Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics -- Men 's triple jump - wikipedia Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics -- Men 's triple jump Men 's triple jump at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad Pictogram for athletics Venue Stadium Australia Date 23 September 2000 ( qualifications ) 25 September 2000 ( finals ) Competitors 40 from 28 nations Winning distance 17.78 Medalists 01 ! Jonathan Edwards Great Britain 02 ! Yoel García Cuba 03 ! Denis Kapustin Russia ← 1996 2004 → Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics Track events 100 m men women 200 m men women 400 m men women 800 m men women 1500 m men women 5000 m men women 10,000 m men women 100 m hurdles women 110 m hurdles men 400 m hurdles men women 3000 m steeplechase men 4 × 100 m relay men women 4 × 400 m relay men women Road events Marathon men women 20 km walk men women 50 km walk men Field events Long jump men women Triple jump men women High jump men women Pole vault men women Shot put men women Discus throw men women Javelin throw men women Hammer throw men women Combined events Heptathlon women Decathlon men Wheelchair races Official Video The Men 's triple jump event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium. The triple jump has been ever present since the beginning of the modern Olympic Games in 1896. The top twelve athletes from the three jumps in qualifying progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with another three jumps. After these the top eight athletes carry their record forward and then have a further three attempts to decide the gold medalist. Contents 1 Medalists 2 Schedule 3 Records 4 Results 5 Qualifying 5.1 Group A 5.2 Group B 5.3 Overall qualifying results 6 Final 7 References 8 External links Medalists Gold Jonathan Edwards Great Britain Silver Yoel García Cuba Bronze Denis Kapustin Russia Schedule All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time ( UTC + 10 ) Qualification Round Group A Group B 23.09. 2000 -- 18 : 00h 23.09. 2000 -- 18 : 00h Final Round 25.09. 2000 -- 20 : 00h Records Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics World Record Jonathan Edwards ( GBR ) 18.29 m 7 August 1995 Gothenburg, Sweden Olympic Record Kenny Harrison ( USA ) 18.09 m 27 July 1996 Atlanta, United States Results All distances shown are in meters. DNS denotes did not start. DNF denotes did not finish. DQ denotes disqualification. NR denotes national record. AR denotes area / continental record. OR denotes Olympic record. WR denotes world record. PB denotes personal best. SB denotes season best Qualifying Held on 23 September 2000. The qualifying distance was 16.95 m. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest jumps until a total of 12 qualifiers. Group A Place Overall Athlete Nation Mark Qual Record Onochie Achike Great Britain 17.30 Q PB Jonathan Edwards Great Britain 17.08 Q 7 Yoelbi Quesada Cuba 17.03 Q SB 8 Rostislav Dimitrov Bulgaria 17.00 Q 5 11 Paolo Camossi Italy 16.87 q 6 12 Walter Davis United States 16.75 q 7 16 Takanori Sugibayashi Japan 16.67 8 17 Christian Olsson Sweden 16.64 9 18 Zsolt Czingler Hungary 16.52 10 19 LaMark Carter United States 16.47 11 20 Brian Wellman Bermuda 16.47 12 26 Zoran Đurđević Yugoslavia 16.31 13 28 Oleg Sakirkin Kazakhstan 16.20 14 30 Sergey Bochkov Azerbaijan 16.01 15 33 Igor Spasovkhodskiy Russia 15.79 16 34 Yevgeniy Petin Uzbekistan 15.27 17 36 Colomba Fofana France 14.59 18 37 Konstadinos Zalaggitis Greece 14.15 19 38 Andrew Owusu Ghana 14.12 Raúl Chapado Spain NM Group B Place Overall Athlete Nation Mark Qual Record T2 Phillips Idowu Great Britain 17.12 Q PB T2 Andrew Murphy Australia 17.12 Q SB 5 Yoel García Cuba 17.08 Q 6 Denis Kapustin Russia 17.04 Q 5 T9 Charles Michael Friedek Germany 16.93 q 6 T9 Robert Howard United States 16.93 q 7 13 Ketill Hanstveit Norway 16.75 8 14 Ionut Punga Romania 16.72 9 15 Sergey Arzamasov Kazakhstan 16.70 10 21 Lao Jianfeng China 16.43 11 22 Ivaylo Rusenov Bulgaria 16.40 12 23 Rogel Nachum Israel 16.39 13 24 Gennadiy Markov Russia 16.36 14 25 Fabrizio Donato Italy 16.34 15 27 Michael Calvo Cuba 16.30 16 29 Sergey Izmaylov Ukraine 16.10 17 31 Hristos Meletoglou Greece 16.00 18 32 Salem Mouled Al - Ahmadi Saudi Arabia 15.99 19 35 Armen Martirosyan Armenia 14.95 Stamatios Lenis Greece NM Overall qualifying results Place Athlete Nation Group Mark Qual Record Onochie Achike Great Britain 17.30 Q PB T2 Phillips Idowu Great Britain 17.12 Q PB Andrew Murphy Australia 17.12 Q SB Jonathan Edwards Great Britain 17.08 Q 5 Yoel García Cuba 17.08 Q 6 Denis Kapustin Russia 17.04 Q 7 Yoelbi Quesada Cuba 17.03 Q SB 8 Rostislav Dimitrov Bulgaria 17.00 Q T9 Charles Michael Friedek Germany 16.93 q Robert Howard United States 16.93 q 11 Paolo Camossi Italy 16.87 q 12 Walter Davis United States 16.75 q 13 Ketill Hanstveit Norway 16.75 14 Ionut Punga Romania 16.72 15 Sergey Arzamasov Kazakhstan 16.70 16 Takanori Sugibayashi Japan 16.67 17 Christian Olsson Sweden 16.64 18 Zsolt Czingler Hungary 16.52 19 LaMark Carter United States 16.47 20 Brian Wellman Bermuda 16.47 21 Lao Jianfeng China 16.43 22 Ivaylo Rusenov Bulgaria 16.40 23 Rogel Nachum Israel 16.39 24 Gennadiy Markov Russia 16.36 25 Fabrizio Donato Italy 16.34 26 Zoran Đurđević Yugoslavia 16.31 27 Michael Calvo Cuba 16.30 28 Oleg Sakirkin Kazakhstan 16.20 29 Sergey Izmaylov Ukraine 16.10 30 Sergey Bochkov Azerbaijan 16.01 31 Hristos Meletoglou Greece 16.00 32 Salem Mouled Al - Ahmadi Saudi Arabia 15.99 33 Igor Spasovkhodskiy Russia 15.79 34 Yevgeniy Petin Uzbekistan 15.27 35 Armen Martirosyan Armenia 14.95 36 Colomba Fofana France 14.59 37 Konstadinos Zalaggitis Greece 14.15 38 Andrew Owusu Ghana 14.12 Raúl Chapado Spain NM Stamatios Lenis Greece NM Final Jonathan Edwards celebrating his win Place Athlete Nation Mark Notes 01 ! Jonathan Edwards Great Britain 17.71 SB 02 ! Yoel García Cuba 17.47 SB 03 ! Denis Kapustin Russia 17.46 SB Yoelbi Quesada Cuba 17.37 SB 5 Onochie Achike Great Britain 17.29 6 Phillips Idowu Great Britain 17.08 7 Robert Howard United States 17.05 SB 8 Paolo Camossi Italy 16.96 9 Rostislav Dimitrov Bulgaria 16.95 10 Andrew Murphy Australia 16.80 11 Walter Davis United States 16.61 Charles Michael Friedek Germany NM References Jump up ^ `` Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games : Men 's Triple Jump ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved 25 December 2017. External links Official results, qualification - IAAF.org Official results, final - IAAF.org Source : Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics available at https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Triple jump at the Olympic Games Summary Men 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 Women 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_ -- _Men % 27s_triple_jump&oldid = 832735058 '' Categories : Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics Triple jump at the Olympics Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from August 2012 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Français Italiano Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 27 March 2018, at 18 : 30. About Wikipedia

Question: men's triple jump olympic champion in 2000
Answer: Jonathan Edwards