2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump explained

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

The men's triple jump at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27 and 29 July.

Medalists

Gold	Phillips Idowu Great Britain (GBR)
Silver	Marian Oprea Romania (ROU)
Bronze	Teddy Tamgho France (FRA)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record		18.29	Gothenburg, Sweden	7 August 1995
European record		18.29	Gothenburg, Sweden	7 August 1995
Championship record		17.99	Budapest, Hungary	23 August 1998
World Leading		17.98	New York City, NY, United States	12 June 2010
European Leading		17.98	New York City, NY, United States	12 June 2010

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
27 July 2010	20:20	Qualification
29 July 2010	19:40	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 16.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
	B				17.37		17.37	Q
	B				17.22		17.22	Q
	A				17.19		17.19	Q
	A			17.10			17.10	Q
	A			17.05			17.05	Q
	B			17.03			17.03	Q
	B			16.73	16.98		16.98	Q, SB
	A			16.96			16.96	Q, SB
	B			16.14	16.94		16.94	Q
10	A				16.88		16.88	Q
11	A			15.85	16.56	16.86	16.86	Q
12	B			16.80			16.80	Q
13	B			16.78			16.78	Q
14	A			16.34	16.76		16.76	Q, PB
15	B					16.72	16.72
16	B			16.66	14.81	16.18	16.66
17	B				16.37	16.51	16.51
18	A			15.91	16.38	15.06	16.38	SB
19	A			16.25	16.35	14.50	16.35
20	B			15.44	16.12	16.34	16.34
21	A			16.32		16.08	16.32	SB
22	A					16.20	16.20
23	A				13.92	15.95	15.95
24	B				15.35	15.85	15.85
25	B			15.55			15.55
26	A				15.50		15.50
27	B					15.39	15.39	SB
	A

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			17.46	17.47	17.40	17.81			17.81	PB
			16.15	17.19	16.61	16.75	17.51		17.51	SB
				17.12	17.42			17.45	17.34	17.45
4			16.97	16.82	17.29	16.52		16.46	17.29	PB
5			16.74	16.38	14.26	16.99			16.99
6			16.78		15.89	16.78		16.40	16.78
7			16.51	16.75	16.77	16.75		16.37	16.77
8				16.60	16.40	16.42	16.61	16.73	16.73
9			16.35	16.33	16.54				16.54
10				16.48	15.53				16.48
11			16.39	16.39	16.43				16.43
12			15.48		16.37				16.37
13			15.96	16.13	16.31				16.31
14				15.24					15.24

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