| Host City: Barcelona, Spain |
Format: Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 17.00 metres advanced to the final. |
| Date Started: August 1, 1992 |
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| Date Finished: August 3, 1992 |
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| (Competitors: 47; Countries: 32; Finalists: 12) |
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Venue(s): Montjuïc Olympic Stadium, Barcelona
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| Overview by IAAF |
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| Eight of the 12 finalists made the qualifying distance of 17.00, with 16.91 the cut-off, as reigning champion Markov (16.46), and ’92 World Cup winner Jonathan Edwards (15.76) were among the 33 who did not qualify. Voloshin, the European Champion and slight favourite led the first round with 17.32. In second place was Quesada, who celebrated his 19th birthday a day early with 17.15, the first of four jumps by him beyond 17m. Voloshin was overtaken by Conley in the second round. Conley had missed the Seoul Games after a controversial judging decision in the US Trials, and Barcelona was his opportunity for absolution. His jump here was 17.63, a new Olympic record, which would be threatened only by Simpkins in the last round. Frank Rutherford also moved into a medal position in round 2 with 17.36; the Bahamian repeated the 17.36 in the next round, heading off Voloshin’s second 17.32 in the fifth round. In the final round Conley produced his usual sixth round surge, this time a lifetime best of 18.17 – 20cm beyond the world record, aided by a barely illegal wind of 2.1, the only jump of the competition to be windy. |
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| Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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| Mike Conley had been favored in 1984 but was upset by Al Joyner, winning a silver medal. In 1988 he did not make the American Olympic team. He was again favored in 1992 but Leonid Voloshin, the 1990 European Champion and 1991 World runner-up, was a big challenger. Voloshin opened with 17.32 (56-10) in round one to lead the final. Conley then settled matters in round two with 17.63 (57-10¼) which was good enough for the gold medal. But he solidified his title in the final round, jumping 18.17 (59-7½), which would have been a world record but for an aiding wind of +2.1 m/s, narrowly over the limit. Frank Rutherford of the Bahamas took second place in round two with 17.36 (56-11½) and duplicated that in round three. But he was pushed back to the bronze medal in the final round when American Charlie Simpkins jumped 17.60. Voloshin finished out of the medal in fourth. |
Records
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| The final of the Men's Triple Jump event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain was held on August 3, 1992. There were a total number of 47 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups. Mike Conley set a new Olympic record with 17.63 m. He also jumped 18.17 m which would also improve the standing world record, but this jump had wind assistance 2.1 m/s. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 17.00 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held on August 1, 1992. |
| Triple jump |
Men |
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Final |
3 August |
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Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
| 1 |
18.17 |
2.1 |
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Mike Conley |
United States |
USA |
5 Oct 62 |
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| 2 |
17.60 |
-0.1 |
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Charlie Simpkins |
United States |
USA |
19 Oct 63 |
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| 3 |
17.36 |
1.1 |
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Frank Rutherford |
Bahamas |
BAH |
23 Nov 64 |
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| 4 |
17.32 |
1.1 |
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Leonid Voloshin |
Russia |
RUS |
30 Mar 66 |
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| 5 |
17.24 |
-0.6 |
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Brian Wellman |
Bermuda |
BER |
8 Sep 67 |
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| 6 |
17.18 |
1.9 |
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Yoelbi Quesada |
Cuba |
CUB |
4 Aug 73 |
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| 7 |
17.06 |
-0.1 |
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Aleksandr Kovalenko |
Belarus |
BLR |
8 May 63 |
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| 8 |
17.00 |
1.2 |
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Zou Sixin |
China |
CHN |
5 Aug 67 |
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| 9 |
16.86 |
0.0 |
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Vasiliy Sokov |
Russia |
RUS |
7 Apr 68 |
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| 10 |
16.80 |
1.3 |
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Maris Bruziks |
Latvia |
LAT |
25 Aug 62 |
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| 11 |
16.52 |
0.0 |
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Pierre Camara |
France |
FRA |
10 Sep 65 |
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| 12 |
16.23 |
0.7 |
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Eugeniusz Bedeniczuk |
Poland |
POL |
6 Jan 61 |
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| Triple jump |
Men |
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Qualification |
1 August |
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Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
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17.34 |
1.5 |
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Pierre Camara |
France |
FRA |
10 Sep 65 |
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| 2 |
17.28 |
0.5 |
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Frank Rutherford |
Bahamas |
BAH |
23 Nov 64 |
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| 3 |
17.23 |
-0.7 |
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Mike Conley |
United States |
USA |
5 Oct 62 |
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| 4 |
17.21 |
-0.8 |
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Leonid Voloshin |
Russia |
RUS |
30 Mar 66 |
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| 5 |
17.21 |
0.0 |
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Yoelbi Quesada |
Cuba |
CUB |
4 Aug 73 |
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| 6 |
17.16 |
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Brian Wellman |
Bermuda |
BER |
8 Sep 67 |
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| 7 |
17.07 |
0.5 |
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Zou Sixin |
China |
CHN |
5 Aug 67 |
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| 8 |
17.05 |
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Charlie Simpkins |
United States |
USA |
19 Oct 63 |
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| 9 |
16.94 |
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Maris Bruziks |
Latvia |
LAT |
25 Aug 62 |
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| 10 |
16.93 |
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Aleksandr Kovalenko |
Belarus |
BLR |
8 May 63 |
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| 11 |
16.92 |
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Eugeniusz Bedeniczuk |
Poland |
POL |
6 Jan 61 |
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| 12 |
16.91 |
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Vasiliy Sokov |
Russia |
RUS |
7 Apr 68 |
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| 13 |
16.89 |
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Ralf Jaros |
Germany |
GER |
13 Dec 65 |
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| 14 |
16.84 |
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Toussaint Rabenala |
Madagascar |
MAD |
29 Oct 65 |
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| 15 |
16.82 |
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Milán Mikuláš |
Czech Republic |
CZE |
1 Apr 63 |
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| 16 |
16.75 |
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Marzouk Abdullah Al-Yoha |
Kuwait |
KUW |
23 Nov 68 |
NR |
| 17 |
16.70 |
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Wendell Lawrence |
Bahamas |
BAH |
6 Jul 67 |
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| 18 |
16.55 |
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Francis Agyepong |
Great Britain |
GBR |
16 Jun 65 |
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| 19 |
16.50 |
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Georges Sainte-Rose |
France |
FRA |
3 Sep 69 |
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| 20 |
16.47 |
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Serge Hélan |
France |
FRA |
24 Feb 64 |
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| 21 |
16.46 |
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Khristo Markov |
Bulgaria |
BUL |
27 Jan 65 |
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| 22 |
16.32 |
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Paul Nioze |
Seychelles |
SEY |
19 Mar 67 |
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| 23 |
16.31 |
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Lotfi Khaïda |
Algeria |
ALG |
20 Dec 68 |
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| 24 |
16.23 |
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Rogel Nachum |
Israel |
ISR |
21 May 67 |
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| 25 |
16.22 |
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John Tillman |
United States |
USA |
11 Feb 65 |
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| 26 |
16.18 |
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Julian Golley |
Great Britain |
GBR |
12 Sep 71 |
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| 27 |
16.18 |
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Sizwe Mdluli |
Swaziland |
SWZ |
17 May 69 |
NR |
| 28 |
16.04 |
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Santiago Moreno |
Spain |
ESP |
2 Feb 64 |
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| 29 |
16.03 |
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Anísio Souza Silva |
Brazil |
BRA |
18 Jun 69 |
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| 30 |
15.97 |
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Norifumi Yamashita |
Japan |
JPN |
10 Sep 62 |
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| 31 |
15.96 |
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Ndabazihle Mdhlongwa |
Zimbabwe |
ZIM |
30 May 73 |
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| 32 |
15.93 |
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Alvin Haynes |
Barbados |
BAR |
6 Jun 68 |
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| 33 |
15.85 |
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Norbert Elliott |
Bahamas |
BAH |
6 Nov 62 |
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| 34 |
15.79 |
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Andrzej Grabarczyk |
Poland |
POL |
12 Jan 64 |
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| 35 |
15.76 |
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Jonathan Edwards |
Great Britain |
GBR |
10 May 66 |
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| 36 |
15.66 |
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Chen Yanping |
China |
CHN |
17 Jan 66 |
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| 37 |
15.66 |
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Tord Henriksson |
Sweden |
SWE |
13 Apr 65 |
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| 38 |
15.64 |
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Jorge Teixeira da Silva |
Brazil |
BRA |
4 Jan 66 |
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| 39 |
15.64 |
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Marios Hadjiandreou |
Cyprus |
CYP |
19 Sep 62 |
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| 40 |
15.48 |
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António Santos |
Angola |
ANG |
3 Sep 64 |
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| 41 |
15.37 |
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Banaras Khan |
Pakistan |
PAK |
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| 42 |
15.08 |
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Ancel Luis Daniel Flores |
Honduras |
HON |
27 Oct 67 |
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| 43 |
14.67 |
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Nikolay Raev |
Bulgaria |
BUL |
29 Jan 71 |
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| 44 |
13.56 |
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Elston Shaw |
Belize |
BIZ |
16 Dec 72 |
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NM |
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Francis DoDoo |
Ghana |
GHA |
13 Apr 60 |
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NM |
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Galin Georgiev |
Bulgaria |
BUL |
23 Mar 70 |
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NM |
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Oral O'Gilvie |
Canada |
CAN |
21 Jan 69 |
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Group A
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Final
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