| Event: | Men's triple jump |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The men's triple jump at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 3 September 1978.
| Gold | Miloš Srejović | |
| Silver | Viktor Sanejev | |
| Bronze | Anatoliy Piskulin |
3 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 16.94 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 16.93 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 16.87 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 16.87 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 16.64 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 16.64 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 16.62 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 16.55 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 16.24 | ||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 16.23 | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 16.20 | ||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left |  | 16.18 | |||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | 16.05 | ||||
| 14 | align=left | align=left |  | 16.02 | |||
| 15 | align=left | align=left | | 15.74 |
According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.
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