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| 2 | Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump - Final |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Note |
| 4 | Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Note |
| 5 | - | Viktor Saneyev (URS) | X | 16.71 | 17.06 | X | 17.29 | X | 17.29 m | - |
| 6 | - | James Butts (USA) | 16.69 | 16.76 | 14.80 | 17.18 | 16.55 | 16.61 | 17.18 m | - |
| 7 | - | João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) | X | 16.15 | 16.85 | 14.91 | 16.69 | 16.90 | 16.90 m | - |
| 8 | 4 | Pedro Pérez (CUB) | 16.81 | 16.24 | 16.48 | 16.47 | X | X | 16.81 m | - |
| 9 | 5 | Tommy Haynes (USA) | 15.46 | X | 16.68 | 16.78 | 16.71 | 16.71 | 16.78 m | - |
| 10 | 6 | Wolfgang Kolmsee (FRG) | 16.23 | X | 16.68 | 16.58 | 16.31 | X | 16.68 m | - |
| 11 | 7 | Eugeniusz Biskupski (POL) | 15.91 | X | 16.49 | X | 15.79 | X | 16.49 m | - |
| 12 | 8 | Carol Corbu (ROM) | 16.07 | 16.18 | 16.43 | X | 16.00 | X | 16.43 m | - |
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| 14 | 9 | Jiří Vyčichlo (TCH) | X | X | 16.28 | - | - | - | 16.28 m | - |
| 15 | 10 | Pentti Kuukasjärvi (FIN) | 16.15 | 16.14 | 16.23 | - | - | - | 16.23 m | - |
| 16 | 11 | Bernard Lamitié (FRA) | X | 16.23 | 15.93 | - | - | - | 16.23 m | - |
| 17 | 12 | Rayfield Dupree (USA) | X | 16.23 | 15.90 | - | - | - | 16.23 m | - |

Question: How did Saneyev and Butts perform in the first two attempts of the triple jump?
Answer: In the second attempt, Saneyev landed at 16.71 after not qualifying in his first attempt and Butts improved to 16.76 from 16.69.