1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump event at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 28 February–1 March.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Jonathan Edwards Great Britain
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Charles Friedek Germany
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Serge Hélan France
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Results
Qualification
Qualification performance: 16.90 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Jonathan Edwards | Great Britain |
17.15 | 17.15 | Q | ||
| 2 | A | Serge Hélan | France |
16.38 | x | 16.92 | 16.92 | Q |
| 3 | B | Francis Agyepong | Great Britain |
16.89 | – | – | 16.89 | q |
| 4 | B | Charles Friedek | Germany |
16.88 | x | x | 16.88 | q |
| 5 | B | Georges Sainte-Rose | France |
16.48 | 16.59 | 16.84 | 16.84 | q |
| 6 | A | Zsolt Czingler |  Hungary |
16.28 | 16.82 | – | 16.82 | q |
| 7 | B | Rogel Nachum |  Israel |
16.52 | 16.76 | 16.73 | 16.76 | q |
| 8 | A | Denis Kapustin |  Russia |
16.38 | x | 16.67 | 16.67 | q |
| 9 | A | Nikolay Raev |  Bulgaria |
16.63 | 16.64 | 16.39 | 16.64 | q |
| 10 | A | Raúl Chapado |  Spain |
16.20 | 16.51 | 16.59 | 16.59 | q |
| 11 | A | Yuriy Osipenko |  Ukraine |
16.05 | 16.37 | 16.56 | 16.56 | q |
| 12 | B | Vyacheslav Taranov | Russia |
16.05 | 16.51 | 16.22 | 16.51 | q |
| 13 | B | Kjetil Hanstveit |  Norway |
16.46 | x | 16.41 | 16.46 | |
| 14 | B | Jirí Kuntoš |  Czech Republic |
16.35 | 16.40 | x | 16.40 | |
| 15 | A | Audrius Raizgys |  Lithuania |
16.01 | 16.24 | x | 16.24 | |
| 16 | B | Julian Golley | Great Britain |
15.53 | 15.98 | 16.19 | 16.19 |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Jonathan Edwards | Great Britain |
17.43 | x | – | – | 17.40 | x | 17.43 | |
 |
Charles Friedek | Germany |
16.44 | x | 16.57 | 16.70 | 17.15 | x | 17.15 | |
 |
Serge Hélan | France |
x | x | 16.73 | x | x | 17.02 | 17.02 | |
| 4 | Rogel Nachum | Israel |
16.62 | 16.68 | x | 16.89 | 16.93 | 16.88 | 16.93 | NR |
| 5 | Raúl Chapado | Spain |
16.32 | 16.36 | 16.85 | 16.87 | x | 16.70 | 16.87 | NR |
| 6 | Yuriy Osipenko | Ukraine |
16.35 | 16.53 | 16.67 | x | 16.86 | 16.75 | 16.86 | |
| 7 | Vyacheslav Taranov | Russia |
16.38 | 16.10 | 16.75 | 16.63 | x | 16.52 | 16.75 | |
| 8 | Francis Agyepong | Great Britain |
16.57 | x | x | 16.14 | – | 16.26 | 16.57 | |
| 9 | Zsolt Czingler | Hungary |
16.16 | 16.56 | 16.52 | 16.56 | ||||
| 10 | Denis Kapustin | Russia |
16.34 | 16.50 | x | 16.50 | ||||
| 11 | Georges Sainte-Rose | France |
16.49 | x | x | 16.49 | ||||
| 12 | Nikolay Raev | Bulgaria |
16.44 | 16.13 | 16.39 | 16.44 |