2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

None May 2026 Men's triple jump 2015 World Championships Christian Taylor Beijing 2015.jpg Winner Christian Taylor with the second best jump in history Beijing National Stadium 26 August (qualification)27 August (final) 28 20 Winning distance 18.21 Christian Taylor USA Pedro Pablo Pichardo CUB Nelson Évora POR 2013 2017 The men's triple jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 26 and 27 August.http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141201205133/http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ dead 1 December 2014 Beijing 2015: Timetable 10 August 2015 10 August 2015 Beijing 2015 Start list The early season meet at Doha gave an indication that this would be an exciting year in the triple jump. Pedro Pablo Pichardo, who would return here as the previous silver medalist jumped 18.06 to become the #3 jumper in history. In that same meet, Olympic Champion Christian Taylor was only 2 cm behind to equal the previous #3, who was the defending world champion Teddy Tamgho. Tamgho was also in Doha, finishing in third behind the fireworks, but Tamgho was coming off a 1-year drug suspension for missing multiple tests. Following that meet, two weeks later Pichardo improved his world lead to 18.08 at home in Havana and then in early July, Taylor improved to 18.06 and beat Pichardo in Lausanne. It was destined that the World Championships would settle this battle. Tamgho did not return to defend the championship in Beijing. In the qualification round, only Marian Oprea made an automatic qualifier on his first attempt, it took Taylor two and Pichardo three but there was no doubt either would make the final. In the final Pichardo took the first round lead with 17.52, Taylor made 17.49 on his second attempt and both jumped exactly 17.60 in the third round. Taylor took the lead in the fourth round with 17.68. Omar Craddock moved into third place with a 17.37.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-athletics-world-triple/taylor-takes-triple-jump-gold-with-second-longest-ever-leap-idUSKCN0QW1PQ20150827 Taylor takes triple-jump gold with second-longest ever leap Reuters 27 August 2015 It was the final attempt that settled the score. First Nelson Évora moved into the bronze medal with a 17.52. Then Taylor launched an 18.21, the second best jump in history only behind the world record of Jonathan Edwards set while winning the World Championship 20 years earlier. http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/15th-iaaf-world-championships-4875/news/report/men/triple-jump/final REPORT: MEN'S TRIPLE JUMP FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015 27 August 2015 iaaf.org 28 August 2015 It was then up to Pichardo to answer and his 17.73 solidified his hold on the silver medal. Taylor's jump took the 19 year old North American Continental Record and American Record from Kenny Harrison set at the 1996 Olympics, the previous number 2 jumper in history. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/aug/27/christian-taylor-triple-jump-gold-world-championships Christian Taylor soars to gold in world championships triple jump 27 August 2015 Guardian 28 August 2015 Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:http://www.iaaf.org/records/by-discipline/jumps/triple-jump/outdoor/men Records & Lists – Triple jump IAAF 19 August 2015 World recordJonathan Edwards GBR18.29Gothenburg, Sweden7 August 1995Championship recordWorld leadingPedro Pablo Pichardo CUB18.08Havana, Cuba28 May 2015African recordTarik Bouguetaïb MAR17.37Khemisset, Morocco14 July 2007Asian recordLi Yanxi CHN17.59Jinan, China26 October 2009North, Central American and Caribbean recordKenny Harrison USA18.09Atlanta, United States27 July 1996South American recordJadel Gregório BRA17.90Belém, Brazil20 May 2007European recordJonathan Edwards GBR18.29Göteborg, Sweden7 August 1995Oceanian recordKen Lorraway AUS17.46London, Great Britain7 August 1982The following records were established during the competition:World LeadingChristian Taylor USA18.21 Beijing, China27 August 2015North, Central American and Caribbean record Qualification standards Entry standards 2014 IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/544c7d0a-0807-4226-a85b-79928c58a097.pdf IAAF 18 August 2015 16.90 Schedule Date Time Round26 August 2015 10:00 Qualification27 August 2015 19:10 Final All times are local times (UTC+8) Results Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.Qualification results Rank Group Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 Result Notes 1 A Pedro Pichardo CUB 2015 World 16.94 0.00 x 17.43 17.43 Q 2 B Christian Taylor USA 2015 World 16.77 17.28 17.28 Q 3 A Marian Oprea ROU 2015 World 17.07 17.07 Q, SB 4 A Omar Craddock USA 2015 World 16.69 17.01 17.01 Q 5 B Nelson Évora POR 2015 World 0.00 x 16.68 17.01 17.01 Q 6 A Dmitriy Sorokin RUS 2015 World 16.99 0.00 x 0.00 – 16.99 q 7 B Lyukman Adams RUS 2015 World 0.00 x 16.85 16.50 16.85 q 8 B Benjamin Compaoré FRA 2015 World 0.00 x 0.00 x 16.82 16.82 q 9 A Jonathan Drack MRI 2015 World 16.79 13.28 0.00 x16.79 q 10 B Godfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA 2015 World 16.78 0.00 x 16.78 16.78 q 11 A Tosin Oke NGR 2015 World 0.00 x 14.70 16.74 16.74 q 12 B Leevan Sands BAH 2015 World 16.60 16.69 16.73 16.73 q 13 B Marquis Dendy USA 2015 World 14.36 16.73 16.32 16.73 14 A Kim Deok-hyeon KOR 2015 World 16.57 16.57 16.72 16.72 15 A Cao Shuo CHN 2015 World 16.66 16.66 16.51 16.66 16 A Georgi Tsonov BUL 2015 World 0.00 x 0.00 x 16.59 16.59 17 B Rumen Dimitrov BUL 2015 World 0.00 x 16.53 16.19 16.53 18 B Dong Bin CHN 2015 World 16.44 0.00 x 0.00 x 16.44 19 A Will Claye USA 2015 World 0.00 x 15.73 16.41 16.41 20 B Pablo Torrijos ESP 2015 World 15.85 15.73 16.3216.32 21 B Yordanys Durañona DMA 2015 World 0.00 x 16.12 16.27 16.27 22 A Samyr Lainé HAI 2015 World 16.23 16.15 16.12 16.23 23 A Latario Collie-Minns BAH 2015 World 16.10 0.00 x 16.21 16.21 24 A Xu Xiaolong CHN 2015 World 15.97 16.19 0.00 x 16.19 25 B Roman Valiyev KAZ 2015 World 0.00 x 0.00 x 16.04 16.04 26 A Jean-Cassimiro Rosa BRA 2015 World 15.97 0.00 x 15.75 15.97 27 B Muhammad Hakimi Ismail MAS 2015 World 15.72 15.93 0.00 x 15.93 28 B Hugues Fabrice Zango BUR 2015 World 0.00 x 0.00 x 0.00 x 0.00 NM Final The final was started at 19:10.Final results Rank Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 # 4 # 5 # 6 Mark Notes Christian Taylor USA 2015 World 16.85 17.49 17.60 17.68 17.22 18.21 18.21 WL, AR North, Central American and Caribbean Pedro Pichardo CUB 2015 World 17.52 17.44 17.60 17.33 17.52 17.73 17.73 Nelson Évora POR 2015 World 17.28 0.00 x 17.29 0.00 x 0.00 x 17.52 17.52 SB 04 4 Omar Craddock USA 2015 World 17.14 17.08 0.00 x 17.14 17.37 16.50 17.37 05 5 Lyukman Adams RUS 2015 World 0.00 x 17.12 17.28 0.00 x 17.21 17.23 17.28 06 6 Marian Oprea ROU 2015 World 17.06 16.23 0.00 – 0.00 – 0.00 – 0.00 x 17.06 07 7 Dmitriy Sorokin RUS 2015 World 16.99 16.38 0.00 x 0.00 x 0.00 x 0.00 x 16.99 08 8 Tosin Oke NGR 2015 World 16.77 0.00 x 16.81 0.00 x 0.00 x 0.00 x 16.81 09 9 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA 2015 World 16.57 16.76 16.81 16.81 10 Leevan Sands BAH 2015 World 16.68 0.00 x 16.47 16.68 11 Jonathan Drack MRI 2015 World 0.00 x 16.15 16.64 16.64 12 Benjamin Compaoré FRA 2015 World 0.00 x 0.00 x 16.63 16.63 References Triple jump Category:Triple jump at the World Athletics Championships