# 1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump

These are the official results of the Men's Triple Jump event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany, held at Neckarstadion on 29 and 30 August 1986.

## Medalists

| Gold | Khristo Markov Bulgaria (BUL) |
| Silver | Māris Bružiks Soviet Union (URS) |
| Bronze | Oleg Protsenko Soviet Union (URS) |

## 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 |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1986 European Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Willie Banks (USA) | 17.97 m | June 16, 1985 | Indianapolis, United States |
| Event Record | Keith Connor (GBR) | 17.29 m | September 10, 1982 | Athens, Greece |
| Broken records during the 1986 European Athletics Championships |||||
| Event Record | Māris Bružiks (URS) | 17.33 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |
| Event Record | Khristo Markov (BUL) | 17.66 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |

## Results
### Final

30 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Khristo Markov | Bulgaria | | | | | | | 17.66 (w: 1.9 m/s) | CR |
| | Māris Bružiks | Soviet Union | | | | | | | 17.33 (w: 1.1 m/s) | |
| | Oleg Protsenko | Soviet Union | | | | | | | 17.28 w (w: 2.6 m/s) | |
| 4 | Georgi Pomashki | Bulgaria | | | | | | | 16.99 (w: 0.3 m/s) | |
| 5 | Dirk Gamlin | East Germany | | | | | | | 16.89 (w: -1.3 m/s) | |
| 6 | Nikolay Musiyenko | Soviet Union | | | | | | | 16.86 (w: 0.4 m/s) | |
| 7 | Volker Mai | East Germany | | | | | | | 16.74 (w: 0.0 m/s) | |
| 8 | Didier Falise | Belgium | | | | | | | 16.74 (w: 1.1 m/s) | |
| 9 | Serge Hélan | France | | | | | | | 16.64 (w: -0.3 m/s) | |
| 10 | Mike Makin | United Kingdom | | | | | | | 16.63 (w: -1.3 m/s) | |
| 11 | Arne Holm | Sweden | | | | | | | 16.37 (w: 0.8 m/s) | |
| 12 | Béla Bakosi | Hungary | | | | | | | 16.09 (w: -1.4 m/s) | |

### Qualification

29 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Nikolay Musiyenko | Soviet Union | 16.94 (w: 1.3 m/s) | Q |
| 2 | Volker Mai | East Germany | 16.93 (w: -0.8 m/s) | Q |
| 3 | Oleg Protsenko | Soviet Union | 16.93 (w: -1.4 m/s) | Q |
| 4 | Khristo Markov | Bulgaria | 16.90 (w: -2.8 m/s) | Q |
| 5 | Béla Bakosi | Hungary | 16.83 w (w: 3 m/s) | Q |
| 6 | Dirk Gamlin | East Germany | 16.75 (w: -0.7 m/s) | Q |
| 7 | Serge Hélan | France | 16.67 (w: -0.9 m/s) | Q |
| 8 | Didier Falise | Belgium | 16.66 (w: -1.1 m/s) | Q |
| 9 | Mike Makin | United Kingdom | 16.65 (w: 1.9 m/s) | Q |
| 10 | Māris Bružiks | Soviet Union | 16.60 (w: -1.2 m/s) | Q |
| 11 | Arne Holm | Sweden | 16.50 (w: -1.1 m/s) | Q |
| 12 | Georgi Pomashki | Bulgaria | 16.45 (w: -0.5 m/s) | Q |
| 13 | Dario Badinelli | Italy | 16.42 (w: 0.1 m/s) | |
| 14 | Ján Čado | Czechoslovakia | 16.39 (w: -0.3 m/s) | |
| 15 | Ivan Slanař | Czechoslovakia | 16.35 (w: -0.1 m/s) | |
| 16 | John Herbert | United Kingdom | 16.32 (w: -3.2 m/s) | |
| 17 | Jacek Pastusiński | Poland | 16.32 (w: -0.3 m/s) | |
| 18 | Peter Bouschen | West Germany | 16.10 (w: 0 m/s) | |
| 19 | Milan Mikuláš | Czechoslovakia | 16.10 (w: 0.4 m/s) | |
| 20 | Claes Rahm | Sweden | 15.83 (w: -1.0 m/s) | |
| 21 | Thomas Eriksson | Sweden | 15.79 | |
| 22 | Marios Hadjiandreou | Cyprus | 15.50 (w: -2.7 m/s) | |
| 23 | Wolfgang Zinser | West Germany | 15.12 (w: -3.4 m/s) | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
* Belgium (1)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czechoslovakia (3)
* East Germany (2)
* France (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (1)
* Poland (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Sweden (3)
* United Kingdom (2)
* West Germany (2)