1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump

Men's triple jump
at the European Athletics Championships

The final of the Men's Triple Jump event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece was held on 10 September 1982.[1]

Medalists

Gold United Kingdom Keith Connor
Great Britain (GBR)
Silver Soviet Union Vasiliy Grishchenkov
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze Hungary Béla Bakosi
Hungary (HUN)

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1982 European Athletics Championships
World Record  João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) 17.89 m October 15, 1975 Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
Event Record  Viktor Saneyev (URS) 17.23 m September 8, 1974 Italy Rome, Italy
Broken records during the 1982 European Athletics Championships
Event Record  Keith Connor (GBR) 17.29 m September 10, 1982 Greece Athens, Greece

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Result Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Keith Connor (GBR) 17.29 m
(w: -0.1 m/s)
CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Vasiliy Grishchenkov (URS) 17.15 m
(w: 0.2 m/s)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Béla Bakosi (HUN) 17.04 m
(w: 0.2 m/s)
4  Gennadiy Valyukevich (URS) 16.95 m
(w: -0.3 m/s)
5  Aleksandr Beskrovny (URS) 16.82 m
(w: -1.2 m/s)
6  Bedros Bedrosian (ROU) 16.46 m
(w: 0.3 m/s)
7  Markku Rokala (FIN) 16.32 m
(w: -1.9 m/s)
8  Roberto Mazzucato (ITA) 16.13 m
(w: -0.2 m/s)
9  Dario Badinelli (ITA) 16.05 m
(w: -0.6 m/s)
10  Janoš Hegediš (YUG) 16.03 m
(w: -0.3 m/s)
11  Johan Brink (SWE) 15.95 m
(w: -0.5 m/s)
12  John Herbert (GBR) 15.92 m
(w: -0.7 m/s)
 Dimitrios Mihas (GRE) DNS

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.

See also

References

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 436–443, retrieved 13 August 2014