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 rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB 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, Yugoslavia Broken records during the 1998 European Athletics Championships Event Record 17.99 m August 23, 1998 Budapest, Hungary

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsResultNote123 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 RankOverallAthleteAttemptsResultNote123 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 RankAthleteAttemptsResultNote123456 17.84 17.53 — — —17.9917.99 m CR 17.1317.2217.45— 16.90 X17.45 m 17.26XXXXX17.26 m 4 16.5617.2216.93X16.77X17.22 m 5 X 17.16 16.48 16.77 X 16.1517.16 m 6 X 16.94 16.92 X 17.04 16.9817.04 m 7 16.45 16.20 17.03 X 16.75 X17.03 m 8 16.99 X 16.74 X 16.62 X16.99 m 9 16.73 16.84 15.58 16.84 m 10 16.83 16.66 16.48 16.83 m 11 X 16.62 16.67 16.67 m 12 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 Results todor66