The men's triple jump at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 14 and 15 August 1971.
Medalists Gold Jörg Drehmel Silver Viktor Sanejev Bronze Carol Corbu
Results Final 15 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Jörg Drehmel 17.16 w<br/ >(w: 3.7 m/s) Viktor Sanejev 17.10 w<br/ >(w: 3 m/s) Carol Corbu 16.87 4 Michael Sauer 16.58<br/ >(w: 1 m/s) 5 Václav Fišer 16.39 w<br/ >(w: 2.9 m/s) 6 Heinz-Günter Schenk 16.38 w<br/ >(w: 2.2 m/s) 7 Gennady Bessonov 16.26<br/ >(w: 1.8 m/s) 8 Gennady Salevich 16.24 w<br/ >(w: 3.2 m/s) 9 Joachim Kugler 16.12<br/ >(w: 0.9 m/s) 10 Luis Felipe Areta 15.81 w<br/ >(w: 2.8 m/s) 11 Józef Szmidt 15.62<br/ >(w: 1.1 m/s) 12 Giuseppe Gentile 14.00
Qualification 14 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Viktor Sanejev 16.99 Q 2 Jörg Drehmel 16.83 Q 3 Michael Sauer 16.50 Q 4 Joachim Kugler 16.47 Q 5 Giuseppe Gentile 16.46 Q 6 Luis Felipe Areta 16.41 Q 7 Václav Fišer 16.32 Q 8 Józef Szmidt 16.27 Q 9 Heinz-Günter Schenk 16.23 Q 10 Gennady Bessonov 16.19 q 11 Carol Corbu 16.12 q 12 Gennady Salevich 16.10 q 13 Kristen Fløgstad 15.93 14 Pentti Kuukasjärvi 15.83 15 Serge Firca 15.79 16 Milan Spasojević 15.61 17 Henrik Kalocsai 15.56 18 Aşkın Tuna 15.39
Participation According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
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