1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump
# 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 9–10 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Māris Bružiks Latvia | Francis Agyepong Great Britain | Armen Martirosyan Armenia |

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification performance: 16.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Francis Agyepong | Great Britain | 16.97 | | | 16.97 | Q |
| 2 | Aleksandr Aseledchenko | Russia | 16.80 | | | 16.80 | Q |
| 3 | Māris Bružiks | Latvia | 16.58 | 16.63 | – | 16.63 | q |
| 4 | Sigurd Njerve | Norway | 14.65 | 15.32 | 16.58 | 16.58 | q |
| 5 | Ketill Hanstveit | Norway | 16.39 | 16.57 | – | 16.57 | q |
| 6 | Ionel Eftemie | Romania | 16.47 | 16.46 | 15.90 | 16.47 | q |
| 7 | Armen Martirosyan | Armenia | 15.08 | 16.26 | 16.46 | 16.46 | q |
| 8 | Arne Holm | Sweden | 16.38 | x | x | 16.38 | q |
| 9 | Igor Gavrilenko | Russia | 15.36 | 16.24 | 16.37 | 16.37 | q |
| 10 | Lars Hedman | Sweden | 16.04 | 16.24 | 16.04 | 16.24 | q |
| 11 | Yaroslav Ivanov | Bulgaria | x | 15.94 | 16.19 | 16.19 | q |
| 12 | Galin Georgiev | Bulgaria | 15.87 | x | 15.98 | 15.98 | q |
| 13 | Viktor Sotnikov | Russia | 14.52 | 15.46 | 15.67 | 15.67 | |
| 14 | Carlos Calado | Portugal | 15.50 | 15.63 | 15.48 | 15.63 | |
| 15 | Murat Ayaydın | Turkey | x | 14.66 | x | 14.66 | |
| | Kenny Boudine | France | | | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Māris Bružiks | Latvia | 16.75 | x | 16.83 | 16.93 | x | 16.97 | 16.97 |
| | Francis Agyepong | Great Britain | 16.79 | 16.93 | 16.50 | - | x | x | 16.93 |
| | Armen Martirosyan | Armenia | x | 16.40 | x | x | 16.30 | 16.74 | 16.74 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Aseledchenko | Russia | x | 16.37 | x | 16.70 | 16.28 | 16.15 | 16.70 |
| 5 | Arne Holm | Sweden | 16.46 | 16.60 | 16.33 | 16.07 | 16.57 | 15.21 | 16.60 |
| 6 | Igor Gavrilenko | Russia | 16.38 | x | 16.58 | x | 16.42 | 16.50 | 16.58 |
| 7 | Ionel Eftemie | Romania | 15.92 | 16.50 | x | 15.60 | x | 16.21 | 16.50 |
| 8 | Ketill Hanstveit | Norway | x | 16.35 | 16.17 | x | x | x | 16.35 |
| 9 | Yaroslav Ivanov | Bulgaria | x | 16.34 | 16.08 | | | | 16.34 |
| 10 | Sigurd Njerve | Norway | x | 16.24 | 16.33 | | | | 16.33 |
| 11 | Galin Georgiev | Bulgaria | 16.18 | x | x | | | | 16.18 |
| | Lars Hedman | Sweden | x | x | x | | | | NM |
