# 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 10 and 11 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Will Claye United States | Christian Taylor United States | Lyukman Adams Russia |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships :
| World record | Teddy Tamgho (FRA) | 17.92 | Paris, France | 6 March 2011 |
| Championship record | Teddy Tamgho (FRA) | 17.90 | Doha, Qatar | 14 March 2010 |
| World Leading | Will Claye (USA) | 17.63 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | 25 February 2012 |
| African record | Ajayi Agbebaku (NGR) | 17.00 | Dallas, United States | 30 January 1982 |
| Asian record | Oleg Sakirkin (KAZ) | 17.09 | Moscow, Russia | 27 February 1993 |
| European record | Teddy Tamgho (FRA) | 17.92 | Paris, France | 6 March 2011 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record | Aliecer Urrutia (CUB) | 17.83 | Sindelfingen, Germany | 1 March 1997 |
| Oceanian Record | Andrew Murphy (AUS) | 17.20 | Lisbon, Portugal | 9 March 2001 |
| South American record | Jadel Gregório (BRA) | 17.56 | Moscow, Russia | 12 March 2006 |

## Qualification standards

* Indoor
* 17.00

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| March 10, 2012 | 9:35 | Qualification |
| March 11, 2012 | 16:10 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification standard 17.00 m (Q) or at least best 8 qualified. 13 athletes from 10 countries participated. One athlete did not start the competition. The qualification round started at 09:35 and ended at 10:25.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Christian Taylor | United States | 17.39 | | | 17.39 | Q, SB |
| 2 | Fabrizio Donato | Italy | 17.07 | | | 17.07 | Q |
| 3 | Lyukman Adams | Russia | x | 16.67 | 17.04 | 17.04 | Q, SB |
| 4 | Will Claye | United States | 16.84 | 17.01 | | 17.01 | Q |
| 5 | Daniele Greco | Italy | 15.82 | 16.94 | 16.83 | 16.94 | q |
| 6 | Dong Bin | China | 16.64 | 16.63 | 16.94 | 16.94 | q |
| 7 | Alexis Copello | Cuba | x | 16.90 | | 16.90 | q |
| 8 | Benjamin Compaoré | France | 16.46 | 16.73 | 16.81 | 16.81 | q |
| 9 | Arnie David Giralt | Cuba | x | 16.71 | 16.56 | 16.71 | |
| 10 | Jefferson Sabino | Brazil | 16.67 | x | 16.22 | 16.67 | SB |
| 11 | Marian Oprea | Romania | 16.58 | x | x | 16.58 | |
| 12 | Sheryf El-Sheryf | Ukraine | 15.58 | x | 16.25 | 16.25 | |
| 13 | Samyr Lainé | Haiti | 15.63 | 15.74 | 16.06 | 16.06 | |
| | Tosin Oke | Nigeria | | | | DNS | |

### Final

8 athletes from 6 countries participated. The final started at 16:10 and ended at 17:17.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Will Claye | United States | 16.89 | x | x | 17.70 | 17.63 | 17.53 | 17.70 | WL |
| | Christian Taylor | United States | 17.63 | x | 17.02 | 17.29 | 17.05 | 17.20 | 17.63 | SB |
| | Lyukman Adams | Russia | 16.98 | x | x | x | 17.36 | x | 17.36 | PB |
| 4 | Fabrizio Donato | Italy | 16.99 | 17.28 | x | — | — | — | 17.28 | SB |
| 5 | Daniele Greco | Italy | x | 16.55 | x | 16.93 | x | 17.28 | 17.28 | PB |
| 6 | Benjamin Compaoré | France | 17.05 | x | x | x | x | x | 17.05 | |
| 7 | Alexis Copello | Cuba | 16.92 | x | x | x | 16.64 | x | 16.92 | |
| 8 | Dong Bin | China | 14.64 | 16.41 | 16.75 | 16.51 | x | 16.48 | 16.75 | |