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Triple Jump, Men

Date26 – 27 July 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationCentennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants43 from 32 countries

In July 1995, Jonathan Edwards broke the world record with 17.98 (59-0). A few weeks later, at the World Championships, he opened with another world record of 18.16 (59-7). Then in round two he surpassed that with a Beamon-like performance, jumping 18.29 (60-0¼) – the first-ever triple jump over 60-feet. Favored in Atlanta, he was expected to be challenged by defending champion Mike Conley, Kenny Harrison (USA) and Cubans Yoelbi Quesada and Aliecer Urrutia. Harrison led the qualifying with 17.58 (57-8¼) while Urrutia failed to make the final. In the final, Harrison opened with 17.99 (59-0¼) which would be good enough for the gold medal. Edwards fouled his first two jumps, and only made the top eight with his third round 17.13 (56-2½). Round four saw the medalists produce their best marks of the competition – Harrison with 18.09 (59-4¼), Edwards moving into second with 17.88 (58-8), and Quesada with 17.44 (57-2¾). Conley also had his best mark in that round, but his 17.40 (57-1) would not get him into the medals.

PosNrAthleteNOCQualifyingFinal
12358Kenny HarrisonUSA17.58 (1)18.09 (1)GoldOR
21483Jonathan EdwardsGBR16.96 (6)17.88 (2)Silver
31284Yoelbi QuesadaCUB17.19 (3)17.44 (3)Bronze
42342Mike ConleyUSA17.20 (2)17.40 (4)
51026Armen MartirosyanARM16.74 (11)16.97 (5)
61120Brian WellmanBER17.10 (4)16.95 (6)
71180Galin GeorgievBUL17.02 (5)16.92 (7)
82361Robert HowardUSA16.92 (7)16.90 (8)
92165Viktor SotnikovRUS16.86 (9)16.84 (9)
102311Volodymyr KravchenkoUKR16.90 (8)16.62 (10)
111090Frank RutherfordBAH16.73 (12)16.38 (11)
AC r2/21323Jérôme RomainDMA16.80 (10)– (NM)
13 r1/21466Francis AgyepongGBR16.71 (13)–
14 r1/21546Charles FriedekGER16.71 (14)–
15 r1/21289Aliecer UrrutiaCUB16.71 (15)–
16 r1/22163Vasily SokovRUS16.68 (16)–
17 r1/21688Rogel NachumISR16.67 (17)–
18 r1/21174Anísio SilvaBRA16.67 (18)–
19 r1/22061Carlos CaladoPOR16.65 (19)–
20 r1/21273Yoel GarcíaCUB16.62 (20)–
21 r1/21236Zou SixinCHN16.53 (21)–
22 r1/21148Messias José BaptistaBRA16.45 (22)–
23 r1/21894Audrius RaizgysLTU16.38 (23)–
24 r1/21642Zsolt CzinglerHUN16.35 (24)–
25 r1/21836Salem Al-AhmadiKSA16.30 (25)–
26 r1/21588Francis DoDooGHA16.24 (26)–
27 r1/21078Vasif ƏsadovAZE16.21 (27)–
28 r1/21795Jacob KatononKEN16.17 (28)–
29 r1/21185Stoyko TsonovBUL16.15 (29)–
30 r1/22007Sigurd NjerveNOR16.15w (30)–
31 r1/21079Aleksey FatyanovAZE16.14 (31)–
32 r1/22156Igor SautkinRUS16.06 (32)–
33 r1/21655Tibor OrdinaHUN16.04 (33)–
34 r1/21056Andrew MurphyAUS16.00 (34)–
35 r1/21990Festus IgbinogheneNGR15.95 (35)–
36 r1/21777Sergey ArzamasovKAZ15.91 (36)–
37 r1/21825Maksim SmetaninKGZ15.90 (37)–
38 r1/22414Yevgeny PetinUZB15.89 (38)–
39 r1/22186Paul NiozeSEY15.63 (39)–
40 r1/21122Kawan LovelaceBIZ15.40 (40)–
41 r1/22468Hussain JasimIRQ15.27 (41)–
42 r1/22455Ndabezinhle MdhlongwaZIM14.47 (42)–
43 r1/22296Karim SassiTUN14.25 (43)–
DNS1858Māris BružiksLAT– (DNS)–

Qualifying Round (26 July 1996 — 18:10)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 17.00 metres advanced to the final.

PosAthleteNOCDistance2nd Best
1Kenny HarrisonUSA17.58–Q
2Mike ConleyUSA17.20–Q
3Yoelbi QuesadaCUB17.19–Q
4Brian WellmanBER17.10–Q
5Galin GeorgievBUL17.02–Q
6Jonathan EdwardsGBR16.96–q
7Robert HowardUSA16.92–q
8Volodymyr KravchenkoUKR16.90–q
9Viktor SotnikovRUS16.86–q
10Jérôme RomainDMA16.80–q
11Armen MartirosyanARM16.74–q
12Frank RutherfordBAH16.73–q
13Francis AgyepongGBR16.7116.68
14Charles FriedekGER16.7116.58
15Aliecer UrrutiaCUB16.7116.54
16Vasily SokovRUS16.68–
17Rogel NachumISR16.6716.53
18Anísio SilvaBRA16.6716.38
19Carlos CaladoPOR16.65–
20Yoel GarcíaCUB16.62–
21Zou SixinCHN16.53–
22Messias José BaptistaBRA16.45–
23Audrius RaizgysLTU16.38–
24Zsolt CzinglerHUN16.35–
25Salem Al-AhmadiKSA16.30–
26Francis DoDooGHA16.24–
27Vasif ƏsadovAZE16.21–
28Jacob KatononKEN16.17–
29Stoyko TsonovBUL16.1516.00
30Sigurd NjerveNOR16.15w15.22
31Aleksey FatyanovAZE16.14–
32Igor SautkinRUS16.06–
33Tibor OrdinaHUN16.04–
34Andrew MurphyAUS16.00–
35Festus IgbinogheneNGR15.95–
36Sergey ArzamasovKAZ15.91–
37Maksim SmetaninKGZ15.90–
38Yevgeny PetinUZB15.89–
39Paul NiozeSEY15.63–
40Kawan LovelaceBIZ15.40–
41Hussain JasimIRQ15.27–
42Ndabezinhle MdhlongwaZIM14.47–
43Karim SassiTUN14.25–
DNSMāris BružiksLAT––

Qualifying Round, Group A (26 July 1996)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3
114Kenny HarrisonUSA17.5817.58
(-1.1)		--
211Yoelbi QuesadaCUB17.1917.19
(-1.1)		--
313Brian WellmanBER17.1017.10
(+0.3)		--
48Robert HowardUSA16.9216.83
(-1.3)		16.76
(-0.5)		16.92
(+0.2)
53Viktor SotnikovRUS16.8616.86
(-0.3)		×16.19
(-2.9)
64Jérôme RomainDMA16.8016.80
(-0.3)		××
715Frank RutherfordBAH16.73×16.38
(-0.8)		16.73
(0.0)
821Francis AgyepongGBR16.7116.71
(-1.4)		16.68
(+0.7)		×
922Anísio SilvaBRA16.6716.38
(-1.1)		16.67
(+1.9)		16.08
(-0.3)
1019Carlos CaladoPOR16.6516.43
(+1.4)		16.65
(+0.8)		×
1120Vasif ƏsadovAZE16.21××16.21
(-2.1)
1212Jacob KatononKEN16.1716.08
(-0.7)		16.17
(-0.1)		×
137Stoyko TsonovBUL16.1516.00
(0.0)		16.15
(+1.5)		×
1417Tibor OrdinaHUN16.0416.04
(-0.3)		××
159Andrew MurphyAUS16.0015.97
(+0.1)		×16.00
(+0.9)
1618Festus IgbinogheneNGR15.9515.95
(-0.3)		×15.72
(-1.0)
176Sergey ArzamasovKAZ15.9115.91
(+0.3)		×-
1810Maksim SmetaninKGZ15.9015.83
(+0.3)		15.90
(+0.6)		×
192Hussain JasimIRQ15.2715.19
(+0.5)		15.27
(+0.3)		×
205Ndabezinhle MdhlongwaZIM14.4714.47
(-1.1)		××
211Karim SassiTUN14.25××14.25
(+1.6)
DNS16Māris BružiksLAT––––

Qualifying Round, Group B (26 July 1996)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3
18Mike ConleyUSA17.2017.20
(+0.8)		--
22Galin GeorgievBUL17.0217.02
(0.0)		--
314Jonathan EdwardsGBR16.9616.93
(-0.6)		16.96
(0.0)		-
420Volodymyr KravchenkoUKR16.9016.71
(+0.6)		16.90
(-0.1)		×
521Armen MartirosyanARM16.7415.71
(+0.2)		16.68
(-0.4)		16.74
(-0.7)
616Charles FriedekGER16.71×16.71
(+0.6)		16.58
(-1.1)
79Aliecer UrrutiaCUB16.7116.71
(+0.5)		16.54
(+0.2)		×
817Vasily SokovRUS16.68×16.68
(+0.1)		×
919Rogel NachumISR16.6715.86
(+0.8)		16.67
(-0.2)		16.53
(-0.4)
1015Yoel GarcíaCUB16.6215.94
(-3.7)		×16.62
(-2.0)
113Zou SixinCHN16.5316.13
(-0.9)		16.44
(+0.8)		16.53
(-0.1)
121Messias José BaptistaBRA16.4516.02
(0.0)		16.45
(-0.4)		16.13
(-1.7)
134Audrius RaizgysLTU16.3816.38
(+0.2)		×16.06
(-1.2)
1410Zsolt CzinglerHUN16.3516.22
(+0.3)		16.35
(+1.2)		×
157Salem Al-AhmadiKSA16.30×15.97
(+0.4)		16.30
(+0.7)
166Francis DoDooGHA16.24××16.24
(+0.1)
1713Sigurd NjerveNOR16.15w15.22
(+0.2)		×16.15w
(+2.4)
1812Aleksey FatyanovAZE16.1416.14
(-0.7)		×16.13
(+0.7)
1911Igor SautkinRUS16.06××16.06
(+0.7)
2022Yevgeny PetinUZB15.89×15.58
(+0.6)		15.89
(-0.2)
215Paul NiozeSEY15.6315.63
(-0.2)		15.43
(0.0)		×
2218Kawan LovelaceBIZ15.4015.40
(+0.2)		×14.97
(-0.2)

Final Round (27 July 1996 — 19:00)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3R4R5R6
110Kenny HarrisonUSA18.0917.99
(-0.1)		×-18.09
(-0.4)		-×OR
23Jonathan EdwardsGBR17.88××17.13
(-0.5)		17.88
(+0.9)		××
36Yoelbi QuesadaCUB17.4417.04
(0.0)		17.29
(-0.3)		×17.44
(+0.2)		××
412Mike ConleyUSA17.4017.08
(+1.5)		×16.17
(-0.5)		17.40
(+0.2)		××
511Armen MartirosyanARM16.9716.85
(+1.0)		×16.97
(+1.1)		16.48
(+0.3)		×16.34
(+0.8)
64Brian WellmanBER16.9516.95
(-0.4)		×16.82
(-0.8)		×××
77Galin GeorgievBUL16.9216.85
(+1.3)		××××16.92
(+1.0)
85Robert HowardUSA16.9016.72
(-0.1)		16.83
(+0.4)		16.90
(-1.2)		×16.44
(-1.7)		16.52
(+1.0)
99Viktor SotnikovRUS16.8416.84
(+0.6)		16.53
(+0.3)		16.56
(+0.2)		–––
108Volodymyr KravchenkoUKR16.6216.35
(+0.6)		15.92
(+0.3)		16.62
(-0.3)		–––
111Frank RutherfordBAH16.3816.38
(+1.1)		×16.36
(-0.5)		–––
NM2Jérôme RomainDMA–×--–––