# Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 7 and 9 August 2024. This was the 30th time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics.

## Summary

The entire podium from Tokyo was back. Pedro Pichardo, Zhu Yaming and Hugues Fabrice Zango. The same three individuals were the podium in 2022 though Zango was silver. In 2023, Zango was the winner ahead of Lázaro Martínez and Cristian Nápoles. Earlier in the season Jordan Díaz popped an 18.18m in Rome, the #3 legal jump in history. Pichardo, dropped to #6, was the only other person over the magic 18 metre mark all year.
Almir dos Santos got things off with 16.41m. Zango upped that by a metre to 17.43m. Pichardo followed him with 17.79m, from the back of the take off board. Martínez moved into third at exactly 17 metres. Jaydon Hibbert then took over third with a 17.31m. It was four more jumps before Jordan Díaz took the lead, popping a 17.86 m (58 ft 7 in). A couple of jumpers later, Andy Díaz moved into third position with 17.63m. In the second round, Pichardo made things close jumping a 17.84m from the middle of the board, giving up 19 cm. Had he taken off from the front of the board, that would be a winner. Hibbert improved to 17.61m to tickle 3rd place but didn't get there. Pichardo continued to have trouble with his marks and couldn't make an improvement. Jaydon jumped 17.85 and 17.84 on his third and fourth jumps to confirm his position. Other than Andy adding a single cm on his final attempt, none of the leaders were able to improve or change position.
All three medalists were born in Cuba and had previously represented Cuba in international competition.

## Background

The men's triple jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the inaugural edition in 1896.
Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics :
| Record | Athlete (Nation) | Distance (m) | Location | Date |
| World record | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 18.29 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 7 August 1995 |
| Olympic record | Kenny Harrison (USA) | 18.09 | Atlanta, United States | 27 July 1996 |
| World leading | Jordan Díaz (ESP) | 18.18 | Rome, Italy | 11 June 2024 |
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics :
| Area Record | Athlete (Nation) | Distance (m) |
| Africa (records) | Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR) | 18.07 |
| Asia (records) | Li Yanxi (CHN) | 17.59 |
| Europe (records) | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 18.29 WR |
| North, Central America and Caribbean (records) | Christian Taylor (USA) | 18.21 |
| Oceania (records) | Kenneth Lorraway (AUS) | 17.46 |
| South America (records) | Jadel Gregório (BRA) | 17.90 |

## Qualification

For the men's triple jump event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 17.22 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.

## Results
### Qualification

The qualification is scheduled to be held on 7 August, starting at 19:15 (UTC+2) in the morning. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification time or world ranking. Progression rules: Qualifying performance 17.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Notes |
| 1 | B | Pedro Pichardo | Portugal | 17.44 | — | — | 17.44 | Q |
| 2 | A | Jordan Díaz | Spain | 17.24 | — | — | 17.24 | Q |
| 3 | B | Salif Mane | United States | 17.16 | — | — | 17.16 | Q |
| 3 | A | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Burkina Faso | 17.16 | — | — | 17.16 | Q |
| 5 | A | Almir dos Santos | Brazil | x | 17.06 | x | 17.06 | q |
| 6 | B | Jaydon Hibbert | Jamaica | 16.99 | 16.95 | x | 16.99 | q |
| 7 | B | Max Heß | Germany | x | 16.98 | 16.67 | 16.98 | q |
| 8 | B | Zhu Yaming | China | 16.47 | 16.91 | 16.66 | 16.91 | q |
| 9 | A | Yasser Triki | Algeria | x | 16.85 | 16.77 | 16.85 | q |
| 10 | B | Connor Murphy | Australia | 16.80 | 16.49 | 16.58 | 16.80 | q |
| 11 | B | Lázaro Martínez | Cuba | 16.79 | 16.79 | 16.71 | 16.79 | q |
| 12 | A | Andy Díaz | Italy | x | 16.79 | 16.69 | 16.79 | q |
| 13 | A | Jean-Marc Pontvianne | France | x | 16.79 | x | 16.79 | |
| 14 | A | Donald Scott | United States | 16.58 | 16.77 | 16.74 | 16.77 | |
| 15 | B | Thomas Gogois | France | 16.67 | 14.63 | 16.77 | 16.77 | |
| 16 | B | Su Wen | China | 16.21 | 16.70 | x | 16.70 | |
| 17 | A | Andy Hechavarría | Cuba | x | 15.86 | 16.70 | 16.70 | |
| 18 | B | Cristian Nápoles | Cuba | 16.28 | 16.67 | 16.39 | 16.67 | |
| 19 | B | Andrea Dallavalle | Italy | 16.65 | 13.44 | 16.48 | 16.65 | |
| 20 | B | Emmanuel Ihemeje | Italy | 16.39 | 15.65 | 16.50 | 16.50 | |
| 21 | B | Abdulla Aboobacker | India | 15.99 | 16.19 | 16.49 | 16.49 | |
| 22 | B | Russell Robinson | United States | 16.47 | 16.37 | 16.21 | 16.47 | |
| 23 | B | Geiner Moreno | Colombia | 16.32 | 15.88 | 16.40 | 16.40 | |
| 24 | A | Jordan Scott | Jamaica | x | 16.36 | 15.97 | 16.36 | |
| 25 | A | Tiago Pereira | Portugal | 15.84 | 15.96 | 16.36 | 16.36 | |
| 26 | A | Kim Jang-woo | South Korea | 15.66 | 16.14 | 16.31 | 16.31 | |
| 27 | A | Praveen Chithravel | India | 15.99 | 16.25 | 16.21 | 16.25 | |
| 28 | A | Jah-Nhai Perinchief | Bermuda | x | 16.14 | 16.23 | 16.23 | |
| 29 | A | Leodan Torrealba | Venezuela | 16.18 | x | 15.44 | 16.18 | |
| 30 | A | Ethan Olivier | New Zealand | 16.16 | 15.91 | 15.98 | 16.16 | |
| 31 | A | Fang Yaoqing | China | x | x | 15.85 | 15.85 | |
| 32 | B | Necati Er | Turkey | 13.65 | x | x | 13.65 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Notes |
| | Jordan Díaz | Spain | 17.86 | 17.64 | 17.85 | 17.84 | 17.25 | — | 17.86 | |
| | Pedro Pichardo | Portugal | 17.79 | 17.84 | x | 17.52 | — | 17.81 | 17.84 | |
| | Andy Díaz | Italy | 17.63 | 17.33 | — | — | x | 17.64 | 17.64 | SB |
| 4 | Jaydon Hibbert | Jamaica | 17.31 | 17.61 | 17.53 | x | x | — | 17.61 | |
| 5 | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Burkina Faso | 17.43 | 16.14 | 17.25 | 16.05 | 17.50 | x | 17.50 | |
| 6 | Salif Mane | United States | 17.28 | 16.63 | 17.02 | x | 17.19 | 17.41 | 17.41 | |
| 7 | Max Heß | Germany | 16.50 | 16.92 | 17.38 | x | x | 17.07 | 17.38 | SB |
| 8 | Lázaro Martínez | Cuba | 17.00 | x | 17.34 | 13.35 | x | 16.63 | 17.34 | SB |
| 9 | Yasser Triki | Algeria | x | 17.05 | 17.22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17.22 | |
| 10 | Zhu Yaming | China | x | 16.76 | x | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16.76 | |
| 11 | Almir dos Santos | Brazil | 16.41 | x | 16.28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16.41 | |
| 12 | Connor Murphy | Australia | 15.99 | 16.30 | 16.11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16.30 | |