Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump
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| Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics  |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 10 km walk | women | |||
| 20 km walk | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
| Wheelchair races | ||||
The final of the Men's Triple Jump event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia was held on July 27, 1996. There were a total of 43 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 17.00 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held on July 26, 1996.
Contents
Medalists
| Gold | Kenny Harrison United States |
| Silver | Jonathan Edwards Great Britain |
| Bronze | Yoelbi Quesada Cuba |
Abbreviations
- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| OR | olympic record |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) |
18.29 m | August 7, 1995 |  Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Olympic Record |  Mike Conley (USA) |
17.63 m | August 3, 1992 |  Barcelona, Spain |
| Broken records during the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||||
| Olympic Record | Kenny Harrison (USA) |
18.09 m | July 27, 1996 | Atlanta, United States |
Qualification
Group A
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | Kenny Harrison (USA) |
17.58 | — | — | 17.58 m | |
| 2 | 3 |  Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) |
17.19 | — | — | 17.19 m | |
| 3 | 4 | 22x20px Brian Wellman (BER) | 17.10 | — | — | 17.10 m | |
| 4 | 7 | Robert Howard (USA) |
16.83 | 16.76 | 16.92 | 16.92 m | |
| 5 | 9 |  Viktor Sotnikov (RUS) |
16.86 | X | 16.19 | 16.86 m | |
| 6 | 10 |  Jérôme Romain (DMA) |
16.80 | X | X | 16.80 m | |
| 7 | 12 |  Frank Rutherford (BAH) |
X | 16.38 | 16.73 | 16.73 m | |
| 8 | 13 |  Francis Agyepong (GBR) |
16.71 | 16.68 | X | 16.71 m | |
| 9 | 18 |  Anísio Silva (BRA) |
16.38 | 16.67 | 16.08 | 16.67 m | |
| 10 | 19 |  Carlos Calado (POR) |
16.43 | 16.65 | X | 16.65 m | |
| 11 | 27 |  Vasif Asadov (AZE) |
X | X | 16.21 | 16.21 m | |
| 12 | 28 |  Jacob Katonon (KEN) |
16.08 | 16.17 | X | 16.17 m | |
| 13 | 29 |  Stoyko Tsonov (BUL) |
16.00 | 16.15 | X | 16.15 m | |
| 14 | 33 |  Tibor Ordina (HUN) |
16.04 | X | X | 16.04 m | |
| 15 | 34 |  Andrew Murphy (AUS) |
15.97 | X | 16.00 | 16.00 m | |
| 16 | 35 |  Festus Igbinoghene (NGR) |
15.95 | X | 15.72 | 15.95 m | |
| 17 | 36 |  Sergey Arzamasov (KAZ) |
15.91 | X | — | 15.91 m | |
| 18 | 37 |  Maksim Smetanin (KGZ) |
15.83 | 15:90 | X | 15.90 m | |
| 19 | 41 |  Hussain Jasim (IRQ) |
15.19 | 15.27 | X | 15.27 m | |
| 20 | 42 |  Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa (ZIM) |
14.47 | X | X | 14.47 m | |
| 21 | 43 | 22x20px Karim Sassi (TUN) | X | X | 14.25 | 14.25 m | |
| — | — |  Māris Bružiks (LAT) |
— | — | — | DNS | |
Group B
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | Mike Conley (USA) |
17.20 | — | — | 17.20 m | |
| 2 | 5 | Galin Georgiev (BUL) |
17.02 | — | — | 17.02 m | |
| 3 | 6 | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) |
16.93 | 16.96 | — | 16.96 m | |
| 3 | 8 |  Volodymyr Kravchenko (UKR) |
16.71 | 16.90 | X | 16.90 m | |
| 3 | 11 |  Armen Martirosyan (ARM) |
15.71 | 16.68 | 16.74 | 16.74 m | |
| 6 | 14 |  Charles Friedek (GER) |
X | 16.71 | 16.58 | 16.71 m | |
| 7 | 15 | Aliecer Urrutia (CUB) |
16.71 | 16.54 | X | 16.71 m | |
| 8 | 16 | Vasiliy Sokov (RUS) |
X | 16.68 | X | 16.68 m | |
| 9 | 17 |  Rogel Nachum (ISR) |
15.86 | 16.67 | 16.53 | 16.67 m | |
| 10 | 20 | Yoel García (CUB) |
15.94 | X | 16.62 | 16.62 m | |
| 11 | 21 |  Zou Sixin (CHN) |
16.13 | 16.44 | 16.53 | 16.53 m | |
| 12 | 22 | Messias José Baptista (BRA) |
16.02 | 16.45 | 16.13 | 16.45 m | |
| 13 | 23 |  Audrius Raizgys (LTU) |
16.38 | X | 16.06 | 16.38 m | |
| 14 | 24 | Zsolt Czingler (HUN) |
16.22 | 16.35 | X | 16.35 m | |
| 15 | 25 |  Salem Al-Ahmadi (KSA) |
X | 15.97 | 16.30 | 16.30 m | |
| 16 | 26 |  Francis Dodoo (GHA) |
X | X | 16.24 | 16.24 m | |
| 17 | 30 |  Sigurd Njerve (NOR) |
15.22 | X | 16.15 | 16.15 m | |
| 18 | 31 | Aleksey Fatyanov (AZE) |
16.14 | X | 16.13 | 16.14 m | |
| 19 | 32 | Igor Sautkin (RUS) |
X | X | 16.06 | 16.06 m | |
| 20 | 38 |  Yevgeniy Petin (UZB) |
XX | 15.58 | 15.89 | 15.89 m | |
| 21 | 39 |  Paul Nioze (SEY) |
15.63 | 15.43 | X | 15.63 m | |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
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Kenny Harrison (USA) |
17.99 | X | 18.09 | X | — | — | 18.09 m | OR |
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Jonathan Edwards (GBR) |
X | X | 17.13 | 17.88 | X | X | 17.88 m | |
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Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) |
17.04 | 17.29 | X | 17.44 | X | X | 17.44 m | |
| 4 | Mike Conley (USA) |
17.08 | X | 16.17 | 17.40 | X | X | 17.40 m | |
| 5 | Armen Martirosyan (ARM) |
16.85 | X | 16.97 | 16.48 | X | 16.34 | 16.97 m | |
| 6 | 22x20px Brian Wellman (BER) | 16.95 | X | 16.82 | X | X | X | 16.95 m | |
| 7 | Galin Georgiev (BUL) |
16.85 | X | X | X | X | 16.92 | 16.92 m | |
| 8 | Robert Howard (USA) |
16.72 | 16.83 | 16.90 | 16.90 m | ||||
| 9 | Viktor Sotnikov (RUS) |
16.84 | 16.53 | 16.56 | 16.84 m | ||||
| 10 | Volodymyr Kravchenko (UKR) |
16.35 | 15.92 | 16.62 | 16.62 m | ||||
| 11 | Frank Rutherford (BAH) |
16.38 | X | 16.36 | 16.38 m | ||||
| — | Jérôme Romain (DMA) |
X | — | — | NM | ||||
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