1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump
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These are the official results of the Men's triple jump event at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday August 23, 1998. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 16.90 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held in Saturday August 22, 1998.
Medalists[]
| Gold |  Jonathan EdwardsGreat Britain (GBR) |
| Silver |  Denis KapustinRussia (RUS) |
| Bronze |  Rostislav DimitrovBulgaria (BUL) |
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 |
Records[]
| Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) |
18.29 m | August 7, 1995 |  Gothenburg, Sweden
|
| Event Record |  Leonid Voloshin (URS) |
17.74 m | August 31, 1990 |  Split, Yugoslavia
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| Broken records during the 1998 European Athletics Championships | ||||
| Event Record | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) |
17.99 m | August 23, 1998 |  Budapest, Hungary
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Qualification[]
Group A[]
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 1 |  Aleksandr Glavatskiy (BLR) |
17.10 m | ||||
| 2 | 3 | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) |
16.97 m | ||||
| 3 | 5 | Vasiliy Sokov (RUS) |
16.82 m | ||||
| 4 | 8 |  Zoran Đurđević (SCG) |
16.69 m | ||||
| 5 | 9 | Zsolt Czingler (HUN) |
16.69 m | ||||
| 6 | 11 |  (GER) |
16.54 m | ||||
| 7 | 12 |  Johan Meriluoto (FIN) |
16.50 m | ||||
| 8 | 13 |  Raúl Chapado (ESP) |
16.49 m | ||||
| 9 | 14 |  Audrius Raizgys (LTU) |
16.39 m | ||||
| 10 | 15 |  (UKR) |
16.34 m | ||||
| 11 | 18 |  Avi Tayari (ISR) |
16.26 m | ||||
| 12 | 23 | (RUS) |
16.12 m | ||||
| 13 | 24 |  Hristos Meletoglou (GRE) |
16.10 m | ||||
| 14 | 25 |  (ROM) |
15.91 m | ||||
| 15 | 27 | Nikolay Raev (BUL) |
15.54 m | ||||
| — | — | (ESP) |
X | X | X | NM | |
Group B[]
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | Charles Friedek (GER) |
17.10 m | ||||
| 2 | 4 | Rogel Nachum (ISR) |
16.87 m | ||||
| 3 | 6 | Denis Kapustin (RUS) |
16.79 m | ||||
| 4 | 7 | Rostislav Dimitrov (BUL) |
16.78 m | ||||
| 5 | 10 |  Ketill Hanstveit (NOR) |
16.55 m | ||||
| 6 | 16 |  Armen Martirosyan (ARM) |
16.33 m | ||||
| 7 | 17 | Julian Golley (GBR) |
16.32 m | ||||
| 8 | 19 |  Paolo Camossi (ITA) |
16.24 m | ||||
| 9 | 20 |  Colomba Fofana (FRA) |
16.16 m | ||||
| 10 | 21 | Larry Achike (GBR) |
16.13 m | ||||
| 11 | 22 |  Jiří Kuntoš (CZE) |
16.13 m | ||||
| 12 | 26 | Vitaliy Kolpakov (UKR) |
15.69 m | ||||
| 13 | 28 | Stamatios Lenis (GRE) |
15.42 m | ||||
| 14 | 29 |  (SLO) |
14.65 m | ||||
| — | — | Galin Georgiev (BUL) |
X | X | X | NM | |
| — | — | Yago Lamela (ESP) |
DNS | ||||
Final[]
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
 |
Jonathan Edwards (GBR) |
17.84 | 17.53 | — | — | — | 17.99 | 17.99 m | CR |
 |
Denis Kapustin (RUS) |
17.13 | 17.22 | 17.45 | — | 16.90 | X | 17.45 m | |
 |
Rostislav Dimitrov (BUL) |
17.26 | X | X | X | X | X | 17.26 m | |
| 4 | Aliaksandar Hlavatski (BLR) |
16.56 | 17.22 | 16.93 | X | 16.77 | X | 17.22 m | |
| 5 | Vasiliy Sokov (RUS) |
X | 17.16 | 16.48 | 16.77 | X | 16.15 | 17.16 m | |
| 6 | Charles Friedek (GER) |
X | 16.94 | 16.92 | X | 17.04 | 16.98 | 17.04 m | |
| 7 | Zsolt Czingler (HUN) |
16.45 | 16.20 | 17.03 | X | 16.75 | X | 17.03 m | |
| 8 | Rogel Nachum (ISR) |
16.99 | X | 16.74 | X | 16.62 | X | 16.99 m | |
| 9 | Johan Meriluoto (FIN) |
16.73 | 16.84 | 15.58 | 16.84 m | ||||
| 10 | Zoran Đurđević (SCG) |
16.83 | 16.66 | 16.48 | 16.83 m | ||||
| 11 | (GER) |
X | 16.62 | 16.67 | 16.67 m | ||||
| 12 | Ketill Hanstveit (NOR) |
16.43 | 16.53 | 16.58 | 16.58 m | ||||
See also[]
- 1997 Men's World Championships Triple Jump (Athens)
- 1999 Men's World Championships Triple Jump (Seville)
References[]
Categories:
- Events at the 1998 European Athletics Championships
- Triple jump at the European Athletics Championships