2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump

The Men's triple jump event at the 2002 European Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 6 and August 8.

Medalists edit

Gold   Christian Olsson
Sweden (SWE)
Silver   Charles Friedek
Germany (GER)
Bronze   Jonathan Edwards
Great Britain (GBR)

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

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
August 6, 2002 ? Qualification
August 8, 2002 ? Final

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships
World Record   Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 18.29 m August 7, 1995   Gothenburg, Sweden
Event Record   Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 17.99 m August 23, 1998   Budapest, Hungary

Results edit

Qualification edit

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 16.80 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Phillips Idowu   Great Britain 17.54 Q
2 B Christian Olsson   Sweden 17.01 Q
3 A Jonathan Edwards   Great Britain 16.99 Q
4 A Fabrizio Donato   Italy 16.80 Q
5 A Aleksandr Glavatskiy   Belarus 16.78 q
6 B Rostislav Dimitrov   Bulgaria 16.77 q
7 B Charles Friedek   Germany 16.77 q
8 B Aleksey Musikhin   Russia 16.64 q
9 A Konstadinos Zalagitis   Greece 16.57 q
10 B Julien Kapek   France 16.53 q
11 A Mykola Savolaynen   Ukraine 16.50 q
12 B Tosin Oke   Great Britain 16.48 q
13 B Michael Velter   Belgium 16.47
14 B Marian Oprea   Romania 16.47
15 A Lauri Leis   Estonia 16.37
16 A Igor Spasovkhodskiy   Russia 16.28
17 B Arvydas Nazarovas   Lithuania 16.17
18 A Vladimir Letnicov   Moldova 16.09
19 B Jacek Kazimierowski   Poland 15.94
20 B Avi Tayari   Israel 15.94
21 A Boštjan Šimunič   Slovenia 15.64
22 A Hristos Meletoglou   Greece 15.24
A Ionut Punga   Romania x x x NM
B Stamatis Lenis   Greece x x x NM

Final edit

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
  Christian Olsson   Sweden 17.16 17.44 17.42 17.43 17.53 - 17.53
  Charles Friedek   Germany x 17.33 x x x x 17.33
  Jonathan Edwards   Great Britain 17.12 17.32 17.11 x 17.11 x 17.32
4 Fabrizio Donato   Italy x 17.15 x x x x 17.15
5 Phillips Idowu   Great Britain x 15.29 16.92 16.85 x 15.62 16.92
6 Aleksandr Glavatskiy   Belarus 16.37 x 16.86 x x x 16.86
7 Julien Kapek   France 15.92 16.66 16.57 x x 16.31 16.66
8 Konstadinos Zalagitis   Greece 16.62 16.46 x x x 15.30 16.62
9 Rostislav Dimitrov   Bulgaria x 16.16 16.57 16.57
10 Mykola Savolaynen   Ukraine 16.55 x 16.39 16.55
11 Aleksey Musikhin   Russia 16.47 16.09 16.45 16.47
Tosin Oke   Great Britain x x x NM

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