2016 Olympic Games Statistics – Men's TJ
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2016 Olympic Games Statistics – Men’s TJ by K Ken Nakamura The records to look for in Rio de Janeiro: Can Christian Taylor become fifth TJ to win multiple gold medals at Olympic Games? Summary Page: All time Performance List at the World Championships Performance Performer Dist wind Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 18.09 -0.4 Kenny Harrison USA 1 Atlanta 1996 2 2 17.88 0.9 Jonathan Edwards GBR 2 Atlanta 1996 3 3 17.81 0.6 Christian Taylor USA 1 London 2012 4 4 17.79 1.4 Christian Olsson SWE 1 Athinai 2004 5 17.71 0.2 Jonathan Edwards 1 Sydney 2000 6 17.68 -0.5 Christian Olsson 1qA Athinai 2004 7 5 17.67 1.1 Nelson Evora POR 1 Beijing 2008 Shortest winning distance since 1968: 17.26 by Al Joyner (USA) in 1984 Margin of Victory Difference Distance Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.01m 13.71 James Connolly USA Athinai 1896 57cm 18.17w Mike Conley USA Barcelona 1992 Min 2.5cm 14.505 Vilho Tuulos FIN Antwerp 1920 3.5cm 15.40 Arne Åhman SWE London 1948 4cm 17.35 Viktor Saneyev URS München 1972 15.21 Mikio Oda JPN Amsterdam 1928 Longest mark in each round Round Distance Wind Name Nat Venue Year Final 18.17w 2.1 Mike Conley USA Barcelona 1992 18.09 -0.4 Kenny Harrison USA Atlanta 1996 Qualifying 17.68 -0.5 Christian Olsson SWE Athinai 2004 Longest non-qualifier for the final Distance Wind Position Name Nat Venue Year 17.09 0.6 8qA Alexis Copello CUB Beijing 2008 Best Marks for Places in the Olympics Pos Dist wind Name Nat Venue Year 1 18.09 -0.4 Kenny Harrison USA Atlanta 1996 2 17.88 0.9 Jonathan Edwards GBR Atlanta 1996 3 17.59 0.9 Leevan Sands BAH Beijing 2008 4 17.52 0.2 David Giralt CUB Beijing 2008 Multiple Gold Medalists: Viktor Saneyev (URS) 1968, 1972, 1976 Jozef Schmidt (POL) 1960, 1964 Adhemar da Silva (BRA) 1952, 1956 Meyer Prinstein (USA) 1900, 1904 All time Performance List at the World Championships Performance Performer Dist wind Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 18.09 -0.4 Kenny Harrison USA 1 Atlanta 1996 2 2 17.88 0.9 Jonathan Edwards GBR 2 Atlanta 1996 3 3 17.81 0.6 Christian Taylor USA 1 London 2012 4 4 17.79 1.4 Christian Olsson SWE 1 Athinai 2004 5 17.71 0.2 Jonathan Edwards 1 Sydney 2000 6 17.68 -0.5 Christian Olsson 1qA Athinai 2004 7 5 17.67 1.1 Nelson Evora POR 1 Beijing 2008 8 6 17.63 0.5 Michael Conley USA 1 Barcelona 1992 9 7 17.62 0.9 Phillips Idowu GBR 2 Beijing 2008 9 7 17.62 0.6 Will Claye USA 2 London 2012 11 9 17.61 0.7 Khristo Markov BUL 1 Seoul 1988 12 10 17.60 0.7 Charlie Simpkins USA 2 Barcelona 1992 13 11 17.59 0.9 Leevan Sands BAH 3 Beijing 2008 14 17.58 -1.1 Kenny Harrison 1qA Atlanta 1996 15 12 17.55 0.7 Marian Oprea ROU 2 Athinai 2004 16 13 17.53 -0.4 Yoandri Betanzos CUB 1qB Athinai 2004 17 14 17.52 0.1 Igor Lapshin URS 2 Seoul 1988 17 14 17.52 0.2 David Giralt CUB 4 Beijing 2008 19 16 17.48 0.4 Danila Burkenya RUS 3 Athinai 2004 19 16 17.48 0.6 Fabrizio Donato ITA 3 London 2012 21 18 17.47 0.1 Yoel Garcia CUB 2 Sydney 2000 21 17.47 0.4 Yoandris Betanzos 4 Athinai 2004 23 19 17.46 0.3 Denis Kapustin RUS 3 Sydney 2000 24 20 17.44 0.2 Yoelbi Quesada CUB 3 Atlanta 1996 24 20 17.44 0.6 Marian Oprea ROU 2qB Athinai 2004 24 17.44 1.0 Phillips Idowu 1qA Beijing 2008 27 22 17.42 -0.8 Aleksandr Kovalenko URS 3 Seoul 1988 28 17.40 0.2 Mike Conley 4 Atlanta 1996 29 23 17.39 2.0 Viktor Saneyev URS 1 Mexico City 1968 30 24 17.38 0.0 Oleg Protsenko RUS 4 Seoul 1988 31 17.37 0.1 Igor Lapshin 1qB Seoul 1988 31 17.37 0.3 Yoelbi Quesada 4 Sydney 2000 33 17.36 0.8 Mike Conley 1qA Los Angeles 1984 33 25 17.36 1.0 Frank Rutherford BAH 3 Barcelona 1992 35 26 17.35 -0.3 Jaak Uudmäe URS 1 Moskva 1980 36 27 17.34 1.5 Pierrre Camara FRA 1qB Barcelona 1992 36 17.34 1.1 Nelson Evora 2qA Beijing 2008 36 27 17.34 0.9 Daniele Greco ITA 4 London 2012 39 17.33 -1.2 Phillips Idowu 2qA Athinai 2004 40 29 17.32 1.4 Leonid Voloshin EUN 4 Barcelona 1992 41 30 17.31 1.5 Jörg Drehmel GDR 2 München 1972 41 30 17.31 0.0 Jadel Gregorio BRA 5 Athinai 2004 43 32 17.30 1.0 Larry Achike GBR 1qA Sydney 2000 43 17.30 0.9 David Girat 3qA Beijing 2008 43 32 17.30 0.6 Li Yanxi CHN 1qB Beijing 2008 46 17.29 ? Viktor Saneyev 1 Montreal 1976 46 17.29 0.2 Charles Simpkins 5 Seoul 1988 46 17.29 0.5 Larry Achike 5 Sydney 2000 Wind assisted marks Performance Performer Dist wind Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 18.17 2.1 Mike Conley USA 1 Barcelona 1992 2 2 17.35 2.2 Viktor Saneyev URS 1 München 1972 Shortest winning distance since 1968: 17.26 by Al Joyner (USA) in 1984 Margin of Victory Difference Distance Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.01m 13.71 James Connolly USA Athinai 1896 57cm 18.17w Mike Conley USA Barcelona 1992 Min 2.5cm 14.505 Vilho Tuulos FIN Antwerp 1920 3.5cm 15.40 Arne Åhman SWE London 1948 4cm 17.35 Viktor Saneyev URS München 1972 15.21 Mikio Oda JPN Amsterdam 1928 Difference between first and third Diff Winning dist 3rd place dist Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.19m 13.71m 12.52m James Connolly USA Athinai 1896 99cm 14.35 13.36 Meyer Prinstein USA St Louis 1904 83cm 14.47 13.64 Meyer Prinstein USA Paris 1900 81cm 18.17w 17.36 Mike Conley USA Barcelona 1992 Min 8cm 17.67m 17.59m Nelson Evora POR Beijing 2008 Difference between third and fourth (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place dist Name Nat Venue Year Max 45cm 13.36 Robert Stangland USA St Louis 1904 35cm 17.22 Joao de Oliveira BRA Moskva 1980 Min 1cm 17.48 Danil Burkenya RUS Athinai 2004 Second line is largest differential after 1928 Longest mark in each round Round Distance Wind Name Nat Venue Year Final 18.17w 2.1 Mike Conley USA Barcelona 1992 18.09 -0.4 Kenny Harrison USA Atlanta 1996 Qualifying 17.68 -0.5 Christian Olsson SWE Athinai 2004 Longest non-qualifier for the final Distance Wind Position Name Nat Venue Year 17.09 0.6 8qA Alexis Copello CUB Beijing 2008 Average of last eight Olympic Games Average 2012 2008 2004 2000 1996 1992 1988 1984 Winning Height 17.76 17.81 17.67 17.79 17.71 18.09 18.17w 17.61 17.26w Winning Medal 17.39 17.48 17.59 17.48 17.46 17.44 17.36 17.42 16.87 Missing Medal (4 th ) 17.33 17.34 17.52 17.47 17.37 17.40 17.32 17.38 16.83 8th place 16.87 16.92 16.87 16.96 16.96 16.90 17.00 16.72 16.66 Shortest to make final 16.69 16.62 17.11 16.91 16.75 16.73 16.91 16.29 16.18 Best Marks for Places in the Olympics Pos Dist wind Name Nat Venue Year 1 18.09 -0.4 Kenny Harrison USA Atlanta 1996 2 17.88 0.9 Jonathan Edwards GBR Atlanta 1996 3 17.59 0.9 Leevan Sands BAH Beijing 2008 4 17.52 0.2 David Giralt CUB Beijing 2008 5 17.31 0.0 Jadel Gregorio BRA Athinai 2004 6 17.20 0.2 Jadel Gregorio BRA Beijing 2008 Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Distance Wind Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 1 18.29 1.3 Jonathan Edwards GBR Göteborg 7 Aug 1995 2 18.04 0.8 Christian Taylor USA Doha 15 May 2015 17.99 1.8 Pedro Pablo Pichardo CUB Lausanne 9 July 2015 17.88 0.9 Jonathan Edwards GBR Atlanta 27 July 1996 3 17.64 0.0 Aliecer Urrutia CUB Athinai 8 Aug 1997 17.62 0.4 Mike Conley USA Tokyo 26 Aug 1991 17.62 -0.2 Arnie David Girat CUB Habana 25 Apr 2009 4 17.59 -0.2 Denis Kapustin RUS Athinai 8 Aug 1997 17.52 0.2 Arnie David Girat CUB Beijing 21 Aug 2008 5 17.35 0.7 Vyacheslav Bordukov URS Leningrad 4 Aug 1985 1.7 Jacek Pastusinski POL Roma 31 Aug 1987 0.0 Nelson Evora POR Daegu 4 Sept 2011 17.31 0.0 Jadel Gregorio BRA Athinai 22 Aug 2004 0.6 Aarik Wilson USA Osaka 27 Aug 2007 6 17.27 1.9 Oleg Protsenko URS Kiev 12 July 1991 LJ – TJ double medalists (at the same Olympiad) Name Nation LJ TJ Venue Year James Connolly USA Bronze Gold Athinai 1896 Meyer Prinstein USA Gold Silver Paris 1900 Meyer Prinstein USA Gold Gold St Louis 1904 Robert Stangland USA Bronze Bronze St Louis 1904 Peter O’Connor GBR Silver Gold Athinai 1906 Georg Aberg SWE Bronze Silver Stockholm 1912 Chuhei Nambu JPN Bronze Gold Los Angles 1932 Naoto Tajima JPN Bronze Gold Berlin 1936 Will Claye USA Bronze Silver London 2012 Multiple Gold Medalists: Viktor Saneyev (URS) 1968, 1972, 1976 Jozef Schmidt (POL) 1960, 1964 Adhemar da Silva (BRA) 1952, 1956 Meyer Prinstein (USA) 1900, 1904 Multiple Medalists: Jonathan Edwards (GBR): 1996 Silver, 2000 Gold Mike Conley (USA): 1984 Silver, 1992 Gold Joao Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) 1976 Bronze, 1980 Bronze Viktor Saneyev (URS) 1968 Gold, 1972 Gold, 1976 Gold, 1980 Silver Nelson Prudencio (BRA): 1968 Silver, 1972 Bronze Jozef Schmidt (POL) 1960 Gold, 1964 Gold Vitold Kreyer (URS): 1956 Bronze, 1960 Bronze Adhemar da Silva (BRA) 1952 Gold, 1956 Gold Vilho Tuulos (FIN): 1920 Gold, 1924 Bronze, 1928 Bronze Erik Almlöf (SWE): 1912 Bronze, 1920 Bronze Meyer Prinstein (USA) 1900 Gold, 1904 Gold James Connelly (USA) 1896 Gold, 1900 Silver Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze USA 2012 Christian Taylor Will Claye USA 1992 Mike Conley Charlie Simpkins URS 1988 Igor Lapshin Aleksandr Kovalenko USA 1984 Al Joyner Mike Conley URS 1980 Jaak Uudmäe Viktor Saneyev URS 1964 Oleg Fedoseyev Viktor Kravchenko URS 1960 Vladimir Goryayev Vitold Kreyer JPN 1936 Naoto Tajima Masao Harada JPN 1932 Chuhei Nambu Kenkichi Oshima SWE 1920 Folke Jansson Erik Almlöf SWE 1912 Gustaf Lindblom Georg Åberg Erik Almlöf GBR 1906 Peter O’Connor Con Leahy USA 1904 Meyer Prinstein Fred Englehardt Robert Stangland USA 1900 Meyer Prinstein James Connolly Lewis Sheldon Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: Never happened Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze USA 7 7 3 URS 4 5 4 SWE 3 3 2 GBR 3 3 1 JPN 3 1 1 BRA 2 1 3 POL 2 AUS 1 1 1 FIN 1 2 BUL 1 POR 1 CUB 1 1 FRA 1 CAN 1 ARG 1 ISL 1 GDR 1 ROU 1 RUS 2 BAH 2 GRE 1 NOR 1 TUR 1 VEN 1 ITA 2 World Champion with Olympic gold medal Name Nat World Championships Olympics Christian Taylor USA 2011 2012