The men's

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 the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

at the

2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 17th IAAF World Indoor Championships was held from 1 to 4 March 2018 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. This was the city's second hosting of the event as it previously did so in 2003. Bidding process Birmingham bid for the 2016 IAAF World Indo ...

took place on 3 March 2018.

Summary

The fifteen athletes went directly to final. Veteran

Nelson Évora Nelson Évora GCIH (born 20 April 1984) is an Ivory Coast-born Portuguese track and field athlete who specializes in the triple jump. Évora is a former outdoor Olympic, World, and European triple jump champion. He has also won a European i ...

was the only one to jump beyond 17 metres in the first round, his 17.14m taking the lead.

Alexis Copello Alexis Copello (born August 12, 1985) is a Cuban triple jumper who since 2017 competes internationally for Azerbaijan. He has a (legal) personal best jump of . He is a World Championship medalist, having won the bronze at the 2009 World Champion ...

took the lead temporarily in the second round with a 17.17, surpassed near the end of the round by

Almir dos Santos Almir Cunha dos Santos (born 4 September 1993) is a Brazilian male track and field athlete who competes in the triple jump and long jump. He was a silver medallist in the triple jump at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2018. Athletic caree ...

' 17.22m. Defending champion,

Dong Bin Dong Bin (; born 22 November 1988) is a Chinese track and field athlete who specialises in the triple jump. He is a two-time gold medallist at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships and has a personal best of 17.58 metres, which he set winning t ...

's 16.84m in the round barely got him into the finals, but it was his best of the day. Returning silver medalist

Max Heß Max Heß (born 13 July 1996) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the 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 the long jum ...

didn't make the finals, hie only mark at 16.47m in the third round. At the end of that round, Évora improved upon his own ten year old national record with a 17.40m to take back the lead. After the preliminary rounds, two time Olympic silver medalist

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 Wo ...

found himself in fifth place. On his fourth attempt, he rectified that by jumping the winner. In the fifth round, dos Santos got off a 17.41m to squeeze ahead of Évora to take second position.

Results

The final was started at 19:08.Final results
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References

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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 the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

Triple jump at the World Athletics Indoor Championships 2018 in men's athletics