Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump
The Men's triple jump competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 16–17.[1] With the best athletes jumping at high altitude in the Olympics, the world record was set multiple times. Prior to the event, Józef Szmidt had held the world record for eight years and also held the Olympic record since the previous Olympics.
Men's triple jump at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | ||||||||||||
Date | October 16–17 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 34 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning distance | 17.39 WR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1968 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 | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4×100 m relay | men | women |
4×400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
The world and Olympic record were smashed in the qualifying round by Giuseppe Gentile, with a 17.10 on his second attempt (after fouling the first).
The following day in the final, Gentile improved upon his record in the first round, jumping 17.22. In the third round, Viktor Saneyev improved upon the record by one centimeter. In the fifth round Nelson Prudêncio took the lead and the record. On his last attempt, Saneyev hit the winner and new record of 17.39 m (57 ft 1⁄2 in).
The record lasted for three years until it was improved upon by Pedro Pérez. One year later, Saneyev brought the record with a 17.44 that lasted 3 years. In 1975 in this same stadium, João Carlos de Oliveira made a .45 m (1 ft 5 1⁄2 in) "beamonesque" improvement to the record that held for almost 10 years. The record was brought down to sea level by Willie Banks in 1985.[2]
During the competition, five men exceeded the previous world record though Nikolay Dudkin's jumps were wind aided. Phil May and Szmidt jumped further than his Olympic record in sixth and seventh place respectively.
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).[3]
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | 17.03 m | Olsztyn, Poland | August 5, 1960 | |
Olympic record | 16.85 m | Tokyo, Japan | October 16, 1964 |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Date | Event | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
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16 August | Qualifying | 17.10 m (56 ft 1 in) | OR | WR | |
17 August | Final | 17.22 m (56 ft 5 3⁄4 in) | OR | WR | |
17 August | Final | 17.23 m (56 ft 6 1⁄4 in) | OR | WR | |
17 August | Final | 17.27 m (56 ft 7 3⁄4 in) | OR | WR | |
17 August | Final | 17.39 m (57 ft 1⁄2 in) | OR | WR |
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 |
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1 | A | Giuseppe Gentile | X | 17.10 | – | 17.10 WR | Q | |
2 | B | Mansour Dia | 16.58 | – | – | 16.58 | Q | |
3 | B | Art Walker | 16.49 | – | – | 16.49 | Q | |
4 | B | Nelson Prudêncio | 15.79 | 16.46 | – | 16.46 | Q | |
5 | A | Phil May | 16.32 | – | – | 16.32 | Q | |
6 | B | Georgi Stoykovski | 15.26 | X | 16.24 | 16.24 | Q | |
7 | B | Viktor Saneyev | 16.22 | – | – | 16.22 | Q | |
8 | A | Şerban Ciochină | 15.93 | 16.07 | 16.21 | 16.21 | Q | |
9 | B | Luis Felipe Areta | 15.94 | 16.20 | – | 16.20 | Q | |
10 | B | Joachim Kugler | 15.79 | 16.20 | – | 16.20 | Q | |
11 | A | Józef Szmidt | X | 16.19 | – | 16.19 | Q | |
12 | B | Henrik Kalocsai | 15.44 | 16.16 | – | 16.16 | Q | |
13 | B | Nikolay Dudkin | 15.81 | 16.15 | – | 16.15 | Q | |
14 | B | Jan Jaskólski | 15.79 | 16.04 | – | 16.04 | ||
15 | A | Michael Sauer | 15.61 | 16.02 | 15.84 | 16.02 | ||
16 | A | Derek Boosey | 15.07 | 15.99 | 16.01 | 16.01 | ||
17 | A | Norman Tate | 13.43 | 15.84 | 15.83 | 15.84 | ||
18 | B | Pertti Pousi | X | 15.84 | 15.74 | 15.84 | ||
19 | A | Yukito Muraki | X | 15.37 | 15.83 | 15.83 | ||
20 | A | Tim Barrett | X | 15.06 | 15.79 | 15.79 | ||
21 | A | Dave Smith | X | X | 15.75 | 15.75 | ||
22 | A | Evangelos Vlasis | 15.47 | 15.52 | 15.71 | 15.71 | ||
23 | B | Fred Alsop | 12.93 | 15.71 | 15.50 | 15.71 | ||
24 | B | Johnson Amoah | 15.65 | 15.28 | 15.65 | 15.65 | ||
25 | B | Aşkın Tuna | 15.65 | X | 15.43 | 15.65 | ||
26 | B | Heinz-Günter Schenk | X | 14.72 | 15.61 | 15.61 | ||
27 | B | Dragán Ivanov | 15.61 | X | 14.42 | 15.61 | ||
28 | A | Samuel Igun | 15.40 | 13.86 | 15.46 | 15.46 | ||
29 | A | Aleksandr Zolotarev | 15.41 | 14.72 | X | 15.41 | ||
30 | B | Lennox Burgher | 15.20 | 15.29 | 15.14 | 15.29 | ||
31 | A | Chen Ming-Chi | 15.29 | 15.04 | 14.76 | 15.29 | ||
32 | A | Klaus Neumann | 15.16 | X | – | 15.16 | ||
33 | B | Héctor Serrate | 15.09 | 15.05 | 14.89 | 15.09 | ||
34 | A | Zoltán Cziffra | 15.04 | X | – | 15.04 |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
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Viktor Saneyev | 16.49 | 16.84 | 17.23 | 17.02 | 16.81 | 17.39 | 17.39 | WR | ||
Nelson Prudêncio | 16.33 | 17.05 | 16.75 | X | 17.27 | 17.15 | 17.27 | |||
Giuseppe Gentile | 17.22 | X | X | X | 16.54 | X | 17.22 | |||
4 | Art Walker | 15.43 | 16.45 | 16.77 | 16.48 | X | 17.12 | 17.12 | ||
5 | Nikolay Dudkin | 16.15 | 16.70 | 16.37 | 16.73 | 17.09 | 16.53 | 17.09 | ||
6 | Phil May | 15.48 | 16.58 | 16.51 | 17.02 | X | – | 17.02 | ||
7 | Józef Szmidt | 16.06 | 16.77 | X | 16.66 | X | 16.89 | 16.89 | ||
8 | Mansour Dia | 16.71 | 16.48 | 15.44 | 16.73 | 16.64 | 15.83 | 16.73 | ||
9 | Georgi Stoykovski | 16.28 | 16.46 | 16.19 | N/A | 16.46 | ||||
10 | Henrik Kalocsai | 16.45 | 16.39 | 16.20 | N/A | 16.45 | ||||
11 | Joachim Kugler | 12.87 | X | 15.90 | N/A | 15.90 | ||||
12 | Luis Felipe Areta | 15.72 | 15.75 | 14.80 | N/A | 15.75 | ||||
13 | Şerban Ciochină | X | X | 15.62 | N/A | 15.62 |
References
- "Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- Mens High Jump at Sports Reference
- https://www.olympic.org/mexico-1968/athletics/high-jump-men
External links
- Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 13, 2012.