Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

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 17.92 m (58 ft 9+12 in) 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 United Kingdom Jonathan Edwards
Great Britain (GBR)
Silver Sweden Christian Olsson
Sweden (SWE)
Bronze Russia Igor Spasovkhodskiy
Russia (RUS)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
04.08.2001 – 16:30 04.08.2001 – 16:30
Final Round
06.08.2001 – 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
1 B Jonathan Edwards  Great Britain x 16.51 17.46 17.46 Q
2 A Walter Davis  United States 17.22 17.22 Q, PB
3 B Larry Achike  Great Britain x 17.15 17.15 Q
4 A Christian Olsson  Sweden 17.15 17.11 Q
5 A Yoel García  Cuba 16.66 16.84 17.02 17.02 q
6 B Igor Spasovkhodskiy  Russia 15.92 16.59 16.91 16.91 q, PB
7 B Rostislav Dimitrov  Bulgaria 16.90 16.55 x 16.90 q
8 A Paolo Camossi  Italy x 16.25 16.89 16.89 q
9 B Brian Wellman  Bermuda 16.78 16.69 16.54 16.78 q
10 A Johan Meriluoto  Finland 16.25 16.76 16.64 16.76 q, SB
11 A Phillips Idowu  Great Britain x 16.74 x 16.74 q
12 A Konstadinos Zalagitis  Greece 16.64 x 16.53 16.64 q
13 B Marian Oprea  Romania 16.62 x 16.47 16.62
14 B LaMark Carter  United States 16.51 16.53 16.60 16.60
15 B Karl Taillepierre  France 16.58 16.38 16.27 16.58
16 A Aliaksandar Hlavatski  Belarus x x 16.56 16.56
17 A Andrew Murphy  Australia x 15.97 16.46 16.46
18 B Takanori Sugibayashi  Japan 15.77 15.90 16.41 16.41
19 B Hristos Meletoglou  Greece x 15.89 16.26 16.26
20 A Vasiliy Sokov  Uzbekistan x 16.26 14.41 16.26
21 A Sergey Bochkov  Azerbaijan 16.11 16.19 x 16.19
22 A Avi Tayari  Israel 14.80 16.06 15.78 16.06
23 B Sergey Arzamasov  Kazakhstan 15.87 15.74 15.77 15.87
24 B Thomas Moede  Germany 14.91 x 15.83 15.83
25 B Shawn Peters  Canada x 15.58 15.46 15.58
26 B Robert Howard  United States x 15.58 15.46 15.57
A Ionuț Pungă  Romania x NM
A Arnis Filet  France DNS
B Jadel Gregório  Brazil DNS

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jonathan Edwards  Great Britain 16.84 x 17.92 x x 17.92 WL MWR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Christian Olsson  Sweden 13.99 17.28 17.47 16.96 17.47
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Igor Spasovkhodskiy  Russia 16.79 16.69 16.37 16.89 17.44 16.88 17.44 PB
4 Yoel García  Cuba 17.06 17.40 17.06 17.23 17.22 17.34 17.40 SB
5 Walter Davis  United States 17.20 17.18 17.05 14.43 16.60 16.92 17.20
6 Brian Wellman  Bermuda 15.69 16.81 16.39 x 16.81
7 Larry Achike  Great Britain 16.75 16.67 16.79 16.77 15.48 16.74 16.79
8 Rostislav Dimitrov  Bulgaria 16.24 16.50 16.70 16.72 x 16.47 16.72
9 Phillips Idowu  Great Britain 16.32 16.60 16.08 16.60
10 Johan Meriluoto  Finland 16.51 16.54 16.31 16.54
11 Paolo Camossi  Italy 16.15 14.20 16.18 16.18
12 Konstadinos Zalagitis  Greece x x 16.13 16.13

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