Aktualni rekordi u troskoku prije početka takmičenja prikazani su u tabeli.
- Yoandri Betanzos, 17,41 m Q
- Leevan Sands, 17,40 m Q
- Walter Davis, 17,08 m Q
- Marian Oprea, 16,81 m q
- Anders Møller, 16,69 m q
- Dmitrij Valjukevič, 16,68 m q
- Karl Taillepierre, 16,67 m q
- Viktor Jastrebov, 16,66 m q
- Nelson Évora, 16,60 m
- Viktor Guščinski, 16,39 m
- Danil Burkenja, 16,35 m
- Kazuyoshi Ishikawa, 16,33 m
- Johan Meriluoto, 16,01 m
- Konstadinos Zalaggitis, 15,72 m
- Jadel Gregório, 17,20 m Q
- Momčil Karailijev, 16,73 m q
- Kenta Bell, 16,72 m q
- Arnie David Giralt, 16,71 m q
- Allen Simms, 16,63 m
- Nathan Douglas, 16,53 m
- Igor Spasovhodski, 16,45 m
- Tarik Bougtaïb, 16,38 m
- Mikola Savolainen, 16,35 m
- Hristos Meletoglou, 16,35 m
- Paolo Camossi, 16,23
- Randy Lewis, 16,11 m
- Charles Friedek, 15,75 m
- Walter Davis, 17,57 m
- Yoandri Betanzos, 17,42 m
- Marian Oprea, 17,40 m
- Leevan Sands, 17,39 m
- Karl Taillepierre, 17,27 m
- Jadel Gregório, 17,20 m
- Kenta Bell, 17,11 m
- Arnie David Giralt, 17,09 m
- Viktor Jastrebov, 16,90 m
- Dmitrij Valjukevič, 16,79 m
- Momčil Karailijev, 16,70 m
- Anders Møller, 16,16 m