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Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 45 competitors, with 43 athletes from 31 nations starting in two qualifying groups (43 jumpers) before the final (12) took place on Saturday September 24, 1988.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Khristo Markov of Bulgaria, the nation's first medal and victory in the men's triple jump. Igor Lapshin and Aleksandr Kovalenko of the Soviet Union took silver and bronze in an event where the Soviets had reached the podium eight consecutive Games before the 1984 boycott.

Men's triple jump
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date23 September 1988 (qualifying)
24 September 1988 (final)
Competitors43 from 31 nations
Winning distance17.61 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Khristo Markov
 Bulgaria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Igor Lapshin
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aleksandr Kovalenko
 Soviet Union
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Background edit

This was the 21st appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1984 Games were sixth-place finisher Willie Banks of the United States, ninth-place finisher Joseph Taiwo of Nigeria, and tenth-place finisher John Herbert of Great Britain. Banks had broken the world record in 1985, but "was no longer at his best in 1988." The favorite was Khristo Markov of Bulgaria, the 1987 World and 1986 European champion. The Soviet team, which had dominated the event before the 1984 boycott, also had three strong contenders.[2]

Algeria, Angola, Belize, Bermuda, Cyprus, Ecuador, Kuwait, Libya, Mozambique, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines each made their first appearance in the event; the Republic of China made its first appearance as Chinese Taipei. The United States competed for the 20th time, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format edit

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936. In the qualifying round, each jumper received three attempts to reach the qualifying distance of 16.90 metres; if fewer than 12 men did so, the top 12 (including all those tied) would advance. In the final round, each athlete had three jumps; the top eight received an additional three jumps, with the best of the six to count.[2][3]

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Willie Banks (USA) 17.97 Indianapolis, United States 16 June 1985
Olympic record   Viktor Saneyev (URS) 17.39 Mexico City, Mexico 17 October 1968

Aleksandr Kovalenko broke the Olympic record with his first jump in the final round, at 17.42 metres. This lasted only until Khristo Markov's first jump (Kovalenko jumped sixth, Markov jumped tenth) of 17.61 metres, which held up as the gold medal winning jump and new Olympic record. Kovalenko's second jump (17.40 metres) and Igor Lapshin's sixth jump (17.52 metres) also surpassed the old Olympic record.

Schedule edit

All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Friday, 23 September 1988 10:10 Qualifying
Saturday, 24 September 1988 12:30 Final

Results edit

Qualifying edit

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 Igor Lapshin   Soviet Union 17.37 — — 17.37 Q
2 Aleksandr Kovalenko   Soviet Union 17.24 — — 17.24 Q
3 Oleg Protsenko   Soviet Union 17.00 — — 17.00 Q
4 Khristo Markov   Bulgaria 16.49 16.91 — 16.91 Q
5 Jacek Pastusiński   Poland 16.66 — — 16.66 q
6 Ivan Slanar   Czechoslovakia 16.59 16.45 — 16.59 q
7 Willie Banks   United States 16.57 — — 16.57 q
8 Norbert Elliott   Bahamas 16.43 16.33 X 16.43 q
9 Joseph Taiwo   Nigeria 16.42 16.24 16.34 16.42 q
10 Charles Simpkins   United States 16.00 16.27 16.35 16.35 q
11 Didier Falise   Belgium 16.19 X 16.35 16.35 q
12 Norifumi Yamashita   Japan 16.27 X 16.29 16.29 q
13 Vernon Samuels   Great Britain 15.85 16.28 16.07 16.28
14 Chen Yanping   China X 16.25 X 16.25
15 Andrzej Grabarczyk   Poland 16.18 16.24 16.24 16.24
16 John Herbert   Great Britain 16.01 16.17 16.18 16.18
17 Francis Dodoo   Ghana 15.79 X 16.17 16.17
18 Edrick Floreal   Canada 16.11 X 14.57 16.11
19 George Wright   Canada 15.26 X 16.09 16.09
20 Patterson Johnson   Bahamas 15.85 16.03 X 16.03
21 Marios Hadjiandreou   Cyprus 15.89 15.95 X 15.95
22 Jorge da Silva   Brazil 15.95 15.63 15.87 15.95
23 Jonathan Edwards   Great Britain 13.66 15.66 15.88 15.88
24 Park Young-Jun   South Korea 15.79 15.79 15.86 15.86
25 José Quiñaliza   Ecuador 15.57 15.86 15.55 15.86
26 Frank Rutherford   Bahamas X 15.42 15.84 15.84
27 Nai Hui-Fang   Chinese Taipei 15.74 15.42 15.49 15.74
28 Abdul Marzouk Al-Yoha   Kuwait 15.62 15.72 15.60 15.72
29 Robert Cannon   United States 14.33 15.69 X 15.69
30 Lotfi Khaïda   Algeria 15.40 14.07 15.68 15.68
31 José Leitão   Portugal 15.51 15.60 15.47 15.60
32 Ricardo Valiente   Peru X 15.54 15.59 15.59
33 Ernesto Torres   Puerto Rico 15.44 15.35 15.59 15.59
34 Brian Wellman   Bermuda 15.07 15.31 15.47 15.47
35 Abcelvio Rodrigues   Brazil 15.13 14.77 14.74 15.13
36 Fathi Aboud   Libya 15.13 — — 15.13
37 Haider Ali Shah   Pakistan 14.88 14.57 X 14.88
38 Lennox Adams   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.44 14.73 14.68 14.73
39 Paulo Noronha   Mozambique 14.71 14.35 14.07 14.71
40 Devon Hyde   Belize 13.59 — 14.09 14.09
41 Toyi Simklina   Togo X 13.92 X 13.92
— António dos Santos   Angola X — — No mark
Milan Mikulas   Czechoslovakia X — — No mark
— James Browne   Antigua and Barbuda DNS
Béla Bakosi   Hungary DNS

Final edit

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
  Khristo Markov   Bulgaria 17.61 OR X 15.71 17.54 X 17.10 17.61 OR
  Igor Lapshin   Soviet Union 16.75 17.09 X X X 17.52 17.52
  Aleksandr Kovalenko   Soviet Union 17.42 OR 17.40 X X — X 17.42
4 Oleg Protsenko   Soviet Union 17.38 X X 17.31 X 16.61 17.38
5 Charles Simpkins   United States 16.62 X X — X 17.29 17.29
6 Willie Banks   United States X 17.03 16.90 — 16.86 X 17.03
7 Ivan Slanař   Czechoslovakia 16.58 16.75 16.59 X X 16.24 16.75
8 Jacek Pastusiński   Poland 16.72 X X X 16.50 16.56 16.72
9 Joseph Taiwo   Nigeria X 16.46 16.27 Did not advance 16.46
10 Norbert Elliott   Bahamas 16.19 X 16.08 Did not advance 16.19
11 Didier Falise   Belgium 16.06 X 16.17 Did not advance 16.17
12 Norifumi Yamashita   Japan 15.62 X X Did not advance 15.62

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Triple Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Triple Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 243.

External links edit

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