Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump
| Men's triple jump at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 7–9 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 27 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning distance | 17.81 | ||||||||||||
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Christian Taylor |
 United States
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Will Claye |
United States
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Fabrizio Donato |
 Italy
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The Men's triple jump competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 7–9 August.
In the qualifying round, Christian Taylor made the automatic qualifier on his first attempt, Leevan Sands made the only other auto qualifier. The two Italian jumpers Daniele Greco and Fabrizio Donato anticipated the outcome and let their first attempt marks qualify them to the finals, taking the rest of the other rounds off. Lyukman Adams and Will Claye took all three attempts to get in a sufficient jump. After controversy, host team favorite, 2009 world champion Phillips Idowu made it to the qualifying round, but could not advance.
In the first round, 35-year-old Fabrizio Donato took the lead over 40 cm ahead of Alexis Copello. In the second round Will Claye took the lead, while Donato improved and his teammate Daniele Greco moved into third. Meanwhile, reigning world champion Christian Taylor was struggling to find the board, taking until his third jump just to get a mark to allow him three more attempts. Donato improved again. In the fourth round Taylor put it all together, jumping 17.81 to take what turned out to be an insurmountable lead. Donato made another improvement for his best attempt 17.48, though any of his four legal jumps would have won the bronze. Then Claye secured another silver medal with a 17.62
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