Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade – Men's triple jump
# Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump event at the 1991 Summer Universiade was held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on 20 and 21 July 1991.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Brian Wellman Bermuda | Chen Yanping China | Wu Lijun China |

## Results

### Qualification

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Chen Yanping | China | 16.60 | q |
| 2 | Brian Wellman | Bermuda | 16.33 | q |
| 3 | Wu Lijun | China | 16.12 | q |
| 4 | Tyrone Scott | United States | 16.08 | q |
| 4 | Akira Anzai | Japan | 16.08w | q |
| 6 | Daniele Buttiglione | Italy | 16.01 | q |
| 6 | Denis Kapustin | Soviet Union | 16.01w | q |
| 8 | Matt Sweeney | Australia | 15.92 | q |
| 8 | Sergio Saavedra | Venezuela | 15.92w | q |
| 10 | Benjamin Koech | Kenya | 15.79w | q |
| 11 | Don Parish | United States | 15.71 | q |
| 12 | Peter Akwaboah | Great Britain | 15.68w | q |
| 13 | Raúl Chapado | Spain | 15.57 | |
| 14 | Michael McDonald | Ireland | 15.56w | |
| 15 | Ryu Jae-kyun | South Korea | 15.50 | |
| 16 | Maurizio Bartolini | Italy | 15.43 | |
| 17 | Lars Hedman | Sweden | 15.42 | |
| 18 | Hassan Ghazala | Morocco | 15.12 | |
| 19 | José Leitão | Portugal | 14.87 | |
| 20 | Yousan Lekahena | Indonesia | 14.54 | |
| 21 | Mohammad Ali Karimi | Iran | 14.32 | |
| 22 | Eben Esterhuizen | Namibia | 14.08 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Brian Wellman | Bermuda | 17.07 | 14.51 | x | – | – | – | 17.07 | NR |
| | Chen Yanping | China | | | | | | | 16.97 | |
| | Wu Lijun | China | | | | | | | 16.72w | |
| 4 | Denis Kapustin | Soviet Union | | | | | | | 16.68 | |
| 5 | Don Parish | United States | | | | | | | 16.54 | |
| 6 | Daniele Buttiglione | Italy | | | | | | | 16.17 | |
| 7 | Akira Anzai | Japan | | | | | | | 16.01 | |
| 8 | Sergio Saavedra | Venezuela | | | | | | | 15.98 | |
| 9 | Benjamin Koech | Kenya | | | | | | | 15.97 | |
| 10 | Tyrone Scott | United States | | | | | | | 15.88 | |
| 11 | Matt Sweeney | Australia | | | | | | | 15.72 | |
| 12 | Peter Akwaboah | Great Britain | 15.68 | 13.57 | 15.28 | | | | 15.68 | |
