Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Men's triple jump
# Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 15 and 17 July 1987.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Charles Simpkins United States | Kenny Harrison United States | Māris Bružiks Soviet Union |

## Results

### Qualification

| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | ? | Kenny Harrison | United States | 16.96 |
| 2 | ? | Charles Simpkins | United States | 16.68 |
| 3 | ? | Norifumi Yamashita | Japan | 16.50 |
| 4 | ? | Māris Bružiks | Soviet Union | 16.47 |
| 5 | ? | Edrick Floréal | Canada | 16.45 |
| 6 | ? | Nenad Velimirović | Yugoslavia | 16.42 |
| 7 | ? | José Leitão | Portugal | 16.34 |
| 8 | ? | Francis Dodoo | Ghana | 16.20 |
| 9 | ? | Jonathan Edwards | Great Britain | 16.18 |
| 10 | ? | Đorđe Kožul | Yugoslavia | 16.16 |
| 11 | ? | Jörg Elbe | East Germany | 16.12 |
| 12 | ? | Paolo Challancin | Italy | 16.03 |
| 13 | ? | Marios Hadjiandreou | Cyprus | 15.96 |
| 14 | ? | Theodoros Tantanozis | Greece | 15.94 |
| 15 | ? | Chen Yanping | China | 15.80 |
| 16 | ? | Gianni Cecconi | Italy | 15.77 |
| 17 | ? | Fethi Khalifa Abou | Libya | 15.71 |
| 18 | ? | Armand Gbaguidi | Benin | 15.28 |
| 19 | ? | Billy Oakes | Ireland | 15.08 |
| 20 | ? | Ricardo Valiente | Peru | 14.76 |
| 21 | ? | Marvin Reid | Jamaica | 13.80 |
| 22 | ? | Viasi Narukutabua | Fiji | 13.79 |
| 22 | ? | Hassan Ghazala | Morocco | 13.79 |
| 24 | ? | Darshana Wijegunasinghe | Sri Lanka | 13.51 |
| 25 | ? | Jone Marayawa | Fiji | 12.42 |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Charles Simpkins | United States | 17.16 |
| | Kenny Harrison | United States | 17.07 |
| | Māris Bružiks | Soviet Union | 16.90 |
| 4 | Đorđe Kožul | Yugoslavia | 16.79 |
| 5 | Francis Dodoo | Ghana | 16.78 |
| 6 | Norifumi Yamashita | Japan | 16.52 |
| 7 | José Leitão | Portugal | 16.49 |
| 8 | Edrick Floréal | Canada | 16.37 |
| 9 | Jonathan Edwards | Great Britain | 15.96 |
| 10 | Jörg Elbe | East Germany | 15.93 |
| 11 | Paolo Challancin | Italy | 15.81 |
| 12 | Nenad Velimirović | Yugoslavia | 14.18 |
