▁Four ▁jump ers ▁later , ▁Christian ▁Taylor ▁jump ed ▁ ▁which ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁gold ▁medal ▁winning ▁jump . ▁ ▁Three ▁j umps ▁after ▁Taylor , ▁Will ▁Cl aye ▁jump ed ▁a ▁personal ▁best ▁ 1 7 . 7 6 ▁m ▁to ▁take ▁over ▁silver ▁medal ▁position . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1   cm ▁improvement ▁moved ▁him ▁into ▁the ▁# 2 3 ▁position ▁of ▁all ▁time . ▁ ▁From ▁a ▁medal ▁perspective , ▁the ▁next ▁five ▁r ounds ▁were ▁unnecessary , ▁none ▁of ▁the ▁medal ists ▁improved ▁and ▁no ▁other ▁ath lete ▁seriously ▁challeng ed ▁their ▁position . ▁ ▁Taylor ▁jump ed ▁ 1 7 . 7 7 m ▁two ▁times ▁during ▁those ▁subsequent ▁r ounds , ▁either ▁of ▁those ▁j umps ▁would ▁have ▁still ▁ed ged ▁Cl aye ▁for ▁the ▁win . ▁ ▁Taylor ▁and ▁Cl aye ▁repeated ▁their ▁med als ▁from ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁medal ▁ceremony , ▁the ▁med als ▁were ▁presented ▁by ▁Austin ▁Se aly , ▁Barb ados , ▁IO C ▁member , ▁and ▁the ▁g ifts ▁were ▁presented ▁by ▁Alberto ▁Ju ant or ena , ▁Vice ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁I A AF . ▁ ▁Compet ition ▁format ▁The ▁competition ▁consisted ▁of ▁two ▁r ounds , ▁qual ification ▁and ▁final . ▁ ▁In ▁qual ification , ▁each ▁ath lete ▁jump ed ▁three ▁times ▁( sto pping ▁early ▁if ▁they ▁made ▁the ▁qual ifying ▁distance ). ▁ ▁At ▁least ▁the ▁top ▁twelve ▁athlet es ▁moved ▁on ▁to ▁the ▁final ; ▁if ▁more ▁than ▁twelve