Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

Men's triple jump at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Date	October 16–17
Competitors	34 from 24 nations
Winning distance	17.39 WR
Medalists
Viktor Saneyev  Soviet Union Nelson Prudêncio  Brazil Giuseppe Gentile  Italy

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Men's triple jump competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 16–17.

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete jumped three times. At least the top twelve athletes moved on to the final; if more than twelve reached the qualifying distance, all who did so advanced. Distances were reset for the final round. Finalists jumped three times, after which the eight best jumped three more times (with the best distance of the six jumps counted).

Records

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

World record	Józef Szmidt (POL)	17.03 m	Olsztyn, Poland	August 5, 1960
Olympic record		16.85 m	Tokyo, Japan	October 16, 1964

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 16.10m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Giuseppe Gentile	Italy	X	17.10	–	17.10 WR	Q
2	B	Mansour Dia	Senegal	16.58	–	–	16.58	Q
3	B	Art Walker	United States	16.49	–	–	16.49	Q
4	B	Nelson Prudêncio	Brazil	15.79	16.46	–	16.46	Q
5	A	Phil May	Australia	16.32	–	–	16.32	Q
6	B	Georgi Stoykovski	Bulgaria	15.26	X	16.24	16.24	Q
7	B	Viktor Saneyev	Soviet Union	16.22	–	–	16.22	Q
8	A	Şerban Ciochină	Romania	15.93	16.07	16.21	16.21	Q
9	B	Luis Felipe Areta	23x15px Spain	15.94	16.20	–	16.20	Q
10	B	Joachim Kugler	West Germany	15.79	16.20	–	16.20	Q
11	A	Józef Szmidt	Poland	X	16.19	–	16.19	Q
12	B	Henrik Kalocsai	Hungary	15.44	16.16	–	16.16	Q
13	B	Nikolay Dudkin	Soviet Union	15.81	16.15	–	16.15	Q
14	B	Jan Jaskólski	Poland	15.79	16.04	–	16.04
15	A	Michael Sauer	West Germany	15.61	16.02	15.84	16.02
16	A	Derek Boosey	Great Britain	15.07	15.99	16.01	16.01
17	A	Norman Tate	United States	13.43	15.84	15.83	15.84
18	B	Pertti Pousi	Finland	X	15.84	15.74	15.84
19	A	Yukito Muraki	Japan	X	15.37	15.83	15.83
20	A	Tim Barrett	23x15px Bahamas	X	15.06	15.79	15.79
21	A	Dave Smith	United States	X	X	15.75	15.75
22	A	Evangelos Vlasis	Greece	15.47	15.52	15.71	15.71
23	B	Fred Alsop	Great Britain	12.93	15.71	15.50	15.71
24	B	Johnson Amoah	Ghana	15.65	15.28	15.65	15.65
25	B	Aşkın Tuna	Turkey	15.65	X	15.43	15.65
26	B	Heinz-Günter Schenk	East Germany	X	14.72	15.61	15.61
27	B	Dragán Ivanov	Hungary	15.61	X	14.42	15.61
28	A	Samuel Igun	Nigeria	15.40	13.86	15.46	15.46
29	A	Aleksandr Zolotarev	Soviet Union	15.41	14.72	X	15.41
30	B	Lennox Burgher	Jamaica	15.20	15.29	15.14	15.29
31	A	Chen Ming-Chi	Republic of China	15.29	15.04	14.76	15.29
32	A	Klaus Neumann	East Germany	15.16	X	–	15.16
33	B	Héctor Serrate	Puerto Rico	15.09	15.05	14.89	15.09
34	A	Zoltán Cziffra	Hungary	15.04	X	–	15.04

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Viktor Saneyev	Soviet Union	16.49	16.84	17.23	17.02	16.81	17.39	17.39	WR
	Nelson Prudêncio	Brazil	16.33	17.05	16.75	X	17.27	17.15	17.27
	Giuseppe Gentile	Italy	17.22	X	X	X	16.54	X	17.22
4	Art Walker	United States	15.43	16.45	16.77	16.48	X	17.12	17.12
5	Nikolay Dudkin	Soviet Union	16.15	16.70	16.37	16.73	17.09	16.53	17.09
6	Phil May	Australia	15.48	16.58	16.51	17.02	X	–	17.02
7	Józef Szmidt	Poland	16.06	16.77	X	16.66	X	16.89	16.89
8	Mansour Dia	Senegal	16.71	16.48	15.44	16.73	16.64	15.83	16.73
9	Georgi Stoykovski	Bulgaria	16.28	16.46	16.19	N/A			16.46
10	Henrik Kalocsai	Hungary	16.45	16.39	16.20	N/A			16.45
11	Joachim Kugler	West Germany	12.87	X	15.90	N/A			15.90
12	Luis Felipe Areta	23x15px Spain	15.72	15.75	14.80	N/A			15.75
13	Şerban Ciochină	Romania	X	X	15.62	N/A			15.62

References

• Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 13, 2012.