IAAF World Championships
Olympic Stadium, Athina (GRE)
02–10 AUG 1997
OW
Men's Triple Jump
Final
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | Wind | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Yoelbi QUESADA | 04 AUG 1973 | CUB | 17.85 | +0.9 |
| 2. | Jonathan EDWARDS | 10 MAY 1966 | GBR | 17.69 | +0.3 |
| 3. | Aliecer URRUTIA | 22 SEP 1974 | CUB | 17.64 | 0.0 |
| 4. | Denis KAPUSTIN | 05 OCT 1970 | RUS | 17.59 | -0.2 |
| 5. | Brian WELLMAN | 08 SEP 1967 | BER | 17.22 | 0.0 |
| 6. | Jérôme ROMAIN | 12 JUN 1971 | DMA | 17.17 | -0.4 |
| 7. | Christos MELETOGLOU | 02 JAN 1972 | GRE | 17.12 | -0.2 |
| 8. | Andrew OWUSU | 08 JUL 1972 | GHA | 17.11 | +0.4 |
| 9. | Kenny HARRISON | 13 FEB 1965 | USA | 17.05 | -1.6 |
| 10. | Serge HÉLAN | 24 FEB 1964 | FRA | 16.97 | -0.6 |
| 11. | Charles Michael FRIEDEK | 26 AUG 1971 | GER | 16.86 | 0.0 |
| 12. | Armen MARTIROSYAN | 06 AUG 1969 | ARM | 16.70 | -0.2 |
Qualification - Group
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | Wind | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksandr TUMANOV | 29 AUG 1975 | TKM | NM |
Qualification - Group 1
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | Wind | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Yoelbi QUESADA | 04 AUG 1973 | CUB | 17.47 | +0.5 |
| 2. | Jonathan EDWARDS | 10 MAY 1966 | GBR | 17.28 | +0.4 |
| 3. | Kenny HARRISON | 13 FEB 1965 | USA | 17.11 | -1.0 |
| 4. | Christos MELETOGLOU | 02 JAN 1972 | GRE | 17.04 | -0.3 |
| 5. | Jérôme ROMAIN | 12 JUN 1971 | DMA | 17.03 | +0.6 |
| 6. | Charles Michael FRIEDEK | 26 AUG 1971 | GER | 16.98 | -2.0 |
| 7. | Brian WELLMAN | 08 SEP 1967 | BER | 16.84 | +0.8 |
| 8. | Yoel GARCÍA | 25 NOV 1973 | CUB | 16.79 | +0.7 |
| 9. | Nikolay RAEV | 29 JAN 1971 | BUL | 16.72 | +0.4 |
| 10. | Andrey KURENNOY | 12 MAY 1972 | RUS | 16.59 | +1.3 |
| 11. | Zoran ĐURĐEVIĆ | 03 APR 1968 | YUG | 16.49 | +0.2 |
| 12. | Ketill HANSTVEIT | 02 NOV 1973 | NOR | 16.45 | +0.8 |
| 13. | Avi TAYARI | 25 OCT 1973 | ISR | 16.45 | +1.0 |
| 14. | Tibor ORDINA | 17 MAR 1971 | HUN | 16.38 | +1.2 |
| 15. | Sergey ARZAMASOV | 09 APR 1971 | KAZ | 16.37 | +0.7 |
| 16. | Georges SAINTE-ROSE | 03 SEP 1969 | FRA | 16.32 | +0.8 |
| 17. | Volodimir KRAVCHENKO | 22 DEC 1969 | UKR | 16.24 | +0.7 |
| 18. | Audrius RAIZGYS | 04 APR 1969 | LTU | 16.21 | +0.6 |
| 19. | Xavier MONTANÉ | 28 JUL 1971 | AND | 14.58 | +0.8 |
Qualification - Group 2
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | Wind | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Aliecer URRUTIA | 22 SEP 1974 | CUB | 17.11 | 0.0 |
| 2. | Andrew OWUSU | 08 JUL 1972 | GHA | 17.05 | +0.3 |
| 3. | Serge HÉLAN | 24 FEB 1964 | FRA | 17.01 | +0.1 |
| 4. | Armen MARTIROSYAN | 06 AUG 1969 | ARM | 16.98 | +0.7 |
| 5. | Denis KAPUSTIN | 05 OCT 1970 | RUS | 16.96 | 0.0 |
| 6. | Francis AGYEPONG | 16 JUN 1965 | GBR | 16.83 | +0.4 |
| 7. | Raúl CHAPADO | 04 MAY 1970 | ESP | 16.80 | +1.5 |
| 8. | Robert HOWARD | 26 NOV 1975 | USA | 16.63 | +0.6 |
| 9. | Rostislav DIMITROV | 26 DEC 1974 | BUL | 16.62 | +0.3 |
| 10. | Ndabazihle MDHLONGWA | 30 MAY 1973 | ZIM | 16.56 | +0.2 |
| 11. | Vasiliy SOKOV | 07 APR 1968 | RUS | 16.42 | +0.2 |
| 12. | Māris BRUŽIKS | 25 AUG 1962 | LAT | 16.35 | -0.5 |
| 13. | Sule OLUYEMI | 17 SEP 1975 | NGR | 16.16 | +0.9 |
| 14. | Yevgeniy PETIN | 29 JAN 1975 | UZB | 16.13 | 0.0 |
| 15. | Yuriy OSIPENKO | 12 JUL 1969 | UKR | 16.13 | +0.8 |
| 16. | Zsolt CZINGLER | 26 APR 1971 | HUN | 16.04 | -0.8 |
| 17. | Paul NIOZE | 19 MAR 1967 | SEY | 15.79 | +0.7 |
| Jianfeng LAO | 24 MAY 1975 | CHN | DNS | ||
| Majed JABBAR | 1974 | IRQ | NM | ||
| Paolo CAMOSSI | 06 JAN 1974 | ITA | NM |