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 third round Saneyev jumped 17.06 and de Oliveira jumped 16.85.
In the third round, Saneyev jumped 17.06 and de Oliveira went 16.85.
In the third round Saneyev jumped 17.06 and de Oliveira went 16.85.

final_sentence: In the third round Saneyev jumped 17.06 and de Oliveira jumped 16.85.
final_sentence: In the third round, Saneyev jumped 17.06 and de Oliveira went 16.85.
final_sentence: In the third round Saneyev jumped 17.06 and de Oliveira went 16.85.