The men's triple jump competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.

The two Italian jumpers Daniele Greco and Fabrizio Donato anticipated the outcome and let their first attempt marks qualify them to the finals, taking the rest of the other rounds off.

Host team favorite 2009 world champion Phillips Idowu made it to the qualifying round,[3] but could not advance.

Meanwhile, reigning world champion Christian Taylor was struggling to find the board, taking until his third jump just to get a mark to allow him three more attempts.

In the fourth round Taylor put it all together, jumping 17.81 to take what turned out to be an insurmountable lead.

[2] Haiti, the United Arab Emirates, and the Virgin Islands each made their first appearance in the event.

In qualification, each athlete jumped three times (stopping early if they made the qualifying distance of 17.10 metres).