1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
# 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

These are the official results of the men's triple jump event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 27 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on 8 August 1983.

## Medalists

| Gold | Zdzisław Hoffmann Poland (POL) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Willie Banks United States (USA) |
| Bronze | Ajayi Agbebaku Nigeria (NGR) |

## Schedule

* All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round :

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| 07.08.1983 – ??:??h | 07.08.1983 – ??:??h |
| Final Round ||
| 08.08.1983 – ??:??h ||

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships :

| World Record | João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) | 17.89 m | October 15, 1975 | Mexico City, Mexico |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Event Record | New event | New event | New event | New event |

## Final

| RANK | FINAL | DISTANCE |
| - | - | - |
| | Zdzisław Hoffmann (POL) | 17.42 m |
| | Willie Banks (USA) | 17.18 m |
| | Ajayi Agbebaku (NGR) | 17.18 m |
| 4. | Mike Conley (USA) | 17.13 m |
| 5. | Vlastimil Mařinec (TCH) | 17.13 m |
| 6. | Ján Čado (TCH) | 17.06 m |
| 7. | Béla Bakosi (HUN) | 16.83 m |
| 8. | Al Joyner (USA) | 16.76 m |
| 9. | Peter Bouschen (FRG) | 16.70 m |
| 10. | Gennadiy Valyukevich (URS) | 16.41 m |
| 11. | Bedros Bedrosian (ROU) | 16.18 m |
| 12. | Steve Hanna (BAH) | 14.96 m |

## Qualifying round

* Held on Sunday 1983-08-07 with the mark set at 16.50 metres

| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE |
| - | - | - |
| 1. | Ajayi Agbebaku (NGR) | 16.80 m |
| 2. | Zdzisław Hoffmann (POL) | 16.72 m |
| 3. | Al Joyner (USA) | 16.65 m |
| 4. | Gennadiy Valyukevich (URS) | 16.64 m |
| 5. | Willie Banks (USA) | 16.58 m |
| 6. | Ján Čado (TCH) | 16.50 m |
| 7. | Bedros Bedrosian (ROU) | 16.43 m |
| 8. | Béla Bakosi (HUN) | 16.41 m |
| 9. | Zou Zhenxian (CHN) | 16.17 m |
| 10. | John Herbert (GBR) | 16.12 m |
| 11. | Esa Viitasalo (FIN) | 16.03 m |
| 11. | Wolfgang Knabe (FRG) | 15.61 m |
| 13. | Oswald Phillip (MSR) | 13.96 m |
| 14. | Laoui Adnan Abou (JOR) | 13.53 m |
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE |
| 1. | Mike Conley (USA) | 16.90 m |
| 2. | Steve Hanna (BAH) | 16.76 m |
| 3. | Peter Bouschen (FRG) | 16.71 m |
| 4. | Vlastimil Mařinec (TCH) | 16.57 m |
| 5. | Vasiliy Grishchenkov (URS) | 16.29 m |
| 6. | Khristo Markov (BUL) | 16.25 m |
| 7. | Keith Connor (GBR) | 16.18 m |
| 8. | Claes Rahm (SWE) | 16.07 m |
| 9. | Dan Simion (ROU) | 15.96 m |
| 10. | Mamadou Diallo (SEN) | 15.67 m |
| 11. | José Quiñaliza (ECU) | 15.18 m |
| — | Dimitrios Mihas (GRE) | NM |
| — | José Salazar (VEN) | DNS |
