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

Rank
Athlete
Attempts
Attempts
Attempts
Attempts
Attempts
Attempts
Result
Note
Rank
Athlete
1
2
3
4
5
6
Result
Note
-
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
-

Question: How did Saneyev and Butts perform in the first two attempts of the triple jump?
Answer: In the second attempt, Saneyev landed at 16.71 after not qualifying in his first attempt and Butts improved to 16.76 from 16.69.