The final of the Men's Triple Jump

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 was held on July 27, 1996. There were a total of 43 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 17.00 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held on July 26, 1996.

Medalists

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

  Q	automatic qualification
  q	qualification by rank
  DNS	did not start
  NM	no mark
  OR	olympic record
  WR	world record
  AR	area record
  NR	national record
  PB	personal best
  SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics
World Record		18.29 m	August 7, 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden
Olympic Record		17.63 m	August 3, 1992	Barcelona, Spain
Broken records during the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record		18.09 m	July 27, 1996	Atlanta, United States Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		17.58	—	—	17.58 m
2	3		17.19	—	—	17.19 m
3	4		17.10	—	—	17.10 m
4	7		16.83	16.76	16.92	16.92 m
5	9		16.86	X	16.19	16.86 m
6	10		16.80	X	X	16.80 m
7	12		X	16.38	16.73	16.73 m
8	13		16.71	16.68	X	16.71 m
9	18		16.38	16.67	16.08	16.67 m
10	19		16.43	16.65	X	16.65 m
11	27		X	X	16.21	16.21 m
12	28		16.08	16.17	X	16.17 m
13	29		16.00	16.15	X	16.15 m
14	33		16.04	X	X	16.04 m
15	34		15.97	X	16.00	16.00 m
16	35		15.95	X	15.72	15.95 m
17	36		15.91	X	—	15.91 m
18	37		15.83	15:90	X	15.90 m
19	41		15.19	15.27	X	15.27 m
20	42		14.47	X	X	14.47 m
21	43		X	X	14.25	14.25 m
—	—		—	—	—	DNS

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	2		17.20	—	—	17.20 m
2	5		17.02	—	—	17.02 m
3	6		16.93	16.96	—	16.96 m
3	8		16.71	16.90	X	16.90 m
3	11		15.71	16.68	16.74	16.74 m
6	14		X	16.71	16.58	16.71 m
7	15		16.71	16.54	X	16.71 m
8	16		X	16.68	X	16.68 m
9	17		15.86	16.67	16.53	16.67 m
10	20		15.94	X	16.62	16.62 m
11	21		16.13	16.44	16.53	16.53 m
12	22		16.02	16.45	16.13	16.45 m
13	23		16.38	X	16.06	16.38 m
14	24		16.22	16.35	X	16.35 m
15	25		X	15.97	16.30	16.30 m
16	26		X	X	16.24	16.24 m
17	30		15.22	X	16.15	16.15 m
18	31		16.14	X	16.13	16.14 m
19	32		X	X	16.06	16.06 m
20	38		XX	15.58	15.89	15.89 m
21	39		15.63	15.43	X	15.63 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		17.99	X	18.09	X	—	—	18.09 m	OR
		X	X	17.13	17.88	X	X	17.88 m
		17.04	17.29	X	17.44	X	X	17.44 m
4		17.08	X	16.17	17.40	X	X	17.40 m
5		16.85	X	16.97	16.48	X	16.34	16.97 m
6		16.95	X	16.82	X	X	X	16.95 m
7		16.85	X	X	X	X	16.92	16.92 m
8		16.72	16.83	16.90				16.90 m
9		16.84	16.53	16.56				16.84 m
10		16.35	15.92	16.62				16.62 m
11		16.38	X	16.36				16.38 m
—		X	—	—				NM

See also

• 1995 Men's World Championships Triple Jump
  1995 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Triple Jump
  These are the official results of the Men's Triple Jump event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Monday August 7, 1995....
  
  
• 1997 Men's World Championships Triple Jump
  1997 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Triple Jump
  These are the official results of the Men's Triple Jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Friday 1997-08-08....