1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump explained

Event:	Men's triple jump
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The men's triple jump at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 14 and 15 August 1971.

Medalists

Gold	Jörg Drehmel
Silver	Viktor Sanejev
Bronze	Carol Corbu

Results

Final

15 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	align=left		align=left		17.16 w (w: 3.7 m/s)
	align=left		align=left		17.10 w (w: 3 m/s)
	align=left		align=left		16.87
4	align=left		align=left		16.58 (w: 1 m/s)
5	align=left		align=left		16.39 w (w: 2.9 m/s)
6	align=left		align=left		16.38 w (w: 2.2 m/s)
7	align=left		align=left		16.26 (w: 1.8 m/s)
8	align=left		align=left		16.24 w (w: 3.2 m/s)
9	align=left		align=left		16.12 (w: 0.9 m/s)
10	align=left		align=left		15.81 w (w: 2.8 m/s)
11	align=left		align=left		15.62 (w: 1.1 m/s)
12	align=left		align=left		14.00

Qualification

14 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		16.99	Q
2	align=left		align=left		16.83	Q
3	align=left		align=left		16.50	Q
4	align=left		align=left		16.47	Q
5	align=left		align=left		16.46	Q
6	align=left		align=left		16.41	Q
7	align=left		align=left		16.32	Q
8	align=left		align=left		16.27	Q
9	align=left		align=left		16.23	Q
10	align=left		align=left		16.19	q
11	align=left		align=left		16.12	q
12	align=left		align=left		16.10	q
13	align=left		align=left		15.93
14	align=left		align=left		15.83
15	align=left		align=left		15.79
16	align=left		align=left		15.61
17	align=left		align=left		15.56
18	align=left		align=left		15.39

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

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