1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump explained

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

The final of the Women's Triple Jump event at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland was held on Thursday August 20, 1994. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes including one non-starter, with two qualifying groups. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 14.20 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held in Wednesday August 19, 1994. The event was included for the first time at the European Athletics Championships.

Medalists

Gold	Anna Biryukova Russia (RUS)
Silver	Inna Lasovskaya Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Inessa Kravets Ukraine (UKR)

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

Results

Final

8 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	align=left		align=left								14.89 (w: 1.1 m/s)
	align=left		align=left								14.85 w (w: 3.1 m/s)
	align=left		align=left								14.67 w (w: 2.1 m/s)
4	align=left		align=left								14.48 w (w: 2.2 m/s)
5	align=left		align=left								14.42 (w: 0.8 m/s)
6	align=left		align=left								13.98 (w: 1.6 m/s)
7	align=left		align=left								13.82 (w: 1.6 m/s)

8	align=left		align=left								13.77 (w: 0.7 m/s)
9	align=left		align=left								13.68 (w: -0.2 m/s)
10	align=left		align=left								13.60 (w: 0.9 m/s)
11	align=left		align=left								13.45 (w: 0.7 m/s)
	align=left		align=left								DQ	Doping^†

^†: Sofiya Bozhanova ranked initially 4th (14.58m (w: +1.1 m/s)), but was tested positive for amphetamine and disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.

Qualification

7 August

Group A

Rank	Name	Result
1	align=left	align=left	14.33 (w: 1.7 m/s)	Q
2	align=left	align=left	14.08 (w: 0.7 m/s)	Q
3	align=left	align=left	13.94 (w: -1.7 m/s)	Q
4	align=left	align=left	13.78 (w: -0.2 m/s)	q
5	align=left	align=left	13.64 (w: 1.1 m/s)	q
6	align=left	align=left	13.64 (w: -0.1 m/s)	q
7	align=left	align=left	13.35 (w: -0.9 m/s)
8	align=left	align=left	13.18 (w: -1.3 m/s)
9	align=left	align=left	13.14 (w: 0.2 m/s)
10	align=left	align=left	12.97 (w: 0.2 m/s)
11	align=left	align=left	12.95 (w: 0.1 m/s)
	align=left	align=left	NM
	align=left	align=left	DNS

Group B

Rank	Name	Result
1	align=left	align=left	14.15 (w: 0.1 m/s)	Q
2	align=left	align=left	13.96 (w: 0.9 m/s)	Q
3	align=left	align=left	13.89 (w: -0.9 m/s)	Q
4	align=left	align=left	13.87 (w: 1.3 m/s)	Q
5	align=left	align=left	13.84 (w: -1.7 m/s)	q
6	align=left	align=left	13.59 (w: 0.3 m/s)
7	align=left	align=left	13.55 (w: -0.2 m/s)
8	align=left	align=left	13.45 (w: 0.8 m/s)
9	align=left	align=left	13.37 (w: 1.7 m/s)
10	align=left	align=left	13.34 (w: 0.5 m/s)
11	align=left	align=left	13.16 (w: -0.7 m/s)
12	align=left	align=left	13.02 (w: -1.4 m/s)
	align=left	align=left	bgcolor=pink	DQ	bgcolor=pink	Q^†

^†: Sofiya Bozhanova initially reached the final (14.08m (w: -1.7 m/s)), but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.