1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump
# 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump event at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 March in Grenoble.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Viktor Saneyev | Soviet Union | 16.80 | 16.87 | x | 16.47 | 16.97 | 16.96 | 16.97 | WB |
| | Carol Corbu | Romania | 16.40 | 16.72 | 16.73 | 16.25 | 16.89 | 16.76 | 16.89 | |
| | Valentyn Shevchenko | Soviet Union | 15.83 | 16.31 | 15.78 | 16.34 | 16.73 | | 16.73 | |
| 4 | Gennadiy Bessonov | Soviet Union | 16.34 | 15.73 | 16.55 | 16.30 | 16.56 | 16.58 | 16.58 | |
| 5 | Milan Spasojević | Yugoslavia | x | 16.22 | 16.29 | 15.87 | x | x | 16.29 | |
| 6 | Michael Sauer | West Germany | 16.15 | 16.27 | 15.92 | 15.81 | 15.96 | 15.82 | 16.27 | |
| 7 | Bernard Lamitié | France | 16.03 | 15.68 | 16.26 | x | x | x | 16.26 | |
| 8 | Michał Joachimowski | Poland | x | x | 16.21 | x | 16.11 | x | 16.21 | |
| 9 | Andrzej Lasocki | Poland | 15.57 | 15.86 | x | | | | 15.86 | |
| 10 | Václav Fišer | Czechoslovakia | 15.40 | x | 15.64 | | | | 15.64 | |
| 11 | Eugeniusz Biskupski | Poland | x | x | 15.38 | | | | 15.38 | |
