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

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Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates20–22 August
Competitors47 from 35 nations
Winning distance17.79
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Christian Olsson
 Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marian Oprea
 Romania
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Danil Burkenya
 Russia
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The men's triple jump competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20–22 August.[1] Forty-seven athletes from 35 nations competed.[2] The event was won by Christian Olsson of Sweden, the nation's first victory in the event since 1948 and third overall. Marian Oprea won Romania's first men's triple jump medal with his silver. Russia earned bronze for the second consecutive Games, this time with Danil Burkenya taking the medal.

Background[edit]

This was the 25th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 2000 Games were fourth-place finisher Yoelbi Quesada of Cuba, sixth-place finisher Phillips Idowu of Great Britain, tenth-place finisher Andrew Murphy of Australia, eleventh-place finisher Walter Davis of the United States, and twelfth-place finisher Charles Friedek of Germany. Christian Olsson of Sweden was the reigning (2003) world champion and had also finished second in 2001; he was the favorite.[2]

Belarus, Burkina Faso, Estonia, Grenada, Moldova, Qatar, Slovenia, Syria, and Trinidad and Tobago each made their first appearance in the event. The United States competed for the 24th time, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification[edit]

The qualification period for Athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's triple jump, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had jumped 16.95 metres or further during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had jumped 16.55 metres or further could be entered.[3]

Competition format[edit]

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete jumped three times (stopping early if they made the qualifying distance). At least the top twelve athletes moved on to the final; if more than twelve reached the qualifying distance, all who did so advanced. Distances were reset for the final round. Finalists jumped three times, after which the eight best jumped three more times (with the best distance of the six jumps counted).[4]

Records[edit]

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

World record  Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 18.29 Gothenburg, Sweden 7 August 1995
Olympic record  Kenny Harrison (USA) 18.09 Atlanta, United States 27 July 1996

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition. The following national records were set during the competition:

Nation Athlete Round Distance
 Sweden Christian Olsson Final 17.79

Schedule[edit]

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Friday, 20 August 2004 09:55 Qualifying
Sunday, 22 August 2004 20:10 Final

Results[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

Rule: Qualifying standard 17.00 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank Group Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 A Christian Olsson  Sweden 17.68 — — 17.68 Q
2 B Yoandri Betanzos  Cuba 17.53 — — 17.53 Q, PB
3 B Marian Oprea  Romania 17.44 — — 17.44 Q
4 A Phillips Idowu  Great Britain 17.33 — — 17.33 Q
5 B Jadel Gregório  Brazil 17.20 — — 17.20 Q
6 B Viktor Gushchinskiy  Russia 16.71 — 17.17 17.17 Q
7 A Danil Burkenya  Russia 16.77 16.91 17.08 17.08 Q
8 A Hristos Meletoglou  Greece 16.75 16.50 17.06 17.06 Q, SB
9 A Yoelbi Quesada  Cuba 16.89 X 17.01 17.01 Q
10 B Kenta Bell  United States 16.77 16.82 16.98 16.98 q
11 A Walter Davis  United States 16.28 14.77 16.94 16.94 q
12 A Julien Kapek  France 16.67 X 16.91 16.91 q
13 B Nathan Douglas  Great Britain 16.84 X X 16.84
14 A Andrew Murphy  Australia 16.59 16.82 X 16.82
15 B Li Yanxi  China X 16.70 16.74 16.74
16 A Ibrahim Mohamdein Aboubaker  Qatar 15.98 16.37 16.71 16.71
17 B Arnie David Giralt  Cuba X 16.63 16.70 16.70
18 B Melvin Lister  United States 16.62 X 16.64 16.64
19 A Andrew Owusu  Ghana 15.85 X 16.64 16.64 SB
20 A Mykola Savolaynen  Ukraine 16.56 16.48 15.57 16.56
21 B Fabrizio Donato  Italy 16.16 16.45 16.34 16.45
22 B Momchil Karailiev  Bulgaria X 16.45 X 16.45
23 B Viktor Yastrebov  Ukraine 16.43 16.32 X 16.43
24 A Ivaylo Rusenov  Bulgaria 16.39 X X 16.39
25 B Mohammad Hazzory  Syria 16.37 X 16.14 16.37
26 A Péter Tölgyesi  Hungary 16.33 15.74 16.36 16.36
27 A Leevan Sands  Bahamas X X 16.35 16.35
28 A Randy Lewis  Grenada X X 16.33 16.33
29 B Godfrey Khotso Mokoena  South Africa 16.23 16.32 X 16.32
30 B Dmitrij Vaľukevič  Belarus X X 16.32 16.32
31 B Andreas Pohle  Germany X 16.29 16.23 16.29
32 B Vladimir Letnicov  Moldova X 15.88 16.25 16.25
33 B Lauri Leis  Estonia X 16.06 16.18 16.18
34 A Aliaksandar Hlavatski  Belarus 16.18 15.73 X 16.18
35 B Salem Mouled Al-Ahmadi  Saudi Arabia 16.16 16.03 X 16.16
36 A LeJuan Simon  Trinidad and Tobago X 14.75 16.16 16.16
37 B Boštjan Šimunič  Slovenia X X 16.07 16.07
38 B Takanori Sugibayashi  Japan 15.38 15.67 15.95 15.95
39 B Park Hyung-jun  South Korea X 15.84 X 15.84
40 B Nelson Évora  Portugal 15.72 15.84 X 15.72
41 A Olivier Sanou  Burkina Faso X 15.67 X 15.67
42 B Karl Taillepierre  France 15.50 X X 15.50
43 A Armen Martirosyan  Armenia 15.05 X X 15.05
— A Charles Friedek  Germany X — — No mark
A Vitaliy Moskalenko  Russia X X X No mark
A Berk Tuna  Turkey X X — No mark
A Roman Valiyev  Kazakhstan X X X No mark
— A Sergey Bochkov  Azerbaijan DNS

Final[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Christian Olsson  Sweden 17.69 17.79 17.69 16.82 17.58 — 17.79 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marian Oprea  Romania 17.55 X 17.47 17.34 — 17.38 17.55 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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 Gregório  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 X X — 16.96
9 Kenta Bell  United States 16.90 X 16.39 Did not advance 16.90
10 Julien Kapek  France X 16.79 16.81 Did not advance 16.81
11 Walter Davis  United States 16.78 16.65 16.59 Did not advance 16.78
— Phillips Idowu  Great Britain X X X Did not advance No mark

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Triple Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  3. ^ "2004 OLYMPIC GAMES - ATHLETICS QUALIFYING STANDARDS". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Athletics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump". Athens 2004. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2015.

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