2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

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These are the results of the Men's triple jump event at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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In the first round, Walter Davis took the lead with a 17.20m. Now 35 years old, world record holder and 1995 champion Jonathan Edwards lurked in second place with a 16.84m. Early in the second round Yoel Garcia moved into the lead with a 17.40m. Christian Olsson moved into second with a 17.28m. With his next jump, Olsson took the lead with a 17.47m. The next jumper on the runway was Edwards. His masters world record 17.92 m (58 ft 9 12 in) was more than a foot further than all but one of these jumpers had ever achieved. In the fifth round, Igor Spasovkhodskiy, who was only 7th at the end of the preliminary jumps, leapfrogged past Garcia with a 26cm improvement in his personal best, 17.44m to take the bronze.

Medalists

Gold Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Edwards
Great Britain (GBR)
Silver Flag of Sweden.svg Christian Olsson
Sweden (SWE)
Bronze Flag of Russia.svg Igor Spasovkhodskiy
Russia (RUS)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
04.08.2001 16:3004.08.2001 16:30
Final Round
06.08.2001 17:00

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

RankGroupAthleteNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1B Jonathan Edwards Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain x16.5117.4617.46Q
2A Walter Davis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17.2217.22Q, PB
3B Onochie Achike Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain x17.1517.15Q
4A Christian Olsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 17.1517.11Q
5A Yoel Garcia Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 16.6616.8417.0217.02q
6B Igor Spasovkhodskiy Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 15.9216.5916.9116.91q, PB
7B Rostislav Dimitrov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 16.9016.55x16.90q
8A Paolo Camossi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy x16.2516.8916.89q
9B Brian Wellman Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 16.7816.6916.5416.78q
10A Johan Meriluoto Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 16.2516.7616.6416.76q, SB
11A Phillips Idowu Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain x16.74x16.74q
12A Konstadinos Zalaggitis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 16.64x16.5316.64q
13B Marian Oprea Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 16.62x16.4716.62
14B LaMark Carter Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.5116.5316.6016.60
15B Karl Taillepierre Flag of France.svg  France 16.5816.3816.2716.58
16A Aleksandr Glavatskiy Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus xx16.5616.56
17A Andrew Murphy Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia x15.9716.4616.46
18B Takanori Sugibayashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 15.7715.9016.4116.41
19B Hristos Meletoglou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece x15.8916.2616.26
20A Vasiliy Sokov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan x16.2614.4116.26
21A Sergey Bochkov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 16.1116.19x16.19
22A Avi Tayari Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 14.8016.0615.7816.06
23B Sergey Arzamasov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 15.8715.7415.7715.87
24B Thomas Moede Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14.91x15.8315.83
25B Shawn Peters Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada x15.5815.4615.58
26B Robert Howard Flag of the United States.svg  United States x15.5815.4615.57
A Ionut Punga Flag of Romania.svg  Romania xNM
A Arnis Filet Flag of France.svg  France DNS
B Jadel Gregorio Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil DNS

Final

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Jonathan Edwards Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 16.84x17.92x-x17.92WL MWR
Silver medal icon.svg Christian Olsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 13.9917.2817.47-16.96-17.47
Bronze medal icon.svg Igor Spasovkhodskiy Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 16.7916.6916.3716.8917.4416.8817.44PB
4 Yoel Garcia Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 17.0617.4017.0617.2317.2217.3417.40SB
5 Walter Davis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17.2017.1817.0514.4316.6016.9217.20
6 Brian Wellman Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 15.6916.8116.39x--16.81
7 Onochie Achike Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 16.7516.6716.7916.7715.4816.7416.79
8 Rostislav Dimitrov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 16.2416.5016.7016.72x16.4716.72
9 Phillips Idowu Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 16.3216.6016.0816.60
10 Johan Meriluoto Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 16.5116.5416.3116.54
11 Paolo Camossi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16.1514.2016.1816.18
12 Konstadinos Zalaggitis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece xx16.1316.13

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