# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27 and 29 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Phillips Idowu Great Britain (GBR) |
| Silver | Marian Oprea Romania (ROU) |
| Bronze | Teddy Tamgho France (FRA) |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 18.29 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 7 August 1995 |
| European record | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 18.29 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 7 August 1995 |
| Championship record | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 17.99 | Budapest, Hungary | 23 August 1998 |
| World Leading | Teddy Tamgho (FRA) | 17.98 | New York City, NY, United States | 12 June 2010 |
| European Leading | Teddy Tamgho (FRA) | 17.98 | New York City, NY, United States | 12 June 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 27 July 2010 | 20:20 | Qualification |
| 29 July 2010 | 19:40 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 16.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Teddy Tamgho | France (FRA) | x | 17.37 | | 17.37 | Q |
| 2 | B | Viktor Kuznyetsov | Ukraine (UKR) | x | 17.22 | | 17.22 | Q |
| 3 | A | Benjamin Compaoré | France (FRA) | x | 17.19 | | 17.19 | Q |
| 4 | A | Phillips Idowu | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 17.10 | | | 17.10 | Q |
| 5 | A | Momchil Karailiev | Bulgaria (BUL) | 17.05 | | | 17.05 | Q |
| 6 | B | Marian Oprea | Romania (ROM) | 17.03 | | | 17.03 | Q |
| 7 | B | Dimítrios Tsiámis | Greece (GRE) | 16.73 | 16.98 | | 16.98 | Q, SB |
| 8 | A | Fabrizio Schembri | Italy (ITA) | 16.96 | | | 16.96 | Q, SB |
| 9 | B | Vladimir Letnicov | Moldova (MDA) | 16.14 | 16.94 | | 16.94 | Q |
| 10 | A | Fabrizio Donato | Italy (ITA) | x | 16.88 | | 16.88 | Q |
| 11 | A | Lyukman Adams | Russia (RUS) | 15.85 | 16.56 | 16.86 | 16.86 | Q |
| 12 | B | Nathan Douglas | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 16.80 | | | 16.80 | Q |
| 13 | B | Dmitrij Vaľukevič | Slovakia (SVK) | 16.78 | | | 16.78 | Q |
| 14 | A | Yochai Halevi | Israel (ISR) | 16.34 | 16.76 | | 16.76 | Q, PB |
| 15 | B | Jaanus Uudmäe | Estonia (EST) | x | x | 16.72 | 16.72 | |
| 16 | B | Siarhei Ivanou | Belarus (BLR) | 16.66 | 14.81 | 16.18 | 16.66 | |
| 17 | B | Daniele Greco | Italy (ITA) | x | 16.37 | 16.51 | 16.51 | |
| 18 | A | Andrés Capellán | Spain (ESP) | 15.91 | 16.38 | 15.06 | 16.38 | SB |
| 19 | A | Igor Sjunin | Estonia (EST) | 16.25 | 16.35 | 14.50 | 16.35 | |
| 20 | B | Yevgeniy Plotnir | Russia (RUS) | 15.44 | 16.12 | 16.34 | 16.34 | |
| 21 | A | Mantas Dilys | Lithuania (LTU) | 16.32 | x | 16.08 | 16.32 | SB |
| 22 | A | Zhivko Petkov | Bulgaria (BUL) | x | x | 16.20 | 16.20 | |
| 23 | A | Dzmitry Platnitski | Belarus (BLR) | x | 13.92 | 15.95 | 15.95 | |
| 24 | B | Zacharias Arnos | Cyprus (CYP) | x | 15.35 | 15.85 | 15.85 | |
| 25 | B | Alexander Martínez | Switzerland (SUI) | 15.55 | x | x | 15.55 | |
| 26 | A | Nikólaos Frággos | Greece (GRE) | x | 15.50 | x | 15.50 | |
| 27 | B | Redjep Selman | Macedonia (MKD) | x | x | 15.39 | 15.39 | SB |
| | A | Ilya Yefremov | Russia (RUS) | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Phillips Idowu | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 17.46 | 17.47 | 17.40 | 17.81 | x | – | 17.81 | PB |
| | Marian Oprea | Romania (ROM) | 16.15 | 17.19 | 16.61 | 16.75 | 17.51 | x | 17.51 | SB |
| | Teddy Tamgho | France (FRA) | 17.12 | 17.42 | x | x | 17.45 | 17.34 | 17.45 | |
| 4 | Viktor Kuznyetsov | Ukraine (UKR) | 16.97 | 16.82 | 17.29 | 16.52 | x | 16.46 | 17.29 | PB |
| 5 | Benjamin Compaoré | France (FRA) | 16.74 | 16.38 | 14.26 | 16.99 | x | x | 16.99 | |
| 6 | Lyukman Adams | Russia (RUS) | 16.78 | x | 15.89 | 16.78 | x | 16.40 | 16.78 | |
| 7 | Dmitrij Vaľukevič | Slovakia (SVK) | 16.51 | 16.75 | 16.77 | 16.75 | x | 16.37 | 16.77 | |
| 8 | Fabrizio Schembri | Italy (ITA) | x | 16.60 | 16.40 | 16.42 | 16.61 | 16.73 | 16.73 | |
| 9 | Fabrizio Donato | Italy (ITA) | 16.35 | 16.33 | 16.54 | | | | 16.54 | |
| 10 | Nathan Douglas | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | x | 16.48 | 15.53 | | | | 16.48 | |
| 11 | Yochai Halevi | Israel (ISR) | 16.39 | 16.39 | 16.43 | | | | 16.43 | |
| 12 | Vladimir Letnicov | Moldova (MDA) | 15.48 | x | 16.37 | | | | 16.37 | |
| 13 | Dimítrios Tsiámis | Greece (GRE) | 15.96 | 16.13 | 16.31 | | | | 16.31 | |
| 14 | Momchil Karailiev | Bulgaria (BUL) | x | 15.24 | x | | | | 15.24 | |