1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump explained

Event:Women's triple jump
Competition:European Athletics Championships

The final of the Women's Triple Jump event at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland was held on Thursday August 20, 1994. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes including one non-starter, with two qualifying groups. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 14.20 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held in Wednesday August 19, 1994. The event was included for the first time at the European Athletics Championships.

Medalists

Gold Anna Biryukova
Russia (RUS)
Silver Inna Lasovskaya
Russia (RUS)
Bronze Inessa Kravets
Ukraine (UKR)

Abbreviations

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

Results

Final

8 August

Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes
123456
align=left align=left 14.89
(w: 1.1 m/s)
align=left align=left 14.85 w
(w: 3.1 m/s)
align=left align=left 14.67 w
(w: 2.1 m/s)
4 align=left align=left 14.48 w
(w: 2.2 m/s)
5 align=left align=left 14.42
(w: 0.8 m/s)
6 align=left align=left 13.98
(w: 1.6 m/s)
7 align=left align=left 13.82
(w: 1.6 m/s)
8 align=left align=left 13.77
(w: 0.7 m/s)
9 align=left align=left 13.68
(w: -0.2 m/s)
10 align=left align=left 13.60
(w: 0.9 m/s)
11 align=left align=left 13.45
(w: 0.7 m/s)
align=left align=left DQ Doping
: Sofiya Bozhanova ranked initially 4th (14.58m (w: +1.1 m/s)), but was tested positive for amphetamine and disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.

Qualification

7 August

Group A

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 align=left align=left 14.33
(w: 1.7 m/s)
Q
2 align=left align=left 14.08
(w: 0.7 m/s)
Q
3 align=left align=left 13.94
(w: -1.7 m/s)
Q
4 align=left align=left 13.78
(w: -0.2 m/s)
q
5 align=left align=left 13.64
(w: 1.1 m/s)
q
6 align=left align=left 13.64
(w: -0.1 m/s)
q
7 align=left align=left 13.35
(w: -0.9 m/s)
8 align=left align=left 13.18
(w: -1.3 m/s)
9 align=left align=left 13.14
(w: 0.2 m/s)
10 align=left align=left 12.97
(w: 0.2 m/s)
11 align=left align=left 12.95
(w: 0.1 m/s)
align=left align=left NM
align=left align=left DNS

Group B

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 align=left align=left 14.15
(w: 0.1 m/s)
Q
2 align=left align=left 13.96
(w: 0.9 m/s)
Q
3 align=left align=left 13.89
(w: -0.9 m/s)
Q
4 align=left align=left 13.87
(w: 1.3 m/s)
Q
5 align=left align=left 13.84
(w: -1.7 m/s)
q
6 align=left align=left 13.59
(w: 0.3 m/s)
7 align=left align=left 13.55
(w: -0.2 m/s)
8 align=left align=left 13.45
(w: 0.8 m/s)
9 align=left align=left 13.37
(w: 1.7 m/s)
10 align=left align=left 13.34
(w: 0.5 m/s)
11 align=left align=left 13.16
(w: -0.7 m/s)
12 align=left align=left 13.02
(w: -1.4 m/s)
align=left align=left bgcolor=pinkDQ bgcolor=pinkQ
: Sofiya Bozhanova initially reached the final (14.08m (w: -1.7 m/s)), but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

See also

References