Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's triple jump explained

Event:	Men's triple jump
Games:	2018
Venue:	Carrara Stadium
Dates:	12 April (qualifying round) 14 April (final)
Competitors:	20
Nations:	18
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	16.88 m
Gold:	Troy Doris
Goldcga:	GUY
Silver:	Yordanys Durañona
Silvercga:	DMA
Bronze:	Marcel Mayack
Bronzecga:	CMR
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The men's triple jump at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 12 and 14 April 2018.^[1]

India's A.V. Rakesh Babu did not start the final as he was removed from the games after a needle was found in his possession, breaking games policy.^[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:^[3]

World record		18.29 m	Gothenburg, Sweden	7 August 1995
Games record		17.86 m	Manchester, England	28 July 2002

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 12 April 2018	10:30	Qualification
style=background:lemonchiffon	Saturday 14 April 2018	style=background:lemonchiffon	15:15	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

Qualifying round

Across two groups, those who jumped ≥16.60 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.^[4]

Rank	Group	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	A	16.75 -0.2 m/s			16.75
2	B	16.39 -0.5 m/s	16.16 +0.5 m/s		16.39
3	B	+0.7 m/s	16.27 -0.1 m/s	16.36 +0.4 m/s	16.36
4	B	16.18 +0.1 m/s	16.21 -1.0 m/s	16.36 -0.9 m/s	16.36
5	A	16.33 -0.6 m/s			16.33
6	A	15.07 +0.8 m/s	16.02 +0.1 m/s	16.32 -0.5 m/s	16.32
7	A	16.27 -0.5 m/s	-0.5 m/s		16.27
8	B	16.05 +1.3 m/s	+0.9 m/s	16.15 -0.3 m/s	16.15
9	B	16.14 -1.3 m/s	-1.1 m/s	15.76 -3.4 m/s	16.14
10	B	16.09 -0.1 m/s	15.51 -1.4 m/s	15.51 -2.0 m/s	16.09
11	B	15.83 -0.3 m/s	15.54 +0.6 m/s	15.98 -1.3 m/s	15.98
12	A	15.98 -0.6 m/s	15.71 -0.3 m/s	-0.5 m/s	15.98
13	A	15.34 -1.2 m/s	15.58 -0.4 m/s	15.75 -0.3 m/s	15.75
14	A	+1.4 m/s	15.74 +1.1 m/s	13.86 -0.3 m/s	15.74
15	A	15.70 0.0 m/s	-1.2 m/s	-0.3 m/s	15.70
16	B	15.28 -0.9 m/s	15.32 -1.4 m/s	-0.7 m/s	15.32	=
17	B	13.36 +0.6 m/s	14.58 -1.0 m/s	15.23 -0.2 m/s	15.23
18	A	0.0 m/s	+0.6 m/s	14.78 -3.5 m/s	14.78
19	A	13.97 +0.3 m/s	14.08 -2.1 m/s	14.22 +0.4 m/s	14.22
	B

Final

The medals were determined in the final.^[3]

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result
	16.67 -1.2 m/s	16.88 +0.5 m/s	16.26 +0.4 m/s	-0.1 m/s		-1.5 m/s	16.88
	16.86 -2.3 m/s	16.85 +0.3 m/s	16.77 0.0 m/s			-1.3 m/s	16.86
	15.71 -2.2 m/s	16.17 -1.2 m/s	16.29 -0.3 m/s	15.69 -1.9 m/s	16.30 -1.1 m/s	16.80 -0.4 m/s	16.80
	16.35 -1.1 m/s	-1.0 m/s	-2.0 m/s	16.46 -0.1 m/s	16.39 +0.2 m/s	15.98 -0.4 m/s	16.46
	16.35 -2.1 m/s	16.35 -0.8 m/s	-0.3 m/s	-0.4 m/s	0.0 m/s	-1.6 m/s	16.35
	15.54 -1.5 m/s	16.25 -0.8 m/s	15.95 0.0 m/s	15.77 -0.6 m/s	-0.1 m/s	16.28 -0.3 m/s	16.28
	-1.8 m/s	-0.6 m/s	16.16 -0.6 m/s	16.20 -0.1 m/s	-0.8 m/s	16.25 -0.1 m/s	16.25
	16.24 -0.4 m/s	16.12 -1.1 m/s	+1.2 m/s	15.85 -0.3 m/s	15.70 -0.9 m/s	15.38 -1.2 m/s	16.24

	15.77 -0.6 m/s	0.0 m/s	15.97 -0.1 m/s	rowspan=4 colspan=3	15.97
10	15.22 -1.9 m/s	15.92 -0.5 m/s	+0.8 m/s	15.92
11	15.71 -0.7 m/s	-1.0 m/s	15.90 +0.8 m/s	15.90

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Men's triple jump . 30 March 2018 . Gold Coast 2018.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43748303 Commonwealth Games: Two Indians sent home for violating 'no-needles' policy
Book: Athletics Men's Triple Jump - Final. Gold Coast 2018. 77. 23 April 2018. 18 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418004822/https://www.gc2018.com/sites/default/files/2018-04/GC2018_ATH_ResultsBook_v1.0.pdf. dead.
Book: Athletics Men's Triple Jump - Qualification. Gold Coast 2018. 78–80. 23 April 2018. 18 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418004822/https://www.gc2018.com/sites/default/files/2018-04/GC2018_ATH_ResultsBook_v1.0.pdf. dead.