2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump explained

The men's triple jump at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 10 and 11 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Will Claye	Christian Taylor	Lyukman Adams

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record		17.92	Paris, France	6 March 2011
Championship record		17.90	Doha, Qatar	14 March 2010
World Leading		17.63	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States	25 February 2012
African record		17.00	Dallas, United States	30 January 1982
Asian record		17.09	Moscow, Russia	27 February 1993
European record		17.92	Paris, France	6 March 2011
North and Central American and Caribbean record		17.83	Sindelfingen, Germany	1 March 1997
Oceanian Record		17.20	Lisbon, Portugal	9 March 2001
South American record		17.56	Moscow, Russia	12 March 2006

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 10, 2012	9:35	Qualification
March 11, 2012	16:10	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification standard 17.00 m (Q) or at least best 8 qualified. 13 athletes from 10 countries participated. One athlete did not start the competition. The qualification round started at 09:35 and ended at 10:25.^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1			17.39			17.39	Q, SB
2			17.07			17.07	Q
3				16.67	17.04	17.04	Q, SB
4			16.84	17.01		17.01	Q
5			15.82	16.94	16.83	16.94	q
6			16.64	16.63	16.94	16.94	q
7				16.90		16.90	q
8			16.46	16.73	16.81	16.81	q
9				16.71	16.56	16.71
10			16.67		16.22	16.67	SB
11			16.58			16.58
12			15.58		16.25	16.25
13			15.63	15.74	16.06	16.06

Final

8 athletes from 6 countries participated. The final started at 16:10 and ended at 17:17.^[2]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			16.89			17.70	17.63	17.53	17.70	WL
			17.63		17.02	17.29	17.05	17.20	17.63	SB
			16.98				17.36		17.36	PB
4			16.99	17.28					17.28	SB
5				16.55		16.93		17.28	17.28	PB
6			17.05						17.05
7			16.92				16.64		16.92
8			14.64	16.41	16.75	16.51		16.48	16.75

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump (qualification). Omega Timing. 2012-03-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20120316235655/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-TJ-M-q----.RS6.pdf. 2012-03-16. dead.
2. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump (final). Omega Timing. 2012-03-11.