2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump
The Men's triple jump event at the 2002 European Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 6 and August 8.
Medalists
| Gold |  Christian OlssonSweden (SWE) |
| Silver |  Charles FriedekGermany (GER) |
| Bronze |  Jonathan EdwardsGreat Britain (GBR) |
Abbreviations
- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| August 6, 2002 | ? | Qualification |
| August 8, 2002 | ? | Final |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) |
18.29 m | August 7, 1995 | Gothenburg, Sweden
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| Event Record | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) |
17.99 m | August 23, 1998 |  Budapest, Hungary
|
Results
Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 16.80 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Phillips Idowu | Great Britain |
17.54 | Q | |||
| 2 | B | Christian Olsson | Sweden |
17.01 | Q | |||
| 3 | A | Jonathan Edwards | Great Britain |
16.99 | Q | |||
| 4 | A | Fabrizio Donato |  Italy |
16.80 | Q | |||
| 5 | A | Aleksandr Glavatskiy |  Belarus |
16.78 | q | |||
| 6 | B | Rostislav Dimitrov |  Bulgaria |
16.77 | q | |||
| 7 | B | Charles Friedek | Germany |
16.77 | q | |||
| 8 | B | Aleksey Musikhin |  Russia |
16.64 | q | |||
| 9 | A | Konstadinos Zalagitis |  Greece |
16.57 | q | |||
| 10 | B | Julien Kapek |  France |
16.53 | q | |||
| 11 | A | Mykola Savolaynen |  Ukraine |
16.50 | q | |||
| 12 | B | Tosin Oke | Great Britain |
16.48 | q | |||
| 13 | B | Michael Velter |  Belgium |
16.47 | ||||
| 14 | B | Marian Oprea |  Romania |
16.47 | ||||
| 15 | A | Lauri Leis |  Estonia |
16.37 | ||||
| 16 | A | Igor Spasovkhodskiy | Russia |
16.28 | ||||
| 17 | B | Arvydas Nazarovas |  Lithuania |
16.17 | ||||
| 18 | A | Vladimir Letnicov |  Moldova |
16.09 | ||||
| 19 | B | Jacek Kazimierowski |  Poland |
15.94 | ||||
| 20 | B | Avi Tayari |  Israel |
15.94 | ||||
| 21 | A | Boštjan Šimunič |  Slovenia |
15.64 | ||||
| 22 | A | Hristos Meletoglou | Greece |
15.24 | ||||
| A | Ionut Punga | Romania |
x | x | x | NM | ||
| B | Stamatis Lenis | Greece |
x | x | x | NM |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Christian Olsson | Sweden |
17.16 | 17.44 | 17.42 | 17.43 | 17.53 | - | 17.53 | |
 |
Charles Friedek | Germany |
x | 17.33 | x | x | x | x | 17.33 | |
 |
Jonathan Edwards | Great Britain |
17.12 | 17.32 | 17.11 | x | 17.11 | x | 17.32 | |
| 4 | Fabrizio Donato | Italy |
x | 17.15 | x | x | x | x | 17.15 | |
| 5 | Phillips Idowu | Great Britain |
x | 15.29 | 16.92 | 16.85 | x | 15.62 | 16.92 | |
| 6 | Aleksandr Glavatskiy | Belarus |
16.37 | x | 16.86 | x | x | x | 16.86 | |
| 7 | Julien Kapek | France |
15.92 | 16.66 | 16.57 | x | x | 16.31 | 16.66 | |
| 8 | Konstadinos Zalagitis | Greece |
16.62 | 16.46 | x | x | x | 15.30 | 16.62 | |
| 9 | Rostislav Dimitrov | Bulgaria |
x | 16.16 | 16.57 | 16.57 | ||||
| 10 | Mykola Savolaynen | Ukraine |
16.55 | x | 16.39 | 16.55 | ||||
| 11 | Aleksey Musikhin | Russia |
16.47 | 16.09 | 16.45 | 16.47 | ||||
| Tosin Oke | Great Britain |
x | x | x | NM | |||||