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Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Triple Jump
The Triple jump, men's triple jump event at the Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, had an entry list of 25 competitors, with two qualifying groups (25 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. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Viktor Saneyev of the Soviet Union, the first man to win three gold medals in the triple jump. He matched Vilho Tuulos of Finland in 1920 through 1928 as the only men to have three medals of any color in the event (Tuulos had one gold, two bronze). It was the seventh consecutive Games that the Soviet Union had reached the podium, and third consecutive gold medal for the Soviets, in the event. James Butts's silver put the United States on the men's tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Stadium (Montreal)
Olympic Stadium (, ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Montreal, Canada, located at Olympic Park (Montreal), Olympic Park in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of the city. Built in the mid-1970s as the venues of the 1976 Summer Olympics, main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics, it is nicknamed "The Big O", a reference to both its name and to the doughnut-shape of the permanent component of the stadium's roof. It is also disparagingly referred to as "The Big Owe" in reference to the high cost of its construction and of hosting the 1976 Olympics as a whole. The stadium is one of the largest by seating capacity in Canada. After the Olympics, artificial turf was installed and it became the home of Montreal's professional Major League Baseball, baseball and Canadian Football League, football teams. The Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League, CFL returned to their previous home of Percival Molson Memorial Stadium, Molson Stadium in 1998 Montreal Alouettes season, 1998 for reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Prudêncio
Nelson Prudêncio (April 4, 1944 – November 23, 2012) was a Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump. He won silver medals at the 1967 and 1971 Pan American Games and 1968 Summer Olympics, and a bronze at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Prudêncio was ranked world's #2 in 1968, #3 in 1972, #5 in 1975, and #8 in 1971.Nelson Prudêncio sports-reference Prudêncio's jump of at the 1968 Olympics was the world record before extended it to a few minutes later. Prudêncio was Professor of Physical Education at the |
Eugeniusz Biskupski
Eugeniusz Biskupski (17 December 1947 – 10 September 2010) was a Polish triple jumper. He was born in Karczmy and represented the club Legia Warszawa. He finished seventh at the 1966 European Junior Championships, eleventh at the 1972 European Indoor Championships, sixth at the 1975 European Indoor Championships, ninth at the 1976 European Indoor Championships, seventh at the 1976 Olympic Games and tenth at the 1978 European Championships. He became Polish champion in 1977 and 1979, rivalling with Michał Joachimowski Michał Teodor Joachimowski (26 September 1950 – 19 January 2014) was a triple jumper from Poland.Polski Komited Olympijski (Polish Olympic Committee), "Joachimowski, Michal", He won three medals at the European Indoor Championships. He was b ..., and Polish indoor champion in 1978. His personal best jump was 16.73 metres, achieved in 1975. References 1944 births 2010 deaths People from Bełchatów County Polish male triple jumpers Athlete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayfield Dupree
Rayfield Dupree (born April 2, 1953) is an American former track and field athlete, who competed in the men's triple jump at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Competition Dupree was a junior at California State University, Long Beach when he came fourth in the 1973 NCAA Championships. He represented the U.S. Army in the 1976 Olympic trials. The following season he was at Middle Tennessee State University and became Ohio Valley Conference indoor champion. He qualified for the 1980 Olympic trials but withdrew. In June 1981 Dupree was working as a mail carrier in Los Angeles when an irate customer attacked him with lye. He was hospitalised for three weeks and off work for three months. He recovered to compete in the 1982 U.S. Outdoor Championships, driving from Los Angeles to Knoxville, Tennessee. Post competition In 1993 Dupree founded the Team World Track club near his home in Moreno Valley, California. In 2005 he pleaded guilty to lewd and lascivious conduct in connection with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Vyčichlo
Jiří Vyčichlo (born 17 May 1946) is a retired Czechoslovak triple jumper. He was born in Prague and represented the club Dukla Praha. He finished seventh at the 1974 European Championships, ninth at the 1975 European Indoor Championships, and ninth at the 1976 Olympic Games 1976 Olympics refers to both: *The 1976 Winter Olympics, which were originally to be held in Denver, United States, but relocated to Innsbruck, Austria *The 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of t .... He became Czechoslovak champion in 1968, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977 and 1978; and Czechoslovak indoor champion in 1974, 1975 and 1978. His personal best jump was 16.87 metres, achieved in May 1976 in Prague. (last updated 2001) References ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Haynes
Thomas Zarlef Haynes (born July 14, 1952) is a retired American athlete, who mostly competed in the triple jump. He won a silver medal at the 1975 Pan American Games and placed fifth at the 1976 Olympics. Competing for the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders track and field program, Haynes won the 1974 triple jump at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships with a mark of 16.63 meters. Domestically Haynes won the AAU triple jump championships outdoors in 1976 and indoors in 1975–77. In the long jump he won the AAU indoors title in 1977. Haynes was a career military officer, and after retiring from competitions became head track coach at the United States Military Academy The United States Military Academy (USMA), commonly known as West Point, is a United States service academies, United States service academy in West Point, New York that educates cadets for service as Officer_(armed_forces)#United_States, comm .... References 1952 births Living p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Kolmsee
Wolfgang Kolmsee (born 25 September 1954) is a retired (West) German triple jumper. He was born in Oberhausen. He finished eighth at the 1975 European Indoor Championships, fourth at the 1976 European Indoor Championships, sixth at the 1976 Summer Olympics, no-marked at the 1977 European Indoor Championships, finished sixth at the 1977 World Cup and eleventh at the 1980 European Indoor Championships. Kolmsee became West German champion in 1976, also winning national silver medals in 1974, 1977, 1981 and 1982. Indoors he became West German champion in 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978. He represented the clubs Salamander Kornwestheim, VfB Stuttgart and LAC Quelle Fürth Lac may refer to: Places Africa * Lac Region, a district in Chad * Lac Prefecture, a district in Chad America * Rivière du Lac, a tributary of the Montmorency River, in Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada Europe * Laç, a city in Albania * Lac .... His personal best jump was 16.68 metres (1976). References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 U.S. states, states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico. * Eastern Standard Time (EST) is five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−05:00). Observed during standard time (late autumn/winter in the United States and Canada). * Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−04:00). Observed during daylight saving time (spring/summer/early autumn in the United States and Canada). On the second Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m. EST, clocks are advanced to 3:00 a.m. EDT, creating a 23-hour day. On the first Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m. EDT, clocks are moved back to 1:00 a.m. EST, which results in a 25-hour day. History The boundaries of the Eastern Time Zone have moved westward since the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) took over time-zone management from railroads in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico covers 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), and is the List of countries by area, thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area. With a population exceeding 130 million, Mexico is the List of countries by population, tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the Hispanophone#Countries, largest number of native Spanish speakers. Mexico City is the capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city, which ranks among the List of cities by population, most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Human presence in Mexico dates back to at least 8,000 BC. Mesoamerica, considered a cradle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and financial centers in the world, and is classified as an Globalization and World Cities Research Network, Alpha world city according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2024 ranking. Mexico City is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of . The city has 16 Boroughs of Mexico City, boroughs or , which are in turn divided into List of neighborhoods in Mexico City, neighborhoods or . The 2020 population for the city proper was 9,209,944, with a land area of . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21,804,515, which makes it the list of largest cities#List, sixth-largest metropolitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiaki Inoue
was a Japanese triple jumper who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics. Inoue won the British AAA Championships The AAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England. It was the foremost domestic athletics event in the United Kingdom during its lifetime, despite the existence of the offi ... titlein the triple jump event at the British 1974 AAA Championships. References 1951 births 1993 deaths Japanese male triple jumpers Olympic male triple jumpers Olympic athletes for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 Asian Games Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Japan Championships in Athletics winners 20th-century Japanese sportsmen Place of birth missi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
