1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeYoel GarcíaAliecer UrrutiaAleksandr Aseledchenko

Results Qualification Qualification: 16.80 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.Qualification results

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 B Aliecer Urrutia 17.45 17.45 Q 2 A Charles Friedek 17.02 17.02 Q 3 A Yoel García 17.01 17.01 Q 4 A Sigurd Njerve 16.92 16.92 Q 5 A Tibor Ordina 15.43 16.86 16.86 Q, PB 6 B Andrew Murphy x 16.69 16.83 16.83 Q 7 A Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa 16.26 16.55 16.82 16.82 Q 8 B Rogel Nachum 16.82 16.82 Q, SB 9 A Aleksandr Aseledchenko 16.75 16.64 16.24 16.75 q 10 A Georges Sainte-Rose 16.56 16.74 16.32 16.74 q 11 B Jérôme Romain 16.45 16.57 16.72 16.72 q 12 B Gennadiy Glushenko 16.37 15.98 16.71 16.71 q 13 B Zsolt Czingler 16.11 16.27 16.69 16.69 14 A LaMark Carter 16.67 16.60 16.59 16.67 15 B Gennadiy Markov 16.65 x 16.31 16.65 16 B Serge Hélan 16.49 16.58 16.51 16.58 17 A Sergey Izmaylov 15.93 16.44 16.02 16.44 18 A Ionel Eftemie 16.21 16.24 16.39 16.39 19 B Salem Al-Ahmedi 15.95 16.30 15.81 16.30 20 B Ivory Angello 16.26 x x 16.26 21 A Zeng Lizhi x 16.25 15.85 16.25 22 B Anísio Silva 16.22 x 15.70 16.22 23 A Messías José Baptista 16.09 16.21 x 16.21 24 A Aleksey Fatyanov 15.62 15.35 15.38 15.62 25 B Brian Wellman – 15.61 – 15.61 B Carlos Calado x – –

Final Final results Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Yoel García 16.87 17.03 17.30 17.05 16.87 – 17.30 Aliecer Urrutia 16.93 17.27 17.08 17.11 – – 17.27 Aleksandr Aseledchenko – 17.22 16.82 16.71 – 17.22 17.22 PB Charles Friedek 17.14 17.16 – – 17.01 16.94 17.16 SB Andrew Murphy 16.64 16.89 16.96 16.64 16.45 16.38 16.96 Rogel Nachum 16.45 16.58 16.65 16.75 16.81 16.71 16.81 Sigurd Njerve 15.48 16.81 – – – – 16.81 Tibor Ordina 16.42 16.46 16.53 16.26 16.65 15.78 16.65 Jérôme Romain 16.52 16.33 – 16.52 10 Georges Sainte-Rose – 16.41 16.22 16.41 11 Gennadiy Glushenko 16.20 – 16.41 16.41 Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa – – –

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