1997 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Triple Jump

These are the official results of the Men's Triple Jump
Triple jump
The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...

event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships
1997 World Championships in Athletics
The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations...

in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Friday 1997-08-08.

Qualifying round

Held on Wednesday 1997-08-06 with the mark set on 17.00 metres (8+4 athletes)

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.		17.47 m
2.		17.28 m
3.		17.11 m
4.		17.04 m
5.		17.03 m
6.		16.98 m
7.		16.84 m
8.		16.79 m
9.		16.72 m
10.		16.59 m
11.		16.49 m
12.		16.45 m
13.		16.45 m
14.		16.38 m
15.		16.37 m
16.		16.32 m
17.		16.24 m
18.		16.21 m
19.		14.58 m
—		NM

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.		17.11 m
2.		17.05 m
3.		17.01 m
4.		16.98 m
5.		16.96 m
6.		16.83 m
7.		16.80 m
8.		16.63 m
9.		16.62 m
10.		16.56 m
11.		16.42 m
12.		16.35 m
13.		16.16 m
14.		16.13 m
15.		16.13 m
16.		16.04 m
17.		15.79 m
—		NM
—		NM
—		DNS

Final

RANK	DISTANCE	1	2	3	4	5	6
	17.85 m	17.60	17.85	17.60	X	X	X
	17.69 m	17.33	X	16.80	17.66	17.57	17.69
	17.64 m	17.23	17.64	17.25	15.67	X	X
4.	17.59 m	X	X	17.29	17.19	17.59	X
5.	17.22 m	X	17.22	16.90	X	X	X
6.	17.17 m	16.75	17.17	16.85	16.87	16.62	16.63
7.	17.12 m	16.75	X	17.12	X	16.48	16.85
8.	17.11 m	17.11	16.74	15.33	X	16.82	16.38
9.	17.05 m	X	17.05	17.04
10.	16.97 m	16.89	X	16.97
11.	16.86 m	16.83	X	16.86
12.	16.70 m	16.46	X	16.70

Qualifying round

Final

See also