# 1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump

These are the official results of the Men's triple jump event at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 20 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on 13 August 1994. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 16.80 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held in Thursday August 11, 1994.

## Medalists

| Gold | Denis Kapustin Russia (RUS) |
| Silver | Serge Hélan France (FRA) |
| Bronze | Māris Bružiks Latvia (LAT) |

## 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 |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1994 European Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Willie Banks (USA) | 17.97 m | June 16, 1985 | Indianapolis, United States |
| Event Record | Leonid Voloshin (URS) | 17.74 m | August 31, 1990 | Split, Yugoslavia |

## Qualification

Qualification standard: 16.85 metres or 12 best qualified for the final

### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Gennadiy Markov (RUS) | | | | 16.66 m | q |
| 2 | 5 | Māris Bružiks (LAT) | | | | 16.54 m | q |
| 3 | 6 | Zsolt Czingler (HUN) | | | | 16.45 m | q |
| 4 | 7 | Georges Sainte-Rose (FRA) | | | | 16.43 m | q |
| 5 | 8 | Julian Golley (GBR) | 16.41 m | | | 16.41 m | q |
| 6 | 9 | Vasiliy Sokov (RUS) | | | | 16.38 m | q |
| 7 | 13 | Alex Norca (FRA) | | | | 16.23 m | |
| 8 | 14 | Volker Mai (GER) | | | | 16.22 m | |
| 9 | 17 | Ketill Hanstveit (NOR) | | | | 15.84 m | |
| 10 | 19 | Pierre Andersson (SWE) | | | | 15.56 m | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 16.20 m | 16.72 m | | 16.72 m | q |
| 2 | 2 | Serge Hélan (FRA) | | | | 16.68 m | q |
| 3 | 4 | Denis Kapustin (RUS) | | | | 16.60 m | q |
| 4 | 10 | Audrius Raizgys (LTU) | | | | 16.37 m | q |
| 5 | 11 | Milan Mikuláš (CZE) | | | | 16.31 m | q |
| 6 | 12 | Heikki Herva (FIN) | | | | 16.24 m | q |
| 7 | 15 | Arne Holm (SWE) | | | | 16.21 m | |
| 8 | 16 | Marios Hadjiandreou (CYP) | | | | 16.07 m | |
| 9 | 17 | Stoyko Tsonov (BUL) | | | | 15.84 m | |
| — | — | Francis Agyepong (GBR) | X | X | X | NM | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Note |
| | Denis Kapustin (RUS) | | | | | | | 17.62 m | PB |
| | Serge Hélan (FRA) | | | | | | | 17.55 m | NR |
| | Māris Bružiks (LAT) | | | | | | | 17.20 m | |
| 4 | Vasiliy Sokov (RUS) | | | | | | | 16.97 m | |
| 5 | Gennadiy Markov (RUS) | | | | | | | 16.89 m | |
| 6 | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | | | | | | | 16.85 m | |
| 7 | Georges Sainte-Rose (FRA) | | | | | | | 16.59 m | |
| 8 | Audrius Raizgys (LTU) | | | | | | | 16.59 m | |
| 9 | Julian Golley (GBR) | | | | | | | 16.35 m | |
| 10 | Milan Mikuláš (CZE) | | | | | | | 16.29 m | |
| 11 | Zsolt Czingler (HUN) | | | | | | | 16.21 m | |
| 12 | Heikki Herva (FIN) | | | | | | | 16.08 m | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
* Bulgaria (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (3)
* Germany (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Latvia (1)
* Lithuania (1)
* Norway (1)
* Russia (3)
* Sweden (2)
* United Kingdom (3)