1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

Events at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's triple jump event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23 and 24 August.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	René Hernández  Cuba
Silver	Michael Calvo  Cuba
Bronze	Ionuţ Pungă  Romania

Results

Final

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	René Hernández	Cuba	16.29 (w: +0.7 m/s)	16.15 (w: +1.7 m/s)	15.83 (w: +1.3 m/s)	16.47 (w: +0.8 m/s)	16.14 (w: +0.3 m/s)	16.50 (w: NWI)	16.50 (w: NWI)
	Michael Calvo	Cuba	15.90 w (w: +2.6 m/s)	14.59 (w: +1.5 m/s)	16.16 w (w: +2.2 m/s)	16.15 (w: +0.9 m/s)	15.79 (w: +1.8 m/s)	16.17 (w: NWI)	16.17 (w: NWI)
	Ionuţ Pungă	Romania	15.97 w (w: +3.8 m/s)	16.15 w (w: +3.1 m/s)	15.27 (w: -0.8 m/s)	14.91 (w: +1.2 m/s)	15.59 (w: +1.4 m/s)	16.04 (w: +1.7 m/s)	16.15 w (w: +3.1 m/s)
4	Wang Tao	China	x	15.96 (w: +1.3 m/s)	15.51 (w: +1.2 m/s)	14.62 (w: +1.1 m/s)	15.74 (w: +0.2 m/s)	16.11 (w: +0.2 m/s)	16.11 (w: +0.2 m/s)
5	Colomba Fofana	France	16.09 w (w: +2.4 m/s)	x	15.86 w (w: +2.7 m/s)	x	x	15.79 (w: +0.7 m/s)	16.09 w (w: +2.4 m/s)
6	Allan Mortimer	Bahamas	15.61 (w: +1.3 m/s)	15.87 (w: +1.8 m/s)	15.58 (w: +1.3 m/s)	15.77 (w: +1.0 m/s)	15.50 (w: +0.6 m/s)	x	15.87 (w: +1.8 m/s)
7	Kim Hyuk	South Korea	15.74 (w: +1.6 m/s)	13.05 (w: +1.4 m/s)	15.15 (w: +0.5 m/s)	15.39 (w: 0.0 m/s)	15.50 (w: +1.2 m/s)	15.51 (w: +0.8 m/s)	15.74 (w: +1.6 m/s)
8	Viktor Gushchinskiy	Russia	15.69 (w: +0.4 m/s)	15.56 (w: +1.5 m/s)	15.39 (w: +0.9 m/s)	15.23 (w: +0.8 m/s)	14.63 (w: +1.4 m/s)	15.23 (w: +1.5 m/s)	15.69 (w: +0.4 m/s)
9	François-Philippe Dofén	Greece	x	15.41 (w: +1.3 m/s)	15.61 (w: -0.9 m/s)				15.61 (w: -0.9 m/s)
10	Ionut Esanu	Romania	15.52 w (w: +2.8 m/s)	14.91 (w: +0.3 m/s)	15.45 (w: -0.6 m/s)				15.52 w (w: +2.8 m/s)
11	Thomas Moede	Germany	15.52 (w: +1.3 m/s)	15.39 (w: +1.1 m/s)	14.95 (w: +1.4 m/s)				15.52 (w: +1.3 m/s)
12	Djeke Mambo	Zaire	15.42 (w: 0.0 m/s)	15.48 w (w: +2.1 m/s)	15.39 (w: +0.2 m/s)				15.48 w (w: +2.1 m/s)

Qualifications

23 Aug

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	René Hernández	Cuba	15.80 (w: +0.5 m/s)	-	-	15.80 (w: +0.5 m/s)	Q
2	Djeke Mambo	Zaire	15.37 (w: -0.3 m/s)	15.66 (w: 0.0 m/s)	15.55 (w: -0.1 m/s)	15.66 (w: 0.0 m/s)	q
3	Thomas Moede	Germany	15.63 (w: NWI)	x	-	15.63 (w: NWI)	q
4	Allan Mortimer	Bahamas	15.13 (w: -0.3 m/s)	15.51 (w: 0.0 m/s)	15.51 (w: +1.2 m/s)	15.51 (w: 0.0 m/s)	q
5	Gable Garenamotse	Botswana				15.32
6	Stamatios Lenis	Greece	15.29 (w: -0.7 m/s)	15.20 (w: -0.1 m/s)	14.50 (w: -0.5 m/s)	15.29 (w: -0.7 m/s)
7	Lenton Herring	United States	14.43 (w: -0.8 m/s)	15.25 (w: -0.3 m/s)	15.07 (w: -0.7 m/s)	15.25 (w: -0.3 m/s)
8	Hiroyuki Ochi	Japan	14.75 (w: -0.1 m/s)	14.55 (w: +0.3 m/s)	15.23 (w: +0.5 m/s)	15.23 (w: +0.5 m/s)
9	Sébastien Pincemail	France	15.20 (w: -0.1 m/s)	15.02 (w: -0.4 m/s)	14.96 (w: 0.0 m/s)	15.20 (w: -0.1 m/s)
10	Eduardo Pérez	Spain	15.18 (w: -0.3 m/s)	13.28 (w: -0.2 m/s)	14.28 (w: -0.1 m/s)	15.18 (w: -0.3 m/s)
11	Lee Bu-Young	South Korea	15.05 (w: -0.2 m/s)	x	x	15.05 (w: -0.2 m/s)
12	Diogo Cruz	Portugal	14.70 (w: -0.3 m/s)	14.89 (w: -0.1 m/s)	14.82 (w: -0.6 m/s)	14.89 (w: -0.1 m/s)
13	Marcos da Costa	Brazil	x	14.44 (w: -1.5 m/s)	14.79 (w: +0.3 m/s)	14.79 (w: +0.3 m/s)
14	Chi Jung-Chun	Chinese Taipei	14.77 (w: +0.6 m/s)	x	x	14.77 (w: +0.6 m/s)
15	Karim Ould Ahmed	Algeria	13.95 (w: +0.3 m/s)	14.73 (w: -1.0 m/s)	14.56 (w: -0.2 m/s)	14.73 (w: -1.0 m/s)
16	Ranko Leskovar	Slovenia	x	x	14.56 (w: -0.8 m/s)	14.56 (w: -0.8 m/s)
17	David Zhishonaya	Georgia	14.07 (w: +0.1 m/s)	13.84 (w: -0.6 m/s)	14.33 (w: +0.2 m/s)	14.33 (w: +0.2 m/s)
18	Dmitriy Semenyuk	Russia	x	13.87 (w: -0.8 m/s)	14.08 (w: -0.7 m/s)	14.08 (w: -0.7 m/s)

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	François-Philippe Dofén	Greece	15.42 (w: -1.0 m/s)	x	15.90 (w: -0.5 m/s)	15.90 (w: -0.5 m/s)	Q
2	Wang Tao	China	15.43 (w: -1.3 m/s)	15.82 (w: -2.2 m/s)	-	15.82 (w: -2.2 m/s)	Q
3	Colomba Fofana	France	15.77 (w: -0.5 m/s)	-	-	15.77 (w: -0.5 m/s)	Q
4	Ionuţ Pungă	Romania	x	15.67 (w: +0.6 m/s)	15.47 (w: -1.0 m/s)	15.67 (w: +0.6 m/s)	q
5	Kim Hyuk	South Korea	15.63 (w: -0.5 m/s)	x	14.98 (w: -0.3 m/s)	15.63 (w: -0.5 m/s)	q
6	Viktor Gushchinskiy	Russia	13.88 (w: -1.6 m/s)	15.35 (w: -0.8 m/s)	15.57 (w: -0.2 m/s)	15.57 (w: -0.2 m/s)	q
7	Michael Calvo	Cuba	x	x	15.52 (w: -0.8 m/s)	15.52 (w: -0.8 m/s)	q
8	Ionut Esanu	Romania	15.45 (w: +1.1 m/s)	15.08 (w: -1.8 m/s)	15.17 (w: -2.1 m/s)	15.45 (w: +1.1 m/s)	q
9	Tadashi Oguri	Japan	15.30 (w: -1.3 m/s)	15.38 (w: -0.8 m/s)	15.34 (w: -1.4 m/s)	15.38 (w: -0.8 m/s)
10	Simone Zeppo	Italy	x	14.28 (w: +0.6 m/s)	14.86 (w: -1.3 m/s)	14.86 (w: -1.3 m/s)
11	Ambrus Szabó	Hungary	14.82 (w: +0.3 m/s)	14.55 (w: -0.5 m/s)	13.97 (w: -1.2 m/s)	14.82 (w: +0.3 m/s)
12	Chou Chian-Chen	Chinese Taipei	13.63 (w: -1.7 m/s)	14.79 (w: -1.6 m/s)	x	14.79 (w: -1.6 m/s)
13	Igor Rjabtsikov	Estonia	x	14.64 (w: -0.4 m/s)	14.54 (w: +0.4 m/s)	14.64 (w: -0.4 m/s)
14	Jeferson Lopes	Brazil	x	14.11 (w: +1.2 m/s)	x	14.11 (w: +1.2 m/s)
15	Levar Anderson	United States	x	x	14.08 (w: -1.6 m/s)	14.08 (w: -1.6 m/s)
16	Dan Bibi	Seychelles	14.00 (w: -1.4 m/s)	x	13.97 (w: -1.6 m/s)	14.00 (w: -1.4 m/s)

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

•  Algeria (1)
•  Bahamas (1)
•  Botswana (1)
•  Brazil (2)
•  China (1)
•  Chinese Taipei (2)
•  Cuba (2)
•  Estonia (1)
•  France (2)
•  Georgia (1)
•  Germany (1)
•  Greece (2)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Italy (1)
•  Japan (2)
•  Portugal (1)
•  Romania (2)
•  Russia (2)
•  Seychelles (1)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  South Korea (2)
•  Spain (1)
•  United States (2)
•  Zaire (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 Oct 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015