Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump
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Men's triple jump at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Date | 29 July 1976 (qualifying) 30 July 1976 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 25 from 18 nations | |||||||||
Winning distance | 17.29 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's triple jump event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in 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.[1] 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 triple jump podium for the first time since 1928. Brazil won a triple jump medal for the third consecutive Games with João Carlos de Oliveira's bronze.