Men's triple jump at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
Date	3 September 1972 & 4 September 1972
Medalists
Viktor Saneyev   Soviet Union   Jörg Drehmel   East Germany   Nélson Prudêncio   Brazil
«1968	1976»

Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Men's triple jump event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 3 & 4 of September.

Qualifying

All jumpers reaching 16.20 m (53 ft 2 in), shown in blue and the top 12 including ties advanced to the final round. All lengths are in metres

Qualifying round

Overall	Athlete	Nationality	Group	Mark	1	2	3
1	Viktor Saneyev	Soviet Union	B	16.85	16.85	-	-
2	Jörg Drehmel	East Germany	A	16.57	16.57	-	-
3	Mansour Dia	Senegal	A	16.55	16.55	-	-
4	Carol Corbu	Romania	A	16.51	15.59	15.92	16.51
5	Toshiaki Inoue	Japan	A	16.49	16.01	16.19	16.49
6	Michał Joachimowski	Poland	B	16.43	16.43	-	-
7	Nélson Prudêncio	Brazil	B	16.42	X	X	16.42
8	Kristen Fløgstad	Norway	A	16.41	X	16.41	-
9	Samuel Igun	Nigeria	A	16.33	15.19	X	16.33
10	John Craft	United States	B	16.32	15.78	16.09	16.32
11	Mikhail Bariban	Soviet Union	A	16.26	16.09	16.12	16.26
12	Bernard Lamitié	France	A	16.24	16.24	-	-
13	Gábor Katona	Hungary	B	16.19	16.19	15.43	14.89
14	Kosei Gushiken	Japan	B	16.19	16.19	X	X
15	Gennady Bessonov	Soviet Union	A	16.18	16.10	15.95	16.18
16	Giuseppe Gentile	Italy	B	16.04	15.79	X	16.04
17	Esa Rinne	Finland	A	15.98	15.49	15.98	15.76
18	Václav Fišer	Czechoslovakia	B	15.96	15.96	15.75	15.75
19	Heinz-Günter Schenk	East Germany	B	15.91	15.54	15.91	15.41
20	Mick McGrath	Australia	A	15.90	15.40	15.90	15.32
21	Johnson Amoah	Ghana	A	15.84	15.79	15.69	15.84
22	Abraham Munabi	Uganda	B	15.82	14.74	15.82	X
23	Moise Pomaney	Ghana	B	15.72	15.72	15.18	15.31
24	Pedro Pérez	Cuba	B	15.72	15.72	14.85	X
25	Milan Spasojević	Yugoslavia	A	15.69	15.63	15.69	13.33
26	Yukito Muraki	Japan	A	15.59	15.53	15.59	X
27	Tim Barrett	Bahamas	B	15.51	15.51	15.43	X
28	Wilfredo Maisonave	Puerto Rico	B	15.38	14.07	14.77	15.38
29	Art Walker	United States	B	15.29	X	15.29	X
30	Patrick Onyango	Kenya	B	14.74	X	X	14.74
31	Chen Ming-Chi	Republic of China	B	14.73	X	14.73	14.11
32	Dave Smith	United States	A	14.55	X	14.55	X
33	Ghazi Saleh Marzouk	Saudi Arabia	A	13.82	13.82	13.41	13.51
34	Martin Matupi	Malawi	A	13.57	13.57	X	13.34
-	Henry Jackson	Jamaica	A	NM	X	X	X
-	Mohinder Singh Gill	India	A	NM	X	X	X
-	Martin Adouna	Togo	B	DNS	-	-	-
-	Chodoton	Dahomey	B	DNS	-	-	-

Final

At the end of three jumps the top eight received another three jumps. The remaining jumpers are eliminated from medal contention.

Overall	Athlete	Nationality	Mark	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Viktor Saneyev	Soviet Union	17.35	17.35	16.71	17.19	X	16.98	X
	Jörg Drehmel	East Germany	17.31	X	17.02	X	X	17.31	15.34
	Nélson Prudêncio	Brazil	17.05	16.87	16.61	16.35	16.88	X	17.05
4	Carol Corbu	Romania	16.85	16.62	16.85	16.40	X	13.72	X
5	John Craft	United States	16.83	16.77	16.75	16.83	16.26	X	X
6	Mansour Dia	Senegal	16.83	16.77	16.83	X	X	16.15	X
7	Michał Joachimowski	Poland	16.69	16.69	X	14.62	14.98	X	X
8	Kristen Fløgstad	Norway	16.44	X	16.44	X	X	15.97	X
9	Mikhail Bariban	Soviet Union	16.30	X	16.30	15.96
10	Bernard Lamitié	France	16.27	16.22	15.88	16.27
11	Samuel Igun	Nigeria	16.03	X	15.79	16.03
12	Toshiaki Inoue	Japan	15.88	15.88	X	X

References

• Sports-reference
• Official report