The final of the Women's Triple Jump event at the 1994 European Championships in

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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

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Medalists

Abbreviations

*''All results shown are in metres''

Results

Final

8 August ^†: 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

Group B

^†: 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. * (2) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (3) * (2) * (3) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (3) * (1) * (1) * (3)

References

Results

{{DEFAULTSORT:1994 European Athletics Championships - Women's triple jump

Triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

Triple jump at the European Athletics Championships 1994 in women's athletics