The Men's Triple Jump

Triple jump

The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...

event at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

as part of the athletics program

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium.

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

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

 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 medal

Gold medal

A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...

ist.

Medalists

Schedule

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  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		18.29 m	August 7, 1995	Goteborg, Sweden
Olympic Record		18.09 m	July 27, 1996	Atlanta, United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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 Christian Olsson Christian Olsson is a Swedish athlete competing in high jump and triple jump. He has won an Olympic gold medal, three gold and one silver medal in the World Championships and two gold medals in the European Championships...  Q	Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	17.68	Q	Q	17.68
2	Phillips Idowu Phillips Idowu Phillips Olaosebikan Idowu MBE is a Nigerian-English triple jumper...  Q	Great Britain United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	17.33	Q	Q	17.33
3	Danil Burkenya Danil Burkenya Danil Sergeyevich Burkenya is a Russian track and field athlete who competes mainly in triple jump. He was a long jumper before taking up triple jumping in 2004, and the same year he won the bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:...  Q	Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	16.77	16.91	17.08	17.08
4	Hristos Meletoglou Hristos Meletoglou Hristos Meletoglou is a Greek triple jumper.He was born in Heinsberg, West Germany.His personal best jump is 17.19 metres, achieved in June 2001 in Bremen. This ranks him fourth among Greek triple jumpers, only behind Dimitrios Tsiamis, Konstadinos Zalaggitis and Stamatios...  Q	Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....	16.75	16.50	17.08	17.08 SB
5	Yoelbi Quesada Yoelbi Quesada Yoelbi Luis Quesada Fernández is a Cuban athlete competing mostly in triple jump. He has an Olympic bronze medal, and became world champion in 1997 with a personal best jump of 17.85m.- Major achievements :...  Q	Cuba Cuba The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...	16.89	X	17.01	17.01
6	Walter Davis Walter Davis (athletics) Walter L. Davis is an African American athlete competing in the triple jump and occasionally in the long jump. He was born in Lafayette, LouisianaDavis won the 2005 World Outdoor & 2006 World Indoor Championships....  q	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	16.28	14.77	16.94	16.94
7	Julien Kapek Julien Kapek Julien Kapek is a French triple jumper.His personal best is 17.38 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Tomblaine. This result places him fourth on the all-time French performers list, only behind Serge Hélan and Karl Taillepierre.-Achievements:-External links:...  q	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	16.67	X	16.91	16.91
8	Andrew Murphy Andrew Murphy Andrew Murphy is an Australian triple jumper, best known for his bronze medal at the 2001 World Indoor Championships, where he achieved an Oceanian indoor record of 17.20 metres....	Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	16.59	16.82	X	16.82
9	Ibrahim Babikir I Mohamdein	Qatar Qatar Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...	15.98	16.37	16.71	16.71
10	Andrew Owusu Andrew Owusu Andrew Owusu is a Ghanaian athlete who competes in the triple jump.His personal best was 17.23 metres, achieved in August 1998 in Dakar. This is the Ghanaian record as well as the fourth best triple jump result in Africa, behind Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa , Ajayi Agbebaku and Khotso Mokoena...	Great Britain	15.85	X	16.64	16.64 SB
11	Mykola Savolaynen Mykola Savolaynen Mykola Savolaynen is a Ukrainian triple jumper.His personal best jump is 17.08 metres, achieved in August 2002 in Donetsk.-Achievements:He also competed in the 2004 Olympics, but failed to progress from his pool.-External links:...	Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...	16.56	16.48	15.57	16.56
12	Ivaylo Rusenov Ivaylo Rusenov Ivaylo Rusenov is a retired Bulgarian triple jumper.His personal best jump is 17.12 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Velenje.-Achievements:-External links:...	Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...	16.39	X	X	16.39
13	Peter Tolgyesi Péter Tölgyesi Péter Tölgyesi is a Hungarian triple jumper.He finished seventh at the 2005 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final....	Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...	16.33	15.74	16.36	16.36
14	Leevan Sands Leevan Sands Leevan Sands is a Bahamian triple jumper. He was born in Nassau.His personal best jump is 17.59 metres, achieved in 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing...	Bahamas	X	X	16.35	16.34
15	Randy Lewis Randy Lewis (athlete) Randy Lewis is a Grenadian athlete competing in the triple jump. He represented Grenada at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, and has also competed at World Championship level indoors and outdoors. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final. His personal best jump is 17.49...	Grenada Grenada Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...	X	X	16.33	16.33
16	Aleksandr Glavatskiy Aleksandr Glavatskiy Aleksandr Glavatskiy is a Belarusian athlete who specializes in both long jump and triple jump.His personal best jumps in the two events are 8.33 and 17.53 metres respectively.-Achievements:-External links:...	Belarus Belarus Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...	16.18	15.73	X	16.18
17	Le Juan Simon	Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...	X	14.75	16.16	16.16
18	Olivier Sanou Olivier Sanou Olivier Sanou is a Burkinan athlete. He was a high jumper before specializing in the triple jump in the late 1990s. A double African champion, Sanou has made his mark in Africa...	Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...	X	15.67	X	15.67
19	Armen Martirosyan	Armenia Armenia Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...	15.05	X	X	15.05
	Charles Michael Friedek	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	X	-	-	NM
	Vitaliy Moskalenko Vitaliy Moskalenko Vitaliy Moskalenko is a Russian triple jumper.He competed at the 2003 World Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final.His personal best jump is 17.17 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Tula.- References :...	Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	X	X	X	NM
	Berk Tuna	Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...	X	X	-	NM
	Roman Valiyev Roman Valiyev Roman Valiyev is a Kazakhstani triple jumper.He finished fourth at the 2005 Asian Championships and won the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games. He also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final....	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...	X	X	X	NM
	Sergey Bochkov Sergey Bochkov Sergey Bochkov is an Azerbaijani triple jumper.He finished seventh at the 1998 World Junior Championships. He also competed at the 1999 World Championships, the 2000 Olympic Games, the 2001 World Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final.His personal best jump is 16.82...	Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...				DNS

Group B

Rank	Name	Nation	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Best
1	Yoandri Betanzos Yoandri Betanzos Yoandri Betanzos Francis is a Cuban athlete competing in the triple jump.His personal best jump is 17.65 metres, achieved in April 2009 in Havana...  Q	Cuba	17.53	Q	Q	17.53 PB
2	Marian Oprea Marian Oprea Marian Oprea is a Romanian athlete, competing in triple jump, who won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games. His personal best is 17.81 meters....  Q	Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...	17.44	Q	Q	17.44
3	Jadel Gregorio Jadel Gregório Jadel Abdul Ghani Gregório is a Brazilian athlete competing in long jump and triple jump. Based in São Paulo, he has competed in several international championships since 2001, and never finished lower than 6th place.He was a competitor for Brazil in the 2008 Summer Olympics...  Q	Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	17.20	Q	Q	17.20
4	Viktor Gushchinskiy Viktor Gushchinskiy Viktor Gushchinskiy is a Russian triple jumper.He finished sixth at the 2001 Summer Universiade and seventh at the 2004 Olympic Games. He later competed at the 2005 World Championships and the 2006 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final.His personal best jump is 17.22 metres,...  Q	Russia	16.71	X	17.17	17.17
5	Kenta Bell Kenta Bell Kenta Bell is an American track and field athlete who competes mainly in the triple jump. He won this event at the 2001 Universiade and the 2003 national championship...  q	United States	16.77	16.82	16.98	16.98
6	Nathan Douglas Nathan Douglas Nathan James Douglas is an English athlete who specialises in the triple jump. He won the silver medal at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg with a jump of 17.21 metres...	Great Britain	16.84	X	X	16.84
7	Yanxi Li	China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...	X	16.70	16.74	16.74
8	Arnie David Giralt	Cuba	X	16.63	16.70	16.70
9	Melvin Lister Melvin Lister Melvin Lister is an American long jumper and triple jumper.He finished fifth in long jump at the 2001 World Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final....	United States	16.62	X	16.64	16.64
10	Fabrizio Donato Fabrizio Donato Fabrizio Donato is an Italian athlete competing in the triple jump and occasionally in the long jump. He is known for winning gold medals at the 2001 Mediterranean Games and the 2009 European Indoor Championships, the latter in a new championship record of 17.59 metres. He is the Italian record...	Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	16.16	16.45	16.34	16.45
11	Momchil Karailiev Momchil Karailiev Momchil Karailiev is a Bulgarian triple jumper.His personal best jump is 17.41 metres, achieved in June 2009 in Sofia.-Achievements:-External links:...	Bulgaria	X	16.45	X	16.45
12	Viktor Yastrebov Viktor Yastrebov Viktor Anatoliyovych Yastrebov is an Ukrainian triple jumper.He finished seventh in the triple jump final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.He also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics but failed to progress from his pool....	Ukraine	16.43	16.32	X	16.43
13	Mohammad Hazzory Mohammad Hazzory Mohammad Hazzory is a Syrian triple jumper.He finished fifth at the 2003 Asian Championships, sixth at the 2005 Asian Championships and fifth at the 2006 Asian Games...	Syria Syria Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....	16.37	X	16.14	16.37
14	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena Godfrey Khotso Mokoena Godfrey Khotso Mokoena is a South African athlete who specializes in the long jump and triple jump.-Early Life and Family:...	South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...	16.23	16.32	X	16.32
15	Dmitriy Valyukevich	Belarus Belarus Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...	X	X	16.32	16.32
16	Andreas Pohle Andreas Pohle Andreas Pohle is a German long jumper and triple jumper.In the long jump he finished eleventh at the 2002 European Championships and ninth at the 2002 IAAF World Cup...	Germany	X	16.29	16.23	16.29
17	Vladimir Letnicov Vladimir Letnicov Vladimir Letnicov is a Moldovan triple jumper. His personal best jump is 17.06 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Belgrade.He finished ninth at the 2003 World Indoor Championships and eighth at the 2005 Summer Universiade...	Moldova Moldova Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...	X	15.88	16.25	16.25
18	Lauri Leis Lauri Leis Lauri Leis is an Estonian triple jumper.He finished seventh at the 2001 Summer Universiade. He also competed at the 2002 European Championships, the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2006 European Championships without reaching the final....	Estonia Estonia Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...	X	16.06	16.18	16.18
19	Salem Mouled Al-Ahmadi Salem Mouled Al-Ahmadi Salem Mouled Al-Ahmadi is a Saudi Arabian triple jumper. His personal best jump is 17.07 metres, achieved in May 1997 in Riyadh....	Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...	16.16	16.03	X	16.16
20	Bostjan Simunic Boštjan Šimunic Boštjan Šimunic is a retired Slovenian triple jumper.He finished seventh at the 2001 Summer Universiade and fourth at the 2001 Mediterranean Games. He also competed at the 2002 European Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final.His personal best jump is 16.82 metres,...	Slovenia Slovenia Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...	X	X	16.07	16.07
21	Takanori Sugibayashi Takanori Sugibayashi Takanori Sugibayashi is a Japanese triple jumper. His personal best is 17.02 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Sapporo. He has competed at the Olympic Games twice.-Achievements:*2003 Asian Championships - 6th place...	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	15.38	16.00	15.95	16.00
22	Park Hyung-Jun	South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...	X	15.84	X	15.84
23	Nelson Évora Nelson Évora Nelson Évora is a Portuguese athlete, of Cape Verdean descent, who specializes in the triple jump and long jump. He is the current triple jump olympic and former world champion. Évora currently competes for Portuguese sports club S.L. Benfica...	Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...	15.72	X	X	15.72
24	Karl Taillepierre Karl Taillepierre Karl Taillepierre is a French triple jumper.His personal best jump is 17.45 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Angers. This result places him second on the all-time French performers list, behind Serge Hélan....	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