# 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump event at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 17 and 19 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Dmitrij Valukevic Belarus |
| Silver | Marian Oprea Romania |
| Bronze | Rudolf Helpling Germany |

## Results
### Final

19 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Dmitrij Valukevic | Belarus | 17.16 (w: 0.6 m/s) | 17.51 (w: 0.5 m/s) | x | 17.57 (w: 0.2 m/s) | 16.91 (w: 0.4 m/s) | x | 17.57 (w: 0.2 m/s) | CR |
| | Marian Oprea | Romania | 17.15 (w: 0.2 m/s) | 17.26 (w: 0.4 m/s) | 17.28 (w: 0.1 m/s) | x | 16.82 (w: 0.3 m/s) | 17.13 (w: 0.2 m/s) | 17.28 (w: 0.1 m/s) | |
| | Rudolf Helpling | Germany | 16.22 (w: 0.2 m/s) | 16.08 (w: 0.9 m/s) | 16.14 (w: 0.4 m/s) | 16.66 (w: 0.4 m/s) | 16.26 (w: 0.7 m/s) | x | 16.66 (w: 0.4 m/s) | |
| 4 | Momchil Karailiev | Bulgaria | 16.44 (w: 0.1 m/s) | 16.48 (w: 0.3 m/s) | 16.38 (w: 0.4 m/s) | 16.23 (w: 0.5 m/s) | 15.86 (w: 0.7 m/s) | 16.18 (w: 0.0 m/s) | 16.48 (w: 0.3 m/s) | |
| 5 | Aleksandr Sergeyev | Russia | 16.31 (w: 0.3 m/s) | 15.52 (w: 0.6 m/s) | 16.20 (w: 0.4 m/s) | 16.36 (w: 0.5 m/s) | x | 16.32 (w: -0.1 m/s) | 16.36 (w: 0.5 m/s) | |
| 6 | Yuri Litvinski | Bulgaria | 16.27 (w: 0.2 m/s) | 13.77 (w: 0.2 m/s) | x | 13.82 (w: 0.5 m/s) | 15.37 (w: 0.9 m/s) | x | 16.27 (w: 0.2 m/s) | |
| 7 | Fabrizio Schembri | Italy | 16.24 (w: 1.1 m/s) | 15.95 (w: 0.7 m/s) | x | 16.02 (w: 0.4 m/s) | 15.96 (w: 0.3 m/s) | 16.10 (w: 0.0 m/s) | 16.24 (w: 1.1 m/s) | |
| 8 | Péter Tölgyesi | Hungary | 13.69 (w: 0.8 m/s) | 15.96 (w: 0.3 m/s) | 16.22 (w: 0.7 m/s) | 16.22 (w: 0.6 m/s) | 16.05 (w: 0.4 m/s) | 15.95 (w: 0.2 m/s) | 16.22 (w: 0.6 m/s) | |
| 9 | Andreas Pohle | Germany | 15.78 (w: 1.3 m/s) | 16.17 (w: 0.1 m/s) | 15.73 (w: 0.2 m/s) | | | | 16.17 (w: 0.1 m/s) | |
| 10 | Vladimir Letnicov | Moldova | 15.20 (w: 1.0 m/s) | 15.78 (w: 0.6 m/s) | x | | | | 15.78 (w: 0.6 m/s) | |
| 11 | Chiril Lisnic | Moldova | 15.73 (w: 0.4 m/s) | x | x | | | | 15.73 (w: 0.4 m/s) | |
| 12 | Alassane Diarra | France | x | 15.05 (w: 0.4 m/s) | 15.67 (w: 0.5 m/s) | | | | 15.67 (w: 0.5 m/s) | |

### Qualifications

17 July Qualifying 16.50 or 12 best to the Final

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Dmitrij Valukevic | Belarus | 16.83 (w: 0.8 m/s) | Q |
| 2 | Yuri Litvinski | Bulgaria | 16.56 (w: 1.4 m/s) | Q |
| 3 | Andreas Pohle | Germany | 16.22 (w: 0.9 m/s) | q |
| 4 | Vladimir Letnicov | Moldova | 16.15 (w: 0.6 m/s) | q |
| 5 | Alassane Diarra | France | 16.03 (w: 0.6 m/s) | q |
| 6 | Aleksandr Sergeyev | Russia | 15.99 | q |
| 7 | Nathan Douglas | Great Britain | 15.68 (w: 0.9 m/s) | |
| 8 | Stelios Kapsalis | Cyprus | 15.52 (w: 1.1 m/s) | |
| 9 | Antonio Arciello | Italy | 14.94 (w: -0.1 m/s) | |
| 10 | Anton Andersson | Sweden | 14.51 (w: 0.9 m/s) | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Marian Oprea | Romania | 16.85 (w: -0.7 m/s) | Q |
| 2 | Momchil Karailiev | Bulgaria | 16.40 (w: -0.4 m/s) | q |
| 3 | Rudolf Helpling | Germany | 16.36 (w: -0.6 m/s) | q |
| 4 | Péter Tölgyesi | Hungary | 16.02 (w: -0.4 m/s) | q |
| 5 | Fabrizio Schembri | Italy | 15.98 (w: -0.7 m/s) | q |
| 6 | Chiril Lisnic | Moldova | 15.94 (w: -0.6 m/s) | q |
| 7 | Petr Hnízdil | Czech Republic | 15.76 (w: -0.4 m/s) | |
| 8 | Gaspar Araújo | Portugal | 15.41 (w: -0.6 m/s) | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
* Belarus (1)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* France (1)
* Germany (2)
* Great Britain (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (2)
* Moldova (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (1)
* Sweden (1)