Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump
| Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 100 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 | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| 20 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 event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, had an entrylist of 25 competitors, with two qualifying groups (23 jumpers) before the final (12) took place on Friday July 30, 1976. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 16.30 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held in Thursday July 29, 1976.
Medalists
| Gold | Viktor Saneyev.svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union |
| Silver | James Butts United States |
| Bronze | João Carlos de Oliveira.svg.png){kind=small} Brazil |
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 1976 Summer Olympics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) | 17.89 m | October 15, 1975 |  Mexico City, Mexico |
| Olympic Record |  Viktor Saneyev (URS) | 17.39 m | October 17, 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico |
Qualification
Group A
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) |
16.81 | — | — | 16.81 m | |
| 2 | 2 | Viktor Saneyev (URS) |
16.77 | — | — | 16.77 m | |
| 3 | 4 | Tommy Haynes (USA) |
16.62 | — | — | 16.62 m | |
| 4 | 5 | James Butts (USA) |
16.55 | — | — | 16.55 m | |
| 5 | 6 |  Jiří Vyčichlo (TCH) |
X | 16.00 | 16.54 | 16.54 m | |
| 6 | 8 | Rayfield Dupree (USA) |
14.29 | 16.20 | 16.50 | 16.50 m | |
| 7 | 10 |  Bernard Lamitié (FRA) |
16.39 | — | — | 16.39 m | |
| 8 | 11 |  Pentti Kuukasjärvi (FIN) |
16.31 | — | — | 16.31 m | |
| 9 | 13 | .svg.png){kind=small} Michał Joachimowski (POL) |
16.08 | 16.29 | X | 16.29 m | |
| 10 | 14 | Nélson Prudêncio (BRA) |
16.18 | 16.22 | 14.79 | 16.22 m | |
| 11 | 19 |  Armando Herrera (CUB) |
15.98 | X | X | 15.98 m | |
| 12 | 20 | Andrzej Sontag (POL) |
15.72 | 15.30 | 15.82 | 15.82 m | |
Group B
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 3 |  Wolfgang Kolmsee (FRG) |
16.68 | — | — | 16.68 m | |
| 2 | 7 | Pedro Pérez (CUB) |
16.51 | — | — | 16.51 m | |
| 3 | 9 | Eugeniusz Biskupski (POL) |
16.46 | — | — | 16.46 m | |
| 4 | 12 | .svg.png){kind=small} Carol Corbu (ROM) |
16.30 | — | — | 16.30 m | |
| 5 | 15 | Valentyn Shevchenko (URS) |
16.15 | 15.97 | 16.00 | 16.15 m | |
| 6 | 16 |  Toshiaki Inoue (JPN) |
16.06 | X | 15.99 | 16.06 m | |
| 7 | 17 |  Janoš Hegediš (YUG) |
15.50 | 16.03 | 16.00 | 16.03 m | |
| 8 | 18 | .svg.png){kind=small} Ramón Cid (ESP) |
16.00 | X | X | 16.00 m | |
| 9 | 21 |  Maxwell Peters (ANT) |
14.94 | X | X | 14.94 m | |
| 10 | 22 | .svg.png){kind=small} Apostolos Kathiniotis (GRE) |
14.13 | X | X | 14.13 m | |
| 11 | 23 |  Mohamed Al-Bouhairi (KSA) |
13.85 | X | X | 13.85 m | |
| — | — |  Aston Moore (GBR) | X | X | X | NM | |
| — | — |  Phil Robins (BAH) | X | X | X | NM | |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
 | Viktor Saneyev (URS) |
X | 16.71 | 17.06 | X | 17.29 | X | 17.29 m | |
 | James Butts (USA) |
16.69 | 16.76 | 14.80 | 17.18 | 16.55 | 16.61 | 17.18 m | |
 | João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) |
X | 16.15 | 16.85 | 14.91 | 16.69 | 16.90 | 16.90 m | |
| 4 | Pedro Pérez (CUB) |
16.81 | 16.24 | 16.48 | 16.47 | X | X | 16.81 m | |
| 5 | Tommy Haynes (USA) |
15.46 | X | 16.68 | 16.78 | 16.71 | 16.71 | 16.78 m | |
| 6 | Wolfgang Kolmsee (FRG) |
16.23 | X | 16.68 | 16.58 | 16.31 | X | 16.68 m | |
| 7 | Eugeniusz Biskupski (POL) |
15.91 | X | 16.49 | X | 15.79 | X | 16.49 m | |
| 8 | Carol Corbu (ROM) |
16.07 | 16.18 | 16.43 | X | 16.00 | X | 16.43 m | |
| 9 | Jiří Vyčichlo (TCH) |
X | X | 16.28 | 16.28 m | ||||
| 10 | Pentti Kuukasjärvi (FIN) |
16.15 | 16.14 | 16.23 | 16.23 m | ||||
| 11 | Bernard Lamitié (FRA) |
X | 16.23 | 15.93 | 16.23 m | ||||
| 12 | Rayfield Dupree (USA) |
X | 16.23 | 15.90 | 16.23 m | ||||
References
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