2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

Events at the 2008 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		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
10,000 m walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's triple jump event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 11 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Teddy Tamgho  France
Silver	Osviel Hernández  Cuba
Bronze	Mohamed Yusuf Salman  Bahrain

Results

Final

11 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Teddy Tamgho	France	17.03 (w: -2.7 m/s)	16.66 (w: -0.6 m/s)	16.90 (w: -0.7 m/s)	17.33 (w: -2.1 m/s)	17.19 (w: -2.3 m/s)	14.46 (w: -0.7 m/s)	17.33 (w: -2.1 m/s)
	Osviel Hernández	Cuba	16.52 (w: -0.6 m/s)	15.74 (w: -0.4 m/s)	16.07 (w: -1.4 m/s)	16.90 (w: -2.1 m/s)	16.82 (w: -1.0 m/s)	16.52 (w: -0.5 m/s)	16.90 (w: -2.1 m/s)
	Mohamed Yusuf Salman	Bahrain	16.15 (w: -0.6 m/s)	16.59 (w: -1.0 m/s)	16.45 (w: -0.9 m/s)	x	16.43 (w: -3.1 m/s)	14.67 (w: -0.8 m/s)	16.59 (w: -1.0 m/s)
4	Daniele Greco	Italy	x	16.14 (w: -1.0 m/s)	x	13.46 (w: -0.6 m/s)	x	16.33 (w: -1.2 m/s)	16.33 (w: -1.2 m/s)
5	Henry Frayne	Australia	x	15.96 (w: -0.6 m/s)	16.22 (w: -1.6 m/s)	16.29 (w: -0.8 m/s)	x	16.04 (w: -0.5 m/s)	16.29 (w: -0.8 m/s)
6	Austin Davis	United States	15.75 (w: -1.6 m/s)	15.70 (w: -0.8 m/s)	x	15.58 (w: -1.1 m/s)	x	15.78 (w: -1.3 m/s)	15.78 (w: -1.3 m/s)
7	José Alfonso Palomanes	Spain	15.31 (w: -0.7 m/s)	x	15.54 (w: -1.1 m/s)	x	15.63 (w: -1.5 m/s)	13.12 (w: -1.3 m/s)	15.63 (w: -1.5 m/s)
8	Christian Taylor	United States	x	15.61 (w: -0.7 m/s)	x	14.90 (w: -1.1 m/s)	15.51 (w: -1.3 m/s)	15.58 (w: -0.7 m/s)	15.61 (w: -0.7 m/s)
9	Sheryf El-Sheryf	Ukraine	15.43 (w: -1.3 m/s)	15.43 (w: -0.8 m/s)	x				15.43 (w: -1.3 m/s)
10	Karol Hoffmann	Poland	x	x	15.42 (w: -0.7 m/s)				15.42 (w: -0.7 m/s)
11	Olexandr Ryzhykov	Ukraine	x	15.39 (w: -0.6 m/s)	x				15.39 (w: -0.6 m/s)
12	Yu Jae-Hyuk	South Korea	x	15.36 (w: -0.7 m/s)	13.70 (w: -2.5 m/s)				15.36 (w: -0.7 m/s)

Qualifications

10 July

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Henry Frayne	Australia	x	16.40 (w: 0.0 m/s)	-	16.40 (w: 0.0 m/s)	Q
2	Teddy Tamgho	France	16.30 (w: -0.8 m/s)	-	-	16.30 (w: -0.8 m/s)	Q
3	Daniele Greco	Italy	15.44 (w: -0.4 m/s)	15.79 (w: -1.0 m/s)	x	15.79 (w: -1.0 m/s)	q
4	Sheryf El-Sheryf	Ukraine	15.67 (w: -1.2 m/s)	15.56 (w: -0.5 m/s)	15.57 (w: 0.0 m/s)	15.67 (w: -1.2 m/s)	q
5	Christian Taylor	United States	15.24 (w: -0.2 m/s)	x	15.67 (w: -0.2 m/s)	15.67 (w: -0.2 m/s)	q
6	José Alfonso Palomanes	Spain	x	15.14 (w: -0.2 m/s)	15.58 (w: -0.2 m/s)	15.58 (w: -0.2 m/s)	q
7	Radu Muscalu	Romania	x	x	15.48 (w: -0.6 m/s)	15.48 (w: -0.6 m/s)
8	Óscar Salazar	Mexico	15.38 (w: -0.2 m/s)	x	15.42 (w: -0.6 m/s)	15.42 (w: -0.6 m/s)
9	Boipelo Motlhatlhego	South Africa	13.52 (w: -1.2 m/s)	x	15.32 (w: -0.1 m/s)	15.32 (w: -0.1 m/s)
10	Eddy Florián	Dominican Republic	14.77 (w: -1.6 m/s)	15.29 (w: -0.6 m/s)	15.21 (w: -0.8 m/s)	15.29 (w: -0.6 m/s)
11	Mubarak Al-Jaseer	Saudi Arabia	15.27 (w: -1.7 m/s)	15.10 (w: -0.3 m/s)	13.58 (w: -0.5 m/s)	15.27 (w: -1.7 m/s)
12	Wojciech Delimata	Poland	x	15.06 (w: -0.5 m/s)	x	15.06 (w: -0.5 m/s)
13	Stefan Tseng Ke Chen	Singapore	x	x	x	NM

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Osviel Hernández	Cuba	16.30 (w: -0.7 m/s)	-	-	16.30 (w: -0.7 m/s)	Q
2	Karol Hoffmann	Poland	15.94 (w: -2.0 m/s)	-	-	15.94 (w: -2.0 m/s)	Q
3	Olexandr Ryzhykov	Ukraine	15.75 (w: -1.3 m/s)	13.55 (w: -0.4 m/s)	15.46 (w: -0.5 m/s)	15.75 (w: -1.3 m/s)	q
4	Austin Davis	United States	x	x	15.75 (w: 0.0 m/s)	15.75 (w: 0.0 m/s)	q
5	Mohamed Yusuf Salman	Bahrain	15.47 (w: -1.6 m/s)	x	15.63 (w: -0.2 m/s)	15.63 (w: -0.2 m/s)	q
6	Yu Jae-Hyuk	South Korea	x	14.77 (w: -0.3 m/s)	15.57 (w: -0.2 m/s)	15.57 (w: -0.2 m/s)	q
7	Askin Karaca	Turkey	15.25 (w: -0.4 m/s)	x	15.51 (w: -0.1 m/s)	15.51 (w: -0.1 m/s)
8	Robert Falchi	Australia	x	15.51 (w: -0.6 m/s)	x	15.51 (w: -0.6 m/s)
9	Louis-Grégory Occin	France	x	x	15.35 (w: -0.8 m/s)	15.35 (w: -0.8 m/s)
10	Kyron Blaise	Trinidad and Tobago	14.56 (w: -0.7 m/s)	15.17 (w: -0.7 m/s)	14.84 (w: -1.8 m/s)	15.17 (w: -0.7 m/s)
11	Riaan Arends	South Africa	15.01 (w: -2.0 m/s)	14.91 (w: -0.6 m/s)	14.90 (w: 0.0 m/s)	15.01 (w: -2.0 m/s)
12	Artyom Grachev	Russia	x	14.22 (w: -2.0 m/s)	x	14.22 (w: -2.0 m/s)
13	Martinš Dakša	Latvia	x	x	x	NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (2)
•  Bahrain (1)
•  Cuba (1)
•  Dominican Republic (1)
•  France (2)
•  Italy (1)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Mexico (1)
•  Poland (2)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (1)
•  Saudi Arabia (1)
•  Singapore (1)
•  South Africa (2)
•  South Korea (1)
•  Spain (1)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (1)
•  Turkey (1)
•  Ukraine (2)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015