1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump

The final of the Men's Triple Jump event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece was held on 10 September 1982.[1]

Medalists edit

Gold   Keith Connor
Great Britain (GBR)
Silver   Vasiliy Grishchenkov
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze   Béla Bakosi
Hungary (HUN)

Abbreviations edit

  • All results shown are in metres
Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 1982 European Athletics Championships
World Record   João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) 17.89 m October 15, 1975   Mexico City, Mexico
Event Record   Viktor Saneyev (URS) 17.23 m September 8, 1974   Rome, Italy
Broken records during the 1982 European Athletics Championships
Event Record   Keith Connor (GBR) 17.29 m September 10, 1982   Athens, Greece

Final edit

Rank Athlete Attempts Result Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
    Keith Connor (GBR) 17.29 m
(w: -0.1 m/s)
CR
    Vasiliy Grishchenkov (URS) 17.15 m
(w: 0.2 m/s)
    Béla Bakosi (HUN) 17.04 m
(w: 0.2 m/s)
4   Gennadiy Valyukevich (URS) 16.95 m
(w: -0.3 m/s)
5   Aleksandr Beskrovny (URS) 16.82 m
(w: -1.2 m/s)
6   Bedros Bedrosian (ROU) 16.46 m
(w: 0.3 m/s)
7   Markku Rokala (FIN) 16.32 m
(w: -1.9 m/s)
8   Roberto Mazzucato (ITA) 16.13 m
(w: -0.2 m/s)
9   Dario Badinelli (ITA) 16.05 m
(w: -0.6 m/s)
10   Janoš Hegediš (YUG) 16.03 m
(w: -0.3 m/s)
11   Johan Brink (SWE) 15.95 m
(w: -0.5 m/s)
12   John Herbert (GBR) 15.92 m
(w: -0.7 m/s)
  Dimitrios Mihas (GRE) DNS

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 436–443, retrieved 13 August 2014