These are the results of the Men's triple jump event at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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 García 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 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 26 cm improvement in his personal best, 17.44m to take the bronze.
Medalists Gold Jonathan EdwardsGreat Britain (GBR)Silver Christian OlssonSweden (SWE)Bronze Igor SpasovkhodskiyRussia (RUS)
Schedule All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B04.08.2001 – 16:3004.08.2001 – 16:30Final Round06.08.2001 – 17:00
Results
Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes B Jonathan Edwards 16.51 17.46 17.46 Q A Walter Davis 17.22 17.22 Q, PB B Larry Achike 17.15 17.15 Q A Christian Olsson 17.15 17.11 Q A Yoel García 16.66 16.84 17.02 17.02 q B Igor Spasovkhodskiy 15.92 16.59 16.91 16.91 q, PB B Rostislav Dimitrov 16.90 16.55 16.90 q A Paolo Camossi 16.25 16.89 16.89 q B Brian Wellman 16.78 16.69 16.54 16.78 q 10 A Johan Meriluoto 16.25 16.76 16.64 16.76 q, SB 11 A Phillips Idowu 16.74 16.74 q 12 A Konstadinos Zalagitis 16.64 16.53 16.64 q 13 B Marian Oprea 16.62 16.47 16.62 14 B LaMark Carter 16.51 16.53 16.60 16.60 15 B Karl Taillepierre 16.58 16.38 16.27 16.58 16 A Aliaksandar Hlavatski 16.56 16.56 17 A Andrew Murphy 15.97 16.46 16.46 18 B Takanori Sugibayashi 15.77 15.90 16.41 16.41 19 B Hristos Meletoglou 15.89 16.26 16.26 20 A Vasiliy Sokov 16.26 14.41 16.26 21 A Sergey Bochkov 16.11 16.19 16.19 22 A Avi Tayari 14.80 16.06 15.78 16.06 23 B Sergey Arzamasov 15.87 15.74 15.77 15.87 24 B Thomas Moede 14.91 15.83 15.83 25 B Shawn Peters 15.58 15.46 15.58 26 B Robert Howard 15.58 15.46 15.57 A Ionuț Pungă A Arnis Filet B Jadel Gregório
Final Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Jonathan Edwards 16.84 17.92 17.92 WL MWR Christian Olsson 13.99 17.28 17.47 16.96 17.47 Igor Spasovkhodskiy 16.79 16.69 16.37 16.89 17.44 16.88 17.44 PB Yoel García 17.06 17.40 17.06 17.23 17.22 17.34 17.40 SB Walter Davis 17.20 17.18 17.05 14.43 16.60 16.92 17.20 Brian Wellman 15.69 16.81 16.39 16.81 Larry Achike 16.75 16.67 16.79 16.77 15.48 16.74 16.79 Rostislav Dimitrov 16.24 16.50 16.70 16.72 16.47 16.72 Phillips Idowu 16.32 16.60 16.08 16.60 10 Johan Meriluoto 16.51 16.54 16.31 16.54 11 Paolo Camossi 16.15 14.20 16.18 16.18 12 Konstadinos Zalagitis 16.13 16.13
References Results IAAF