2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump

Events at the 2002 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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

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

Abbreviations

• 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

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

Records

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

Qualification

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

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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