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.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Edwards
Great Britain (GBR)
Silver Flag of Russia.svg Denis Kapustin
Russia (RUS)
Bronze Flag of Bulgaria.svg Rostislav Dimitrov
Bulgaria (BUL)

Abbreviations

Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships
World Record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jonathan Edwards  (GBR)18.29 m August 7, 1995 Flag of Sweden.svg Gothenburg, Sweden
Event Record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Leonid Voloshin  (URS)17.74 m August 31, 1990 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Split, Yugoslavia
Broken records during the 1998 European Athletics Championships
Event Record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jonathan Edwards  (GBR)17.99 m August 23, 1998 Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest, Hungary

Qualification

Group A

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsResultNote
123
11Flag of Belarus.svg  Aleksandr Glavatskiy  (BLR)17.10 m
23Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jonathan Edwards  (GBR)16.97 m
35Flag of Russia.svg  Vasiliy Sokov  (RUS)16.82 m
48Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Zoran Đurđević  (SCG)16.69 m
59Flag of Hungary.svg  Zsolt Czingler  (HUN)16.69 m
611Flag of Germany.svg  Hrvoje Verzi  (GER)16.54 m
712Flag of Finland.svg  Johan Meriluoto  (FIN)16.50 m
813Flag of Spain.svg  Raúl Chapado  (ESP)16.49 m
914Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Audrius Raizgys  (LTU)16.39 m
1015Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yuriy Osipenko  (UKR)16.34 m
1118Flag of Israel.svg  Avi Tayari  (ISR)16.26 m
1223Flag of Russia.svg  Igor Gavrilenko  (RUS)16.12 m
1324Flag of Greece.svg  Hristos Meletoglou  (GRE)16.10 m
1425Flag of Romania.svg  Csaba Boros  (ROM)15.91 m
1527Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Nikolay Raev  (BUL)15.54 m
Flag of Spain.svg  Eduardo Pérez  (ESP)XXXNM

Group B

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsResultNote
123
11Flag of Germany.svg  Charles Friedek  (GER)17.10 m
24Flag of Israel.svg  Rogel Nachum  (ISR)16.87 m
36Flag of Russia.svg  Denis Kapustin  (RUS)16.79 m
47Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Rostislav Dimitrov  (BUL)16.78 m
510Flag of Norway.svg  Ketill Hanstveit  (NOR)16.55 m
616Flag of Armenia.svg  Armen Martirosyan  (ARM)16.33 m
717Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Julian Golley  (GBR)16.32 m
819Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Camossi  (ITA)16.24 m
920Flag of France.svg  Colomba Fofana  (FRA)16.16 m
1021Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Larry Achike  (GBR)16.13 m
1122Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jiří Kuntoš  (CZE)16.13 m
1226Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vitaliy Kolpakov  (UKR)15.69 m
1328Flag of Greece.svg  Stamatios Lenis  (GRE)15.42 m
1429Flag of Slovenia.svg  Alen Topolovcan  (SLO)14.65 m
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Galin Georgiev  (BUL)XXXNM
Flag of Spain.svg  Yago Lamela  (ESP)DNS

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsResultNote
123456
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jonathan Edwards  (GBR)17.8417.5317.9917.99 m CR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Denis Kapustin  (RUS)17.1317.2217.4516.90X17.45 m
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Rostislav Dimitrov  (BUL)17.26XXXXX17.26 m
4Flag of Belarus.svg  Aliaksandar Hlavatski  (BLR)16.5617.2216.93X16.77X17.22 m
5Flag of Russia.svg  Vasiliy Sokov  (RUS)X17.1616.4816.77X16.1517.16 m
6Flag of Germany.svg  Charles Friedek  (GER)X16.9416.92X17.0416.9817.04 m
7Flag of Hungary.svg  Zsolt Czingler  (HUN)16.4516.2017.03X16.75X17.03 m
8Flag of Israel.svg  Rogel Nachum  (ISR)16.99X16.74X16.62X16.99 m
9Flag of Finland.svg  Johan Meriluoto  (FIN)16.7316.8415.5816.84 m
10Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Zoran Đurđević  (SCG)16.8316.6616.4816.83 m
11Flag of Germany.svg  Hrvoje Verzi  (GER)X16.6216.6716.67 m
12Flag of Norway.svg  Ketill Hanstveit  (NOR)16.4316.5316.5816.58 m

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