# 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 7 and 10 August.

## Summary

In the first round of the final, Alexis Copello (Azerjaijan) was the first over 17 metres with a jump of 17.16 metres, and Will Claye (USA) took the lead with a 17.54 metre jump. In the second round, Nelson Évora (Portugal) moved into silver medal position, until Christian Taylor (USA) took the lead with a 17.57 metre jump. That lasted until Claye's next jump, 17.63 metres, which Taylor answered with a 17.68 m (58 ft 0 in) effort. None of the leaders were able to improve in the last three rounds. By the end of the competition, three jumpers had jumped 17.16 metres, their places settled by their second best jump, which in the case of Cristian Nápoles (CUB) was another 17.16 metres.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
| World | 18.29 | Jonathan Edwards | GBR | 7 Aug 1995 | Göteborg, Sweden |
| Championship | 18.29 | Jonathan Edwards | GBR | 7 Aug 1995 | Göteborg, Sweden |
| World leading | 18.11 | Christian Taylor | USA | 27 May 2017 | Eugene, OR, United States |
| African | 17.37 | Tarik Bouguetaïb | MAR | 14 Jul 2007 | Khemisset, Morocco |
| Asian | 17.59 | Li Yanxi | CHN | 26 Oct 2009 | Jinan, China |
| NACAC | 18.21 | Christian Taylor | USA | 27 Aug 2015 | Beijing, China |
| South American | 17.90 | Jadel Gregório | BRA | 20 May 2007 | Belém, Brazil |
| European | 18.29 | Jonathan Edwards | GBR | 7 Aug 1995 | Göteborg, Sweden |
| Oceanian | 17.46 | Ken Lorraway | AUS | 7 Aug 1982 | London, Great Britain |
No records were set at the competition.

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 16.80 metres.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 7 August | 18:35 | Qualification |
| 10 August | 20:20 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

The qualification round took place on 7 August, in two groups, both starting at 18:35. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 17.00 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Chris Benard | United States (USA) | 17.20 | | | 17.20 | Q |
| 2 | A | Christian Taylor | United States (USA) | 17.15 | | | 17.15 | Q |
| 3 | B | Cristian Nápoles | Cuba (CUB) | 17.06 | | | 17.06 | Q |
| 4 | A | Andy Díaz | Cuba (CUB) | 16.96 | 16.86 | x | 16.96 | q |
| 5 | B | Will Claye | United States (USA) | 16.95 | 16.57 | x | 16.95 | q |
| 6 | A | Nelson Évora | Portugal (POR) | 16.64 | 16.94 | x | 16.94 | q |
| 7 | A | Alexis Copello | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 16.89 | 16.88 | 16.53 | 16.89 | q |
| 8 | A | Pablo Torrijos | Spain (ESP) | 16.57 | 16.00 | 16.80 | 16.80 | q |
| 9 | B | Jean-Marc Pontvianne | France (FRA) | 16.66 | 16.17 | 16.78 | 16.78 | q |
| 10 | B | Yordanys Durañona | Dominica (DMA) | 16.71 | 16.63 | 16.49 | 16.71 | q |
| 11 | A | Wu Ruiting | China (CHN) | x | 16.40 | 16.66 | 16.66 | q |
| 12 | B | Lázaro Martínez | Cuba (CUB) | 16.36 | x | 16.66 | 16.66 | q |
| 13 | B | Donald Scott | United States (USA) | 16.55 | 16.63 | 16.27 | 16.63 | |
| 14 | B | Nazim Babayev | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 15.76 | 16.58 | 16.61 | 16.61 | |
| 15 | A | Momchil Karailiev | Bulgaria (BUL) | x | 16.01 | 16.57 | 16.57 | |
| 16 | B | Elvijs Misāns | Latvia (LAT) | 16.55 | 16.39 | x | 16.55 | |
| 17 | A | Simo Lipsanen | Finland (FIN) | 16.54 | 16.48 | 16.41 | 16.54 | |
| 18 | B | Georgi Tsonov | Bulgaria (BUL) | 16.53 | 16.32 | x | 16.53 | |
| 19 | A | Nathan Fox | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 16.27 | 16.49 | 16.02 | 16.49 | |
| 20 | B | Alberto Álvarez | Mexico (MEX) | 15.60 | 16.41 | 16.48 | 16.48 | |
| 21 | A | Benjamin Compaoré | France (FRA) | 16.46 | 16.35 | x | 16.46 | |
| 22 | B | Troy Doris | Guyana (GUY) | 16.43 | x | 16.24 | 16.43 | |
| 23 | A | Miguel van Assen | Suriname (SUR) | 16.38 | x | x | 16.38 | |
| 24 | A | Melvin Raffin | France (FRA) | 16.18 | 14.25 | x | 16.18 | |
| 25 | B | Tosin Oke | Nigeria (NGR) | x | 16.14 | 16.17 | 16.17 | |
| 26 | B | Fang Yaoqing | China (CHN) | x | 16.17 | x | 16.17 | |
| 27 | A | Mateus de Sá | Brazil (BRA) | 16.10 | 16.09 | x | 16.10 | |
| 28 | B | Dimitrios Tsiamis | Greece (GRE) | 16.06 | x | x | 16.06 | |
| 29 | A | Ryoma Yamamoto | Japan (JPN) | x | x | 16.01 | 16.01 | |
| 30 | B | Clive Pullen | Jamaica (JAM) | x | x | 15.61 | 15.61 | |
| | B | Max Heß | Germany (GER) | | | | DNS | |

### Final

The final took place on 10 August at 20:20. The results were as follows:
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Christian Taylor | United States (USA) | 16.97 | 17.57 | 17.68 | 17.26 | 17.38 | 17.03 | 17.68 | |
| | Will Claye | United States (USA) | 17.54 | 17.52 | 17.63 | 17.49 | 17.53 | x | 17.63 | |
| | Nelson Évora | Portugal (POR) | 17.02 | 17.19 | 16.58 | x | x | 16.01 | 17.19 | |
| 4 | Cristian Nápoles | Cuba (CUB) | x | x | 17.16 | x | x | 17.16 | 17.16 | |
| 5 | Alexis Copello | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 17.16 | x | x | 16.87 | 16.91 | 17.06 | 17.16 | SB |
| 6 | Chris Benard | United States (USA) | 16.88 | x | 16.94 | x | x | 17.16 | 17.16 | |
| 7 | Andy Díaz | Cuba (CUB) | 17.13 | x | x | x | – | x | 17.13 | |
| 8 | Jean-Marc Pontvianne | France (FRA) | x | 16.62 | 16.79 | x | x | 16.57 | 16.79 | |
| 9 | Wu Ruiting | China (CHN) | 16.47 | 16.66 | 16.53 | | | | 16.66 | |
| 10 | Pablo Torrijos | Spain (ESP) | 16.60 | 16.51 | 16.53 | | | | 16.60 | |
| 11 | Yordanys Durañona | Dominica (DMA) | 16.42 | x | x | | | | 16.42 | |
| 12 | Lázaro Martínez | Cuba (CUB) | x | 16.25 | 16.09 | | | | 16.25 | |