2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

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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 {{T&Fcalc|17.92}} 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

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bgcolor="gold"|Gold{{flagicon|GBR}} Jonathan Edwards
Great Britain (GBR)
bgcolor="silver"|Silver{{flagicon|SWE}} Christian Olsson
Sweden (SWE)
bgcolor="CC9966"|Bronze{{flagicon|RUS}} Igor Spasovkhodskiy
Russia (RUS)

Schedule

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colspan="2"|Qualification Round
Group A

!Group B

04.08.2001 – 16:30

|04.08.2001 – 16:30

colspan="2"|Final Round
colspan="2"|06.08.2001 – 17:00

Results

=Qualification=

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

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RankGroupAthleteNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
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| {{Sort|01|1}}

Balign=left| Jonathan Edwardsalign=left| {{flag|Great Britain}}{{sort|00.00|x}}16.5117.4617.46Q
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| {{Sort|02|2}}

Aalign=left| Walter Davisalign=left| {{USA}}17.2217.22Q, PB
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| {{Sort|03|3}}

Balign=left| Larry Achikealign=left| {{flag|Great Britain}}{{sort|00.00|x}}17.1517.15Q
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| {{Sort|04|4}}

Aalign=left| Christian Olssonalign=left| {{SWE}}17.1517.11Q
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| {{Sort|05|5}}

Aalign=left| Yoel Garcíaalign=left| {{CUB}}16.6616.8417.0217.02q
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| {{Sort|06|6}}

Balign=left| Igor Spasovkhodskiyalign=left| {{RUS}}15.9216.5916.9116.91q, PB
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| {{Sort|07|7}}

Balign=left| Rostislav Dimitrovalign=left| {{BUL}}16.9016.55{{sort|00.00|x}}16.90q
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| {{Sort|08|8}}

Aalign=left| Paolo Camossialign=left| {{ITA}}{{sort|00.00|x}}16.2516.8916.89q
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| {{Sort|09|9}}

Balign=left| Brian Wellmanalign=left| {{BER}}16.7816.6916.5416.78q
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| 10

Aalign=left| Johan Meriluotoalign=left| {{FIN}}16.2516.7616.6416.76q, SB
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| 11

Aalign=left| Phillips Idowualign=left| {{flag|Great Britain}}{{sort|00.00|x}}16.74{{sort|00.00|x}}16.74q
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| 12

Aalign=left| Konstadinos Zalagitisalign=left| {{GRE}}16.64{{sort|00.00|x}}16.5316.64q
13Balign=left| Marian Opreaalign=left| {{ROM}}16.62{{sort|00.00|x}}16.4716.62
14Balign=left| LaMark Carteralign=left| {{USA}}16.5116.5316.6016.60
15Balign=left| Karl Taillepierrealign=left| {{FRA}}16.5816.3816.2716.58
16Aalign=left| Aliaksandar Hlavatskialign=left| {{BLR}}{{sort|00.00|x}}{{sort|00.00|x}}16.5616.56
17Aalign=left| Andrew Murphyalign=left| {{AUS}}{{sort|00.00|x}}15.9716.4616.46
18Balign=left| Takanori Sugibayashialign=left| {{JPN}}15.7715.9016.4116.41
19Balign=left| Hristos Meletogloualign=left| {{GRE}}{{sort|00.00|x}}15.8916.2616.26
20Aalign=left| Vasiliy Sokovalign=left| {{UZB}}{{sort|00.00|x}}16.2614.4116.26
21Aalign=left| Sergey Bochkovalign=left| {{AZE}}16.1116.19{{sort|00.00|x}}16.19
22Aalign=left| Avi Tayarialign=left| {{ISR}}14.8016.0615.7816.06
23Balign=left| Sergey Arzamasovalign=left| {{KAZ}}15.8715.7415.7715.87
24Balign=left| Thomas Moedealign=left| {{GER}}14.91{{sort|00.00|x}}15.8315.83
25Balign=left| Shawn Petersalign=left| {{CAN}}{{sort|00.00|x}}15.5815.4615.58
26Balign=left| Robert Howardalign=left| {{USA}}{{sort|00.00|x}}15.5815.4615.57
{{Sort|98
} || A ||align=left| Ionuț Pungă ||align=left| {{ROM}} || {{sort|00.00|x}} || || || {{Sort|00.01|NM|}} ||

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| {{Sort|99|}} || A ||align=left| Arnis Filet ||align=left| {{FRA}} || || || || {{Sort|00.00|DNS|}} ||

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| {{Sort|99|}} || B ||align=left| Jadel Gregório ||align=left| {{BRA}} || || || || {{Sort|00.00|DNS|}} ||

|}

=Final=

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RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
{{Gold01}}align=left| Jonathan Edwardsalign=left| {{flag|Great Britain}}16.84{{sort|00.00|x}}17.92{{sort|00.00|x}}{{sort|00.00|–}}{{sort|00.00|x}}17.92WL MWR
{{Silver02}}align=left| Christian Olssonalign=left| {{SWE}}13.9917.2817.47{{sort|00.00|–}}16.96{{sort|00.00|–}}17.47
{{Bronze03}}align=left| Igor Spasovkhodskiyalign=left| {{RUS}}16.7916.6916.3716.8917.4416.8817.44PB
{{Sort|04|4}}align=left| Yoel Garcíaalign=left| {{CUB}}17.0617.4017.0617.2317.2217.3417.40SB
{{Sort|05|5}}align=left| Walter Davisalign=left| {{USA}}17.2017.1817.0514.4316.6016.9217.20
{{Sort|06|6}}align=left| Brian Wellmanalign=left| {{BER}}15.6916.8116.39{{sort|00.00|x}}{{sort|00.00|–}}{{sort|00.00|–}}16.81
{{Sort|07|7}}align=left| Larry Achikealign=left| {{flag|Great Britain}}16.7516.6716.7916.7715.4816.7416.79
{{Sort|08|8}}align=left| Rostislav Dimitrovalign=left| {{BUL}}16.2416.5016.7016.72{{sort|00.00|x}}16.4716.72
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{{Sort|09|9}}align=left| Phillips Idowualign=left| {{flag|Great Britain}}16.3216.6016.0816.60
10align=left| Johan Meriluotoalign=left| {{FIN}}16.5116.5416.3116.54
11align=left| Paolo Camossialign=left| {{ITA}}16.1514.2016.1816.18
12align=left| Konstadinos Zalagitisalign=left| {{GRE}}{{sort|00.00|x}}{{sort|00.00|x}}16.1316.13

References

  • [http://todor66.com/athletics/world/2001/Men_Triple_Jump.html Results]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20051228002137/http://www2.iaaf.org/WCH01/Results/byEvent.html IAAF]

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