title: 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
text: # 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
  
  The Men's Triple Jump event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 10 and August 11.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Walter Davis United States (USA) |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Yoandri Betanzos Cuba (CUB) |
  | Bronze | Marian Oprea Romania (ROM) |
  
  ## Qualification
  
  ### Group A
  
  * Yoandri Betanzos, Cuba 17.40m Q
  * Leevan Sands, Bahamas 17.21m Q (SB)
  * Walter Davis, United States 17.08m Q
  * Marian Oprea, Romania 16.81m q
  * Anders Møller, Denmark 16.69m q
  * Dmitriy Valyukevich, Slovakia 16.68m q
  * Karl Taillepierre, France 16.67m q
  * Vyktor Yastrebov, Ukraine 16.66m q
  * Nelson Évora, Portugal 16.60m
  * Viktor Gushchinskiy, Russia 16.39m
  * Danila Burkenaya, Russia 16.35m
  * Kazuyoshi Ishikawa, Japan 16.33m
  * Johan Meriluoto, Finland 16.01m
  * Konstadinos Zalaggitis, Greece 15.72m
  * Michael Velter, Belgium NM
  
  ### Group B
  
  * Jadel Gregório, Brazil 17.20m Q
  * Momchil Karailiev, Bulgaria 16.73m q
  * Kenta Bell, United States 16.72m q
  * Arnie David Giralt, Cuba 16.71 q
  * Allen Simms, Puerto Rico 16.63m
  * Nathan Douglas, Great Britain 16.53m
  * Igor Spasovkhodskiy, Russia 16.45m
  * Tarik Bougtaïb, Morocco 16.38m
  * Mykola Savolainen, Ukraine 16.35m
  * Hristos Meletoglou, Greece 16.35m
  * Paolo Camossi, Italy 16.23
  * Randy Lewis, Grenada 16.11
  * Charles Friedek, Germany 15.75m
  * Yanxi Li, China NM
  
  ## Final
  
  * Walter Davis, United States 17.57 m SB
  * Yoandri Betanzos, Cuba 17.42 m SB
  * Marian Oprea, Romania 17.40 m
  * Leevan Sands, Bahamas 17.39 m
  * Karl Taillepierre, France 17.27 m
  * Jadel Gregório, Brazil 17.20 m
  * Kenta Bell, United States 17.11 m SB
  * Arnie David Giralt, Cuba 17.09 m
  * Vyktor Yastrebov, Ukraine 16.90 m
  * Dmitriy Valyukevich, Slovakia 16.79 m
  * Momchil Karailiev, Bulgaria 16.70 m
  * Anders Møller, Denmark 16.16 m
  