1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
These are the official results of the Men's triple jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Friday 1997-08-08.
Qualifying round
- Held on Wednesday 1997-08-06 with the mark set on 17.00 metres (8+4 athletes)
| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)
|
17.47 m |
| 2. |  Jonathan Edwards (GBR)
|
17.28 m |
| 3. |  Kenny Harrison (USA)
|
17.11 m |
| 4. |  Christos Meletoglou (GRE)
|
17.04 m |
| 5. |  Jérôme Romain (DMA)
|
17.03 m |
| 6. |  Charles Friedek (GER)
|
16.98 m |
| 7. |  Brian Wellman (BER)
|
16.84 m |
| 8. | Yoel García (CUB)
|
16.79 m |
| 9. |  Nikolay Raev (BUL)
|
16.72 m |
| 10. |  Andrey Kurennoy (RUS)
|
16.59 m |
| 11. |  Zoran Đurđević (YUG)
|
16.49 m |
| 12. |  Ketill Hanstveit (NOR)
|
16.45 m |
| 13. |  Avi Tayari (ISR)
|
16.45 m |
| 14. |  Tibor Ordina (HUN)
|
16.38 m |
| 15. |  Sergey Arzamasov (KAZ)
|
16.37 m |
| 16. |  Georges Sainte-Rose (FRA)
|
16.32 m |
| 17. |  Volodymyr Kravchenko (UKR)
|
16.24 m |
| 18. |  Audrius Raizgys (LTU)
|
16.21 m |
| 19. |  Xavier Montane (AND)
|
14.58 m |
| — |  Aleksandr Tumanov (TKM)
|
NM |
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Aliecer Urrutia (CUB)
|
17.11 m |
| 2. |  Andrew Owusu (GHA)
|
17.05 m |
| 3. | Serge Helan (FRA)
|
17.01 m |
| 4. |  Armen Martirosyan (ARM)
|
16.98 m |
| 5. | Denis Kapustin (RUS)
|
16.96 m |
| 6. | Francis Agyepong (GBR)
|
16.83 m |
| 7. |  Raúl Chapado (ESP)
|
16.80 m |
| 8. | Robert Howard (USA)
|
16.63 m |
| 9. | Rostislav Dimitrov (BUL)
|
16.62 m |
| 10. |  Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa (ZIM)
|
16.56 m |
| 11. | Vasiliy Sokov (RUS)
|
16.42 m |
| 12. |  Māris Bružiks (LAT)
|
16.35 m |
| 13. |  Oluyemi Sule (NGR)
|
16.16 m |
| 14. |  Yevgeniy Petin (UZB)
|
16.13 m |
| 15. | Yuriy Osipenko (UKR)
|
16.13 m |
| 16. | Zsolt Czingler (HUN)
|
16.04 m |
| 17. |  Paul Nioze (SEY)
|
15.79 m |
| — |  Majed Jabbar (IRQ)
|
NM |
| — |  Paolo Camossi (ITA)
|
NM |
| — |  Lao Jianfeng (CHN)
|
DNS |
Final
| RANK | FINAL RANKING | DISTANCE | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)
|
17.85 m | 17.60 | 17.85 | 17.60 | X | X | X |
|
Jonathan Edwards (GBR)
|
17.69 m | 17.33 | X | 16.80 | 17.66 | 17.57 | 17.69 |
|
Aliecer Urrutia (CUB)
|
17.64 m | 17.23 | 17.64 | 17.25 | 15.67 | X | X |
| 4. | Denis Kapustin (RUS)
|
17.59 m | X | X | 17.29 | 17.19 | 17.59 | X |
| 5. | Brian Wellman (BER)
|
17.22 m | X | 17.22 | 16.90 | X | X | X |
| 6. | Jérôme Romain (DMA)
|
17.17 m | 16.75 | 17.17 | 16.85 | 16.87 | 16.62 | 16.63 |
| 7. | Christos Meletoglou (GRE)
|
17.12 m | 16.75 | X | 17.12 | X | 16.48 | 16.85 |
| 8. | Andrew Owusu (GHA)
|
17.11 m | 17.11 | 16.74 | 15.33 | X | 16.82 | 16.38 |
| 9. | Kenny Harrison (USA)
|
17.05 m | X | 17.05 | 17.04 | |||
| 10. | Serge Helan (FRA)
|
16.97 m | 16.89 | X | 16.97 | |||
| 11. | Charles Friedek (GER)
|
16.86 m | 16.83 | X | 16.86 | |||
| 12. | Armen Martirosyan (ARM)
|
16.70 m | 16.46 | X | 16.70 |