# 2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 28 and 30 June.

## Medalists

| Gold | Fabrizio Donato Italy |
| Silver | Sheryf El-Sheryf Ukraine |
| Bronze | Aliaksei Tsapik Belarus |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 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 | Christian Taylor (USA) | 17.62 | Eugene, United States | 1 June 2012 |
| European Leading | Lyukman Adams (RUS) | 17.53 | Sochi, Russia | 27 May 2012 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 28 June 2012 | 12:20 | Qualification |
| 30 June 2012 | 19:05 | 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 | A | Fabrizio Donato | Italy | 17.17 | | | 17.17 | Q |
| 2 | B | Karol Hoffmann | Poland | 17.09 | | | 17.09 | Q, PB |
| 3 | B | Aliaksei Tsapik | Belarus | x | 16.95 | | 16.95 | Q |
| 4 | A | Sheryf El-Sheryf | Ukraine | 16.91 | | | 16.91 | Q |
| 5 | B | Momchil Karailiev | Bulgaria | 16.73 | 16.50 | – | 16.73 | q |
| 6 | A | Yochai Halevi | Israel | 16.67 | 16.13 | 16.53 | 16.67 | q |
| 7 | B | Fabrizio Schembri | Italy | 16.49 | 16.58 | 16.29 | 16.58 | q |
| 8 | B | Zlatozar Atanasov | Bulgaria | x | 15.98 | 16.58 | 16.58 | q |
| 9 | B | Andreas Pohle | Germany | x | 14.15 | 16.54 | 16.54 | q |
| 10 | A | Dimitrios Tsiamis | Greece | 16.55 | 15.75 | x | 16.55 | q |
| 11 | A | Dzmitry Platnitski | Belarus | 15.70 | 16.47 | x | 16.47 | q |
| 12 | B | Aleksey Fyodorov | Russia | 14.93 | x | 16.43 | 16.43 | q |
| 13 | B | Fabian Florant | Netherlands | x | x | 16.35 | 16.35 | SB |
| 14 | B | Aleksi Tammentie | Finland | 16.23 | 16.32 | 16.15 | 16.32 | PB |
| 15 | A | Larry Achike | Great Britain | 15.77 | 16.25 | 16.13 | 16.25 | |
| 16 | A | Lisvany Pérez | Spain | 15.79 | 16.24 | 16.12 | 16.24 | |
| 17 | A | Zacharias Arnos | Cyprus | 16.23 | 16.02 | 16.02 | 16.23 | |
| 18 | A | Karl Taillepierre | France | 15.10 | 15.55 | 16.20 | 16.20 | |
| 19 | A | Marian Oprea | Romania | 16.17 | x | x | 16.17 | |
| 20 | B | Igor Sjunin | Estonia | 16.12 | x | 16.24 | 16.24 | |
| 21 | A | Anders Møller | Denmark | 15.98 | 13.23 | 15.60 | 15.98 | SB |
| 22 | B | Marcos Caldeira | Portugal | 15.95 | x | x | 15.95 | |
| 23 | B | Daniele Greco | Italy | 15.90 | x | x | 15.90 | |
| 24 | A | Ruslan Samitov | Russia | 15.40 | 15.86 | 16.32 | 16.32 | |
| 25 | A | Rumen Dimitrov | Bulgaria | x | 15.12 | 15.60 | 15.60 | |
| 26 | B | Vicente Docavo | Spain | x | x | 14.28 | 14.28 | |
| | A | Mantas Dilys | Lithuania | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Fabrizio Donato | Italy | 17.63w | 17.53 | 17.49 | 17.17 | – | 16.08 | 17.63w | =EL |
| | Sheryf El-Sheryf | Ukraine | 17.28w | 16.99 | 16.94 | 16.57 | – | – | 17.28w | |
| | Aliaksei Tsapik | Belarus | 16.18 | 16.97w | x | 15.38 | 16.65 | 16.83w | 16.97w | |
| 4 | Aleksey Fyodorov | Russia | x | 16.83 | x | 16.72 | 16.68 | 16.79 | 16.83 | SB |
| 5 | Momchil Karailiev | Bulgaria | x | 16.77 | 16.68w | 16.61 | x | x | 16.77 | |
| 6 | Karol Hoffmann | Poland | 16.74 | 16.06 | x | 16.71w | x | 16.47 | 16.74 | |
| 7 | Dzmitry Platnitski | Belarus | x | x | 16.56w | x | 16.68 | 16.50 | 16.68 | |
| 8 | Yochai Halevi | Israel | 16.24 | 16.25 | 16.62 | 16.19 | 16.62 | 16.67 | 16.67 | |
| 9 | Dimitrios Tsiamis | Greece | 16.52 | 16.19w | 16.44 | | | | 16.52 | |
| 10 | Fabrizio Schembri | Italy | 16.34 | x | 16.40w | | | | 16.40w | |
| 11 | Zlatozar Atanasov | Bulgaria | 15.74 | 16.03 | 16.39 | | | | 16.39 | |
| 12 | Andreas Pohle | Germany | x | x | 16.34 | | | | 16.34 | |
* Note: w = wind-assisted