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	Keith Connor Great Britain (GBR)
Silver	Vasiliy Grishchenkov Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	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 City, Mexico
Event Record	Viktor Saneyev (URS)	17.23 m	September 8, 1974	Rome, Italy
Broken records during the 1982 European Athletics Championships
Event Record	Keith Connor (GBR)	17.29 m	September 10, 1982	Athens, Greece

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Keith Connor (GBR)							17.29 m (w: -0.1 m/s)	CR
	Vasiliy Grishchenkov (URS)							17.15 m (w: 0.2 m/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.

•  Finland (1)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Italy (2)
•  Romania (1)
•  Soviet Union (3)
•  Sweden (1)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  Yugoslavia (1)

See also

• 1980 Men's Olympic Triple Jump (Moscow)
• 1983 Men's World Championships Triple Jump (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Triple Jump (Los Angeles)

References

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

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