# 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 19 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Yoelbi Quesada Cuba |
| Silver | Osiris Mora Cuba |
| Bronze | Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa Zimbabwe |

## Results
### Final

19 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Yoelbi Quesada | Cuba | 16.80 (w: -0.4 m/s) | 16.58 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 16.64 (w: -0.3 m/s) | 16.72 (w: +0.3 m/s) | x | 17.04 (w: +0.4 m/s) | 17.04 (w: +0.4 m/s) | |
| | Osiris Mora | Cuba | 16.12 (w: -1.7 m/s) | 16.83 (w: -0.3 m/s) | x | x | 17.03 (w: +0.6 m/s) | x | 17.03 (w: +0.6 m/s) | |
| | Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa | Zimbabwe | 15.80 (w: +0.2 m/s) | 16.16 (w: -0.4 m/s) | 16.13 (w: +0.1 m/s) | 15.23 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 16.57 (w: +0.9 m/s) | x | 16.57 (w: +0.9 m/s) | |
| 4 | Yaroslav Ivanov | Bulgaria | 15.84 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 16.35 (w: -0.1 m/s) | 15.49 (w: -0.2 m/s) | 16.08 (w: -0.2 m/s) | 16.17 (w: +0.4 m/s) | x | 16.35 (w: -0.1 m/s) | |
| 5 | Peter Burge | Australia | 15.74 (w: -0.5 m/s) | 15.82 (w: -0.3 m/s) | 16.19 (w: +0.2 m/s) | 15.92 (w: -0.6 m/s) | - | 15.69 (w: -0.2 m/s) | 16.19 (w: +0.2 m/s) | |
| 6 | Lenards Ozoliņš | Latvia | 15.35 (w: +0.4 m/s) | 15.14 (w: -0.4 m/s) | 15.85 (w: -0.2 m/s) | 15.91 (w: +0.7 m/s) | 14.21 (w: +0.1 m/s) | 15.75 (w: 0.0 m/s) | 15.91 (w: +0.7 m/s) | |
| 7 | Kenichi Sumita | Japan | 15.78 (w: 0.0 m/s) | x | x | x | 15.90 (w: -0.4 m/s) | x | 15.90 (w: -0.4 m/s) | |
| 8 | Duan Qifeng | China | 15.78 (w: -0.4 m/s) | x | 15.34 (w: -0.6 m/s) | 15.35 (w: +0.4 m/s) | - | - | 15.78 (w: -0.4 m/s) | |
| 9 | Brian Ellis | United States | x | 15.57 (w: -0.6 m/s) | x | | | | 15.57 (w: -0.6 m/s) | |
| 10 | Ketill Hanstveit | Norway | 15.45 (w: -0.4 m/s) | 15.52 (w: -1.1 m/s) | x | | | | 15.52 (w: -1.1 m/s) | |
| 11 | Larry Achike | United Kingdom | 14.74 (w: 0.0 m/s) | 15.33 (w: -0.2 m/s) | 15.24 (w: -0.2 m/s) | | | | 15.33 (w: -0.2 m/s) | |
| 12 | Dmitriy Abakumov | Commonwealth of Independent States | x | 15.16 (w: -1.3 m/s) | 15.29 (w: -0.2 m/s) | | | | 15.29 (w: -0.2 m/s) | |

### Qualifications

18 Sep

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Osiris Mora | Cuba | 16.41 (w: -0.7 m/s) | - | - | 16.41 (w: -0.7 m/s) | Q |
| 2 | Ketill Hanstveit | Norway | 15.78 (w: 0.0 m/s) | - | - | 15.78 (w: 0.0 m/s) | Q |
| 3 | Larry Achike | United Kingdom | 15.73 (w: +0.4 m/s) | - | - | 15.73 (w: +0.4 m/s) | Q |
| 4 | Lenards Ozoliņš | Latvia | 15.50 (w: -1.5 m/s) | 15.71 (w: +0.3 m/s) | - | 15.71 (w: +0.3 m/s) | Q |
| 5 | Yaroslav Ivanov | Bulgaria | 15.71 (w: +0.2 m/s) | - | - | 15.71 (w: +0.2 m/s) | Q |
| 6 | Peter Burge | Australia | 15.66 (w: +0.6 m/s) | - | - | 15.66 (w: +0.6 m/s) | Q |
| 7 | Dmitriy Abakumov | Commonwealth of Independent States | 15.53 (w: -0.2 m/s) | 15.52 (w: -0.7 m/s) | 15.56 (w: -0.4 m/s) | 15.56 (w: -0.4 m/s) | q |
| 8 | Brian Ellis | United States | x | x | 15.55 (w: +0.6 m/s) | 15.55 (w: +0.6 m/s) | q |
| 9 | Masayuki Sakaino | Japan | 15.51 (w: +1.0 m/s) | x | 15.53 (w: -0.7 m/s) | 15.53 (w: -0.7 m/s) | |
| 10 | Kim Yeong-Mo | South Korea | x | 15.30 (w: +0.2 m/s) | 15.51 (w: +0.2 m/s) | 15.51 (w: +0.2 m/s) | |
| 11 | Steffen Müller | Germany | 15.21 (w: +0.3 m/s) | 15.14 (w: -0.7 m/s) | 14.53 (w: -1.0 m/s) | 15.21 (w: +0.3 m/s) | |
| 12 | Avi Tayari | Israel | 15.14 (w: -0.7 m/s) | 14.80 (w: -0.2 m/s) | 14.72 (w: +0.2 m/s) | 15.14 (w: -0.7 m/s) | |
| 13 | Gökhan Gülsoy | Turkey | x | 14.40 (w: -0.8 m/s) | x | 14.40 (w: -0.8 m/s) | |
| 14 | Antônio da Costa | Brazil | 14.38 (w: -1.0 m/s) | x | - | 14.38 (w: -1.0 m/s) | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Yoelbi Quesada | Cuba | 16.82 (w: -0.5 m/s) | - | - | 16.82 (w: -0.5 m/s) | Q |
| 2 | Duan Qifeng | China | 14.88 (w: +1.0 m/s) | 16.03 (w: +1.0 m/s) | - | 16.03 (w: +1.0 m/s) | Q |
| 3 | Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa | Zimbabwe | x | x | 15.70 (w: -1.3 m/s) | 15.70 (w: -1.3 m/s) | Q |
| 4 | Kenichi Sumita | Japan | x | 15.08 (w: -1.0 m/s) | 15.67 (w: -0.6 m/s) | 15.67 (w: -0.6 m/s) | Q |
| 5 | Jason Wight | Australia | x | 15.53 (w: -0.7 m/s) | 15.11 (w: -0.6 m/s) | 15.53 (w: -0.7 m/s) | |
| 6 | Aleksey Peshcherov | Commonwealth of Independent States | x | 15.44 (w: +0.1 m/s) | 15.42 (w: +0.4 m/s) | 15.44 (w: +0.1 m/s) | |
| 7 | Daniel Román | Spain | 14.88 (w: -0.2 m/s) | 15.32 (w: +0.6 m/s) | 15.41 (w: +0.7 m/s) | 15.41 (w: +0.7 m/s) | |
| 8 | Márcio da Cruz | Brazil | 15.05 (w: -0.9 m/s) | 15.33 (w: +0.3 m/s) | x | 15.33 (w: +0.3 m/s) | |
| 9 | Silvio Rietscher | Germany | 15.32 (w: +0.5 m/s) | 15.17 (w: +0.4 m/s) | x | 15.32 (w: +0.5 m/s) | |
| 10 | Rostislav Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 14.50 (w: +0.4 m/s) | 15.22 (w: -0.6 m/s) | 15.21 (w: -0.8 m/s) | 15.22 (w: -0.6 m/s) | |
| 11 | Emmanuel Barnes-Smith | United States | x | 14.70 (w: -0.4 m/s) | 15.06 (w: +0.8 m/s) | 15.06 (w: +0.8 m/s) | |
| 12 | Lee Ha-Sil | South Korea | x | 14.75 (w: -0.5 m/s) | x | 14.75 (w: -0.5 m/s) | |
| 13 | Gordon Mulenga | Zambia | 14.74 (w: 0.0 m/s) | 14.40 (w: +0.6 m/s) | 14.61 (w: -0.6 m/s) | 14.74 (w: 0.0 m/s) | |
| | Keita Cline | British Virgin Islands | x | x | x | NM | |
| | Paul L'Esperance | Seychelles | x | x | x | NM | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (2)
* Brazil (2)
* British Virgin Islands (1)
* Bulgaria (2)
* China (1)
* Commonwealth of Independent States (2)
* Cuba (2)
* Germany (2)
* Israel (1)
* Japan (2)
* Latvia (1)
* Norway (1)
* Seychelles (1)
* South Korea (2)
* Spain (1)
* Turkey (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)
* Zambia (1)
* Zimbabwe (1)