1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump
# 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump event at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 28 February–1 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Jonathan Edwards Great Britain | Charles Friedek Germany | Serge Hélan France |

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification performance: 16.90 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Jonathan Edwards | Great Britain | 17.15 | | | 17.15 | Q |
| 2 | A | Serge Hélan | France | 16.38 | x | 16.92 | 16.92 | Q |
| 3 | B | Francis Agyepong | Great Britain | 16.89 | – | – | 16.89 | q |
| 4 | B | Charles Friedek | Germany | 16.88 | x | x | 16.88 | q |
| 5 | B | Georges Sainte-Rose | France | 16.48 | 16.59 | 16.84 | 16.84 | q |
| 6 | A | Zsolt Czingler | Hungary | 16.28 | 16.82 | – | 16.82 | q |
| 7 | B | Rogel Nachum | Israel | 16.52 | 16.76 | 16.73 | 16.76 | q |
| 8 | A | Denis Kapustin | Russia | 16.38 | x | 16.67 | 16.67 | q |
| 9 | A | Nikolay Raev | Bulgaria | 16.63 | 16.64 | 16.39 | 16.64 | q |
| 10 | A | Raúl Chapado | Spain | 16.20 | 16.51 | 16.59 | 16.59 | q |
| 11 | A | Yuriy Osipenko | Ukraine | 16.05 | 16.37 | 16.56 | 16.56 | q |
| 12 | B | Vyacheslav Taranov | Russia | 16.05 | 16.51 | 16.22 | 16.51 | q |
| 13 | B | Kjetil Hanstveit | Norway | 16.46 | x | 16.41 | 16.46 | |
| 14 | B | Jirí Kuntoš | Czech Republic | 16.35 | 16.40 | x | 16.40 | |
| 15 | A | Audrius Raizgys | Lithuania | 16.01 | 16.24 | x | 16.24 | |
| 16 | B | Julian Golley | Great Britain | 15.53 | 15.98 | 16.19 | 16.19 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Jonathan Edwards | Great Britain | 17.43 | x | – | – | 17.40 | x | 17.43 | |
| | Charles Friedek | Germany | 16.44 | x | 16.57 | 16.70 | 17.15 | x | 17.15 | |
| | Serge Hélan | France | x | x | 16.73 | x | x | 17.02 | 17.02 | |
| 4 | Rogel Nachum | Israel | 16.62 | 16.68 | x | 16.89 | 16.93 | 16.88 | 16.93 | NR |
| 5 | Raúl Chapado | Spain | 16.32 | 16.36 | 16.85 | 16.87 | x | 16.70 | 16.87 | NR |
| 6 | Yuriy Osipenko | Ukraine | 16.35 | 16.53 | 16.67 | x | 16.86 | 16.75 | 16.86 | |
| 7 | Vyacheslav Taranov | Russia | 16.38 | 16.10 | 16.75 | 16.63 | x | 16.52 | 16.75 | |
| 8 | Francis Agyepong | Great Britain | 16.57 | x | x | 16.14 | – | 16.26 | 16.57 | |
| 9 | Zsolt Czingler | Hungary | 16.16 | 16.56 | 16.52 | | | | 16.56 | |
| 10 | Denis Kapustin | Russia | 16.34 | 16.50 | x | | | | 16.50 | |
| 11 | Georges Sainte-Rose | France | 16.49 | x | x | | | | 16.49 | |
| 12 | Nikolay Raev | Bulgaria | 16.44 | 16.13 | 16.39 | | | | 16.44 | |
