The men's triple jump event at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 12 March in Milan.ResultsResults (p. 472)L'Athletisme (March 1978, p37)

Results Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Anatoliy Piskulin 16.16 15.58 16.82 16.22 16.34 16.64 16.82 Keith Connor 16.53 Aleksandr Yakovlev 16.47 Carol Corbu 16.41 Paolo Piapan 16.25 Ramón Cid 16.20 David Johnson 16.13 Janoš Hegediš 16.12 Eugeniusz Biskupski 16.06 10 Pentti Kuukasjärvi 15.80 11 Gennadiy Kovtunov 15.76 12 Georgios Kaperonis 15.73 13 Temel Erbek 15.20

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