# 1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump

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

* 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 |

## Results
### Final

8 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Anna Biryukova | Russia | | | | | | | 14.89 (w: 1.1 m/s) | |
| | Inna Lasovskaya | Russia | | | | | | | 14.85 w (w: 3.1 m/s) | |
| | Inessa Kravets | Ukraine | | | | | | | 14.67 w (w: 2.1 m/s) | |
| 4 | Iolanda Chen | Russia | | | | | | | 14.48 w (w: 2.2 m/s) | |
| 5 | Rodica Petrescu | Romania | | | | | | | 14.42 (w: 0.8 m/s) | |
| 6 | Šárka Kašpárková | Czech Republic | | | | | | | 13.98 (w: 1.6 m/s) | |
| 7 | Ramona Molzan | Germany | | | | | | | 13.82 (w: 1.6 m/s) | |
| 8 | Helga Radtke | Germany | | | | | | | 13.77 (w: 0.7 m/s) | |
| 9 | Concepción Paredes | Spain | | | | | | | 13.68 (w: -0.2 m/s) | |
| 10 | Michelle Griffith | United Kingdom | | | | | | | 13.60 (w: 0.9 m/s) | |
| 11 | Rachel Kirby | United Kingdom | | | | | | | 13.45 (w: 0.7 m/s) | |
| | Sofiya Bozhanova | Bulgaria | | | | | | | 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 | Inna Lasovskaya | Russia | 14.33 (w: 1.7 m/s) | Q |
| 2 | Inessa Kravets | Ukraine | 14.08 (w: 0.7 m/s) | Q |
| 3 | Anna Biryukova | Russia | 13.94 (w: -1.7 m/s) | Q |
| 4 | Concepción Paredes | Spain | 13.78 (w: -0.2 m/s) | q |
| 5 | Rachel Kirby | United Kingdom | 13.64 (w: 1.1 m/s) | q |
| 6 | Michelle Griffith | United Kingdom | 13.64 (w: -0.1 m/s) | q |
| 7 | Betty Lise | France | 13.35 (w: -0.9 m/s) | |
| 8 | Petra Laux | Germany | 13.18 (w: -1.3 m/s) | |
| 9 | Yelena Stakhova | Belarus | 13.14 (w: 0.2 m/s) | |
| 10 | Marika Salminen | Finland | 12.97 (w: 0.2 m/s) | |
| 11 | Anni Paananen | Finland | 12.95 (w: 0.1 m/s) | |
| | Iva Prandzheva | Bulgaria | NM | |
| | Olympia Menelaou | Cyprus | DNS | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Iolanda Chen | Russia | 14.15 (w: 0.1 m/s) | Q |
| 2 | Ramona Molzan | Germany | 13.96 (w: 0.9 m/s) | Q |
| 3 | Rodica Petrescu | Romania | 13.89 (w: -0.9 m/s) | Q |
| 4 | Šárka Kašpárková | Czech Republic | 13.87 (w: 1.3 m/s) | Q |
| 5 | Helga Radtke | Germany | 13.84 (w: -1.7 m/s) | q |
| 6 | Barbara Lah | Italy | 13.59 (w: 0.3 m/s) | |
| 7 | Valérie Guiyoule | France | 13.55 (w: -0.2 m/s) | |
| 8 | Ashia Hansen | United Kingdom | 13.45 (w: 0.8 m/s) | |
| 9 | Natalya Klimovets | Belarus | 13.37 (w: 1.7 m/s) | |
| 10 | Carina Kjellman | Finland | 13.34 (w: 0.5 m/s) | |
| 11 | Virge Naeris | Estonia | 13.16 (w: -0.7 m/s) | |
| 12 | Jeļena Blaževiča | Latvia | 13.02 (w: -1.4 m/s) | |
| | Sofiya Bozhanova | Bulgaria | DQ | Q$^†$ |
$^†$: 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.
* Belarus (2)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Estonia (1)
* Finland (3)
* France (2)
* Germany (3)
* Italy (1)
* Latvia (1)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (3)
* Spain (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (3)