2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump explained

The men's triple jump at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 21 and 23 July 2022.^[1]

Summary

With 17.05m the automatic qualifier, only two jumpers made it on their first attempt, Olympic Gold Medalist Pedro Pichardo and Olympic Silver Medalist Zhu Yaming. Returning bronze medalist Hugues Fabrice Zango and Lázaro Martínez made on their second attempt, Emmanuel Ihemeje, only 2 cm on his first attempt, finally got one on his third. It took 16.68m to get into the final, eliminating defending champion Christian Taylor who is still on the road to recovery from a 2021 achilles rupture.^[2]

As the second jumper in the final, Pichardo set a new world leader at . Only two other people in the competition had ever jumped that far, none of the others had been within a foot (30cm). Three jumpers later, Zango popped 17.55m. The next jumper, Donald Scott moved into bronze position with a 17.14m which lasted only two jumps when Andrea Dallavalle hit a 17.25m. At the beginning of the second round, Pichardo confirmed his position with a 17.92m, then Zhu moved into the bronze medal position with a 17.31m. The results were set. Save a 6th round 17.17m from Ihemeje, nobody in the top 6 improved their position. Returning two time silver medalist Will Claye struggled with his marks and Martínez couldn't land a fair jump. Neither were able to qualify for three more attempts.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[3]

width=25% align=center	Record	width=25% align=center	Athlete &	width=10% align=center		width=25% align=center	Location	width=15% align=center	Date
World record		align=center rowspan=2	18.29 m	Gothenburg, Sweden	7 August 1995
Championship record
World Leading		17.87 m	Nerja, Spain	26 June 2022
African Record		18.07 m (i)	Aubiere, France	16 January 2021
Asian Record		17.59 m	Jinan, China	26 October 2009
North, Central American and Caribbean record		18.21 m	Beijing, China	27 August 2015
South American Record		17.90 m	Belém, Brazil	20 May 2007
European Record		18.29 m	Gothenburg, Sweden	7 August 1995
Oceanian record		17.46 m	London, Great Britain	7 August 1982

The following records were set at the competition:

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 17.14 m.^[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
21 July	18:20	Qualification
23 July	18:00	Final

Results

Qualification

Athletes attaining a mark of at least 17.05 metres ( 

Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualify for the final.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A			17.16			17.16
2	B			16.72	17.15		17.15
3	B			17.03	-	17.13	17.13	,
4	A			17.08			17.08
5	B			16.97	17.06		17.06
6	B			x	16.95	x	16.95
7	A			16.86	16.75	-	16.86
8	A			x	16.74	16.84	16.84
9	A			16.32	16.52	16.71	16.71
10	B			15.98	16.25	16.70	16.70
11	B			x	16.69	16.56	16.69
12	A			16.12	16.68	16.34	16.68
13	A			16.64	15.69	16.56	16.64
14	B			16.64	x	x	16.64
15	B			16.58	x	16.20	16.58
16	B			x	x	16.53	16.53
17	A			x	16.30	16.49	16.49
18	A			16.17	16.48	16.44	16.48
19	B			15.92	16.45	16.44	16.45
20	A			x	x	16.42	16.42
21	A			x	16.02	16.39	16.39
22	A			16.38	x	16.26	16.38
23	A			x	16.32	x	16.32
24	B			16.04	16.03	x	16.04
25	A			x	16.03	x	16.03
26	A			x	x	15.98	15.98
27	B			x	15.75	x	15.75
	B			x	x	x	NM
	B

Final

Results:^[8]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
			17.95	17.92	17.57	–	x	17.51	17.95
			17.55	16.95	17.38	17.14	x	17.49	17.55
			17.00	17.31	x	16.98	x	16.85	17.31
4			17.25	17.16	–	17.12	x	x	17.25
5			x	17.03	16.69	16.81	16.71	17.17	17.17
6			17.14	x	16.79	16.98	17.04	16.94	17.14
7			x	16.69	16.87	x	16.38	13.26	16.87
8			x	x	16.86	x	x	x	16.86
9			16.37	16.79	13.86				16.79
10			x	16.69	16.59				16.69
11			x	x	16.54				16.54
			x	x	x

Notes and References

1. https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/oregon22/timetable/bydiscipline/men/triple-jump Timetable
2. News: Triple jumper Taylor set to miss Tokyo . BBC Sport .
3. Web site: Triple Jump Men − Records. IAAF. 9 July 2022.
4. News: Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022. iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
5. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-TJ-M-q----.SL2.pdf Qualification Start List
6. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-TJ-M-q----.RS4.pdf SUMMARY Triple Jump Men - Qualification
7. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-TJ-M-q----.RS6.pdf Triple Jump Men - Qualification Results
8. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-TJ-M-f----.RS6.pdf RESULTS Triple Jump Men - Final