# 2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump

The Men's triple jump event at the 2006 European Athletics Championships was held at the Ullevi on August 10 and August 12.

## Medalists

| Gold | Christian Olsson Sweden (SWE) |
| Silver | Nathan Douglas Great Britain (GBR) |
| Bronze | Marian Oprea Romania (ROM) |

## 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 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 10, 2006 | 19:20 | Qualification |
| August 12, 2006 | 15:50 | Final |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2006 European Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 18.29 m | August 7, 1995 | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Event Record | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 17.99 m | August 23, 1998 | Budapest, Hungary |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 16.95 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Christian Olsson | Sweden | 17.51 | | | 17.51 | Q |
| 2 | B | Nelson Évora | Portugal | 17.23 | | | 17.23 | Q, NR |
| 3 | B | Alexander Martínez | Switzerland | 13.69 | 17.13 | | 17.13 | Q, NR |
| 4 | A | Marian Oprea | Romania | 16.85 | 17.05 | | 17.05 | Q |
| 5 | A | Yevhen Semenenko | Ukraine | 17.03 | | | 17.03 | Q, PB |
| 6 | B | Aleksandr Sergeyev | Russia | 17.02 | | | 17.02 | Q |
| 7 | A | Phillips Idowu | Great Britain | 16.44 | 17.01 | | 17.01 | Q |
| 8 | B | Nathan Douglas | Great Britain | 16.79 | 16.84 | 16.77 | 16.84 | q |
| 9 | A | Viktor Yastrebov | Ukraine | 16.81 | 16.56 | 16.45 | 16.81 | q |
| 10 | A | Aleksandr Petrenko | Russia | 16.46 | 16.22 | 16.76 | 16.76 | q |
| 11 | B | Mykola Savolaynen | Ukraine | 16.43 | 16.64 | 16.75 | 16.75 | q |
| 12 | A | Danil Burkenya | Russia | 16.58 | 16.45 | 16.74 | 16.74 | q |
| 13 | B | Julien Kapek | France | 16.35 | 16.04 | 16.74 | 16.74 | |
| 14 | B | Larry Achike | Great Britain | 16.42 | 16.68 | x | 16.68 | |
| 15 | A | Dmitrij Valukevic | Slovakia | 16.67 | x | 16.64 | 16.67 | |
| 16 | B | Fabrizio Donato | Italy | 16.62 | x | 16.66 | 16.66 | |
| 17 | A | Michael Velter | Belgium | x | 16.17 | 16.56 | 16.56 | |
| 18 | B | Anders Møller | Denmark | 16.26 | 15.74 | 16.46 | 16.46 | SB |
| 19 | A | Fabrizio Schembri | Italy | 16.21 | 16.24 | 16.34 | 16.34 | |
| 20 | B | Lauri Leis | Estonia | x | 16.34 | 16.13 | 16.34 | |
| 21 | A | Karl Taillepierre | France | x | 16.34 | x | 16.34 | |
| 22 | A | Andrej Batagelj | Slovenia | 15.91 | x | 15.60 | 15.91 | |
| 23 | B | Daniel Donovici | Romania | x | x | 15.74 | 15.74 | |
| | A | Konstadinos Zalagitis | Greece | x | x | x | NM | |
| | A | Hristos Meletoglou | Greece | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Christian Olsson | Sweden | 17.20 | 17.67 | x | x | x | x | 17.67 | EL |
| | Nathan Douglas | Great Britain | 15.36 | 16.72 | 17.12 | 17.21 | x | x | 17.21 | |
| | Marian Oprea | Romania | 16.59 | 16.86 | x | 17.02 | 17.18 | x | 17.18 | |
| 4 | Nelson Évora | Portugal | 17.07 | x | x | x | x | 16.70 | 17.07 | |
| 5 | Phillips Idowu | Great Britain | x | 17.01 | 17.02 | x | 16.40 | x | 17.02 | |
| 6 | Danil Burkenya | Russia | 16.01 | 16.98 | 16.59 | 16.57 | 16.91 | 16.98 | 16.98 | |
| 7 | Viktor Yastrebov | Ukraine | 16.93 | 16.85 | 16.94 | 16.94 | 16.93 | 16.84 | 16.94 | |
| 8 | Mykola Savolaynen | Ukraine | 16.41 | 16.49 | 16.83 | x | 16.84 | x | 16.84 | |
| 9 | Alexander Martínez | Switzerland | 15.71 | 16.80 | 16.65 | | | | 16.80 | |
| 10 | Aleksandr Sergeyev | Russia | 16.65 | x | x | | | | 16.65 | |
| 11 | Aleksandr Petrenko | Russia | 16.26 | 16.60 | 16.55 | | | | 16.60 | |
| 12 | Yevhen Semenenko | Ukraine | 16.34 | x | 16.39 | | | | 16.39 | |