1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump

1971 European
Athletics Championships
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The men's triple jump at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 14 and 15 August 1971.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Jörg Drehmel
 East Germany
Silver Viktor Sanejev
 Soviet Union
Bronze Carol Corbu
 Romania

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

15 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jörg Drehmel  East Germany 17.16 w
(w: 3.7 m/s)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Viktor Sanejev  Soviet Union 17.10 w
(w: 3 m/s)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Carol Corbu  Romania 16.87
4 Michael Sauer  West Germany 16.58
(w: 1 m/s)
5 Václav Fišer  Czechoslovakia 16.39 w
(w: 2.9 m/s)
6 Heinz-Günter Schenk  East Germany 16.38 w
(w: 2.2 m/s)
7 Gennady Bessonov  Soviet Union 16.26
(w: 1.8 m/s)
8 Gennady Salevich  Soviet Union 16.24 w
(w: 3.2 m/s)
9 Joachim Kugler  West Germany 16.12
(w: 0.9 m/s)
10 Luis Felipe Areta  Spain 15.81 w
(w: 2.8 m/s)
11 Józef Szmidt  Poland 15.62
(w: 1.1 m/s)
12 Giuseppe Gentile  Italy 14.00

Qualification[edit]

14 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Viktor Sanejev  Soviet Union 16.99 Q
2 Jörg Drehmel  East Germany 16.83 Q
3 Michael Sauer  West Germany 16.50 Q
4 Joachim Kugler  West Germany 16.47 Q
5 Giuseppe Gentile  Italy 16.46 Q
6 Luis Felipe Areta  Spain 16.41 Q
7 Václav Fišer  Czechoslovakia 16.32 Q
8 Józef Szmidt  Poland 16.27 Q
9 Heinz-Günter Schenk  East Germany 16.23 Q
10 Gennady Bessonov  Soviet Union 16.19 q
11 Carol Corbu  Romania 16.12 q
12 Gennady Salevich  Soviet Union 16.10 q
13 Kristen Fløgstad  Norway 15.93
14 Pentti Kuukasjärvi  Finland 15.83
15 Serge Firca  France 15.79
16 Milan Spasojević  Yugoslavia 15.61
17 Henrik Kalocsai  Hungary 15.56
18 Aşkın Tuna  Turkey 15.39

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014
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