These are the results of the Men's triple jump event at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
In the first round, Walter Davis took the lead with a 17.20m. Now 35 years old, world record holder and 1995 champion Jonathan Edwards lurked in second place with a 16.84m. Early in the second round Yoel García moved into the lead with a 17.40m. Christian Olsson moved into second with a 17.28m. With his next jump, Olsson took the lead with a 17.47m. The next jumper on the runway was Edwards. His masters world record 17.92 m (58 ft 9+1⁄2 in) was more than a foot further than all but one of these jumpers had ever achieved. In the fifth round, Igor Spasovkhodskiy, who was only 7th at the end of the preliminary jumps, leapfrogged past Garcia with a 26 cm improvement in his personal best, 17.44m to take the bronze.
Medalists
| Gold |  Jonathan EdwardsGreat Britain (GBR) |
| Silver |  Christian OlssonSweden (SWE) |
| Bronze |  Igor SpasovkhodskiyRussia (RUS) |
Schedule
- All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)
| Qualification Round | |
|---|---|
| Group A | Group B |
| 04.08.2001 – 16:30 | 04.08.2001 – 16:30 |
| Final Round | |
| 06.08.2001 – 17:00 | |
Results
Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Jonathan Edwards | Great Britain | x | 16.51 | 17.46 | 17.46 | Q |
| 2 | A | Walter Davis |  United States | 17.22 | 17.22 | Q, PB | ||
| 3 | B | Larry Achike | Great Britain | x | 17.15 | 17.15 | Q | |
| 4 | A | Christian Olsson | Sweden | 17.15 | 17.11 | Q | ||
| 5 | A | Yoel García |  Cuba | 16.66 | 16.84 | 17.02 | 17.02 | q |
| 6 | B | Igor Spasovkhodskiy | Russia | 15.92 | 16.59 | 16.91 | 16.91 | q, PB |
| 7 | B | Rostislav Dimitrov |  Bulgaria | 16.90 | 16.55 | x | 16.90 | q |
| 8 | A | Paolo Camossi |  Italy | x | 16.25 | 16.89 | 16.89 | q |
| 9 | B | Brian Wellman |  Bermuda | 16.78 | 16.69 | 16.54 | 16.78 | q |
| 10 | A | Johan Meriluoto |  Finland | 16.25 | 16.76 | 16.64 | 16.76 | q, SB |
| 11 | A | Phillips Idowu | Great Britain | x | 16.74 | x | 16.74 | q |
| 12 | A | Konstadinos Zalagitis |  Greece | 16.64 | x | 16.53 | 16.64 | q |
| 13 | B | Marian Oprea |  Romania | 16.62 | x | 16.47 | 16.62 | |
| 14 | B | LaMark Carter | United States | 16.51 | 16.53 | 16.60 | 16.60 | |
| 15 | B | Karl Taillepierre |  France | 16.58 | 16.38 | 16.27 | 16.58 | |
| 16 | A | Aliaksandar Hlavatski |  Belarus | x | x | 16.56 | 16.56 | |
| 17 | A | Andrew Murphy | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | x | 15.97 | 16.46 | 16.46 | |
| 18 | B | Takanori Sugibayashi |  Japan | 15.77 | 15.90 | 16.41 | 16.41 | |
| 19 | B | Hristos Meletoglou | Greece | x | 15.89 | 16.26 | 16.26 | |
| 20 | A | Vasiliy Sokov |  Uzbekistan | x | 16.26 | 14.41 | 16.26 | |
| 21 | A | Sergey Bochkov |  Azerbaijan | 16.11 | 16.19 | x | 16.19 | |
| 22 | A | Avi Tayari |  Israel | 14.80 | 16.06 | 15.78 | 16.06 | |
| 23 | B | Sergey Arzamasov |  Kazakhstan | 15.87 | 15.74 | 15.77 | 15.87 | |
| 24 | B | Thomas Moede |  Germany | 14.91 | x | 15.83 | 15.83 | |
| 25 | B | Shawn Peters | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | x | 15.58 | 15.46 | 15.58 | |
| 26 | B | Robert Howard | United States | x | 15.58 | 15.46 | 15.57 | |
| A | Ionuț Pungă | Romania | x | NM | ||||
| A | Arnis Filet | France | DNS | |||||
| B | Jadel Gregório |  Brazil | DNS |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Jonathan Edwards | Great Britain | 16.84 | x | 17.92 | x | – | x | 17.92 | WL MWR |
 | Christian Olsson | Sweden | 13.99 | 17.28 | 17.47 | – | 16.96 | – | 17.47 | |
 | Igor Spasovkhodskiy | Russia | 16.79 | 16.69 | 16.37 | 16.89 | 17.44 | 16.88 | 17.44 | PB |
| 4 | Yoel García | Cuba | 17.06 | 17.40 | 17.06 | 17.23 | 17.22 | 17.34 | 17.40 | SB |
| 5 | Walter Davis | United States | 17.20 | 17.18 | 17.05 | 14.43 | 16.60 | 16.92 | 17.20 | |
| 6 | Brian Wellman | Bermuda | 15.69 | 16.81 | 16.39 | x | – | – | 16.81 | |
| 7 | Larry Achike | Great Britain | 16.75 | 16.67 | 16.79 | 16.77 | 15.48 | 16.74 | 16.79 | |
| 8 | Rostislav Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 16.24 | 16.50 | 16.70 | 16.72 | x | 16.47 | 16.72 | |
| 9 | Phillips Idowu | Great Britain | 16.32 | 16.60 | 16.08 | 16.60 | ||||
| 10 | Johan Meriluoto | Finland | 16.51 | 16.54 | 16.31 | 16.54 | ||||
| 11 | Paolo Camossi | Italy | 16.15 | 14.20 | 16.18 | 16.18 | ||||
| 12 | Konstadinos Zalagitis | Greece | x | x | 16.13 | 16.13 | ||||