These are the official results of the Men's triple jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece.
There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Friday 1997-08-08.
Near the end of the round, Yoelbi Quesada took the lead with a 17.60m and his Cuban teammate Aliecer Urrutia followed up with a 17.23m.
At the end of the second round Quesada had his best jump of the day, a personal best of 17.85 m (58 ft 6+3⁄4 in) and Urrutia moved into second place with his best 17.64m.
Just before his final preliminary attempt he saw Christos Meletoglou put out a 17.12 to move into the eighth qualifying position, but next on the runway, Harrison could only make 17.04m and wouldn't be a player in the medals.