2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
Final
Key: SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: Key: SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes

Phillips Idowu	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	17.51	17.44	17.73	x	x	x	17.73	WL

Nelson Évora	Portugal (POR)	17.54	x	17.38	x	17.33	17.55	17.55

Alexis Copello	Cuba (CUB)	17.06	17.19	14.82	x	17.04	17.36	17.36

4	Leevan Sands	Bahamas (BAH)	17.20	17.08	16.96	17.05	17.32	16.99	17.32	SB

5	Arnie David Giralt	Cuba (CUB)	17.26	17.18	x	17.19	17.01	17.06	17.26

6	Li Yanxi	China (CHN)	16.95	16.92	14.23	17.23	x	16.75	17.23

7	Igor Spasovkhodskiy	Russia (RUS)	16.73	16.91	14.66	14.75	16.37	x	16.91

8	Jadel Gregório	Brazil (BRA)	x	16.89	16.84	16.70	x	x	16.89

9	Momchil Karailiev	Bulgaria (BUL)	16.82	16.78	16.81	16.82

10	Nathan Douglas	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	16.78	15.44	16.79	16.79

11	Teddy Tamgho	France (FRA)	x	16.79	x	16.79

12	Dmitrij Valukevic	Slovakia (SVK)	x	x	16.54	16.54

Sentence(s)

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.

final_sentence: 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.