps. After these the top eight athletes carry their record forward and then have a further three attempts to decide the gold medalist.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Christian Olsson
Sweden (SWE)
Silver  Marian Oprea
Romania (ROM)
Bronze  Danil Burkenya
Russia (RUS)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
20.08.2004 – 09:55h 20.08.2004 – 09:55h
Final Round
22.08.2004 – 20:10h

Abbreviations

Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
OR Olympic record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics
World Record  Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 18.29 m August 7, 1995 Goteborg, Sweden
Olympic Record  Kenny Harrison (USA) 18.09 m July 27, 1996 Atlanta, United States

Qualifying

To qualify automatically athletes needed to jump 17 metres. As only nine competitors achieved this the three jumpers with the longest jumps not over this mark also progressed through to the final on August 22. All distances shown are in metres.
Q denotes automatic qualification.
q denotes fastest losers.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
NR denotes national record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes season best.
medallists in bold

Group A

August 20, 09:55

Rank Name Nation Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Best
1 Christian Olsson Q Sweden 17.68 Q Q 17.68
2 Phillips Idowu Q Great Britain 17.33 Q Q 17.33
3 Danil Burkenya Q Russia 16.77 16.91 17.08 17.08
4 Hristos Meletoglou Q Greece 16.75 16.50 17.08 17.08 SB
5 Yoelbi Quesada Q Cuba 16.89 X 17.01 17.01
6 Walter Davis q United States 16.28 14.77 16.94 16.94
7 Julien Kapek q France 16.67 X 16.91 16.91
8 Andrew Murphy Australia 16.59 16.82 X 16.82
9 Ibrahim Babikir I Mohamdein Qatar 15.98 16.37 16.71 16.71
10 Andrew Owusu Great Britain 15.85 X 16.64 16.64 SB
11 Mykola Savolaynen Ukraine 16.56 16.48 15.57 16.56
12 Ivaylo Rusenov Bulgaria 16.39 X X 16.39
13 Peter Tolgyesi Hungary 16.33 15.74 16.36 16.36
14 Leevan Sands Bahamas X X 16.35 16.34
15 Randy Lewis Grenada X X 16.33 16.33
16 Aleksandr Glavatskiy Belarus 16.18 15.73 X 16.18
17 Le Juan Simon Trinidad and Tobago X 14.75 16.16 16.16
18 Olivier Sanou Burkina Faso X 15.67 X 15.67
19 Armen Martirosyan Armenia 15.05 X X 15.05
Charles Michael Friedek Germany X - - NM
Vitaliy Moskalenko Russia X X X NM
Berk Tuna Turkey X X - NM
Roman Valiyev Kazakhstan X X X NM
Sergey Bochkov Azerbaijan DNS

Group B

Rank Name Nation Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Best
1 Yoandri Betanzos Q Cuba 17.53 Q Q 17.53 PB
2 Marian Oprea Q Romania 17.44 Q Q 17.44
3 Jadel Gregorio Q Brazil 17.20 Q Q 17.20
4 Viktor Gushchinskiy Q Russia 16.71 X 17.17 17.17
5 Kenta Bell q United States 16.77 16.82 16.98 16.98
6 Nathan Douglas Great Britain 16.84 X X 16.84
7 Yanxi Li China X 16.70 16.74 16.74
8 Arnie David Giralt Cuba X 16.63 16.70 16.70
9 Melvin Lister United States 16.62 X 16.64 16.64
10 Fabrizio Donato Italy 16.16 16.45 16.34 16.45
11 Momchil Karailiev Bulgaria X 16.45 X 16.45
12 Viktor Yastrebov Ukraine 16.43 16.32 X 16.43
13 Mohammad Hazzory Syria 16.37 X 16.14 16.37
14 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena South Africa 16.23 16.32 X 16.32
15 Dmitriy Valyukevich Belarus X X 16.32 16.32
16 Andreas Pohle Germany X 16.29 16.23 16.29
17 Vladimir Letnicov Moldova X 15.88 16.25 16.25
18 Lauri Leis Estonia X 16.06 16.18 16.18
19 Salem Mouled Al-Ahmadi Saudi Arabia 16.16 16.03 X 16.16
20 Bostjan Simunic Slovenia X X 16.07 16.07
21 Takanori Sugibayashi Japan 15.38 16.00 15.95 16.00
22 Park Hyung-Jun South Korea X 15.84 X 15.84
23 Nelson Évora Portugal 15.72 X X 15.72
24 Karl Taillepierre France 15.50 X X 15.50

Final Line Up

August 22, 20:10

Rank Name Nation Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Rd. 47 Rd. 5 Rd. 6 Best
1 Christian Olsson Sweden 17.69 17.79 17.69 16.82 17.58 X 17.79 NR
2 Marian Oprea Romania 17.55 X 17.47 17.34 X 17.38 17.55 SB
3 Danil Burkenya Russia 16.99 16.68 16.16 17.45 17.48 17.47 17.48
4 Yoandri Betanzos Cuba X 17.47 X X 17.24 X 17.47
5 Jadel Gregorio Brazil 17.22 17.27 15.97 X 16.82 17.31 17.31
6 Hristos Meletoglou Greece 17.13 X 17.10 17.05 16.65 17.06 17.13 SB
7 Viktor Gushchinskiy Russia X X 17.11 16.27 16.95 X 17.11
8 Yoelbi Quesada Cuba 16.93 X 16.96 DNQ 16.96
9 Kenta Bell United States 16.90 X 16.39 DNQ 16.90
10 Julien Kapek France X 16.79 16.81 DNQ 16.81
11 Walter Davis United States 16.78 16.65 16.59 DNQ 16.78
12 Phillips Idowu Great Britain X X X DNQ X

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