Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump
Final

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Athlete	Attempts	Result	Note

1	2	3	4	5	6

Viktor Saneyev (URS)	X	16.71	17.06	X	17.29	X	17.29 m

James Butts (USA)	16.69	16.76	14.80	17.18	16.55	16.61	17.18 m

João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA)	X	16.15	16.85	14.91	16.69	16.90	16.90 m

4	Pedro Pérez (CUB)	16.81	16.24	16.48	16.47	X	X	16.81 m

5	Tommy Haynes (USA)	15.46	X	16.68	16.78	16.71	16.71	16.78 m

6	Wolfgang Kolmsee (FRG)	16.23	X	16.68	16.58	16.31	X	16.68 m

7	Eugeniusz Biskupski (POL)	15.91	X	16.49	X	15.79	X	16.49 m

8	Carol Corbu (ROM)	16.07	16.18	16.43	X	16.00	X	16.43 m

9	Jiří Vyčichlo (TCH)	X	X	16.28	16.28 m

10	Pentti Kuukasjärvi (FIN)	16.15	16.14	16.23	16.23 m

11	Bernard Lamitié (FRA)	X	16.23	15.93	16.23 m

12	Rayfield Dupree (USA)	X	16.23	15.90	16.23 m

Sentence(s)

In the second attempt, Saneyev landed at 16.71 and Butts improved to 16.76.

final_sentence: In the second attempt, Saneyev landed at 16.71 and Butts improved to 16.76.