| Event: | Men's triple jump |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The men's triple jump at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 3 and 4 September 1966.
| Gold | Georgi Stoykovski | |
| Silver | Hans-Jürgen Rückborn | |
| Bronze | Henrik Kalocsai |
4 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 16.67 | CR NR | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 16.66 | NR | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 16.59 | NR | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 16.57 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 16.45 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 16.39 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 16.22 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 16.17 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 16.15 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 16.14 | ||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 16.00 | ||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left |  | 15.93 | |||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | 15.77 | ||||
| 14 | align=left | align=left | | 15.73 | |||
| 15 | align=left | align=left | 15.65 | ||||
| 16 | align=left | align=left | 15.46 |
3 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 16.46 | NR Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 16.42 | NR Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 16.41 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 16.28 | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 16.11 | Q | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 16.11 | Q | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 16.09 | Q | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 16.07 | Q | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | | 16.05 | Q | ||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | | 16.00 | Q | ||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | | 15.99 | Q | ||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | 15.91 | Q | |||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | 15.91 | Q | |||
| 14 | align=left | align=left | 15.84 | Q | |||
| 15 | align=left | align=left | | 15.83 | Q | ||
| 16 | align=left | align=left | 15.82 | Q | |||
| 17 | align=left | align=left |  | 15.67 | |||
| 18 | align=left | align=left | 15.60 | ||||
| 19 | align=left | align=left |  | 15.58 | |||
| 20 | align=left | align=left | 15.58 | ||||
| 21 | align=left | align=left | | 15.55 | |||
| 22 | align=left | align=left |  | 15.53 | |||
| 23 | align=left | align=left | 15.39 | ||||
| 24 | align=left | align=left | | 15.22 |
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
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