2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
Introduction The '''men's triple jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics''' was held at the Olympic Stadium on 16 and 18 August. The season had seen a number of athletes performing to a high level before the championships, with reigning World and Olympic champion Nelson Évora leading with 17.66 metres and all three athletes of the Cuban team having jumped over 17.60 m in the season. The other athlete to jump that distance was Phillips Idowu, who was keen make up for his loss to Évora in the 2008 Olympics. The Olympic medallists Évora, Idowu, and Leevan Sands, and the Cuban trio of David Giralt, Yoandris Betanzos and Alexis Copello, were judged to be the strongest competitors entering the competition.In the qualifying rounds, Évora and Idowu were the first to pass the automatic qualifying mark of 17.15 metres, recording bests of 17.44 and 17.32 m respectively. Chinese jumper Li Yanxi was the third through the qualifying mark, and Sands and Giralt soon followed. The qualifying was not of the same standard as the 2008 Olympic final, as Copello and Dmitrij Valukevic rounded out the top twelve competitors with jumps under 17 m.In the final, Olympic champion Évora set the standard with a first jump of 17.54 m, Idowu also started well with a jump of 17.51 m. Giralt and Sands moved into third and fourth with jumps around the 17.2 m mark. Évora led the competition until round three, where Idowu produced a personal best and world-leading jump of 17.73 m to take the top spot. A large jump by Alexis Copello followed, but he was given the red flag, indicating a foul. Sands' season's best jump of 17.32 m moved him into the third medal spot, but it was Copello's final jump of 17.36 m that took the bronze medal. Évora's best also came in the final round, but the 17.55-metre jump did not rival that of Idowu. It was the thirty-one-year-old Briton's first ever major title, building on his silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Medalists '''Gold''''''Silver''''''Bronze'''
Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows. '''World record''''''18.29'''Gothenburg, Sweden7 August 1995'''Championship record''''''18.29'''Gothenburg, Sweden7 August 1995'''World leading''''''17.66'''Belém, Brazil24 May 2009'''African record''''''17.37'''Khemisset, Morocco14 July 2007'''Asian record''''''17.35'''Moscow, Russia5 June 1994'''North American record''''''18.09'''Atlanta, United States27 July 1996'''South American record''''''17.90'''Belém, Brazil20 May 2007'''European record''''''18.29'''Gothenburg, Sweden7 August 1995'''Oceanian record''''''17.46'''London, United Kingdom7 August 1982*Phillips Idowu beat Évora's world leading mark in the competition, jumping 17.73 metres.
Qualification standards A standardB standard 17.10m 16.65m
Schedule  Date Time Round16 August 2009  '''19:00'''   '''Qualification'''18 August 2009  '''18:05'''   '''Final'''
Results ===Qualification===Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.15 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. Rank  Group  Athlete  Nationality  #1  #2  #3  Result  Notes   B  Nelson Évora    '''17.44'''    '''17.44'''  Q   A  Phillips Idowu    17.10  '''17.32'''   '''17.32'''  Q   B  Li Yanxi     16.78  '''17.27'''   '''17.27'''  Q, SB   A  Leevan Sands    17.02  16.84  '''17.20'''  '''17.20'''  Q, SB   A  Arnie David Giralt    16.92    '''17.15'''  '''17.15'''  Q   B  Teddy Tamgho       '''17.11'''    '''17.11'''  q, SB   A  Momchil Karailiev      16.87  '''17.07'''  '''17.07'''  q   B  Jadel Gregório     '''17.06'''    15.48  '''17.06'''  q   A  Igor Spasovkhodskiy     16.87  16.84  '''17.02'''  '''17.02'''  q 10  A  Nathan Douglas    '''17.00'''    16.90  '''17.00'''  q 11  B  Alexis Copello    '''16.99'''  16.78  16.98  '''16.99'''  q 12  A  Dmitrij Valukevic    '''16.96'''  16.69  16.85  '''16.96'''  q 13  A  Onochie Achike    16.88  '''16.94'''     '''16.94'''   14  B  Brandon Roulhac     16.78  16.56  '''16.94'''  '''16.94'''  15  A  Fabrizio Schembri    '''16.88'''  16.88    '''16.88'''  16  B  Tosin Oke     '''16.87'''  16.82    '''16.87'''  PB 17  A  Yoandris Betanzos        '''16.77'''  '''16.77'''  18  B  Randy Lewis    '''16.73'''  13.38  16.52  '''16.73'''  19  B  Mykola Savolaynen     16.68  16.64  '''16.72'''  '''16.72'''  20  B  Hugo Chila     16.34  '''16.70'''  16.52  '''16.70'''  '''NR''' 21  B  Hugo Mamba-Schlick     16.21  16.06  '''16.63'''  '''16.63'''  SB 22  B  Walter Davis     16.27  '''16.62'''  15.87  '''16.62'''  23  A  Dzmitry Dziatsuk    '''16.58'''  16.15     '''16.58'''  24  A  Kim Deok-Hyeon      16.02  '''16.58'''  '''16.58'''  25  B  Alwyn Jones     16.20  '''16.57'''  16.50  '''16.57'''  26  A  Yevhen Semenenko    16.29  16.52  '''16.54'''  '''16.54'''  27  A  Julian Reid    16.41  '''16.49'''  16.16  '''16.49'''  28  A  Jefferson Sabino      16.24  '''16.34'''  '''16.34'''  29  A  Samyr Lainé      16.06  '''16.34'''  '''16.34'''  30  A  Kenta Bell      '''16.32'''  16.18  '''16.32'''  31  B  Viktor Yastrebov       '''16.31'''  16.15  '''16.31'''  32  B  Evgeniy Plotnir     16.13  '''16.29'''  15.96  '''16.29'''  33  B  Dimitrios Tsiamis     15.68  '''16.23'''    '''16.23'''  34  B  Daniele Greco     '''16.18'''      '''16.18'''  35  B  Yevgeniy Ektov     '''16.13'''    16.01  '''16.13'''  36  B  Mantas Dilys     '''16.09'''  16.02  15.70  '''16.09'''  37  A  Mohamed Youssef Salman      '''16.05'''  15.71  '''16.05'''  38  B  Lauri Leis     15.28  '''15.98'''  15.84  '''15.98'''  39  B  Leonardo Elisiario dos Santos     '''15.95'''    15.85  '''15.95'''  40  A  Vladimir Letnicov    15.28  15.77  '''15.88'''  '''15.88'''  41  A  Fabrizio Donato     '''15.81'''      '''15.81'''  SB 42  A  Andrés Capellán    15.35  '''15.80'''  15.67  '''15.80'''  43  B  Nguyen Van Hung       15.03  '''15.56'''  '''15.56'''  44  B  Si Kuan Wong       '''14.78'''  14.71  '''14.78'''    A  Charles Friedek          ''''''   A  Yochai Halevi        '''''''''Key''':  NR = National record, PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best===Final=== Rank   Athlete  Nationality  #1  #2  #3   #4  #5  #6  Result  Notes   Phillips Idowu    17.51  17.44  '''17.73'''        '''17.73'''  '''WL'''   Nelson Évora    17.54    17.38    17.33  '''17.55'''  '''17.55'''    Alexis Copello     17.06  17.19  14.82    17.04  '''17.36'''  '''17.36'''      Leevan Sands   17.20  17.08  16.96  17.05  '''17.32'''  16.99  '''17.32'''  SB     Arnie David Giralt    '''17.26'''  17.18    17.19  17.01  17.06  '''17.26'''     Li Yanxi    16.95  16.92  14.23  '''17.23'''   16.75  '''17.23'''      Igor Spasovkhodskiy    16.73  '''16.91'''  14.66  14.75  16.37    '''16.91'''     Jadel Gregório        '''16.89'''  16.84  16.70      '''16.89'''     Momchil Karailiev    '''16.82'''  16.78  16.81     '''16.82'''  10   Nathan Douglas    16.78  15.44  '''16.79'''     '''16.79'''  11   Teddy Tamgho       '''16.79'''         '''16.79'''  12  Dmitrij Valukevic        '''16.54'''     '''16.54''' '''Key''':  SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)
References ;General* Triple jump results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-16.;Specific