Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

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Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Date October 16–17
Competitors 34 from 24 nations
Winning distance 17.39 WR
Medalists
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1st Viktor Saneyev  Soviet Union
2nd Nelson Prudêncio  Brazil
3rd Giuseppe Gentile  Italy
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Athletics at the
1968 Summer Olympics
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Track events
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200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men
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80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
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3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
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Road events
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Decathlon men

The Men's triple jump competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 16–17.

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete jumped three times. 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).

Records

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

World record  Józef Szmidt (POL) 17.03 m Olsztyn, Poland August 5, 1960
Olympic record 16.85 m Tokyo, Japan October 16, 1964

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 16.10m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Giuseppe Gentile  Italy X 17.10 – 17.10 WR Q
2 B Mansour Dia  Senegal 16.58 – – 16.58 Q
3 B Art Walker  United States 16.49 – – 16.49 Q
4 B Nelson Prudêncio  Brazil 15.79 16.46 – 16.46 Q
5 A Phil May  Australia 16.32 – – 16.32 Q
6 B Georgi Stoykovski  Bulgaria 15.26 X 16.24 16.24 Q
7 B Viktor Saneyev  Soviet Union 16.22 – – 16.22 Q
8 A Şerban Ciochină  Romania 15.93 16.07 16.21 16.21 Q
9 B Luis Felipe Areta 23x15px Spain 15.94 16.20 – 16.20 Q
10 B Joachim Kugler  West Germany 15.79 16.20 – 16.20 Q
11 A Józef Szmidt  Poland X 16.19 – 16.19 Q
12 B Henrik Kalocsai  Hungary 15.44 16.16 – 16.16 Q
13 B Nikolay Dudkin  Soviet Union 15.81 16.15 – 16.15 Q
14 B Jan Jaskólski  Poland 15.79 16.04 – 16.04
15 A Michael Sauer  West Germany 15.61 16.02 15.84 16.02
16 A Derek Boosey  Great Britain 15.07 15.99 16.01 16.01
17 A Norman Tate  United States 13.43 15.84 15.83 15.84
18 B Pertti Pousi  Finland X 15.84 15.74 15.84
19 A Yukito Muraki  Japan X 15.37 15.83 15.83
20 A Tim Barrett 23x15px Bahamas X 15.06 15.79 15.79
21 A Dave Smith  United States X X 15.75 15.75
22 A Evangelos Vlasis  Greece 15.47 15.52 15.71 15.71
23 B Fred Alsop  Great Britain 12.93 15.71 15.50 15.71
24 B Johnson Amoah  Ghana 15.65 15.28 15.65 15.65
25 B Aşkın Tuna  Turkey 15.65 X 15.43 15.65
26 B Heinz-Günter Schenk  East Germany X 14.72 15.61 15.61
27 B Dragán Ivanov  Hungary 15.61 X 14.42 15.61
28 A Samuel Igun  Nigeria 15.40 13.86 15.46 15.46
29 A Aleksandr Zolotarev  Soviet Union 15.41 14.72 X 15.41
30 B Lennox Burgher  Jamaica 15.20 15.29 15.14 15.29
31 A Chen Ming-Chi  Republic of China 15.29 15.04 14.76 15.29
32 A Klaus Neumann  East Germany 15.16 X – 15.16
33 B Héctor Serrate  Puerto Rico 15.09 15.05 14.89 15.09
34 A Zoltán Cziffra  Hungary 15.04 X – 15.04

Final

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st Viktor Saneyev  Soviet Union 16.49 16.84 17.23 17.02 16.81 17.39 17.39 WR
2nd Nelson Prudêncio  Brazil 16.33 17.05 16.75 X 17.27 17.15 17.27
3rd Giuseppe Gentile  Italy 17.22 X X X 16.54 X 17.22
4 Art Walker  United States 15.43 16.45 16.77 16.48 X 17.12 17.12
5 Nikolay Dudkin  Soviet Union 16.15 16.70 16.37 16.73 17.09 16.53 17.09
6 Phil May  Australia 15.48 16.58 16.51 17.02 X – 17.02
7 Józef Szmidt  Poland 16.06 16.77 X 16.66 X 16.89 16.89
8 Mansour Dia  Senegal 16.71 16.48 15.44 16.73 16.64 15.83 16.73
9 Georgi Stoykovski  Bulgaria 16.28 16.46 16.19 N/A 16.46
10 Henrik Kalocsai  Hungary 16.45 16.39 16.20 N/A 16.45
11 Joachim Kugler  West Germany 12.87 X 15.90 N/A 15.90
12 Luis Felipe Areta 23x15px Spain 15.72 15.75 14.80 N/A 15.75
13 Şerban Ciochină  Romania X X 15.62 N/A 15.62

References

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