# 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics will be held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 13 and 15 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Pedro Pichardo Cuba | Artem Primak Russia | Latario Collie-Minns Bahamas |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record | Volker Mai (GDR) | 17.50 m | Erfurt, East Germany | 23 June 1985 |
| Championship Record | Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) | 17.04 m | Seoul, South Korea | 19 September 1992 |
| World Junior Leading | Artem Primak (RUS) | 16.76 m | Cheboksary, Russia | 20 June 2012 |
| Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics |||||
| World Junior Leading | Pedro Pichardo (CUB) | 16.79 | Barcelona, Spain | 15 July 2012 |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Standard 15.90 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Note |
| 1 | A | Pedro Pichardo | Cuba | 16.64 | | | 16.64 | Q |
| 2 | A | Latario Collie-Minns | Bahamas | 15.69 | 16.51 | | 16.51 | Q |
| 3 | B | Artem Primak | Russia | 16.47 | | | 16.47 | Q |
| 4 | B | Haitao Fu | China | 16.07 | | | 16.07 | Q |
| 5 | B | Daniel Pacheco | Spain | X | 15.83 | 16.00 | 16.00 | Q |
| 6 | A | Georgi Tsonov | Bulgaria | X | 15.76 | 15.97 | 15.97 | Q |
| 7 | B | Simon Karlén | Sweden | 15.21 | 15.95 | | 15.95 | Q, PB |
| 8 | B | Clive Pullen | Jamaica | 15.92 | | | 15.92 | Q, PB |
| 9 | B | Kauam Bento | Brazil | 15.56 | 15.91 | | 15.91 | Q |
| 10 | A | Henrique da Silva | Brazil | 15.81 | 15.68 | 15.80 | 15.81 | q, PB |
| 11 | B | Nikólaos Tsiókos | Greece | 15.79 | 15.14 | X | 15.79 | q |
| 12 | A | Lasha Gulelauri | Georgia | 15.22 | 15.75 | 15.22 | 15.75 | q |
| 13 | A | Isaac Kirwa Yego | Kenya | 15.72 | X | X | 15.72 | |
| 14 | A | Pratchaya Tepparak | Thailand | X | 15.57 | | 15.57 | |
| 15 | A | Emmanouíl Makrís | Greece | 15.55 | 15.22 | 15.20 | 15.55 | |
| 16 | B | Cheikh Abba Badji | Senegal | 15.01 | 14.66 | 15.48 | 15.48 | |
| 17 | A | Ruslan Kurbanov | Uzbekistan | X | 15.43 | 15.47 | 15.47 | |
| 18 | A | Felix Obi | United States | 14.96 | 15.45 | 13.65 | 15.45 | |
| 19 | B | Martin Koch | Slovakia | X | X | 15.31 | 15.31 | |
| 20 | B | Talal Salem | Kuwait | 14.94 | 14.98 | 15.30 | 15.30 | |
| 21 | A | Hiroaki Yonezawa | Japan | 14.71 | 14.96 | 15.23 | 15.23 | |
| 22 | B | Rajasekar Raja | India | 15.19 | 14.99 | 14.84 | 15.19 | SB |
| 23 | B | Jarrion Lawson | United States | 14.22 | 15.11 | 15.18 | 15.18 | |
| 24 | A | Steve Waithe | Trinidad and Tobago | 15.12 | 14.96 | 14.91 | 15.12 | |
| 25 | A | Ihab El Hajri | Morocco | 14.70 | 15.12 | 14.80 | 15.12 | |
| 26 | A | Goabaone Mosheleketi | Botswana | X | X | 15.10 | 15.10 | |
| 27 | B | Vladimir Pototskiy | Kazakhstan | X | 14.96 | 14.97 | 14.97 | |
| 28 | B | Lathone Collie-Minns | Bahamas | X | X | 13.30 | 13.30 | |
| – | B | Levon Aghasyan | Armenia | X | X | X | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Note |
| | Pedro Pichardo | Cuba | X | 16.62 | 16.79 | – | X | – | 16.79 | WJL |
| | Artem Primak | Russia | 16.43 | 16.20 | X | 16.41 | 16.60 | 16.34 | 16.60 | |
| | Latario Collie-Minns | Bahamas | 15.98 | 16.37 | 16.28 | 14.26 | X | 16.04 | 16.37 | |
| 4 | Georgi Tsonov | Bulgaria | X | X | 16.01 | X | 15.69 | 16.10 | 16.10 | |
| 5 | Henrique da Silva | Brazil | 16.04 | X | X | X | 15.80 | 15.53 | 16.04 | PB |
| 6 | Lasha Gulelauri | Georgia | 15.39 | 16.00 | 15.70 | X | X | 15.08 | 16.00 | |
| 7 | Haitao Fu | China | 15.93 | X | 15.65 | – | X | – | 15.93 | |
| 8 | Nikólaos Tsiókos | Greece | 15.91 | 15.38 | 14.78 | X | 15.66 | X | 15.91 | |
| 9 | Clive Pullen | Jamaica | 15.03 | 15.41 | 15.79 | | | | 15.79 | |
| 10 | Daniel Pacheco | Spain | X | 15.75 | X | | | | 15.75 | |
| 11 | Simon Karlén | Sweden | 15.22 | 14.27 | 15.27 | | | | 15.27 | |
| 12 | Kauam Bento | Brazil | X | X | 14.58 | | | | 14.58 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.
* Armenia (1)
* Bahamas (2)
* Botswana (1)
* Brazil (2)
* Bulgaria (1)
* China (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Georgia (1)
* Greece (2)
* India (1)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (1)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kenya (1)
* Kuwait (1)
* Morocco (1)
* Russia (1)
* Senegal (1)
* Slovakia (1)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Thailand (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* United States (2)
* Uzbekistan (1)