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

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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
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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.

Background

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Qualifying

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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

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mike Conley Sr.  United States 16.82 17.63 OR 17.19 17.54 X 18.17(w) 18.17 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Charles Simpkins  United States 16.87 16.66 X 16.74 17.29 17.60 17.60
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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References

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  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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