The men's

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at the

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was held at the

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on 16–18 August. Qualifying three triple jumpers to the final, including top qualifier

Teddy Tamgho Teddy Tamgho (born 15 June 1989) is a French triple jumper and long jumper. He specialises in the triple jump. He is the former Triple jump#All-time top 25, triple jump world indoor record holder, achieved in winning the final and gold medal at ...

, the No. 3 jumper of all time coming back from injury, No. 2 qualifier

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and Gaëtan Saku Bafuanga Baya who squeaked in on a tie breaker, France looks to be the new triple jump power. The first round revealed what would be the final order of finish for the first four jumpers, but not the final distances. Tamgho's first round jump of took the lead. In the second round Pedro Pablo Pichardo took the lead, putting one out to , just one centimeter short of his world lead.

Will Claye Will Claye (born June 13, 1991) is an American track and field athlete of Sierra Leonean descent who competes in the long jump and triple jump. He won a bronze medal in 2011 World Championships in Athletics and the gold medals at the 2012 IAAF W ...

bounced his best jump in the third round, . In the fourth round Tamgho equalled Pichardo with a , though with the earlier he held the tiebreaker. With two more rounds, would it be enough? Pichardo's in the fifth round was long but meaningless. In the final round, defending champion and reigning Olympic champion Christian Taylor made his best effort to get on the medal stand, but was only good enough for fourth place. With Pichardo holding the last attempt, Tamgho had to make sure. His world leader and personal best left no doubt. It increased his standing as the third best performer ever and moved him up as the third member of the 18-meter club. Pichardo's couldn't compete with that.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.05 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

Final

The final was started at 16:45.Final Results
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References

External links

Triple jump results
at IAAF website {{DEFAULTSORT:2013 World Championships in Athletics - Men's triple jump

Triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

Triple jump at the World Athletics Championships