# 2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 27 to 29 September 2019.

## Summary

On the second jump of the competition, Will Claye took the lead with a 17.61m. Two jumpers later, Cristian Nápoles went 17.36m, then Pedro Pablo Pichardo, now jumping for Portugal, jumped 17.49m. That held through the round. In the second round, Claye improved to 17.72m and Nápoles improved to 17.38m before Hugues Fabrice Zango bounded into contention with a 17.46m African record. After two rounds, defending everything Christian Taylor had not landed a legal jump. Faced with do or die, Taylor made 17.42m to be allowed to continue in the competition. After Claye improved to 17.74m and Pichardo improved to 17.62m, Taylor's fourth attempt of 17.86m put him into the lead. In the fifth round, Zango improved the African record to 17.56m but still wasn't on the podium, while Taylor produced the capper 17.92 m (58 ft 9+1⁄2 in). The only one to improve in the final round was Zango, his third African record of the competition was yet another 10 cm improvement to 17.66 to snatch the bronze medal.
Since 2011 the triple jump story remains virtually the same, Taylor in first, his former University of Florida teammate, Claye slightly behind.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| World record | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 18.29 m | Gothenburg, Sweden | 7 August 1995 |
| Championship record | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 18.29 m | Gothenburg, Sweden | 7 August 1995 |
| World Leading | Will Claye (USA) | 18.14 m | Long Beach, United States | 29 June 2019 |
| African Record | Tarik Bouguetaïb (MAR) | 17.37 m | Khémisset, Morocco | 14 July 2007 |
| Asian Record | Li Yanxi (CHN) | 17.59 m | Jinan, China | 26 October 2009 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Christian Taylor (USA) | 18.21 m | Beijing, China | 27 August 2015 |
| South American Record | Jadel Gregório (BRA) | 17.90 m | Belém, Brazil | 20 May 2007 |
| European Record | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 18.29 m | Gothenburg, Sweden | 7 August 1995 |
| Oceanian record | Kenneth Lorraway (AUS) | 17.46 m | London, Great Britain | 7 August 1982 |
The following records were set at the competition:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date |
| African | 17.66m | Hugues Fabrice Zango | BUR | 29 Sep 2019 |
| Burkinabé | 17.66m | Hugues Fabrice Zango | BUR | 29 Sep 2019 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 16.95 m.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 27 September | 19:25 | Qualification |
| 29 September | 21:45 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Pedro Pichardo | Portugal (POR) | 17.38 | | | 17.38 | Q |
| 2 | A | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Burkina Faso (BUR) | 16.60 | 17.17 | | 17.17 | Q |
| 3 | B | Christian Taylor | United States (USA) | 16.99 | 16.94 | — | 16.99 | q |
| 4 | A | Donald Scott | United States (USA) | x | 16.47 | 16.99 | 16.99 | q |
| 5 | A | Will Claye | United States (USA) | 16.83 | 15.25 | 16.97 | 16.97 | q |
| 6 | B | Alexis Copello | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 16.67 | x | 16.95 | 16.95 | q |
| 7 | B | Jordan Díaz | Cuba (CUB) | 16.61 | 16.60 | 16.93 | 16.93 | q |
| 8 | A | Almir dos Santos | Brazil (BRA) | 16.92 | — | 16.21 | 16.92 | q |
| 9 | B | Fang Yaoqing | China (CHN) | x | 16.92 | x | 16.92 | q |
| 10 | B | Wu Ruiting | China (CHN) | x | 16.90 | 16.80 | 16.90 | q |
| 11 | A | Cristian Nápoles | Cuba (CUB) | 16.84 | 16.75 | 16.88 | 16.88 | q |
| 12 | B | Necati Er | Turkey (TUR) | x | 16.65 | 16.87 | 16.87 | q |
| 13 | B | Omar Craddock | United States (USA) | 16.87 | x | x | 16.87 | |
| 14 | B | Dmitriy Sorokin | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 16.68 | x | 16.86 | 16.86 | |
| 15 | B | Nelson Évora | Portugal (POR) | 16.26 | 16.67 | 16.80 | 16.80 | |
| 16 | A | Zhu Yaming | China (CHN) | 16.79 | 16.75 | 16.48 | 16.79 | |
| 17 | B | Benjamin Williams | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 15.89 | 16.77 | 15.55 | 16.77 | |
| 18 | A | Alexey Fyodorov | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 16.49 | 16.71 | 16.16 | 16.71 | |
| 19 | A | Nazim Babayev | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 16.65 | 16.38 | 16.51 | 16.65 | |
| 20 | A | Yasser Mohamed Triki | Algeria (ALG) | 16.34 | 16.62 | 16.51 | 16.62 | |
| 21 | B | Georgi Tsonov | Bulgaria (BUL) | x | 16.61 | 16.08 | 16.61 | |
| 22 | A | Benjamin Compaoré | France (FRA) | 16.59 | 16.35 | 16.15 | 16.59 | |
| 23 | A | Simo Lipsanen | Finland (FIN) | 16.44 | 16.47 | x | 16.47 | |
| 24 | A | Andy Díaz | Cuba (CUB) | x | 16.41 | 16.39 | 16.41 | |
| 25 | A | Chengetayi Mapaya | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 14.80 | x | 16.36 | 16.36 | |
| 26 | B | Jean-Marc Pontvianne | France (FRA) | 16.02 | 16.31 | x | 16.31 | |
| 27 | B | Alexsandro Melo | Brazil (BRA) | 15.90 | 16.26 | x | 16.26 | |
| 28 | A | Latario Collie-Minns | Bahamas (BAH) | 16.26 | x | x | 16.26 | |
| 29 | B | Levon Aghasyan | Armenia (ARM) | 16.24 | 15.98 | 16.04 | 16.24 | |
| 30 | B | Lathone Collie-Minns | Bahamas (BAH) | 15.62 | 13.50 | 15.89 | 15.89 | |
| 31 | A | Ruslan Kurbanov | Uzbekistan (UZB) | x | 15.86 | x | 15.86 | |
| 32 | A | Andrea Dallavalle | Italy (ITA) | x | 14.63 | 15.09 | 15.09 | |
| 33 | B | Jordan Scott | Jamaica (JAM) | 14.73 | — | — | 14.73 | |

### Final

The final was started on 29 September at 21:46.
| 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) | x | x | 17.42 | 17.86 | 17.92 | 17.54 | 17.92 | SB |
| | Will Claye | United States (USA) | 17.61 | 17.72 | 17.53 | 17.74 | 17.74 | 17.66 | 17.74 | |
| | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Burkina Faso (BUR) | 17.18 | 17.46 | 17.29 | x | 17.56 | 17.66 | 17.66 | AR |
| 4 | Pedro Pichardo | Portugal (POR) | 17.49 | 17.28 | 17.49 | 17.62 | 17.60 | 17.00 | 17.62 | SB |
| 5 | Cristian Nápoles | Cuba (CUB) | 17.36 | 17.38 | x | x | – | – | 17.38 | PB |
| 6 | Donald Scott | United States (USA) | x | 16.57 | 17.05 | x | 15.08 | 17.17 | 17.17 | |
| 7 | Alexis Copello | Azerbaijan (AZE) | x | x | 17.10 | x | x | – | 17.10 | SB |
| 8 | Jordan Díaz | Cuba (CUB) | 15.88 | 16.86 | 17.10 | 16.86 | 17.06 | 16.69 | 17.06 | |
| 9 | Wu Ruiting | China (CHN) | 16.97 | 16.86 | 16.88 | | | | 16.97 | |
| 10 | Fang Yaoqing | China (CHN) | 15.94 | 16.42 | 16.65 | | | | 16.65 | |
| 11 | Necati Er | Turkey (TUR) | 16.34 | x | 15.62 | | | | 16.34 | |
| 12 | Almir dos Santos | Brazil (BRA) | x | x | 15.01 | | | | 15.01 | |