2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump

Events at the 2006 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Men's Triple Jump event at the 2006 European Athletics Championships was held at the Ullevi on August 10 and August 12.

Medalists

Gold	Christian Olsson Sweden (SWE)
Silver	Nathan Douglas Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze	Marian Oprea Romania (ROM)

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 10, 2006	19:20	Qualification
August 12, 2006	15:50	Final

Records

Standing records prior to the 2006 European Athletics Championships
World Record	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	18.29 m	August 7, 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden
Event Record	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	17.99 m	August 23, 1998	Budapest, Hungary

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 16.95 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Christian Olsson	Sweden	17.51			17.51	Q
2	B	Nelson Évora	Portugal	17.23			17.23	Q, NR
3	B	Alexander Martínez	Switzerland	13.69	17.13		17.13	Q, NR
4	A	Marian Oprea	Romania	16.85	17.05		17.05	Q
5	A	Yevhen Semenenko	Ukraine	17.03			17.03	Q, PB
6	B	Aleksandr Sergeyev	Russia	17.02			17.02	Q
7	A	Phillips Idowu	Great Britain	16.44	17.01		17.01	Q
8	B	Nathan Douglas	Great Britain	16.79	16.84	16.77	16.84	q
9	A	Viktor Yastrebov	Ukraine	16.81	16.56	16.45	16.81	q
10	A	Aleksandr Petrenko	Russia	16.46	16.22	16.76	16.76	q
11	B	Mykola Savolaynen	Ukraine	16.43	16.64	16.75	16.75	q
12	A	Danil Burkenya	Russia	16.58	16.45	16.74	16.74	q
13	B	Julien Kapek	France	16.35	16.04	16.74	16.74
14	B	Larry Achike	Great Britain	16.42	16.68	x	16.68
15	A	Dmitrij Valukevic	Slovakia	16.67	x	16.64	16.67
16	B	Fabrizio Donato	Italy	16.62	x	16.66	16.66
17	A	Michael Velter	Belgium	x	16.17	16.56	16.56
18	B	Anders Møller	Denmark	16.26	15.74	16.46	16.46	SB
19	A	Fabrizio Schembri	Italy	16.21	16.24	16.34	16.34
20	B	Lauri Leis	Estonia	x	16.34	16.13	16.34
21	A	Karl Taillepierre	France	x	16.34	x	16.34
22	A	Andrej Batagelj	Slovenia	15.91	x	15.60	15.91
23	B	Daniel Donovici	Romania	x	x	15.74	15.74
	A	Konstadinos Zalagitis	Greece	x	x	x	NM
	A	Hristos Meletoglou	Greece	x	x	x	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Christian Olsson	Sweden	17.20	17.67	x	x	x	x	17.67	EL
	Nathan Douglas	Great Britain	15.36	16.72	17.12	17.21	x	x	17.21
	Marian Oprea	Romania	16.59	16.86	x	17.02	17.18	x	17.18
4	Nelson Évora	Portugal	17.07	x	x	x	x	16.70	17.07
5	Phillips Idowu	Great Britain	x	17.01	17.02	x	16.40	x	17.02
6	Danil Burkenya	Russia	16.01	16.98	16.59	16.57	16.91	16.98	16.98
7	Viktor Yastrebov	Ukraine	16.93	16.85	16.94	16.94	16.93	16.84	16.94
8	Mykola Savolaynen	Ukraine	16.41	16.49	16.83	x	16.84	x	16.84
9	Alexander Martínez	Switzerland	15.71	16.80	16.65				16.80
10	Aleksandr Sergeyev	Russia	16.65	x	x				16.65
11	Aleksandr Petrenko	Russia	16.26	16.60	16.55				16.60
12	Yevhen Semenenko	Ukraine	16.34	x	16.39				16.39

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