# Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump event at the 2009 Summer Universiade was held on 7–9 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Nelson Évora Portugal | Héctor Dairo Fuentes Cuba | Vladimir Letnicov Moldova |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: 16.50 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Héctor Dairo Fuentes | Cuba | 16.46 | 16.32 | 16.85 | 16.85 | Q |
| 2 | A | Roman Valiyev | Kazakhstan | x | 16.13 | 16.66 | 16.66 | Q |
| 3 | B | Yevhen Semenenko | Ukraine | 16.66 | | | 16.66 | Q, PB |
| 4 | A | Henry Frayne | Australia | x | 16.62 | | 16.62 | Q |
| 4 | B | Vladimir Letnicov | Moldova | 16.62 | | | 16.62 | Q |
| 6 | A | Kim Deok-Hyeon | South Korea | 16.58 | | | 16.58 | Q |
| 7 | B | Nelson Évora | Portugal | 16.57 | | | 16.57 | Q |
| 8 | A | Alwyn Jones | Australia | x | 16.42 | x | 16.42 | q |
| 9 | A | Dong Bin | China | 16.35 | 15.83 | x | 16.35 | q |
| 10 | B | Klim Vorobiev | Russia | 16.15 | 15.96 | 16.31 | 16.31 | q |
| 11 | A | Yevgeniy Ektov | Kazakhstan | 16.24 | x | x | 16.24 | q |
| 12 | A | Mantas Dilys | Lithuania | x | x | 16.20 | 16.20 | q, SB |
| 13 | A | Dmytro Tyden | Ukraine | 16.19 | 15.79 | 15.72 | 16.19 | |
| 14 | B | Zhivko Petkov | Bulgaria | 15.41 | 15.47 | 16.00 | 16.00 | |
| 15 | B | Li Hongpeng | China | 15.33 | 15.73 | 15.88 | 15.88 | |
| 16 | A | Roger Haitengi | Namibia | 15.84 | 14.24 | x | 15.84 | |
| 17 | A | Sergey Yarmak | Russia | 15.80 | 15.59 | x | 15.80 | |
| 18 | B | Mamadou Gueye | Senegal | 15.48 | 15.42 | 15.72 | 15.72 | |
| 19 | A | Marius Alin Anghel | Romania | x | x | 15.71 | 15.71 | |
| 20 | B | Tumelo Thagane | South Africa | 15.34 | 15.33 | 15.68 | 15.68 | |
| 21 | B | Andrés Capellán | Spain | 15.56 | 15.01 | 15.55 | 15.56 | |
| 22 | B | Aleksi Tammentie | Finland | x | x | 15.54 | 15.54 | |
| 23 | A | Kosta Randjić | Serbia | x | 15.45 | x | 15.45 | |
| 24 | B | Sief El Islem Temacini | Algeria | 15.43 | 14.97 | 15.13 | 15.43 | |
| 25 | A | Peder Pawel Nielsen | Denmark | 15.32 | x | x | 15.32 | |
| 26 | B | Juan Carlos Nájera | Guatemala | 14.94 | 14.86 | x | 14.94 | |
| 27 | B | Branko Đuričić | Serbia | 14.84 | 14.42 | x | 14.84 | |
| 28 | B | Thodoris Mathioudakis | Greece | 14.40 | x | 14.27 | 14.40 | |
| 29 | A | Rober Martínez | Colombia | 14.40 | x | – | 14.40 | |
| 30 | A | Mattias Brunstrom | Sweden | x | 13.29 | x | 13.29 | |
| | A | Zacharias Arnos | Cyprus | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Nelson Évora | Portugal | 17.09 | x | 16.95 | 17.07 | 17.14 | 17.22 | 17.22 | |
| | Héctor Dairo Fuentes | Cuba | 16.52 | 17.13 | 16.42 | 16.09 | 16.14 | 17.13 | 17.13 | |
| | Vladimir Letnicov | Moldova | 16.75 | 16.80 | x | x | x | x | 16.80 | |
| 4 | Yevhen Semenenko | Ukraine | 16.26 | 16.42 | 16.73 | 16.80 | 16.30 | 15.00 | 16.80 | PB |
| 5 | Kim Deok-Hyeon | South Korea | 16.54 | 16.59 | 16.75 | 16.36 | x | 16.37 | 16.75 | |
| 6 | Yevgeniy Ektov | Kazakhstan | 16.73 | x | 16.62 | x | x | 16.44 | 16.73 | |
| 7 | Klim Vorobiev | Russia | 16.30 | 16.48 | 16.67 | x | x | x | 16.67 | |
| 8 | Roman Valiyev | Kazakhstan | 14.40 | 16.15 | 16.59 | x | x | x | 16.59 | |
| 9 | Alwyn Jones | Australia | 16.53 | 16.32 | 16.52 | | | | 16.53 | |
| 10 | Mantas Dilys | Lithuania | 16.42 | x | 16.28 | | | | 16.42 | SB |
| 11 | Dong Bin | China | x | x | 16.26 | | | | 16.26 | |
| 12 | Henry Frayne | Australia | x | 16.11 | x | | | | 16.11 | |