1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump

These are the official results of the Men's Triple Jump

Triple jump

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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 Edwards Jonathan Edwards (athlete) Jonathan David Edwards, CBE, is a former British triple jumper. He is a former Olympic, Commonwealth, European and World champion, and has held the world record in the event since 1995.... Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... (GBR)
Silver	Denis Kapustin Denis Kapustin Denis Viktorovich Kapustin is a retired male triple jumper from Russia. Best known for winning the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, he is also the 1994 European champion. His personal best jump is 17.65 metres, which he achieved in 1998.... Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... (RUS)
Bronze	Rostislav Dimitrov Rostislav Dimitrov Rostislav Dimitrov is a former triple jumper from Bulgaria, best known for his silver medal at the 1999 World Championships. He originally won the silver medal at the World Indoor Championships the same year, but was disqualified for ephedrin use. His personal best was 17.49... Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east... (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

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	18.29 m	August 7, 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden
Event Record	17.74 m	August 31, 1990	Split Split (city) Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and... , Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
Broken records during the 1998 European Athletics Championships
Event Record	17.99 m	August 23, 1998	Budapest, Hungary

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Result	Note
1	1					17.10 m
2	3					16.97 m
3	5					16.82 m
4	8					16.69 m
5	9					16.69 m
6	11					16.54 m
7	12					16.50 m
8	13					16.49 m
9	14					16.39 m
10	15					16.34 m
11	18					16.26 m
12	23					16.12 m
13	24					16.10 m
14	25					15.91 m
15	27					15.54 m
—	—		X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Result	Note
1	1					17.10 m
2	4					16.87 m
3	6					16.79 m
4	7					16.78 m
5	10					16.55 m
6	16					16.33 m
7	17					16.32 m
8	19					16.24 m
9	20					16.16 m
10	21					16.13 m
11	22					16.13 m
12	26					15.69 m
13	28					15.42 m
14	29					14.65 m
—	—		X	X	X	NM
—	—					DNS

Final