The qualifying standards were 17.10 m (56.1 ft) (A standard) and 16.80 m (55.12 ft) (B standard).[2]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
{{World Olympic RecordNo new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Qualifying Performance 17.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes | | 1 | A | Phillips Idowu | {{flagIOC|GBR|2008 Summer}} | 17.44
(+1.0) | 17.44 | Q |
| 2 | A | Nelson Évora | {{flagIOC|POR|2008 Summer}} | {{Sort|00.00|x}} | 17.34
(+1.1) | 17.34 | Q, SB |
| 3 | B | Li Yanxi | {{flagIOC|CHN|2008 Summer}} | 16.93
(+0.6) | 16.83
(-0.5) | 17.30
(+0.6) | 17.30 | Q, PB |
| 4 | A | Arnie David Giralt | {{flagIOC|CUB|2008 Summer}} | 17.30
(+0.9) | 17.30 | Q |
| 5 | B | Leevan Sands | {{flagIOC|BAH|2008 Summer}} | 17.25
(+0.5) | 17.25 | Q |
| 6 | A | Igor Spasovkhodskiy | {{flagIOC|RUS|2008 Summer}} | 16.79
(+1.8) | 16.85
(+1.2) | 17.23
(+0.4) | 17.23 | Q |
| 7 | B | Onochie Achike | {{flagIOC|GBR|2008 Summer}} | {{Sort|00.00|x}} | 17.18
(+1.1) | 17.18 | Q |
| 8 | A | Marian Oprea | {{flagIOC|ROU|2008 Summer}} | {{Sort|00.00|x}} | 16.99
(-0.1) | 17.17
(-0.7) | 17.17 | Q |
| 9 | A | Jadel Gregório | {{flagIOC|BRA|2008 Summer}} | 17.15
(+0.4) | 17.15 | Q |
| 10 | B | Héctor Dairo Fuentes | {{flagIOC|CUB|2008 Summer}} | 16.73
(+0.3) | 16.42
(+0.8) | 17.14
(+1.1) | 17.14 | Q |
| 11 | B | Momchil Karailiev | {{flagIOC|BUL|2008 Summer}} | 17.06
(+0.4) | 17.12
(+0.6) | 17.12 | Q |
| 12 | A | Viktor Kuznyetsov | {{flagIOC|UKR|2008 Summer}} | 16.70
(+0.8) | 17.11
(+0.1) | 17.11 | Q |
| 13 | A | Alexis Copello | {{flagIOC|CUB|2008 Summer}} | 17.09
(+0.6) | 16.92
(+0.1) | 00.00|x}} | 17.09 |
| 14 | A | Dmitrij Valukevic | {{flagIOC|SVK|2008 Summer}} | {{Sort|00.00|x}} | 16.86
(+0.4) | 17.08
(+0.5) | 17.08 |
| 15 | B | Randy Lewis | {{flagIOC|GRN|2008 Summer}} | {{Sort|00.00|x}} | 17.06
(+0.6) | 00.00|x}} | 17.06 |
| 16 | B | Mykola Savolaynen | {{flagIOC|UKR|2008 Summer}} | 17.00
(+0.9) | 16.55
(+0.5) | 16.29
(+0.5) | 17.00 | SB |
| 17 | B | Aleksandr Petrenko | {{flagIOC|RUS|2008 Summer}} | 16.84
(+0.6) | 16.97
(+1.1) | 16.74
(+0.9) | 16.97 |
| 18 | A | Kim Deok-Hyeon | {{flagIOC|KOR|2008 Summer}} | 16.68
(+0.4) | 14.68
(+1.0) | 16.88
(+0.4) | 16.88 |
| 19 | A | Rafeeq Curry | {{flagIOC|USA|2008 Summer}} | {{Sort|00.00|x}} | 16.23
(+1.7) | 16.88
(+0.4) | 16.88 |
| 20 | B | Nathan Douglas | {{flagIOC|GBR|2008 Summer}} | 16.45
(+0.8) | 16.68
(+1.2) | 16.72
(+0.1) | 16.72 |
| 21 | A | Fabrizio Donato | {{flagIOC|ITA|2008 Summer}} | 16.10
(+0.4) | 00.00|x}} | 16.70
(+0.1) | 16.70 |
| 22 | B | Danil Burkenya | {{flagIOC|RUS|2008 Summer}} | 16.44
(+0.5) | 16.69
(+1.0) | 15.65
(+0.5) | 16.69 |
| 23 | B | Dimitrios Tsiamis | {{flagIOC|GRE|2008 Summer}} | 16.37
(+0.6) | 16.65
(+1.0) | 16.48
(+0.5) | 16.65 |
| 24 | B | Vladimir Letnicov | {{flagIOC|MDA|2008 Summer}} | 16.62
(+0.5) | 00.00|x}} | 00.00|x}} | 16.62 |
| 25 | A | Kenta Bell | {{flagIOC|USA|2008 Summer}} | 16.55
(+0.9) | 00.00|x}} | 16.17
(0.0) | 16.55 |
| 26 | B | Viktor Yastrebov | {{flagIOC|UKR|2008 Summer}} | {{Sort|00.00|x}} | 00.00|x}} | 16.52
(+0.4) | 16.52 |
| 27 | A | Dzmitry Platnitski | {{flagIOC|BLR|2008 Summer}} | 16.51
(+0.1) | 00.00|x}} | 00.00|x}} | 16.51 |
| 28 | A | Jefferson Sabino | {{flagIOC|BRA|2008 Summer}} | 16.12
(+0.6) | 16.45
(+1.0) | 00.00|x}} | 16.45 |
| 29 | B | Colomba Fofana | {{flagIOC|FRA|2008 Summer}} | 16.42
(+1.2) | 15.47
(+0.6) | 00.00|x}} | 16.42 |
| 30 | A | Roman Valiyev | {{flagIOC|KAZ|2008 Summer}} | {{Sort|00.00|x}} | 16.20
(+0.6) | 15.93
(+0.3) | 16.20 |
| 31 | A | Ibrahim Mohamdein Aboubaker | {{flagIOC|QAT|2008 Summer}} | 16.03
(+0.4) | 16.02
(+1.4) | 15.90
(+0.1) | 16.03 |
| 32 | B | Hugo Mamba-Schlick | {{flagIOC|CMR|2008 Summer}} | 16.01
(+0.3) | 14.98
(+0.6) | 00.00|x}} | 16.01 |
| 33 | B | Aarik Wilson | {{flagIOC|USA|2008 Summer}} | {{Sort|00.00|x}} | 15.51
(+0.8) | 15.97
(+0.9) | 15.97 |
| 34 | B | Gu Junjie | {{flagIOC|CHN|2008 Summer}} | 15.94
(+1.0) | 15.87
(+0.8) | 00.00|x}} | 15.94 |
| 35 | B | Renjith Maheshwary | {{flagIOC|IND|2008 Summer}} | 15.77
(+0.5) | 00.00|x}} | 15.51
(0.5) | 15.77 |
| 36 | A | Zhong Minwei | {{flagIOC|CHN|2008 Summer}} | 15.59
(+0.4) | 00.00|x}} | 14.91
(0.8) | 15.59 |
| 37 | A | Redzep Selman | {{flagIOC|MKD|2008 Summer}} | 14.98
(+0.5) | 15.29
(+1.6) | 15.28
(+0.2) | 15.29 |
| 99|}} | B | Ndiss Kaba Badji | {{flagIOC|SEN|2008 Summer}} | {{Sort|00.00|x}} | 00.00|x}} | - | {{Sort>00.00|NM}} |
| 99|}} | B | Tarik Bouguetaïb | {{flagIOC|MAR|2008 Summer}} | {{Sort|00.00|x}} | 00.00|x}} | 00.00|x}} | {{Sort>00.00|NM}} |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
|---|
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| {{Gold1}} | Nelson Évora | {{flagIOC|POR|2008 Summer}} | 17.31 | 17.56 | 00.00|x}} | 17.67 | 17.24 | 16.52 | 17.67 | SB |
| {{Silver2}} | Phillips Idowu | {{flagIOC|GBR|2008 Summer}} | 17.51 | 17.31 | 17.62 | 00.00|x}} | 17.26 | 16.41 | 17.62 | SB |
| {{Bronze3}} | Leevan Sands | {{flagIOC|BAH|2008 Summer}} | 16.91 | 16.55 | 17.59 | 17.26 | 17.32 | 00.00|x}} | 17.59 | NR |
| 4 | Arnie David Giralt | {{flagIOC|CUB|2008 Summer}} | 17.27 | 17.52 | 17.24 | 17.48 | 00.00|x}} | 17.08 | 17.52 | PB |
|---|
| 5 | Marian Oprea | {{flagIOC|ROU|2008 Summer}} | 17.22 | 00.00|x}} | 00.00|x}} | 00.00|x}} | 00.00|x}} | 16.69 | 17.22 |
|---|
| 6 | Jadel Gregório | {{flagIOC|BRA|2008 Summer}} | 17.14 | 16.55 | 13.79 | 16.83 | 16.78 | 17.20 | 17.20 |
|---|
| 7 | Onochie Achike | {{flagIOC|GBR|2008 Summer}} | 16.74 | 00.00|x}} | 17.17 | 00.00|x}} | 17.04 | 00.00|x}} | 17.17 |
|---|
| 8 | Viktor Kuznyetsov | {{flagIOC|UKR|2008 Summer}} | 16.71 | 16.87 | 00.00|x}} | 16.81 | 16.48 | 00.00|x}} | 16.87 |
|---|
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| 9 | Igor Spasovkhodskiy | {{flagIOC|RUS|2008 Summer}} | 16.79 | 16.37 | 15.63 | 16.79 |
|---|
| 10 | Yanxi Li | {{flagIOC|CHN|2008 Summer}} | 15.93 | 16.35 | 16.77 | 16.77 |
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| 11 | Momchil Karailiev | {{flagIOC|BUL|2008 Summer}} | 16.48 | 16.39 | 16.38 | 16.48 |
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| 12 | Héctor Dairo Fuentes | {{flagIOC|CUB|2008 Summer}} | 15.92 | 00.00|x}} | 16.28 | 16.28 |
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{{OlympicsTripleJump}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's triple jump}}