1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Triple Jump
Encyclopedia
The final of the Men's Triple Jump
event at the 1990 European Championships in Split
, Yugoslavia
was held on 31 August 1990. There were a total number of sixteen participating athletes.
Triple jump
The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...
event at the 1990 European Championships in Split
Split (city)
Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...
, Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
was held on 31 August 1990. There were a total number of sixteen participating athletes.
Medalists
| Gold |  Leonid VoloshinLeonid Voloshin Leonid Voloshin is a retired triple jumper from Russia. He won the European Championships in 1990 as well as two European Indoor titles. He also won two World Championship silvers, in 1991 and 1993. In Tokyo 1991 he achieved a personal best jump of 17.75 metres, which puts him 18th in the all-time... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... (URS) |
| Silver |  Khristo MarkovBulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east... (BUL) |
| Bronze | Igor Lapshin Igor Lapshin Igor Olegovich Lapshin is a retired male triple jumper who represented the USSR. Best known for his 1988 Olympic silver medal, he also won the 1991 World Indoor Championships as well as one European Indoor title. In July 1988 Lapshin achieved a personal best jump of 17.69 metres, which puts him... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... (URS) |
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 1990 European Athletics Championships | ||||
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| World Record | 17.97 m | June 16, 1985 |  IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
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| Event Record | 17.66 m | August 30, 1986 |  StuttgartStuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... |
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| Broken records during the 1990 European Athletics Championships | ||||
| Event Record | 17.74 m | August 31, 1990 |  SplitSplit (city) Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and... , Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century.... |
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Qualification
| Rank | Group A | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 17.41 m | |
| 2. | 17.11 m | |
| 3. | 16.88 m | |
| 4. | 16.88 m | |
| 5. | 16.79 m | |
| 6. | 16.77 m | |
| 7. | 16.61 m | |
| 8. | 16.45 m | |
| 9. | 15.98 m |
| Rank | Group B | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 17.59 m | |
| 2. | 16.96 m | |
| 3. | 16.86 m | |
| 4. | 16.79 m | |
| 5. | 16.75 m | |
| 6. | 16.32 m | |
| 7. | 16.18 m | |
| 8. | 16.01 m | |
| 9. | 16.00 m |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 17.74 m | CR | ||||||||
| 17.43 m | |||||||||
| 17.34 m | |||||||||
| 4 | 17.01 m | ||||||||
| 5 | 16.88 m | ||||||||
| 6 | 16.82 m | ||||||||
| 7 | 16.81 m | ||||||||
| 8 | 16.80 m | ||||||||
| 9 | 16.73 m | ||||||||
| 10 | 16.63 m | ||||||||
| 11 | 16.60 m | ||||||||
| 12 | 16.24 m | ||||||||
See also
- 1988 Men's Olympic Triple Jump (Seoul)
- 1991 Men's World Championships Triple Jump (Tokyo)
- 1992 Men's Olympic Triple Jump (Barcelona)