2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27 and 29 July.

Men's triple jump at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

Gold	Phillips Idowu Great Britain (GBR)
Silver	Marian Oprea Romania (ROU)
Bronze	Teddy Tamgho France (FRA)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	18.29	Gothenburg, Sweden	7 August 1995
European record	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	18.29	Gothenburg, Sweden	7 August 1995
Championship record	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	17.99	Budapest, Hungary	23 August 1998
World Leading	Teddy Tamgho (FRA)	17.98	New York City, NY, United States	12 June 2010
European Leading	Teddy Tamgho (FRA)	17.98	New York City, NY, United States	12 June 2010

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
27 July 2010	20:20	Qualification
29 July 2010	19:40	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 16.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Teddy Tamgho	France (FRA)	x	17.37		17.37	Q
2	B	Viktor Kuznyetsov	Ukraine (UKR)	x	17.22		17.22	Q
3	A	Benjamin Compaoré	France (FRA)	x	17.19		17.19	Q
4	A	Phillips Idowu	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	17.10			17.10	Q
5	A	Momchil Karailiev	Bulgaria (BUL)	17.05			17.05	Q
6	B	Marian Oprea	Romania (ROM)	17.03			17.03	Q
7	B	Dimítrios Tsiámis	Greece (GRE)	16.73	16.98		16.98	Q, SB
8	A	Fabrizio Schembri	Italy (ITA)	16.96			16.96	Q, SB
9	B	Vladimir Letnicov	Moldova (MDA)	16.14	16.94		16.94	Q
10	A	Fabrizio Donato	Italy (ITA)	x	16.88		16.88	Q
11	A	Lyukman Adams	Russia (RUS)	15.85	16.56	16.86	16.86	Q
12	B	Nathan Douglas	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	16.80			16.80	Q
13	B	Dmitrij Vaľukevič	Slovakia (SVK)	16.78			16.78	Q
14	A	Yochai Halevi	Israel (ISR)	16.34	16.76		16.76	Q, PB
15	B	Jaanus Uudmäe	Estonia (EST)	x	x	16.72	16.72
16	B	Siarhei Ivanou	Belarus (BLR)	16.66	14.81	16.18	16.66
17	B	Daniele Greco	Italy (ITA)	x	16.37	16.51	16.51
18	A	Andrés Capellán	Spain (ESP)	15.91	16.38	15.06	16.38	SB
19	A	Igor Sjunin	Estonia (EST)	16.25	16.35	14.50	16.35
20	B	Yevgeniy Plotnir	Russia (RUS)	15.44	16.12	16.34	16.34
21	A	Mantas Dilys	Lithuania (LTU)	16.32	x	16.08	16.32	SB
22	A	Zhivko Petkov	Bulgaria (BUL)	x	x	16.20	16.20
23	A	Dzmitry Platnitski	Belarus (BLR)	x	13.92	15.95	15.95
24	B	Zacharias Arnos	Cyprus (CYP)	x	15.35	15.85	15.85
25	B	Alexander Martínez	Switzerland (SUI)	15.55	x	x	15.55
26	A	Nikólaos Frággos	Greece (GRE)	x	15.50	x	15.50
27	B	Redjep Selman	Macedonia (MKD)	x	x	15.39	15.39	SB
	A	Ilya Yefremov	Russia (RUS)	x	x	x	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Phillips Idowu	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	17.46	17.47	17.40	17.81	x	–	17.81	PB
	Marian Oprea	Romania (ROM)	16.15	17.19	16.61	16.75	17.51	x	17.51	SB
	Teddy Tamgho	France (FRA)	17.12	17.42	x	x	17.45	17.34	17.45
4	Viktor Kuznyetsov	Ukraine (UKR)	16.97	16.82	17.29	16.52	x	16.46	17.29	PB
5	Benjamin Compaoré	France (FRA)	16.74	16.38	14.26	16.99	x	x	16.99
6	Lyukman Adams	Russia (RUS)	16.78	x	15.89	16.78	x	16.40	16.78
7	Dmitrij Vaľukevič	Slovakia (SVK)	16.51	16.75	16.77	16.75	x	16.37	16.77
8	Fabrizio Schembri	Italy (ITA)	x	16.60	16.40	16.42	16.61	16.73	16.73
9	Fabrizio Donato	Italy (ITA)	16.35	16.33	16.54				16.54
10	Nathan Douglas	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	x	16.48	15.53				16.48
11	Yochai Halevi	Israel (ISR)	16.39	16.39	16.43				16.43
12	Vladimir Letnicov	Moldova (MDA)	15.48	x	16.37				16.37
13	Dimítrios Tsiámis	Greece (GRE)	15.96	16.13	16.31				16.31
14	Momchil Karailiev	Bulgaria (BUL)	x	15.24	x				15.24