Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump
| Men's triple jump at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 15 August 2016 (qualifying) 16 August 2016 (final) |
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| Competitors | 48 from 34 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning distance | 17.86 m | ||||||||||||
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Christian Taylor |
 United States
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Will Claye |
United States
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Dong Bin |
 China
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The men's triple jump competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 15–16 August.
The top entrant was Christian Taylor of the United States, who was the defending 2012 Olympic champion and the 2015 World Champion. The second best athlete of all-time, he held the season's top mark at 17.78 m. He had been beaten by Will Claye at the American Olympic Trials, who was second on the world rankings and runner-up at the previous Olympics. Cuban Pedro Pablo Pichardo (the 2015 world silver medallist and fourth best of all-time) entered but had not performed highly that year. The 2016 World Indoor Champion Dong Bin started as the fourth best on the world lists. India's Renjith Maheswary and American Chris Benard filled out the world's top five of 2016. The event had enjoyed a resurgence globally and an unusually large starting field of 48 athletes had made the qualifying grade.
The qualifying round saw perhaps the most significant non-event as #4 all time Pedro Pablo Pichardo scratched. European champion and world indoor silver medalist Max Hess was also unable to qualify.
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