Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

These are the official results of the Men's triple jump event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 3 & 4 of September.[1]

Men's triple jump at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
Date	3 September 1972 & 4 September 1972
Competitors	36 from 28 nations
Winning length	17.35
Medalists
Viktor Saneyev  Soviet Union Jörg Drehmel  East Germany Nélson Prudêncio  Brazil

Qualifying

All jumpers reaching 16.20 m (53 ft 2 in), shown in blue and the top 12 including ties advanced to the final round. All lengths are in metres

Qualifying round

Overall	Athlete	Nationality	Group	Mark	1	2	3
1	Viktor Saneyev	Soviet Union	B	16.85	16.85	-	-
2	Jörg Drehmel	East Germany	A	16.57	16.57	-	-
3	Mansour Dia	Senegal	A	16.55	16.55	-	-
4	Carol Corbu	Romania	A	16.51	15.59	15.92	16.51
5	Toshiaki Inoue	Japan	A	16.49	16.01	16.19	16.49
6	Michał Joachimowski	Poland	B	16.43	16.43	-	-
7	Nélson Prudêncio	Brazil	B	16.42	X	X	16.42
8	Kristen Fløgstad	Norway	A	16.41	X	16.41	-
9	Samuel Igun	Nigeria	A	16.33	15.19	X	16.33
10	John Craft	United States	B	16.32	15.78	16.09	16.32
11	Mikhail Bariban	Soviet Union	A	16.26	16.09	16.12	16.26
12	Bernard Lamitié	France	A	16.24	16.24	-	-
13	Gábor Katona	Hungary	B	16.19	16.19	15.43	14.89
14	Kosei Gushiken	Japan	B	16.19	16.19	X	X
15	Gennady Bessonov	Soviet Union	A	16.18	16.10	15.95	16.18
16	Giuseppe Gentile	Italy	B	16.04	15.79	X	16.04
17	Esa Rinne	Finland	A	15.98	15.49	15.98	15.76
18	Václav Fišer	Czechoslovakia	B	15.96	15.96	15.75	15.75
19	Heinz-Günter Schenk	East Germany	B	15.91	15.54	15.91	15.41
20	Mick McGrath	Australia	A	15.90	15.40	15.90	15.32
21	Johnson Amoah	Ghana	A	15.84	15.79	15.69	15.84
22	Abraham Munabi	Uganda	B	15.82	14.74	15.82	X
23	Moise Pomaney	Ghana	B	15.72	15.72	15.18	15.31
24	Pedro Pérez	Cuba	B	15.72	15.72	14.85	X
25	Milan Spasojević	Yugoslavia	A	15.69	15.63	15.69	13.33
26	Yukito Muraki	Japan	A	15.59	15.53	15.59	X
27	Tim Barrett	Bahamas	B	15.51	15.51	15.43	X
28	Wilfredo Maisonave	Puerto Rico	B	15.38	14.07	14.77	15.38
29	Art Walker	United States	B	15.29	X	15.29	X
30	Patrick Onyango	Kenya	B	14.74	X	X	14.74
31	Chen Ming-Chi	Republic of China	B	14.73	X	14.73	14.11
32	Dave Smith	United States	A	14.55	X	14.55	X
33	Ghazi Saleh Marzouk	Saudi Arabia	A	13.82	13.82	13.41	13.51
34	Martin Matupi	Malawi	A	13.57	13.57	X	13.34
-	Henry Jackson	Jamaica	A	NM	X	X	X
-	Mohinder Singh Gill	India	A	NM	X	X	X
-	Martin Adouna	Togo	B	DNS	-	-	-
-	Chodoton	Dahomey	B	DNS	-	-	-

Final

At the end of three jumps the top eight received another three jumps. The remaining jumpers are eliminated from medal contention.

Overall	Athlete	Nationality	Mark	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Viktor Saneyev	Soviet Union	17.35	17.35	16.71	17.19	X	16.98	X
	Jörg Drehmel	East Germany	17.31	X	17.02	X	X	17.31	15.34
	Nélson Prudêncio	Brazil	17.05	16.87	16.61	16.35	16.88	X	17.05
4	Carol Corbu	Romania	16.85	16.62	16.85	16.40	X	13.72	X
5	John Craft	United States	16.83	16.77	16.75	16.83	16.26	X	X
6	Mansour Dia	Senegal	16.83	16.77	16.83	X	X	16.15	X
7	Michał Joachimowski	Poland	16.69	16.69	X	14.62	14.98	X	X
8	Kristen Fløgstad	Norway	16.44	X	16.44	X	X	15.97	X
9	Mikhail Bariban	Soviet Union	16.30	X	16.30	15.96
10	Bernard Lamitié	France	16.27	16.22	15.88	16.27
11	Samuel Igun	Nigeria	16.03	X	15.79	16.03
12	Toshiaki Inoue	Japan	15.88	15.88	X	X

References

1. "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

External links

• Official report