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

Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Viktor Saneyev (1972)
VenueOlympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
Dates3 September 1972 (qualifying)
4 September 1972 (final)
Competitors36 from 28 nations
Winning distance17.35
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Viktor Saneyev
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jörg Drehmel
 East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nelson Prudêncio
 Brazil
← 1968
1976 →

The men's triple jump event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich was held on 3 & 4 of September.[1] Thirty-six athletes from 28 nations competed.[2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Viktor Saneyev of the Soviet Union, the fourth man to repeat as Olympic champion in the triple jump. The Soviets were on the podium in the event for the sixth consecutive Games. Jörg Drehmel of East Germany won the first men's triple jump medal by any German jumper. Nelson Prudêncio of Brazil was the ninth man (Saneyev being the eighth) to win a second medal in the event, following up his 1968 silver with bronze in Munich.

Background[edit]

This was the 17th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning finalists from the 1968 Games were the top four (gold medalist Viktor Saneyev of the Soviet Union, silver medalist Nelson Prudêncio of Brazil, bronze medalist Giuseppe Gentile of Italy, and fourth-place finisher Art Walker of the United States) as well as eighth-place finisher Mansour Dia of Senegal. Saneyev was a favorite to repeat, but Jörg Drehmel of East Germany had beaten him at the 1971 European championships and was a serious contender for the gold medal. Pedro Pérez of Cuba had broken the world record in winning the Pan American Games, but that jump was an outlier for him and he was not expected to replicate it here.[2]

Kenya, Malawi, and Saudi Arabia each made their first appearance in the event. The United States competed for the 17th time, having competed at each of the Games so far.

Competition format[edit]

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936. In the qualifying round, each jumper received three attempts to reach the qualifying distance of 16.20 metres; if fewer than 12 men did so, the top 12 (including all those tied) would advance. In the final round, each athlete had three jumps; the top eight received an additional three jumps, with the best of the six to count.[2][3]

Records[edit]

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Pedro Pérez (CUB) 17.40 Cali, Colombia 5 August 1971
Olympic record  Viktor Saneyev (URS) 17.39 Mexico City, Mexico 17 October 1968

No new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Schedule[edit]

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 3 September 1972 10:00 Qualifying
Monday, 4 September 1972 16:00 Final

Results[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

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

Rank Athlete Nation Group 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 Viktor Saneyev  Soviet Union B 16.85 16.85 Q
2 Jörg Drehmel  East Germany A 16.57 16.57 Q
3 Mansour Dia  Senegal A 16.55 16.55 Q
4 Carol Corbu  Romania A 15.59 15.92 16.51 16.51 Q
5 Toshiaki Inoue  Japan A 16.01 16.19 16.49 16.49 Q
6 Michał Joachimowski  Poland B 16.43 16.43 Q
7 Nélson Prudêncio  Brazil B 16.42 16.42 Q
8 Kristen Fløgstad  Norway A X 16.41 16.41 Q
9 Samuel Igun  Nigeria A 15.19 X 16.33 16.33 Q
10 John Craft  United States B 15.78 16.09 16.32 16.32 Q
11 Mikhail Bariban  Soviet Union A 16.09 16.12 16.26 16.26 Q
12 Bernard Lamitié  France A 16.24 16.24 Q
13 Gábor Katona  Hungary B 16.19 15.43 14.89 16.19
14 Kosei Gushiken  Japan B 16.19 X X 16.19
15 Gennady Bessonov  Soviet Union A 16.10 15.95 16.18 16.18
16 Giuseppe Gentile  Italy B 15.79 X 16.04 16.04
17 Esa Rinne  Finland A 15.49 15.98 15.76 15.98
18 Václav Fišer  Czechoslovakia B 15.96 15.75 15.75 15.96
19 Heinz-Günter Schenk  East Germany B 15.54 15.91 15.41 15.91
20 Mick McGrath  Australia A 15.40 15.90 15.32 15.90
21 Johnson Amoah  Ghana A 15.79 15.69 15.84 15.84
22 Abraham Munabi  Uganda B 14.74 15.82 X 15.82
23 Moise Pomaney  Ghana B 15.72 15.18 15.31 15.72
24 Pedro Pérez  Cuba B 15.72 14.85 X 15.72
25 Milan Spasojević  Yugoslavia A 15.63 15.69 13.33 15.69
26 Yukito Muraki  Japan A 15.53 15.59 X 15.59
27 Tim Barrett  Bahamas B 15.51 15.43 X 15.51
28 Wilfredo Maisonave  Puerto Rico B 14.07 14.77 15.38 15.38
29 Art Walker  United States B X 15.29 X 15.29
30 Patrick Onyango  Kenya B X X 14.74 14.74
31 Chen Ming-Chi  Republic of China B X 14.73 14.11 14.73
32 Dave Smith  United States A X 14.55 X 14.55
33 Ghazi Saleh Marzouk  Saudi Arabia A 13.82 13.41 13.51 13.82
34 Martin Matupi  Malawi A 13.57 X 13.34 13.57
Henry Jackson  Jamaica A X X X No mark
Mohinder Singh Gill  India A X X X No mark
Martin Adouna  Togo B DNS
Chodoton  Dahomey B DNS

Final[edit]

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

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance
1st place, gold medalist(s) Viktor Saneyev  Soviet Union 17.35 16.71 17.19 X 16.98 X 17.35
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jörg Drehmel  East Germany X 17.02 X X 17.31 15.34 17.31
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nelson Prudêncio  Brazil 16.87 16.61 16.35 16.88 X 17.05 17.05
4 Carol Corbu  Romania 16.62 16.85 16.40 X 13.72 X 16.85
5 John Craft  United States 16.77 16.75 16.83 16.26 X X 16.83
6 Mansour Dia  Senegal 16.77 16.83 X X 16.15 X 16.83
7 Michał Joachimowski  Poland 16.69 X 14.62 14.98 X X 16.69
8 Kristen Fløgstad  Norway X 16.44 X X 15.97 X 16.44
9 Mikhail Bariban  Soviet Union X 16.30 15.96 Did not advance 16.30
10 Bernard Lamitié  France 16.22 15.88 16.27 Did not advance 16.27
11 Samuel Igun  Nigeria X 15.79 16.03 Did not advance 16.03
12 Toshiaki Inoue  Japan 15.88 X X Did not advance 15.88

References[edit]

  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.
  2. ^ a b c "Triple Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 61.

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