2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's triple jump
# 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 20 and 21 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Lázaro Martínez Cuba |
| - | - |
| Silver | Cristian Nápoles Cuba |
| Bronze | Melvin Raffin France |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics :

| World Junior Record | Volker Mai (GDR) | 17.50 | Erfurt, East Germany | 23 June 1985 |
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| Championship Record | Lázaro Martínez (CUB) | 17.13 | Eugene, United States | 27 July 2014 |
| World Junior Leading | Cristian Nápoles (CUB) | 16.92 | Havana, Cuba | 17 June 2016 |

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification: 16.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Cristian Nápoles | Cuba | 16.53 | | | 16.53 | Q |
| 2 | B | Lázaro Martínez | Cuba | 16.49 | | | 16.49 | Q |
| 3 | A | Melvin Raffin | France | x | 16.05 | 16.20 | 16.20 | Q |
| 4 | B | Philipp Kronsteiner | Austria | 15.56 | 16.19 | | 16.19 | Q, NU20R |
| 5 | A | Armani Wallace | United States | x | 15.49 | 16.04 | 16.04 | q |
| 6 | B | Jordan Scott | Jamaica | x | 15.91 | 15.99 | 15.99 | q |
| 7 | B | Charles Brown Jr. | United States | 15.71 | 15.55 | 15.97 | 15.97 | q |
| 8 | B | Miguel van Assen | Suriname | 15.86 | 15.78 | 15.92 | 15.92 | q |
| 9 | A | Sung Jin-suok | South Korea | 15.76 | 15.71 | 15.91 | 15.91 | q |
| 10 | A | Du Mingze | China | 15.90 | 15.51 | 15.71 | 15.90 | q |
| 11 | A | Pavlo Beznis | Ukraine | 14.75 | 15.87 | 15.48 | 15.87 | q |
| 12 | B | Liu Mingxuan | China | 15.27 | 15.80 | 15.26 | 15.80 | q |
| 13 | B | Oleksandr Malosilov | Ukraine | 15.39 | 15.63 | 15.78 | 15.78 | |
| 14 | A | Tobia Bocchi | Italy | 15.68 | 15.74 | 15.41 | 15.74 | |
| 15 | B | Nazim Babayev | Azerbaijan | 15.74 | x | 15.56 | 15.74 | |
| 16 | A | Christoph Garritsen | Germany | 15.17 | 15.61 | 15.73 | 15.73 | |
| 17 | B | Mutsuki Harada | Japan | 15.25 | 14.20 | 15.70 | 15.70 | |
| 18 | B | Alejandro Matantu | Spain | 14.55 | 15.69 | 15.46w | 15.69 | |
| 19 | B | Murillo Santos | Brazil | 15.64 | x | 15.15 | 15.64 | PB |
| 20 | A | Julian Konle | Australia | x | x | 15.60 | 15.60 | |
| 21 | B | Jordan Caraman | France | x | 15.58 | 15.51 | 15.58 | |
| 22 | B | Goga Maglakelidze | Georgia | 14.73 | 15.44 | x | 15.44 | |
| 23 | A | Javier Lowe | Jamaica | 14.64 | 15.21 | 15.38 | 15.38 | |
| 24 | B | Mert Çiçek | Turkey | 15.29 | 14.98 | x | 15.29 | |
| 25 | B | Benjamin Bauer | Germany | 15.25 | 15.09 | x | 15.25 | |
| 26 | B | Chamal Waduge | Sri Lanka | x | x | 15.22 | 15.22 | |
| 27 | A | Oleksandr Lyashchenko | Portugal | 15.13 | x | 15.11 | 15.13 | |
| 28 | B | Fabio Camattari | Italy | 14.63 | 14.75 | 15.03 | 15.03 | |
| 29 | A | Necati Er | Turkey | x | 15.01 | 15.02 | 15.02 | |
| 30 | A | Sonu Kumar | India | 14.73 | 14.51 | x | 14.73 | |
| 31 | A | Shreshan Dhananjaya Liyanapedige | Sri Lanka | 13.71 | 14.30 | 14.38 | 14.38 | |
| 32 | A | Holland Martin | Bahamas | x | x | 14.35 | 14.35 | |
| 33 | A | Chakkrit Panthasa | Thailand | x | 13.73 | x | 13.73 | |
| | A | Kristóf Pap | Hungary | x | x | x | NM | |
| | B | Nam Su-hwan | South Korea | x | x | x | NM | |
| | B | Nikolaos Andrikopoulos | Greece | x | x | x | NM | |
| | A | Hesham Eldesouky | Egypt | | | | DNS | |
| | A | Fabian Ime Edoki | Nigeria | | | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | Result | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Lázaro Martínez | Cuba | 16.59 | 16.07 | 17.06 | x | 17.06 | WU20L |
| | Cristian Nápoles | Cuba | 16.50 | 14.78 | 16.41 | 16.62 | 16.62 | |
| | Melvin Raffin | France | 16.37 | x | 16.30 | 15.81 | 16.37 | |
| 4 | Philipp Kronsteiner | Austria | 16.11 | 16.20 | 16.25 | 16.10 | 16.25 | NU20R |
| 5 | Sung Jin-suok | South Korea | 15.87 | 15.71 | 16.11 | 16.09 | 16.11 | |
| 6 | Jordan Scott | Jamaica | 15.56 | 15.16 | 16.01 | 15.69 | 16.01 | PB |
| 7 | Liu Mingxuan | China | 16.01 | 15.50 | 15.50 | | 16.01 | |
| 8 | Miguel van Assen | Suriname | 15.75 | 14.63 | 15.70 | | 15.75 | |
| 9 | Pavlo Beznis | Ukraine | 15.59 | 15.45 | 15.70 | | 15.70 | |
| 10 | Charles Brown Jr. | United States | 15.60 | 15.57 | x | | 15.60 | |
| 11 | Du Mingze | China | 15.41 | 15.06 | x | | 15.41 | |
| 12 | Armani Wallace | United States | x | 15.10 | x | | 15.10 | |
