2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump explained

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

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
		18.29 m	August 7, 1995
Event Record		17.99 m	August 23, 1998

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
	A						17.54	Q
	B						17.01	Q
	A						16.99	Q
	A						16.80	Q
	A						16.78	q
	B						16.77	q
	B						16.77	q
	B						16.64	q
	A						16.57	q
10	B						16.53	q
11	A						16.50	q
12	B						16.48	q
13	B						16.47
14	B						16.47
15	A						16.37
16	A						16.28
17	B						16.17
18	A						16.09
19	B						15.94
20	B						15.94
21	A						15.64
22	A						15.24
	A
	B

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			17.16	17.44	17.42	17.43	17.53		17.53
				17.33					17.33
			17.12	17.32	17.11		17.11		17.32
4				17.15					17.15
5				15.29	16.92	16.85		15.62	16.92
6			16.37		16.86				16.86
7			15.92	16.66	16.57			16.31	16.66
8			16.62	16.46				15.30	16.62
9				16.16	16.57				16.57
10			16.55		16.39				16.55
11			16.47	16.09	16.45				16.47

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